Edmonton Oilers Pregame
Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts 2/7/2025
Two straight nights of hockey, two straight Overtime wins, against two non-Playoff teams. We’ll take it. I should take greater issue with how both Tuesday and Wednesday went, but on the other hand, we lead the Pacific Division. Jeff Skinner started the game in Chicago on the second line with Leon Draisaitl, and Oilers fans […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Mattias Janmark scored a goal… On a goalie. A tying goal in the first period by Janmark was his first goal with a goalie in the net since June 24th of last year. You don’t have to look up the final score; it’s unimportant. He was quietly producing earlier in the season with assists. But more […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Skinner x2, that’s pretty cool. Playing on the 4th line again, the home team gives up a go-ahead goal late in the first period, and Jeff responds with a tying goal under 20 seconds later. I’m super positive he’ll be rewarded for that really important shift against his former team with another night up in the […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Revenge games, aren’t they fun? What we saw out of Corey Perry on Thursday night is why we used to always hate him all those years he was in Anaheim before he signed in Edmonton. Taking down Quinn Hughes as a quid pro quo for when Connor McDavid got harassed in the last meeting, having […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Who else started craving nachos on Tuesday night? It doesn’t matter anymore since the Oilers lost that game, but isn’t there supposed to be a stoppage in play if something gets thrown onto the ice? Louie DeBrusk said the goal counted because it didn’t interfere with Logan Thompson’s ability to make the save. There was […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
3 games, huh? Sigh. If you didn’t hear the news already, both Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers were both given 3 game suspensions for their end tilts on Saturday night’s Oilers vs. Canucks game. As time was winding down in the final seconds of the third period, Conor Garland held McDavid onto the ice for […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Stinkers happen every once in a while, even just one period. The Oilers have had a chance to at least get a loser point were it not for how bad their first period was. But I didn’t realize just how dominant they’ve been against the Penguins in recent years. They were 7-0 heading into Thursday […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
He scored, and got a point. Hallelujah, rejoice. When any other hockey player goes 2 games without a point, or 7 games without a goal, it’s normal and nothing new. When this streak happens to Connor McDavid, it’s breaking news nationwide. On Tuesday night against the Bruins, he broke his goal drought on a breakaway […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Congrats to Oilers defenseman prospect Paul Fischer for winning the gold medal with Team USA at the World Juniors on Sunday night. Edmonton almost did that thing against Seattle that they also did against Anaheim twice. The thing where they have a multi-goal lead and then let it slip away. But they didn’t, so no […]
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Edmonton Oilers Pregame Thoughts
Now that’s a duck hunt, better than the first one. Credit to Anaheim for coming back in last night’s game. Lukas Dostal continues to be a great young goaltender for them. It would’ve been 3-0 in the second period were it not for a great save he made on Corey Perry moments before the cut […]
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