Leon Draisaitl

NHL Game Recap: Edmonton Oilers vs. Vegas Golden Knights | 02/06/2024

Edmonton Oilers fans waited ten days for this one. Edmonton picked up 37 of a possible 38 points during their streak. First Period Summary: This was the start of a three-game road trip for the Oilers. But when the anthem singer was singing the Canadian national anthem, hearing all of the Oilers fans in the […]

Edmonton Oilers: Heading Into The Second Half

Who would’ve thought in mid-November that Edmonton would be in this position? The Oilers were in the basement of the standings, recreating their yearly first-overall pick phase in the early 2010s. They had only 3 wins in the first month a half of the 2023/2024 season and are now 26-6 since their coaching change. I’m […]

Player Profile: Jake Oettinger

This past Saturday, Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger played in the 2024 NHL All-Star Game at Scotiabank Arena, home of the Toronto Maple Leafs, in Toronto. Oettinger returned to NHL action when the Stars hosted the Nashville Predators at the American Airlines Center on January 12th. Although the Predators spoiled Oettinger’s return from a lower-body […]

Oilers Game 31: New York Rangers

What a fun 69 seconds that was, eh? Going into the third period, it looked like we were expecting another sour loss. After taking an early 2-0 lead, the Oilers went down 3-2. That’s not a big deficit, but they outshot the Devils 18-6 in the second period. Akira Schmid was pulled after the second […]

Devils Fall Flat Against Oilers

The New Jersey Devils lost 6-3 to the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night at the Rock in a performance that Devils fans would love to forget. The Devils dropped to 16-13-2 while Edmonton snapped their three-game losing skid, improving to 14-15-1. Game Recap Period One The Devils’ trend of slow starts reared its ugly head […]

Oilers Game 30: New Jersey Devils

I already miss writing happy articles. Edmonton’s eight-game winning streak was turning October and November into a distant memory. But now, with three regulation losses in a row and being seven points out of a Playoff spot, that winning streak seems like a distant memory instead. Ironically, their special teams, the very thing that they […]

Are The Oilers Back?

It may only be December, but it has already been a tale of two seasons for the Edmonton Oilers. In the first one, everything was going wrong for the hockey club. Connor McDavid dealt with an injury, the team got horrible goaltending, they fired head coach Jay Woodcroft and replaced him with Kris Knoblauch, and […]

Oilers Game 6: Minnesota Wild

No F-bomb from the coach this time. The second game at Rogers Place was sort of like the first game at Rogers Place. The difference is the quality of shots, not just quantity, not finding the back of the net. Edmonton’s scoring chances looked more organized in this game than in their home opener, where […]

Connor McDavid Out With Upper-Body Injury

The Edmonton Oilers announced that Connor McDavid will be out one to two weeks with an upper-body injury that was sustained during the final five minutes of the third period in Saturday’s overtime loss to the Winnipeg Jets. There is no doubt that the injury to McDavid is a massive blow to the Oilers moving […]

The Case For Zach Benson To Play On Opening Night

Back in a prior article, I talked about the Sabres’ prospect challenge. Among other things, the pairing of Zach Benson and Matt Savoie was a main focus. The pair lit up juniors, and I fully expected them to put on a show. Even though Savoie was injured in the challenge’s final game, he dominated every […]