Edmonton Oilers Shut Out By Los Angeles Kings 3-0
Marian Gaborik had 2 goals and an assist and Martin Jones had to make just 17 saves for the shutout as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-0. LA got on the board on the game’s first shift....
View ArticleEdmonton Oilers Ryan Smyth Sent Into Sunset With Win Over Vancouver Canucks
In a night that would have been extremely dull if not for the pending retirement of longtime Oilers forward Ryan Smyth, the Edmonton Oilers sent him riding off into the sunset with a 5-2 win. It wasn’t...
View ArticleWhen the goaltending comes back to Earth, so do the Oilers
Ben Scrivens was good tonight. He wasn’t spectacular. As a result, the Oilers came back to Earth, hard. When Justin Schultz and Brad Hunt end up being your players with the most TOI, you’re going to...
View ArticleScrivens gives one back.
Another day another loss. Scrivens gave away a goal in the stupidest way possible, Hall was out with what could be a nasty injury, Brad Hunt played more than any other Oilers dman not named Justin...
View ArticleThe Broad Street Bullies make the Oilers cry… literally.
Philly made the Oilers cry tonight, literally in Marincin’s case when he ran into Wayne Simmonds’ elbow some time in the second period. The players seem to think this game was closer than the score...
View ArticleFlyers 4 Oilers 1 – 9 Things
Sigh. Where to start. 9. Viktor Fasth. I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt, he has just returned from an injury. But if he’s healthy, then he has to play sometime, it’s misguided to blame the...
View ArticleGordon Batman In Oilers Win
By KURT LEAVINS Well…that was close. But hey…two points are two points. 9 Things from a 3-2 Oilers win over the Sabres. 9. Iiro Pakarinen. The Oilers may have something here. The kid has decent...
View ArticlePakman, Marcobello and Gordon save the Oilers from despair.
The Oilers avoided doom tonight in a game to forget. Even though they took over 52 shots and had 17 more blocked, this was a snooze fest plagued with the same old ailments of yore. Fortunately for the...
View ArticleThe Birth of Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Superstar
That was easily the most complete game the Oilers have played all season. About 10 days back, I wrote a column about how the Taylor Hall injury was not necessarily the end of the world as we know it....
View ArticleSkyrocketing Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
One of the great things about being an Edmonton Oilers fan these days is watching this crop of prospects round into bona fide National Hockey Leaguers. Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle put together...
View ArticleDevils 2 Oilers 0 – 9 Things
If you have read any of my columns, and if you have thank-you kindly, you’ll know that I’m a glass-half-full guy. But the loss Friday night at Rexall may be the one that sunk the season, from a...
View ArticlePredators 1 Oilers 0 (O/T) – 9 Things
The Oilers deserved better on Thursday night, but had to leave Nashville with a single point and a moral victory. When you have lost 7 straight games, that result in game 8 is better than a kick in the...
View ArticleBlues 4 Oilers 3 (O/T) – 9 Things
There are two ways I could go with this article: I could pile on the Oilers for a 9-game losing streak, and I’d be well within my rights to do so. But I’d also be one of many doing that, and would I...
View ArticleEdmonton Oilers Drop Painful Decision To The Arizona Coyotes 5-2
BY KURT LEAVINS. That, my friends, was painful to watch. 9 Things: 1. Who was it on Twitter who said at the outset of the 2nd Period that it felt like the Oilers would either score their 2nd power-play...
View ArticleEdmonton Oilers Winless Streak Hits 11 Vs. Jets
By Kurt Leavins It’s so much easier when the Edmonton Oilers play poorly and lose, because then you can just get mad. But its way harder when they play reasonably well, as they did in Winnipeg on...
View ArticleEdmonton Oilers Beat San Jose Sharks, End Skid
The Edmonton Oilers would say: “Well THAT’S a relief”. Sometimes, a team breaks a losing streak with a lucky win. But while there were certainly some external factors working in the Oilers favor...
View ArticleSharks Surge Ahead, Down Edmonton Oilers 5-2
The Edmonton Oilers were beaten by the better team, on Tuesday night. A couple key mistakes in one end, a lack of finish in the other, and a handful of beautiful plays by the Sharks pretty much sums...
View ArticleAnaheim Ducks Edge Edmonton Oilers
If the Edmonton Oilers did not have a record of 3-13-4 in their last 20, then what I’m about to say would be way easier for you to swallow. When you are playing the second-half of a back-to-back on the...
View ArticleScore Flatters Edmonton Oilers As Ducks Win 2-4
This game was not as close as the Edmonton Oilers and the 4-2 score suggest, nor as the shot clock indicated. Yes, the Oilers made a game of it, on the scoreboard. But the game revealed some critical...
View ArticleEdmonton Oilers Lose 2-1 Heart-Breaker In Phoenix
…and that’s the kind of year it’s been, for the Edmonton Oilers. Losing with less than one second left on the clock? Sigh. I admittedly watched this game very differently, Tuesday night, following the...
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