The pre-season rosters iced by the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks were very different on Thursday night. For Edmonton, it was a lineup largely made up of players set to play for their American Hockey League affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors.
When the Edmonton Oilers acquired Tristan Jarry from the Pittsburgh Penguins, he sported a 9-3-1 record, a 2.66 goals-against average, and a .909 save percentage.
The Edmonton Oilers are going to be doing some things differently this season. New head coach Mike Babcock will shape the team to his image as they try to win a Stanley Cup for the first time since 1990.
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Goalie goals have seen a resurgence in the NHL over the past decade, as after a 17-year dry spell, we have seen six goalie goals since 2020. Five goalies actually scored by shooting the puck in the net, while Ilya Sorokin’s sixth saw him get credit for an own goal.
The NHL has had an interesting new millennium. It was a league sans a salary cap when the 2000s started… and then the owners locked the players out for an entire season.
We’ve heard it time and again this summer: the Edmonton Oilers were looking for a different type of coach when they brought in Mike Babcock. The word that has resurfaced in articles and interviews has been accountability; the team’s leadership felt they needed more of this from their coach to get over the finish line.
When Edmonton Oilers general manager (GM) Stan Bowman traded Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Tristan Jarry and Sam Poulin last December, I thought it was a deal that would help both goalies kickstart their careers.
According to Allan Mitchell of The Athletic, expect Tristan Jarry to be the starter for the Edmonton Oilers when the 2026-27 season gets underway. He writes, “Based on evidence, Jarry is the most likely candidate to win the day.
Much to the delight of their fans, the Edmonton Oilers revamped the goaltending position this offseason. GM Stan Bowman signed the veteran Stanley Cup winner Frederik Andersen and traded for the young, high-potential option in Devon Levi.
If the Edmonton Oilers are going with three goaltenders this season (which it appears they are), the question will quickly shift from, ‘Will this work?’ to “Who starts?’ From there, how many games each goaltender will get becomes the more intriguing storyline, simply because there’s absolutely no guarantee with any of the three netminders.
The Edmonton Oilers signed Frederik Andersen to a one-year, $2.8 million deal. Nothing huge. But this is the kind of move you’d expect from a team adding depth.
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.
Stan Bowman met with the media on Wednesday and spoke about the moves the Edmonton Oilers made in free agency. What was predicted to be a quiet day wound up being quite active and the moves included a couple of signings, a trade of Darnell Nurse to the San Jose Sharks, and a trade to acquire Devon Levi from the Buffalo Sabres.
The Edmonton Oilers have addressed one of their biggest organizational needs, acquiring goaltender Devon Levi from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a 2028 third-round pick while also receiving a 2028 seventh-round pick.
Heading into the summer of 2025, many hockey pundits and commentators were discussing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ options for goaltender Tristan Jarry. For his part, Jarry had just cleared waivers in early 2025, and it appeared the Penguins would be boxed into the remaining three years of his contract, which carried a $5.375MM cap hit.
There was only one Stanley Cup Playoff game on Wednesday's schedule, and it was a significant one as the Colorado Avalanche were able to advance to the Western Conference Final with a 4-3 overtime win against the Minnesota Wild, eliminating their division rival from the playoffs.
There is no team in the NHL that is going to be facing more pressure this offseason than the Edmonton Oilers. That pressure is already starting, and it is coming from the franchise's two best players, forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
When the Edmonton Oilers made the decision to trade for Tristan Jarry, there were plenty of concerns.
There’s more chaos coming from one of the most chaotic series from Round One of the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs. According to a report from Sportsnet, the Edmonton Oilers are switching to Tristan Jarry for a pivotal Game 4 against the Anaheim Ducks.
Just when it seemed like Tristan Jarry was figuring things out, he took another major step backward on Tuesday night. The Edmonton Oilers netminder, who has been forced into a back-up role, entered Tuesday’s game having picked up wins in each of his past two outings, where he combined to make 30 of 33 stops.
Through 13 games with the Oilers, Jarry is 6-5-1 with an .862 save percentage (SV%) and 3.96 goals against average (GAA).
Recent reports have highlighted issues involving Tristan Jarry and the Edmonton Oilers during practices, contributing to growing concerns about his performance and how well he’s meshing since being acquired in a trade.
Nobody involved can be happy with how things currently stand for Tristan Jarry and the Edmonton Oilers. The Olympic break was supposed to be a reset — both mentally and physically — to gear up for the stretch run and, hopefully, a push for the Stanley Cup.
The goaltending malaise continues for the Edmonton Oilers.
Combining his stints in both Pittsburgh and Edmonton, Jarry has been good for a save percentage of .906 and a goals-against average of 2.73 to go with his 12-3-1 record.
The goalie problems continue for the Edmonton Oilers, as Tristan Jarry has been placed on injured reserve.
Edmonton Oilers goaltender Tristan Jarry exited Thursday night’s game against the Boston Bruins with an apparent lower-body injury.
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