When the Edmonton Oilers reeled off their 16-game winning streak this season, they allowed an average of 1.50 goals per game against over that stretch.
The Los Angeles Kings won their fourth consecutive overtime game over the Edmonton Oilers by a 5-4 score, a game the Kings deserved to win.
Cam Talbot was destined to tend goal in this Round 1 series. Yet, fate has him at the wrong end of the rink, the third Los Angeles Kings goalie in as many springs with a mandate to shut down Conn...
In a battle of two divergent styles, Edmonton owned Game 1 by dictating how the game would be played for most of the 60 minutes.
As another playoffs opens for the Connor McDavid-Leon Draisaitl era here in Edmonton, we bring you the next in line among NHL seniors who feel like it’s graduation time this spring.
With Evander Kane revealing that “he’s not sure” if he’ll be able to go in Game 1, the door is wide open for the hard-charging rookie Holloway to continue to stake a claim to an everyday ...
In the Kings, the Oilers get a team they’ve beaten in six games in consecutive Round 1 series. Today, a better and more experienced Edmonton squad should have even less issues with this familia...
The Coyotes never really won much during their time in Arizona. But still, after a win against the Oilers, Mullett Arena was filled with 4,600 fans bidding farewell to their team and its staff.
The troubled tenure of the Arizona Coyotes comes to what will be an emotional conclusion Wednesday. Mark Spector asks around ahead of the game to see what fans and players alike think about it al...
After playing their third consecutive game without Connor McDavid, the Oilers appear content entering the post-season as the Pacific’s second seed. A loss to the Canucks on Saturday made that ...
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The Edmonton Oilers are still in control of first place in the Pacific — if only barely — heading into Saturday’s game No. 79. Hey, sometimes the last horse out of the gates beats everyone ...
As Arizona Coyotes GM Bill Armstrong prepared to address the team on Friday in Edmonton, players and coaches were coming to grips with the likelihood that their days in the desert are numbered
Even though some of the regulars weren’t on the ice, the Oilers delivered a statement win over the Golden Knights ahead of a possible playoff series.
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As the Oilers and Golden Knights meet tonight for the final time before the playoffs begin, could this be the time Edmonton finally gets over the hump?
Is the push for first place in the Pacific really worth it when you have no clue what the reward would be, other than home-ice advantage for Rounds 1 and 2? Mark Spector debates that.
Though Derek Ryan didn’t score the Oilers’ game-winner, he drew the penalty that led to it. And his teammates know, that’s just as important.
The Oilers were in need of a response after a 5-0 thumping on Wednesday, and they got a playoff-clinching on on Friday. With two of the game’s biggest stars on the ice, it was the Oilers’ dep...
What do we call the game the Oilers laid down in Dallas Wednesday night, if not immature?
When the guys playing the game don’t know what’s allowed and what isn’t, it’s probably a sign of a confused mandate at video central in Toronto.
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On Nov. 11, Connor McDavid was 126th in league scoring. What he has done since for the Edmonton Oilers just makes you shake your head, writes Mark Spector.