Oilersnation Radio, your go-to twice-weekly podcast, is back with a brand new episode to spice up your week. Get ready for some riveting Oilers discussions and debates. This week, we discussed the Oilers’ Game 1 win, how annoying the LA Kings are, and looked around the early days of the NHL playoffs. To kick off the Tuesday podcast, we had a delicious debate about what was the most impressive aspect of that Game 1 win. From the way they opened the scoring quickly to the way they ignored the Kings’ nonsense after the whistles, the Oilers were so much better than LA that the score almost didn’t ..read more

Welcome back to another edition of the Betway Bets of the Day! The Bets of the Day are brought to you by NHL odds site Betway! Our first bet of the day is on Filip Forsberg to be an anytime goal scorer, with odds at +100. Forsberg is the Nashville Predators’ all-time leader in playoff goals and points, and was relatively quiet in game one against the Vancouver Canucks, with one assist and three shots on goal. I don’t think that will last long, as Forsberg was two goals shy of his first 50-goal campaign this season. The Canucks will be without Thatcher Demko tonight, and pos ..read more

The Edmonton Oilers will be one of nearly a dozen teams who will carry salary cap overages into the 2024-25 season. As confirmed by Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli and CapFriendly, the Oilers themselves will carry the largest overage, up to $3.45-million. That could rise more, however, as Corey Perry can earn an additional $50,000 each for the Oilers reaching the Conference Finals and Stanley Cup Finals. The bulk of the Oilers’ overage comes from Connor Brown’s contract. The winger signed a one-year deal that accounted for $775,000 against the salary cap, but had a performance b ..read more

Do you remember that scene from the movie Titanic where an elderly Rose says the line, “It’s been 84 years?” Now take that, apply it to Adam Henrique, and change 84 years to 4,333 days. That’s how long it had been since he scored his last playoff goal before he tickled twine Monday night against the L.A. Kings in the Oilers’ 7-4 win. His goal was a big one for the Oilers, coming at the 9:05 mark of the first period. Connor McDavid carried the puck into the offensive zone, firing a shot that rung around the boards to Evan Bouchard. He played the puck to Zach Hyman, who skated to the blueline dr ..read more

Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each skated in their 50th career playoff games last night. They are among the 1,271 players in NHL history to play at least 50 NHL games, but they rank much higher in points and points per game (PPG). Nugent-Hopkins has 40 points in 50 playoff games. Among those with 50 GP, he ranks 513th in points, but he is 129th in PPG at 0.80. Draisaitl sits 174th in points with 79, but he is fourth in PPG at 1.58. McDavid currently sits 169th in points with 80 and he is third in PPG at 1.60. McDavid and Draisaitl are among the elite of the elite in pl ..read more

Coming into the series, most commentators, including this one talked a lot about the Kings vaunted 1-3-1 neutral zone forecheck. It was certainly on display in game one of the series especially early on. Here is a clip displaying it in its most effective form. However, this tactic didn’t have much overall impact on the game. Indeed, the Oilers made it relatively unimportant within ten minutes of the opening puck drop. In part because the Oilers were very good at breaking it down, but more importantly, because they got out to a 2-0 lead. How did the Oilers do that? Not by beating the neutral z ..read more

The Edmonton Oilers took game one last night versus the Los Angeles Kings, which was there first game one victory since 2017 when they beat the Anaheim Ducks. Right from the opening puck drop, Edmonton was the most determined and they did not look back from there. Zach Hyman scored his first career hat trick, which matched is total from last playoffs. Adam Henrique, Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Warren Foegele all grabbed goals in the 7-4 victory in game one. Last night, Connor McDavid dominated the game picking up five assists, which now leads the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Head over to ..read more

The Edmonton Oilers came to play from the moment the puck was dropped in an overwhelming 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings Monday night. The Oilers used their speed to maintain a possession advantage over the Kings all night, constantly pinning them down as they laid on the attack. The Kings are a team that – in order to get their wins – needs to score early and then defend well. In falling behind as early as they did, and by as much as they did, they had to play a looser game to try and spring some offence. It worked for a little bit, with the Kings getting two goals in the second, but i ..read more

The Edmonton Oilers went full steam ahead against the Los Angeles Kings last night in Game 1. The physical tone was set early, along with an endless wave of attack by the home team. The Kings struggled to find their feet for large portions of the game, with their last two goals gifted by unfortunate mistakes from Darnell Nurse and Cody Ceci. The playoff fever was palpable both inside and outside Rogers Place. The city was buzzing, and even Klim Kostin, a hero from last year’s playoffs, couldn’t resist the excitement. Kostin, who was a fan favourite during his time in Edmonton, was spotted amon ..read more

Once an Oiler, always an Oiler. Klim Kostin was in attendance during Edmonton’s Game 1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Monday evening. He was shown on the Jumbotron during the third period wearing his No. 21 Oilers jersey around his shoulders and fans gave him an appreciative ovation. Klim is him! pic.twitter.com/VwQypSJKgz — Baggedmilk, Oily Boy ? (@jsbmbaggedmilk) April 23, 2024 Kostin was acquired by the Oilers just before the start of the 2022-23 season from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for defenceman Dmitri Samorukov. The big winger started off the season with the Bakersfield C ..read more