Despite the post-game reaction online after Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss, the Edmonton Oilers have become a very good defensive team. The Oilers have allowed the fewest goals in the NHL over their past 10 games, 18.
The Edmonton Oilers have had the best powerplay in the NHL over the past five seasons, 354 games, running at a 28.5% success rate. They’ve scored 305 power play goals, while Colorado is second with 280, Tampa Bay has 279, Florida 267 and the New York Rangers have 255.
The Edmonton Oilers’ biggest acquisition before the trade deadline was landing forward Adam Henrique from the Anaheim Ducks and as NHL_Sid mentioned, he’s been a very good player on an awful team for the past several seasons.
For the second straight game, the Oilers fell to a non-playoff team, as they lost by a score of 3-2 to the Buffalo Sabres. It was a low-scoring game that the Oilers should’ve won, but the Sabres ultimately managed to pull off a comeback.
Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the “jack of all trades” player that every Stanley Cup contending team needs. He plays on the power play, the penalty kill, on the wing, at center and if Rogers Place ever required a Zamboni driver in a pinch, he’d likely be the first to volunteer.
As I watched Leon Draisaitl hammer a puck past Linus Ullmark, capping off a comeback victory over a legitimate Cup contender in the Boston Bruins, the first thought that popped into my head was that this Oilers team could be something special.
When the Oilers and Bruins met up for the first time a couple of weeks ago, the result was one of the most exciting games of the season despite our side losing 6-5 in overtime.
The Boston Bruins have long been one of the league’s most consistent teams. Engrained in the fabric of their franchise is a mentality, a work ethic, and an identity.
As everyone who lives in Alberta knows full well, it can snow here for days on end. The weather conditions in this province have even been known to deter prospective free agent signings and cause Edmonton and Calgary to be included on no-trade lists.
That’s three wins in a row now for the Edmonton Oilers, as they defeated the Seattle Kraken 2-1 in a tightly contested game between Pacific Division foes.
The Edmonton Oilers are now on a two-game winning streak after taking down the St. Louis Blues by a score of 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday. Connor McDavid led the way with three points and the overtime winner, Zach Hyman buried two goals to reach the 40-goal mark for the first time in his career, and Stuart Skinner made 32 saves in the win.
Connor McDavid picked the perfect time to break out of his goalless drought.
The Edmonton Oilers have five games in the nine dats before the NHL trade deadline next Friday. Those five games won’t alter (or at least they shouldn’t) what Ken Holland and his management team want to add before the deadline.
Losers of their last three games as a result of mostly fixable errors, the Edmonton Oilers needed a win against a very good Los Angeles Kings team or find themselves out of third place in the Pacific Division and into a Wildcard spot.
Now that was a four-point win. While the Oilers lost three consecutive games for the first time in two months, the Kings have been climbing up the standings since firing head coach Todd McLellan during the All-Star break.
The Edmonton Oilers are back in the win column. After dropping three consecutive games for their first losing streak of the year 2024, the Oilers bounced back with a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings.
The three-game losing streak is over, as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Los Angeles Kings by a score of 4-2 on Monday night.
In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will slot back into the lineup as the team takes on the Minnesota Wild on Friday. He was out due to illness and the roster will be slightly reshuffled to make room for his return.
After missing the last game due to illness, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is set to make his return to the Edmonton Oilers lineup tonight as they take on the Minnesota Wild at Rogers Place.
It looks like the Edmonton Oilers are going to have to make a go of their matchup with the Boston Bruins without one of their key power-play contributors and top special teams forwards.
We split our point SGPs yesterday in the NHL, but we're sticking in this market to attack what is a massive 13-game slate on the ice.
In the Edmonton Oilers’ latest outing, a 5-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday (Jan. 2), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice and added an assist.
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