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Nugent-Hopkins has goal and assist, Skinner stops 27 shots as Oilers beat Avalanche 4-1

DENVER — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist, Stuart Skinner stopped 27 shots and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Saturday night. Podkolzin put the Oilers ahead for good with 6:12 left in the second period, scoring a goal for the third straight game. Takeaways Avalanche: Samuel Girard, playing in his 500th career game, had …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Edmonton visits Colorado after shootout win

Associated Press

Edmonton Oilers vs. Colorado Avalanche Denver; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Avalanche -124, Oilers +103; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche host the Edmonton Oilers after the Oilers knocked off the Utah Hockey Club 4-3 in overtime. Leon Draisaitl has scored eight goals with eight assists over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Avalanche: 7-3-0, …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Stanley Cup notebook: Okposo finally gets shot at Stanley Cup, McDavid back where his career started

Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — Kyle Okposo’s first Stanley Cup memory came as an 8-year-old boy, when he watched the Colorado Avalanche defeat the Florida Panthers in the 1996 Stanley Cup Final. “It’s been a long road to get here,” Okposo said Friday, one day before the Panthers host the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the final. “There was a long …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Jason Robertson powers Stars over Oilers 5-3 for lead in Western Conference final

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Jason Robertson completed his first-career playoff hat trick midway through the third period as the Dallas Stars defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-3 on Monday night to take a 2-1 lead in the NHL’s Western Conference final. “You want to help the team win, you want to score goals,” said Robertson, who hadn’t found the back of the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Analysis: From one goal to three, no lead is safe in the NHL playoffs this spring

Associated Press

If you went to sleep midway through either of the Western Conference NHL playoff games the past two nights, there’s a good chance you woke up to a different winner than you thought. “Once you get to this time of the year, it’s so close, and you’re not going to see teams pack it in,” former player-turned-TNT analyst Anson Carter …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Offensive depth has Rangers on verge of sweep, Avalanche and Oilers each up 2-1 in first round

Associated Press

Nine players have already scored for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers, 10 for the Colorado Avalanche. “You’re going to need that more throughout the course of the playoffs,” said Rangers coach Peter Laviolette, whose team could next face Carolina 18 years since guiding the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup. “As good as Leon and Connor are, and they’re …

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8 months ago

MacKinnon has 2 assists, breaks franchise’s single-season points mark as Avs beat Oilers 5-1

Associated Press

DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin scored twice, Nathan MacKinnon added two assists to break the franchise’s single-season points mark and the Colorado Avalanche cruised into the playoffs behind a 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. MacKinnon wrapped up the regular season with 140 points to top Peter Stastny’s franchise record of 139 set in 1981-82 when the club …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Avalanche take on the Oilers after Drouin’s 2-goal performance

Associated Press

Colorado Avalanche vs. Edmonton Oilers Edmonton, Alberta; Friday, 9 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Oilers -125, Avalanche +105; over/under is 6.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche visit the Edmonton Oilers after Jonathan Drouin’s two-goal game against the Minnesota Wild in the Avalanche’s 5-2 win. The Avalanche have a +58 scoring differential, with 283 total goals scored and 225 allowed. …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Oilers take on the Avalanche following Hyman’s hat trick

Associated Press

Colorado Avalanche vs. Edmonton Oilers Edmonton, Alberta; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Edmonton Oilers host the Colorado Avalanche after Zach Hyman recorded a hat trick in the Oilers’ 7-2 win over the Washington Capitals. Mikko Rantanen has scored five goals with 14 assists over the last 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Oilers: 7-2-1, averaging 3.5 goals, 6.2 assists, …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

NHL trade deadline winners and losers: Golden Knights, Avalanche, Hurricanes load up for playoff run

New York Times

By the time Jason Zucker, a year removed from a 27-goal season, went from Arizona to Nashville for just a sixth-round draft pick about two hours before Friday’s NHL trade deadline, it became clear that it was a buyer’s market. Eschewing their usual team philosophy of not chasing rentals, the Hurricanes added the one thing they’ve needed most in recent …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Rangers, Panthers, Avalanche, Golden Knights and Oilers make pre-NHL trade deadline day moves

Associated Press

Stanley Cup contenders did not wait until just before the NHL trade deadline Friday to make some big moves. The league-leading Florida Panthers acquired a top scorer, the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights landed another big fish, the Edmonton Oilers got deeper down the middle, the New York Rangers picked up a player they coveted and the Colorado Avalanche made …

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2 years ago

How the Avalanche can bolster their lineup, Calgary’s woes, wanting more NHL offense

New York Times

Is Colorado flying under the radar more than any other Stanley Cup champion of recent vintage? The Kraken’s Jared McCann, in the second intermission broadcast interview — who’d scored two goals in the game already — kept talking about how they can’t keep playing like this. Top goalies struggling Two of last year’s Vezina Trophy finalists, Jacob Markstrom in Calgary …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Oilers star Evander Kane suffers gruesome wrist laceration

Daily Mail

Edmonton Oilers star Evander Kane is in stable condition after suffering a gruesome wrist laceration in Tampa on Tuesday when he fell and was cut by Lightning forward Pat Maroon's skate blade. Oilers star Evander Kane is in stable condition after suffering a gruesome wrist laceration in Tampa on Tuesday when he fell and was cut by Lightning forward Pat …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Goalies on the move: Kuemper to Capitals, Campbell to Oilers

Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Va. — The champagne had barely stopped flowing from the Colorado Avalanche’s Stanley Cup celebration when they traded for a new goaltender, signaling that Darcy Kuemper would not be back. When the goalie musical chairs stopped Wednesday on the first day of NHL free agency, the Cup winner had landed with the Washington Capitals while the Edmonton Oilers had …

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2 years, 5 months ago

After parade, work begins for Avs in bid to repeat as champs

Associated Press

DENVER — Nazem Kadri will be jubilantly waving to the fans at the parade Thursday through the streets of Denver. “You work your whole life for this and now it’s here,” Kadri said of winning the Cup. “Incredible feeling.” SAKIC’S MARK Sakic is the first in league history to win the Stanley Cup as a captain and later a general …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Avalanche sweep Oilers, advance to Stanley Cup Final

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Artturi Lehkonen is sending a team to the Stanley Cup Final for the second straight season. Lehkonen scored 1:19 into overtime, and Colorado rallied to beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 Monday night, completing a four-game sweep in the Western Conference final and propelling the Avalanche into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2001. “I …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Avalanche aim to finish West final vs. Oilers without Kadri

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Nazem Kadri is a major reason the Colorado Avalanche are one win away from the franchise’s first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in more than two decades. “Take it one game at a time, one day at a time and anything can happen.” Assuming the Avalanche don’t join the dubious list of teams to blow a …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Francouz, Kadri lead Avs to 4-0 win over Oilers in Game 2

Associated Press

DENVER — As an early birthday present, Colorado backup goaltender Pavel Francouz received a whole lot of defense and a shutout to go with it. “It was better when they were shouting, ‘Go, Avs, Go!’ or ‘Let’s go Avs!.’” For as good as he was, coach Jared Bednar wasn’t ready to proclaim him the starter moving forward. “We’ll evaluate the …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Kuemper out for Game 2 vs Edmonton due to upper-body injury

Associated Press

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche will be without starting goaltender Darcy Kuemper for Game 2 of the Western Conference final due to an upper-body injury. Kuemper suddenly left Game 1 in the second period after allowing three goals on 16 shots. Colorado coach Jared Bednar didn’t specify the exact nature of Kuemper’s injury or say whether it had anything to …

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Nugent-Hopkins has goal and assist, Skinner stops 27 shots as Oilers beat Avalanche 4-1

Edmonton visits Colorado after shootout win

Stanley Cup notebook: Okposo finally gets shot at Stanley Cup, McDavid back where his career started

Jason Robertson powers Stars over Oilers 5-3 for lead in Western Conference final

Analysis: From one goal to three, no lead is safe in the NHL playoffs this spring

Offensive depth has Rangers on verge of sweep, Avalanche and Oilers each up 2-1 in first round

MacKinnon has 2 assists, breaks franchise’s single-season points mark as Avs beat Oilers 5-1

Avalanche take on the Oilers after Drouin’s 2-goal performance

Oilers take on the Avalanche following Hyman’s hat trick

NHL trade deadline winners and losers: Golden Knights, Avalanche, Hurricanes load up for playoff run

Rangers, Panthers, Avalanche, Golden Knights and Oilers make pre-NHL trade deadline day moves

How the Avalanche can bolster their lineup, Calgary’s woes, wanting more NHL offense

Oilers star Evander Kane suffers gruesome wrist laceration

Goalies on the move: Kuemper to Capitals, Campbell to Oilers

After parade, work begins for Avs in bid to repeat as champs

Avalanche sweep Oilers, advance to Stanley Cup Final

Avalanche aim to finish West final vs. Oilers without Kadri

Francouz, Kadri lead Avs to 4-0 win over Oilers in Game 2

Kuemper out for Game 2 vs Edmonton due to upper-body injury