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Verhaeghe gets tiebreaking goal in 3rd period as Panthers beat Oilers 6-5

EDMONTON, Alberta — Carter Verhaeghe scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and the defending champion Florida Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 on Monday in the rematch of the Stanley Cup Final. Zach Hyman scored twice, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist, and Kasperi Kapanen and Connor Brown also scored for the Oilers, who snapped a …

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Oilers extend their winning streak to 3 games with a 2-1 win over the Lightning

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers won their third straight game, beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Tuesday night. Takeaways Lightning: Brayden Point’s second period assist gave him nine points in his last three games, after consecutive four-point games coming into the contest. Key moment Edmonton took a 2-1 lead …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

McDavid has goal and assist as Oilers beat Blues 4-2

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Saturday night for their second straight win. Corey Perry, Zach Hyman and Troy Stecher also scored, and Leon Draisaitl had two assists for the Oilers, who have won five of their last six. Takeaways Blues: Defenseman Philip Broberg …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Draisaitl scores twice and McDavid has 4 assists as Oilers beat Blue Jackets 6-3

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman each scored twice and Connor McDavid had four assists as the Edmonton Oilers rolled to a 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. Draisaitl moved into a tie for the NHL lead with 19 goals, while McDavid became the third player in Edmonton history with 10 career four-assist games, …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Jack Eichel says Team USA seeks to prove it has closed the gap on Canada at 4 Nations Face-Off

Associated Press

It didn’t take much to stir Jack Eichel’s national pride in looking ahead to representing the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament. Appearing on a Team USA Zoom call on Thursday, the Vegas Golden Knights forward jumped right in when reminded how U.S. teams featuring NHL players competing in best-on-best international tournaments haven’t won a gold medal since …

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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scores in OT to lift Oilers to 4-3 win over Utah

Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored 1:18 into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 on Friday night. Podkolzin blasted the puck from 30 feet out to put Edmonton on board midway through the second, before Draisaitl and McDavid scored on power play goals 2 1/2 minutes apart to put the Oilers up 3-2 with …

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1 month ago

McDavid has 2 goals and assist as Oilers beat Rangers 6-2

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Rangers 6-2 on Saturday night. Leon Draisaitl and Evan Bouchard each had a goal and an assist, and Vasily Podkolzin and Darnell Nurse also scored to help the Oilers win for the second time in five games after a three-game win …

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1 month ago

McDavid has 2 goals and an assist to lead the Oilers to a 5-2 win over the Senators

Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario — Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday night. Evan Bouchard, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers, who were coming off a 3-0 loss in Montreal on Monday. Stutzle tied it 1-1 late in the period with his …

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1 month ago

Sam Montembeault backstops Canadiens to 3-0 win over Oilers

Associated Press

MONTREAL — Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as the Montreal Canadiens blanked Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Monday night. Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle and Jake Evans — into an empty net — scored for Montreal, which matched its longest winning streak of the season with a second consecutive victory. Key moment Montembeault stood tall on a partial …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Draisaitl scores in OT, McDavid closes in on 1,000 career points in Oilers’ 4-3 win over Islanders

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl had two goals, including the overtime winner, and Connor McDavid had a goal and three assists to move one point shy of 1,000 for his career as the Edmonton Oilers beat the New York Islanders 4-3 on Tuesday night. McDavid, who has seven points in his last two games, fed the puck to Draisaitl who …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Brown, McDavid lead Oilers to 7-3 win over Canucks

Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Connor Brown scored twice, Connor McDavid had a goal and two assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-3 on Saturday night. Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist, and Filip Hronek and Pius Suter also scored for Vancouver, which snapped a three-game win streak. Key moment Edmonton broke the game open 6:10 …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Oilers Surge Past Flyers in Thrilling OT Win

Associated Press

The Edmonton Oilers secured their first win of the season with a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers. Leon Draisaitl scored the game-winning goal in overtime, giving the Oilers the victory they desperately needed. The Oilers dominated the game, outshooting the Flyers 38-22 and holding a significant lead for most of the contest. The win snapped a three-game losing skid …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Sports betting: Oilers start NHL season with the best odds to win the Stanley Cup

Associated Press

Following two games in Prague, the NHL season will get underway fully on Tuesday night. Going into the season at the BetMGM sportsbook, the Edmonton Oilers have the best odds to win the Stanley Cup at +800. Stanley Cup betting Not only do the Oilers have the best Stanley Cup odds, but they are generating by far the most action. …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

NHL rumblings: CBA talks, cap estimate, expansion, McDavid extension and more from Board of Governors

New York Times

NEW YORK — Labor peace in the NHL? Still … “I don’t want to speculate, but if we had it done by my media avail at the Stanley Cup Final, everybody would be very happy,” the NHL commissioner said. “I’ve said that it could be as early as November, but I think everybody’s still got some homework to do, and …

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3 months ago

Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers open camp with high expectations

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers opened camp Wednesday with the news that veteran forward Evander Kane will miss the start of the upcoming season because of surgery needed for hernias, abdominal tears and other injuries. New general manager Stan Bowman confirmed surgery was necessary for Kane, who had 44 points in 77 games during the last regular season while …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

LeBrun: Doug Armstrong’s work as Team Canada’s Olympics GM is already underway

New York Times

Doug Armstrong will wear two hats right through February 2026, already well into preparations as Team Canada’s Olympics general manager. We’ve got some really tough decisions to make because we’ve got some young players that are also emerging.” Obviously Sweeney wasn’t going to get into names, but when I think about young emerging players, I think of Wyatt Johnston, 21, …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Edmonton Oilers’ search for ideal Darnell Nurse partner marches on

New York Times

Since he arrived in the NHL as a highly touted rookie in 2015, Darnell Nurse has been a lightning rod topic for Edmonton Oilers fans. Statistic With 97 W/o 97 Minutes 773 mins 1803 mins Shot Pct 54 48 Goal Pct 50 52 X-Goal Pct 56 50 Corsi for Pct 54 50 All numbers five-on-five, via Natural Stat Trick These …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S., Canada, Sweden and Finland unveil 1st 6 players for 4 Nations Face-Off tournament

Associated Press

Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon have never played together for Team Canada. “It’ll be good preparation,” said Crosby, a two-time Olympic champion with Canada. “The fact that they’re close together, I think that helps and I think with that being fresh in people’s minds and when they get to see this event and then follow it up with …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Artyom Levshunov’s journey to NHL draft has him projected as a top-five pick

Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Artyom Levshunov hoped to play juniors in the Canadian Hockey League, knowing it could lead to his dreams of becoming a professional hockey player. “I think we’ll see,” Levshunov said when asked where he might be selected. “I came here to the U.S. because, yeah, it’s just my dream to be in NHL,” Levshunov said. “Of course, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Oilers coach: stars McDavid, Draisaitl played through injuries in playoffs

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said on Wednesday that some of the team’s top stars were playing through injuries during their Stanley Cup playoff run. But I’m very proud of what we’ve been through this year.” Knoblauch said Draisaitl had injuries that left the staff questioning whether he could play, while forward Evander Kane had a sports …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers NHL Stanley Cup Final: Connor McDavid’s greatness wasn’t enough.

Slate

Connor McDavid would fix it. In myriad ways, McDavid is not like everyone else, and if there’s any symmetry in the world, the 27-year-old Canadian will eventually get his Cup or four. Related From Slate There’s Something Suspect About Golf’s Great New Redemption Story In Game 7, McDavid was a terror—a lurking Grim Reaper who looked poised to ruin Florida’s …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Nugent-Hopkins plays in Stanley Cup Final Game 7, 13 years to the day since the Oilers drafted him

Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — When the Edmonton Oilers selected Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with the first pick in the 2011 NHL draft, they had missed the playoffs five consecutive seasons. Obviously took a massive kind of pay cut to stay there and be a part of the group, and he’s a big part of it.” Nugent-Hopkins, who turned 31 just before the playoffs …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Canada’s Stanley Cup drought lives on as the Oilers fall short in their comeback bid against Florida

Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — Canada’s Stanley Cup drought lives on, with Connor McDavid, hockey-mad Edmonton and the rest of the nation that gave birth to the sport left to wait for another NHL champion. After rallying from a series deficit only done twice before in league history to force a deciding Game 7, the Oilers’ comeback bid fell short with their …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Connor McDavid wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP despite Oilers losing Stanley Cup Final to Panthers

Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — Connor McDavid won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP on Monday night despite Edmonton’s Stanley Cup Final loss to Florida, a nod to one of the greatest postseason performances in NHL history. “You think about the year that Connor had: 100 assists, leading our team, the performance he had in this playoffs, especially in this final …

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Verhaeghe gets tiebreaking goal in 3rd period as Panthers beat Oilers 6-5

Oilers extend their winning streak to 3 games with a 2-1 win over the Lightning

McDavid has goal and assist as Oilers beat Blues 4-2

Draisaitl scores twice and McDavid has 4 assists as Oilers beat Blue Jackets 6-3

Jack Eichel says Team USA seeks to prove it has closed the gap on Canada at 4 Nations Face-Off

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scores in OT to lift Oilers to 4-3 win over Utah

McDavid has 2 goals and assist as Oilers beat Rangers 6-2

McDavid has 2 goals and an assist to lead the Oilers to a 5-2 win over the Senators

Sam Montembeault backstops Canadiens to 3-0 win over Oilers

Draisaitl scores in OT, McDavid closes in on 1,000 career points in Oilers’ 4-3 win over Islanders

Brown, McDavid lead Oilers to 7-3 win over Canucks

Oilers Surge Past Flyers in Thrilling OT Win

Sports betting: Oilers start NHL season with the best odds to win the Stanley Cup

NHL rumblings: CBA talks, cap estimate, expansion, McDavid extension and more from Board of Governors

Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers open camp with high expectations

LeBrun: Doug Armstrong’s work as Team Canada’s Olympics GM is already underway

Edmonton Oilers’ search for ideal Darnell Nurse partner marches on

U.S., Canada, Sweden and Finland unveil 1st 6 players for 4 Nations Face-Off tournament

Artyom Levshunov’s journey to NHL draft has him projected as a top-five pick

Oilers coach: stars McDavid, Draisaitl played through injuries in playoffs

Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers NHL Stanley Cup Final: Connor McDavid’s greatness wasn’t enough.

Nugent-Hopkins plays in Stanley Cup Final Game 7, 13 years to the day since the Oilers drafted him

Canada’s Stanley Cup drought lives on as the Oilers fall short in their comeback bid against Florida

Connor McDavid wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP despite Oilers losing Stanley Cup Final to Panthers