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After having their winning streak snapped by Vegas on Saturday at Rogers Place, the Edmonton Oilers kicked off their road trip in Utah for the first half of a back-to-back set. Losing a divisional game in regulation like that was tough, and life wasn’t going to get any easier against the surging Mammoth. So, it…
A week after the Vegas Golden Knights swapped coaches, firing Bruce Cassidy in favour of John Tortorella, the New York Islanders made a change of their own behind the bench. Patrick Roy was let go by the Islanders on Sunday, hiring Pete DeBoer as his replacement for not just the remainder of this year, but…
Bruce Cassidy is looking for work after being fired by the Vegas Golden Knights. However, if one team offers him a coaching position this summer, reports are he's likely going to hold off, and look elsewhere. Insert the Toronto Maple Leafs. A team that has limited direction at the moment and is in search of a new general manager, after Brad Treliving was recently fired. There's speculation brewing that CEO Keith Pelley is also going to let Craig Berube go at the end of the season, and if there...
Goaltending has been the Vegas Golden Knights' biggest weakness this season, and they should be looking for help between the pipes this offseason because of it. Due to this, let's take a look at three goalies who the Golden Knights should consider targeting this summer. Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers If Bobrovsky hits the free-agent market this summer, the Golden Knights certainly could be a team that pursues him. While the 37-year-old has had a tough 2025-26 season, his incredible r...
Getting fired with less than 10 games left in the NHL season is a trend nobody saw coming this season. Bruce Cassidy was let go in Vegas, and now Patrick Roy was fired on Long Island on Sunday, as GM's around the league aren't wasting any time making changes if things don't feel they way they should. Both teams were in playoff positions and needed a new voice heading into the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Looking around the league, there's a few coaches who could be next to be let go from their teams....
First Leon Draisaitl. Now Zach Hyman. For the second year in a row, the Edmonton Oilers will be playing short key bodies down the stretch. While they dropped Saturday night’s affair 5-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights, allowing them to tighten the Pacific Division, it’s what came after the game that was of more concern….
During their five-game win streak, the Edmonton Oilers broke out of their zone cleanly and weren’t leaking chances off the rush. Those issues returned in a 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, a night where a woman going into labour at Rogers Place, and a fan getting bloodied with a puck provided some of…
As much as every game is a big one for the Edmonton Oilers right now, Saturday’s matchup against the Vegas Golden Knights was massive. Not only did the Oilers have the opportunity to take sole possession of first place in the Pacific Division, but they were also looking to avoid giving Vegas the chance to…
Already without superstar Leon Draisaitl, things are going to get tougher for the Edmonton Oilers on their upcoming three-game road trip. Zach Hyman, who missed Saturday’s 5-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights, is expected to miss games against the Utah Mammoth, San Jose Sharks and Los Angeles Kings this week, Oilers head coach Kris…
The Edmonton Oilers’ win streak has come to an end. On Saturday evening, the Oilers fell 5-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights, snapping their five-game winning streak. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. For the first time since the start of the Oilers’ win streak, the opposing team scored the…
The Edmonton Oilers are back at Rogers Place on Saturday night in the late slot on Hockey Night in Canada for what might be their biggest game of the season so far. And with only a handful of games left on the schedule, every point feels more important than the last, making tonight’s visit from…
The Edmonton Oilers have a chance to do something they’ve never done before: sweep their season series against the Vegas Golden Knights. They’ll do so while also having a chance to secure top spot in the Pacific Division, though they’ll need some help from their rival Calgary Flames, who square off with the Anaheim Ducks…
The 2025-26 season is rapidly coming to an end. It’s all but certain that the Edmonton Oilers will make their seventh consecutive postseason. That said, their first round opponent has yet to be determined, with the two likely options being the Vegas Golden Knights or the Utah Mammoth. The former is the team that the…
Adam Henrique had skated far enough to reach Mannville, Alberta since his last goal. That’s if you combine all the kilometres Henrique skated in his Edmonton Oilers appearances since October 23 on his 50-game goalless drought, roughly 172 clicks, and if he elected to travel due east on Highway 16. Henrique has more games played…
The Calgary Flames were one of the NHL's biggest sellers this season, as they traded Rasmus Andersson (Vegas Golden Knights) MacKenzie Weegar (Utah Mammoth), and Nazem Kadri (Colorado Avalanche). However, with the Flames being in a rebuild, it would not be particularly surprising if they ended up trading more players during the offseason. Because of this, let's look at three Flames who could be on the move during the 2026 NHL offseason. Blake Coleman Coleman will undoubtedly be a trade c...
The Vegas Golden Knights made the decision over the weekend to fire head coach Bruce Cassidy and replace him with John Tortorella with eight games remaining in the regular season. On the surface, it might be surprising to some. After all, Cassidy is one of the best head coaches in the entire league. Cassidy won […]
It was a milestone night for a former Edmonton Oilers forward. Evander Kane, 34, dressed in the 1,000th game of his NHL career, becoming the 420th player to do so. He’ll hit the mark playing for his hometown Vancouver Canucks as they pay a visit to the Vegas Golden Knights. 161 of Kane’s games came…
It appears teams aren’t going to wait for the end of the season to start making changes. A day after the Vegas Golden Knights fired the most successful coach in their history and replaced him with an old friend, the Toronto Maple Leafs parted ways with general manager Brad Treliving. With the disappointing season the Leafs had this season, it someone was going to have to pay the price. It’s usually the general manager or the head coach, and, for now, it’s Treliving. Making the change now ...
New Vegas Golden Knights head coach John Tortorella met the media in Las Vegas on Monday afternoon for the first time since taking the job on Sunday. He was asked how he expects to make his mark on the team. I know the (locker) room. I know it's a strong room, laden with playoff-tested players. I'm going to lean on my coaching staff, I've already leaned on some players already, just asking them for some thoughts. I have some points... One of them, in the games I've watched, I just want u...
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman says the fracture between Vegas Golden Knights players and former head coach Bruce Cassidy started during last year’s playoff series against the Edmonton Oilers. In a stunning move on Sunday afternoon, the Golden Knights fired Cassidy and replaced him with a former Cup winner in John Tortorella for the remainder of the season….
The Vegas Golden Knights pulled what seems to be a desperation move by firing head coach Bruce Cassidy with just eight games to play in the regular season. But insider Elliotte Friedman told Sportsnet and said on his 32 Thoughts podcast, that the breakdown between the coach and his players dates back to last May, when they were knocked out of the playoffs. Bruce Cassidy is a great coach, but he is demanding... He's kind of like one of those guys, 3-4 years, and he really star...
Now that the stunning news of the Vegas Golden Knights firing of head coach Bruce Cassidy has settled in, there are certainly some front offices around the NHL that are seriously reconsidering their options behind the bench. Cassidy is a great coach with a recent Stanley Cup on his resume, and it would be a surprise if some team isn't quick to jump on him. Some come immediately to mind. Edmonton Oilers Kris Knoblauch's job security seems extremely shaky at the moment, as the Oilers...
In one of the wildest bombshells of the year in the NHL, the Vegas Golden Knights have fired head coach Bruce Cassidy with 8 games to play in the regular season. And it gets even wilder: They've replaced him with... John Tortorella. The Vegas Golden Knights have relieved Bruce Cassidy of his duties as head coach. John Tortorella has been named head coach. #VegasBorn https://t.co/TSTwVqXlbQ — Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) March 29, 2026 The Golden Knights have had a disappointing season...
I know we’re still a few weeks away from the playoffs starting, but it’s hard not to think that last night’s game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena was pretty damned close. There were fireworks. There were scrums. There was everything you’d expect from a massive game between two teams…
The Oilers completed a sweep of their two-game road trip on Thursday, taking down the Golden Knights 4-3 in overtime. Following a commanding win over the Mammoth in Utah earlier this week, Edmonton handed Vegas its fifth loss in six games and moved two points clear of a potential first-round opponent in the Pacific Division…