The Edmonton Oilers rode into Saturday’s matchup with the Toronto Maple Leafs on a three-game win streak, and if the boys wanted to keep the ball rolling, they were going to need to play a little tighter than they did in Thursday’s win over the Hurricanes.
The Edmonton Oilers are off to a surprising 8-2-1 start, despite a 7-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in their last outing. Before that, they had two overtime wins against the Minnesota Wild and the Carolina Hurricanes.
The Atmosphere is always electric when the Toronto Maple Leafs come to Rogers Place to battle the Edmonton Oilers. Unfortunately, the Oilers laid an egg on home ice for their second regulation loss of the season.
There’s something satisfying about beating the Edmonton Oilers 7–2, especially in Edmonton, where the building was rocking, and both teams had plenty of emotion invested in the game.
The Toronto Maple Leafs once again got the best of the Edmonton Oilers in the battle of the first overall picks. This time, it was the first-overall tandem of Auston Matthews and Gavin McKenna that got the best of Edmonton's pairing of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Connor McDavid.
People love a good mid-round draft pick that pans out, and in the NHL you used to see those fairly often, but that’s obviously partially luck. If the Red Wings thought Nicklas Lidstrom was going to become a top-five defenseman in history, they wouldn’t have waited until the 53rd pick to take him.
Things have been great for the Edmonton Oilers to open the 2026-27 season, and almost all of that is related to their top-line duo of Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
For just the second time this season, the Edmonton Oilers have lost a game in regulation. On Saturday evening, the Oilers were haunted by ghosts of their past, falling 7-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs for just their second regulation loss of the season.
Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid has opened the 2026-27 NHL season by forcing a conversation that once seemed permanently closed. Through the Oilers’ first 10 games, the captain has piled up 31 points, a total that places him in an exclusive historical group previously occupied only by Wayne Gretzky, Mike Bossy and Mario Lemieux.
It’s been a long time since the Edmonton Oilers have employed a goaltender who can steal games. Ten games into the season, the Oilers are 8-1-1, with a league-best .850 point percentage.
The Edmonton Oilers are preparing for life without Devon Levi in the short term. According to Jason Gregor on Saturday morning, Levi will be out for a few weeks with an undisclosed injury.
People will talk about the “Mount Rushmore” for a franchise, which is to say the four people, usually four players, that most define the franchise. Not always the four-best players, but the four that evoke the essence of the franchise.
There’s something funny happening in Edmonton. Connor McDavid is putting up numbers that seem to belong in a video game, and people are already talking about them as if this is just another day at the office.
Connor McDavid is on pace to shatter Wayne Gretzky’s all-time single-season points-scoring record. His start to the season has stunned fans, and his teammates say they’re just as amazed.
There is an increased media presence in town in anticipation of a spotlight hockey game. The rocking and rolling Edmonton Oilers, fresh off defeating the Carolina Hurricanes in thrilling comeback fashion, now host the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.
Only six defencemen in the entire history of the NHL have ever scored 100 points in a single season. Bobby Orr did it six times, Paul Coffey did it five times, and then Denis Potvin, Al MacInnis, Brian Leetch, and Erik Karlsson each did it once, spread across different eras and separated by gaps that sometimes stretched over a decade.
The Edmonton Oilers are flying high early in the 2026-27 NHL season. Edmonton has won eight of its first 10 games. They look like a strong Stanley Cup contender early on, especially with captain Connor McDavid on a generational run to begin the year.
The Edmonton Oilers’ hot start to the 2026-27 season just hit a big snag. According to a team announcement, the Oilers placed Devon Levi on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins missed the Edmonton Oilers’ first nine games with a lower-body injury occurred at practice the day before the season opener He made the return worth it.
The Edmonton Oilers got busy this summer shoring up all departments for another playoff run. One addition the team made on July 1 for forward depth was journeyman Mathieu Joseph, who signed a one-year, $1 million deal.
Edmonton Oilers’ defenseman Mattias Ekholm will be out at least one week after he suffered an upper-body injury during Thursday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes, head coach Mike Babcock told reporters after the game.
The Edmonton Oilers announced today that forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has been activated off of injured reserve. In a corresponding move, the club placed center Jason Dickinson on IR.
The Edmonton Oilers have proved that they are legit contenders once again this year with a 7–1–1 record. In the system both the Oilers AHL and ECHL affiliates have officially started their seasons, and these teams are polar opposites of each other.