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50m ago
In the words of Leon Draisaitl, “sometimes you need a game like that to grind one out and get going.” Both in regulation and overtime that’s what the Edmonton Oilers did Friday night to gut out a 2-1 overtime win over the New York Islanders. And just like we’d expect, Draisaitl’s overtime winner came in ..read more
OilersNation
12h ago
That may have been the Edmonton Oilers’ best game since the 4 Nations Face-Off break ended. On Friday evening, the Oilers went to Long Island to face the New York Islanders on the second of a back-to-back. They picked up their first win on this road trip, defeating the Islanders 2-1 in overtime. Let’s take ..read more
OilersNation
20h ago
Don’t confuse outshooting the opposition with outplaying them. The Oilers did outshoot Buffalo 34-23 on Monday, and outshot New Jersey 33-22 last night, but quantity doesn’t beat quality. Of their 67 shots this week, nine of them came from within 10 feet of the net, and five of those came on two different sequences within ..read more
OilersNation
20h ago
The Edmonton Oilers have been very poor since the 4 Nations Face-Off. In 10 games since the break, they have three wins and seven losses, having been outscored 27-40 in all situations. Even-strength (5v5) has especially been awful as the club went from a +14 goal differential heading into the break to now sitting at ..read more
OilersNation
21h ago
This is quickly turning into another ugly road trip for the Edmonton Oilers. The team went 1-4-0 during a five-game Eastern Conference swing after the 4 Nations Face-Off Break but appeared to be out of the funk following wins over the Montreal Canadiens and Dallas Stars at home. Through the first four games of this ..read more
OilersNation
1d ago
Remember when we were talking about home ice advantage through the entire playoffs? About the Oilers winning their division for the first time since the 1980s? That all feels like a distant memory with the team picking up just two regulation victories in 14 games since the end of January. Edmonton’s most recent loss came ..read more
OilersNation
1d ago
Things are getting ugly in Edmonton in a hurry. One step forward, two steps back. Modus operandi for the Oilers these days. who have now dropped 11 of their last 15 games, thanks to blowing a late lead to the New Jersey Devils Thursday night, falling 3-2 in the process. The Oilers had built it ..read more
OilersNation
2d ago
This is turning into another ugly road trip for the Edmonton Oilers. On Thursday evening, the Oilers played the second game of this four-game road trip, falling by a score of 3-2 to the New Jersey Devils. Not a particularly memorable performance for Edmonton in this one, but let’s take a look at what happened ..read more
OilersNation
2d ago
One of the longest-active players in franchise history has hit a notable milestone. When he took the ice on Thursday night against the New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers defenceman Darnell Nurse appeared in the 700th game of his NHL career. He is the 12th Oiler to hit the mark. After a scoreless first period, Nurse ..read more
OilersNation
2d ago
And just like that, as mysteriously as he arrived, he was gone. Edmonton Oilers prospect Roby Jarventie won’t remain with the organization for much longer, according to a report in Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, who published earlier this week that he would be signing to play in his home country. His new deal will see him ..read more