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Oilers force OT with pulled goaltender, Draisaitl scores to give Edmonton 3-2 win over Sharks

EDMONTON, Alberta — Leon Draisaitl scored 18 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers overcame a slow start to win their second straight game in extra time and beat the San Jose Sharks 3-2 on Saturday. Calvin Pickard was only tasked to make 20 stops in net for the Oilers, while rookie goaltender Yaroslav Askarov made 39 saves for the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Who will be the first Oilers recall from the AHL Bakersfield Condors?

New York Times

A recall from the farm team can have a major impact on an NHL club. Player GP Pts EV GF-GA Jayden Grubbe 5 3 1-0 Noah Philp 5 2 3-2 Lane Pederson 5 2 2-5 James Hamblin 5 2 1-5 Carl Berglund 3 0 0-1 Noah Philp is the likely first recall at the position, he hasn’t missed a beat …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Bobrovsky gets a day off from practice, Perry not done yet and the Cup will be on the move again

Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — On the next-to-last day of the NHL season, Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky wasn’t on the ice for practice. Bobrovsky was a serious Conn Smythe Award candidate at one point in this Stanley Cup Final that ends with Game 7 on Monday night, with Florida winning the first three games and Edmonton basically rendered silent by the …

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6 months ago

Stuart Skinner making timely saves to help the Oilers claw back in the Stanley Cup Final

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Stuart Skinner sprawled to his right to glove a shot by Carter Verhaeghe on a 2-on-1 early in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final that maintained the Edmonton Oilers’ lead. “It’s a byproduct of the experiences that I go through and what I do with them,” Skinner said Thursday, roughly 18 hours before puck drop on …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Panthers’ Sergei Bobrovsky gets pulled after allowing 5 goals in Stanley Cup Final Game 4

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — Paul Maurice had seen enough after Sergei Bobrovsky allowed his fifth goal in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, deciding to pull the Florida Panthers goaltender who was the biggest reason the team is one win from a championship. Stolarz allowed three more in the Panthers’ 8-1 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night that …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner has done his job so far in the Stanley Cup Final, needs more help

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — The play of goaltender Stuart Skinner was the biggest question for the Edmonton Oilers going into the Stanley Cup Final. “ our team, just putting the past behind us and thinking about our next shift or our next game or next play, I think Stu’s done a really good job with that.” Skinner has not heard the …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Locking down games and dominating late has become a hallmark for the Florida Panthers

Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — Sometimes it is not easy for the Florida Panthers to score goals, in large part because their brand of hockey is so predicated on keeping their opponent from doing so. “We’ve got two years of doing it,” Maurice said after a 4-1 victory Monday night gave his team a 2-0 series lead. “It’s not like we’re trying …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Stanley Cup Final: Sergei Bobrovsky and Panthers shut out Oilers in Game 1

LA Times

Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky stops a shot by Edmonton forward Adam Henrique in the first period of the Panthers’ 3-0 win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday. Sergei Bobrovsky put on a master class against Connor McDavid and every other player who dared shoot the puck at him, his teammates pounced when given the chance and …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner’s play is the biggest uncertainty in the Stanley Cup Final

Associated Press

SUNRISE, Fla. — Stuart Skinner has taken to reading books as a way of taking his mind off the sport of hockey and his job as an NHL goaltender of getting in front of frozen rubber disks fired at him at 90-plus mph. “Recently I’ve been reading ‘Lord of the Rings,’” Skinner said. “You have to admire the way he’s …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Stuart Skinner gets 1st postseason shutout as Oilers beat Kings 1-0 to take a 3-1 series lead

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Connor McDavid usually dominates the headlines for the Edmonton Oilers. Skinner stopped 33 shots for his first postseason shutout in the Oilers’ 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Game 4. Skinner is the eighth goalie in franchise history to record a postseason shutout and the first since Mike Smith had two in the first round …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

After consecutive home losses, Kings left grasping for any shreds of hope vs. Oilers

LA Times

Kings goaltender David Rittich only gave up one goal in the Kings’ loss to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 on Sunday night at Crypto.com Arena. You don’t have to know anything about hockey to know the Kings are in trouble heading back to Edmonton for Game 5 of their first-round Western Conference playoff series with the Oilers. It’s once-vaunted …

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8 months ago

Kings hoping goaltender Cam Talbot can return to early form as Stanley Cup playoffs begin

Associated Press

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — It would be an understatement to say that Cam Talbot’s season has been a roller coaster. The Los Angeles Kings, though, are hoping their veteran netminder’s game is ascending heading into the Stanley Cup playoffs. “Any time we get a practice day, which is often anymore, I try to take advantage of it.” Talbot signed a …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Horvat among NHL stars coming up small early in playoffs

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A week into the first round, Bo Horvat and …

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1 year, 9 months ago

The Oilers and Stuart Skinner can use their comeback over the Bruins as a springboard

New York Times

BOSTON — It wasn’t hard to miss Stuart Skinner’s grin postgame even through that mustachioed upper lip. “This one feels pretty good.” No one would have blamed Skinner or the Oilers if they’d folded up the tent after the opening period and mentally moved on to Saturday’s contest against another excellent team, the Maple Leafs. Oilers coach Jay Woodcroft called …

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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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2 years, 7 months ago

2-time defending champ Lightning pull even with Maple Leafs

Associated Press

TORONTO — Victor Hedman had a goal and three assists for his first four-point playoff game and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-3 on Wednesday night in Game 2 to even the first-round series. Nikita Kucherov added a goal and two assists and Brayden Point, Corey Perry and Brandon Hagel also scored for two-time defending Stanley …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Elliott: Jonathan Quick carries the torch as Kings open playoffs

LA Times

The symbolism seemed obvious when Kings coach Todd McLellan chose Cal Petersen over Jonathan Quick as the starting goaltender for the team’s season opener in October. Challenged to withstand the team’s wave of injuries, the missteps of a young defense, and the pressure of frequent one-goal games, Quick produced gutsy performances when the Kings’ postseason chances were iffy. “Five guys …

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2 years, 9 months ago

DeBrincat scores in OT as Blackhawks beat Keith, Oilers 4-3

Associated Press

CHICAGO — Long after the tribute videos for Duncan Keith and Niklas Hjalmarsson were rolled out, another familiar combination lifted the Chicago Blackhawks to the win. Alex DeBrincat got a pass from Patrick Kane and scored 2:23 into overtime, and the Blackhawks beat Keith and the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Thursday night. “That’s the way it goes sometimes.” Evander Kane …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Lowetide: 5 players outside the NHL who could help the Oilers

New York Times

Free agency gets all the attention, but it’s often the smaller names added by an NHL team who solve on-ice problems. An example came in 2011 when Edmonton Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini spent a feverish day signing NHL free agents Ben Eager, Cam Barker, Eric Belanger and Darcy Hordichuk. For the current Oilers, this year’s free-agent summer will bring …

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3 years, 7 months ago

‘He’s transformed himself’: How Jesse Puljujarvi 2.0 is making an impact for the Oilers like never before

New York Times

Tyson Barrie got the glory when he snuck in from the point to jam in a loose puck 18 seconds into the middle period against the Canucks. The six-foot-four, 201-pound right winger — affectionately called Big Jess by McDavid — has been a key cog in the Oilers attack, his work on Barrie’s goal figuring as a prime example. “He …

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Oilers force OT with pulled goaltender, Draisaitl scores to give Edmonton 3-2 win over Sharks

Who will be the first Oilers recall from the AHL Bakersfield Condors?

Bobrovsky gets a day off from practice, Perry not done yet and the Cup will be on the move again

Stuart Skinner making timely saves to help the Oilers claw back in the Stanley Cup Final

Panthers’ Sergei Bobrovsky gets pulled after allowing 5 goals in Stanley Cup Final Game 4

Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner has done his job so far in the Stanley Cup Final, needs more help

Locking down games and dominating late has become a hallmark for the Florida Panthers

Stanley Cup Final: Sergei Bobrovsky and Panthers shut out Oilers in Game 1

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner’s play is the biggest uncertainty in the Stanley Cup Final

Stuart Skinner gets 1st postseason shutout as Oilers beat Kings 1-0 to take a 3-1 series lead

After consecutive home losses, Kings left grasping for any shreds of hope vs. Oilers

Kings hoping goaltender Cam Talbot can return to early form as Stanley Cup playoffs begin

Horvat among NHL stars coming up small early in playoffs

The Oilers and Stuart Skinner can use their comeback over the Bruins as a springboard

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

2-time defending champ Lightning pull even with Maple Leafs

Elliott: Jonathan Quick carries the torch as Kings open playoffs

DeBrincat scores in OT as Blackhawks beat Keith, Oilers 4-3

Lowetide: 5 players outside the NHL who could help the Oilers

‘He’s transformed himself’: How Jesse Puljujarvi 2.0 is making an impact for the Oilers like never before