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2M ago
With the preposterous turnover rate among NHL head coaches lately, let's take stock of the stability of every coaching job ..read more
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2M ago
Skinner allowed four goals on 15 shots through 40 minutes in the Oilers' 4-3 Game 3 loss. Any way you slice it, he hasn’t been good enough ..read more
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2M ago
The dirtiest play of the night came once the final whistle had blown. It was dangerous and a suspension almost certainly has to be coming ..read more
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2M ago
EDMONTON — The Vancouver Canucks established themselves in Game 3 right out of the gate. On the very first shift of Game 3, squaring off against Connor McDavid and an Edmonton Oilers five-man unit that tore them apart two nights earlier in Game 2, the Elias Lindholm line forechecked ..read more
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2M ago
Why the Nurse-Ceci pair has struggled through the first two games of the second round — and how it could hurt the Oilers' Stanley Cup hopes ..read more
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2M ago
Can the Bruins even their series with the Panthers? The Oilers look to take a 2-1 series lead against the Canucks on home ice ..read more
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2M ago
Berezkin is a Russian player who is under contract to his KHL team until April 2025 ..read more
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2M ago
Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each played more than 27 minutes — and factored on every Oilers goal — in 4-3 overtime win vs. Canucks ..read more
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2M ago
VANCOUVER — On nights like this, Connor McDavid’s game resembles that of a horror movie villain. As the suspense builds and the path for escape narrows and the stakes increase, he’s always lurking. There’s a sense of cruel inevitability to his game. No matter how placid it seems ..read more
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2M ago
The coach who likes to roll his lines fairly evenly may be forced into changing his ways in the playoffs ..read more