Connor McDavid’s stat sheet for Tuesday’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins will record five shots, three blocks and one goal. What it won’t show are five words the young superstar uttered in the locker room afterward, his hair still damp from the shower, his face still rouged from the exertion of an extraordinarily entertaining game his team […]
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Hockey Night in Canada: Senators vs. Oilers
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Hockey Night in Canada: Oilers vs. Canucks
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Oilers, Leafs at forefront of NHL's Canadian revival
The NHL’s two most dynamic stars under 21 play there, and it’s the home of five playoff teams from last season and potentially more this year. Oh, Canada, home of some pretty good hockey. Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews are at the forefront of a revival north of the 48th parallel two years after no […]
Oilers sign Leon Draisaitl to 8-year, $68M extension
The Edmonton Oilers have signed centre Leon Draisaitl to an eight-year contract extension with an average annual value of $ 8.5 million US. The extension starts this coming season and goes through the 2024-25 campaign, running mostly concurrently with the eight-year, $ 100-million extension star captain Connor McDavid signed with the club in July. McDavid’s […]
McDavid, Matthews end NHL award drought for Oilers, Leafs
Connor McDavid won his first Hart Trophy. Hardly anybody in hockey believes it will be his last. The Edmonton captain claimed the award as the NHL’s most valuable player Wednesday night at the league’s post-season awards show at T-Mobile Arena, the new home of the expansion Vegas Golden Knights. Oilers’ McDavid wins first Hart Trophy1:19 […]
1984-85 Edmonton Oilers voted greatest NHL team in history
The Wayne Gretzky-led 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers have been chosen by fans as the greatest NHL team of all time, the league announced Monday. The league said in a statement that more than 3.6 million votes for the greatest team cast were over a six-week period beginning at the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs as […]
These Oilers have the 'belief' they can win the Stanley Cup now
Craig Simpson has found himself flipping through the pages of his memory over the past couple of weeks. As one of the game’s top analysts, the youthful looking 50-year-old broadcaster has scrutinized the play in the Western Conference semifinal between the Edmonton Oilers and Anaheim Ducks, a series that has been extended to a seventh […]
Hip Check: Oilers left puzzled after controversial game-tying goal
[unable to retrieve full-text content] The Edmonton Oilers lost Game 5 to Anaheim in overtime on Friday, but it was the Ducks’ game-tying goal that left Milan Lucic and his team questioning what constitutes goaltender interference CBC | Sports News
Ducks complete impossible comeback over Oilers with Perry's OT winner
Corey Perry scored 6:57 into the second overtime as the Anaheim Ducks completed an improbable comeback to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series on Friday night. Rickard Rakell, Cam Fowler and Ryan Getzlaf scored for Anaheim in the final 3:16 of regulation to erase Edmonton’s 3-0 lead and […]