Ryan Nugent-Hopkins set the franchise record for most games played as an Edmonton Oiler, surpassing Kevin Lowe. He was productive in the week of this milestone, putting up 4 points in 3 games.
The 2026-27 NHL season is beginning to kick into high gear. It was another busy week for news and storylines. Let’s get right to it. Here’s the latest from the week that was.
The Edmonton Oilers came into Saturday’s (very late) game against the Vancouver Canucks riding a two-game losing streak, and on paper, there was no better matchup to get back on track than the last-place team.
Only two players in the history of the Edmonton Oilers have played 1000 or more games for the franchise. Defenseman Kevin Lowe played 1037 games in an Oilers sweater during his career.
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.
After sweeping their back-to-back weekend against the Islanders and Rangers, the Edmonton Oilers rolled into New Jersey in pursuit of a clean road trip and fourth consecutive win overall.
On a night when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins set the Edmonton Oilers franchise record for games played, it’s only fitting that he was one of the best players on the ice.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is set to play his 1,038th regular-season game with the Edmonton Oilers against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday, moving past Kevin Lowe for the franchise record.
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.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins made his NHL debut on Oct. 9, 2011, against the Pittsburgh Penguins. He scored the tying goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers won 2-1 in a shootout.
Edmonton Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is set to break the franchise’s all-time games-played record when he suits up tonight (Nov. 3) against the New Jersey Devils.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will set a franchise record for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night as he plays his 1038th career NHL game for the organization. Nugent-Hopkins, the Oilers’ first-overall pick in 2011, will suit up against the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night.
He’s the lone survivor. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, a pillar of hope for the Edmonton Oilers as the first choice in the 2011 NHL Draft, taking his first shifts in the league at 18 years old, baby-faced and full of optimism, didn’t let the mounting losses in the Decade of Darkness kill his vigour and enthusiasm.
The Edmonton Oilers took a trip down to Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Nov. 1 to take on the New York Rangers. The Rangers were looking to bounce back after a 3-6 loss hosting the Los Angeles Kings.
After playing a near perfect road game against the Islanders on Saturday, the Edmonton Oilers capped off their back-to-back weekend with a trip to Madisen Square Garden to face the New York Rangers.
The Edmonton Oilers continue stacking up the wins. They are 10-2-2 on the young season and have five of a possible six points in their last three games.
The Edmonton Oilers kicked off their three-game road trip with a matinee against the New York Islanders on Saturday, and with Rangers on deck just over 24 hours later, it was important to get things started on the right foot.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins opened and closed a three-goal second-period flurry Saturday afternoon for the visiting Edmonton Oilers, who cruised past the New York Islanders 4-0.
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.
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.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins converted for a shootout goal to complete a special return to the lineup as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the visiting Carolina Hurricanes 6-5 on Thursday night.
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.
Back in September, Mike Babcock said Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would be “a massive part of things” for the Edmonton Oilers. On Thursday night, the veteran forward finally gets the chance to prove him right.
The Edmonton Oilers are one of the hottest teams in the NHL, and they’re set to get a crucial player back into their lineup ahead of one of their biggest tests of the young season.
The Edmonton Oilers will begin the season with a shorthanded lineup. Forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins sustained an injury in practice that will force him out for roughly two weeks, head coach Mike Babcock told Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
The Edmonton Oilers are getting set to kick off a new era under new head coach Mike Babcock with their season opener on Tuesday night, but they’ll do it without their longest-tenured player.