The Edmonton Oilers have been toiling to start the season, and it doesn’t appear to be getting any easier as veteran center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will miss about a week of action with an undisclosed injury.
The Edmonton Oilers have spent the better part of the last decade being a two-man team. Connor McDavid and Leon Drasiatil. The Dynamic Duo. A pair that was destined to lead the franchise back to the promised land.
Just five months ago, The Athletic ranked the Edmonton Oilers’ blue line among the NHL’s best — calling it a “99th percentile” group and one of the deepest in the league.
The bad news continues to come for the Edmonton Oilers who are looking to pick up the pieces after a rough start to their 2025-26 season, as it was announced on Monday that the team would be without Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for at least a week with an undisclosed injury.
Monday night’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets is a double-edged sword, and everyone in the Edmonton dressing room knows it. The Blue Jackets haven’t won once on this road trip.
NHL head coaches have to hire good assistants. They have to set an overarching philosophy, juggle lineup configurations, and do the kind of “man management” that is impossible to track statistically.
The Oilers will be without center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for a week due to an undisclosed injury, Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch told reporters before Monday's home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets.
After Saturday’s 9-1 disaster against the Colorado Avalanche, frustration around the Edmonton Oilers has reached its breaking point. Fans are calling for a change, and The Athletic’s Allan Mitchell thinks it might take a major shake-up trade to turn things around.
The Edmonton Oilers will be without Ryan Nugent-Hopkins for at least a week after suffering an undisclosed injury, head coach Kris Knoblauch said Monday.
A tough blow for a team that’s already having a rough start to the young season. When speaking to the media on Monday, Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed that forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is going to be out at least one week due to injury.
The Edmonton Oilers face the Columbus Blue Jackets on Prime Monday Night Hockey in need of a bounce-back win. At home on Saturday, they lost to the Colorado Avalanche 9-1, continuing a rough start to the season in Edmonton.
After the absolute drubbing the Edmonton Oilers were handed on Saturday night, perhaps it’s best that Monday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets is behind a subscription paywall.
According to head coach Kris Knoblauch, the Edmonton Oilers have lost Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (undisclosed) from their lineup. He will not play Monday night versus the Columbus Blue Jackets, and he is expected to be out for about a week.
The first eight games of the Edmonton Oilers’ season were a bit of a bumpy ride, as we looked at in the first Oil Check of the year, coming out just above 0.500 and getting ready for a fairly tough eight-game stretch.
It’s one thing to lose games. It’s another to lose your edge and gamesmanship. And right now, the Edmonton Oilers have lost both — and it all circles back to one offseason decision that looks worse by the day.
The Edmonton Oilers finished a mini two-game road trip and had an ugly week in the process. Starting week #5, the Oilers found themselves in Jazz/Blues city, playing against one of the worst teams in the NHL right now, the St.
Things got a little tense at Edmonton Oilers practice on Sunday (Nov. 9), the day after they suffered one of the worst losses in franchise history, falling to the Colorado Avalanche by a score of 9-1 at Rogers Place.
Disappointing starts to the season have been an annual tradition in Oil Country over the past few years. The 2025-26 Edmonton Oilers are continuing the trend, sporting an underwhelming 6-6-4 record through 16 games.
The NHL season is quickly approaching the holiday season, a period where the playoff picture begins to take shape. Teams have all played at least 15 games, marking the completion of nearly 20% of the regular season schedule.
The Edmonton Oilers were routed 9-1 by the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night, matching the franchise’s worst margin of defeat on home ice. Nathan MacKinnon led the way for Colorado with two goals and two assists.
In previous seasons, the Edmonton Oilers getting off to a slow start would worry fans, but coming into the 2025-26 campaign, fans expected a slower start and were willing to be patient as the team looked to make another deep playoff run.
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