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Pre-Scout: Oilers look to shake sloppiness against Seattle
Has there ever been such an enthralling, yet disorienting and disappointing win for a team that scored nine goals as the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night? Credit to you if you shut the game off after the first period. Heck, even at the midway point when the Oilers went up 8-2, you — a rational…
ONR: The Oilers are an adventure again at both ends of the rink
It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of in-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ home-and-home against the Canucks, offered their takes on the chaos, the Saturday’s matchup against Seattle, line combinations, and more. We kicked off the…
Winning ugly is better than losing: Oilers’ early-season good and bad
The Edmonton Oilers’ first two games of the 2027 NHL season have taken fans on a wild ride of entertainment, frustration, disbelief, and amazement while challenging you to balance the good with the bad. There has been a lot of both through the first 122 minutes of the season. It is Positive Friday, so let’s…
Former Oilers goalie Jack Campbell reveals struggle with alcohol led to Leafs departure
Anxiety was never in Jack Campbell’s vocabulary. What he chalked up to nerves was so much more. And on top of a lifelong battle with depression, the former NHL goaltender turned to alcohol during his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs, he shared during an appearance on the Cam and Strick podcast this week. It…
Oilers’ Vasily Podkolzin is off to a hot start and it comes as no surprise
When the Edmonton Oilers’ schedule was released for the 2026-27 season, Vasily Podkolzin’s eyes must’ve lit up. He was probably excited to see that the first two games of the season were against his former team, the Vancouver Canucks, because he was likely eager to show them all the skills he worked on this past…
Devon Levi’s Oilers debut, Vasily Podkolzin is a monster, and Owen Michaels’ first NHL goal
One of the nice things about having a home-and-home series against the Vancouver Canucks is that round two gave the Oilers a chance to rebound after what was a painful season-opener loss. Edmonton probably played well enough to win, but mistakes and shoddy goaltending were too much to overcome. That made Thursday’s rematch feel a…
The Day After 2.0: Oilers Jekyll-and-Hyde their way to win over Canucks
If you were boxscore-watching Thursday night’s game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks, you wouldn’t be able to tell that Alberta’s team was short four members of their top-six. In fact, you wouldn’t think they were missing any players, because on a night when the Oilers score nine goals, one would think Ryan Nugent-Hopkins…
Instant Reaction: Oilers leave Vancouver victors in ugly 9-7 win
When in doubt, outscore your goaltending problems. On Thursday evening, the Edmonton Oilers played their second game of the 2026-27 season, enacting their revenge over the Vancouver Canucks with a 9-7 victory. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. The game started great for the Oilers, taking a 1-0 lead midway…
Real Life Podcast: Oilers season opener recap, injury woes, and a RIPNation recap
Thursday afternoon means a fresh episode of Real Life was recorded and edited, and it’s ready to help you wrap up the week with another dose of nonsense and shenanigans. Today’s podcast was a skeleton crew with only Tyler, Baggedmilk, and Eli, but that didn’t stop the fellas from having a good time anyway. The…
‘Terrific local touch’: Oilers fans react to new goal song
The noise around the Edmonton Oilers is loud, including their new goal song, which debuted at the home opener and got fans’ ears perked up. When fans noticed the change, they took to social media to share their thoughts. At first, it sounded like a song that had never been played before, which was true…
Must-watch Oilers games: October edition
With the new season upon us, let’s look ahead to the first slate of games for the Edmonton Oilers. They’ve opened their season with a 6-5 overtime loss to the Canucks and will look to get back at them tonight. But after that, they have 13 more games scheduled for October, with seven at home…
GDB 2.0: Wounded Oilers must bounce back against Canucks (8 p.m. MT, SNP)
There is no reason the Edmonton Oilers should have a slow start to the season. After a strong first 10 minutes of their season opener, they were sloppy in the final 50 minutes against Vancouver, and it cost them. Tonight will tell us a lot about the psyche and determination of this team. Will they…
Oilers @ Canucks: Devon Levi starts, Hyman out two weeks with injury
As Devon Levi prepares to make his first start for the Edmonton Oilers, the team’s parade to the infirmary continues. Already down top-nine forwards Matt Savoie, Jason Dickinson, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, on top of Mattias Janmark and Alec Regula, as well as goaltender Freddie Andersen, Zach Hyman is the latest to join the battered and…
Has the Norris Trophy watch begun for Evan Bouchard?
Is one game too early to start discussing NHL award races? Undoubtedly it is. Yet after watching the Edmonton Oilers’ season opener on Tuesday, I can’t help but consider the possibility of a Norris Trophy in Evan Bouchard’s future. In their 6-5 overtime loss to the Vancouver Canucks, Bouchard scored the first opening-night hat trick…
The Oilers need to eliminate the mistakes
A great part of the NHL is that you typically don’t have much time to worry about what happened in the last game. You’re back in the saddle and straight back into battle. After suffering a frustrating loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers head west to take on those same Canucks…
Oilers injury update: Nugent-Hopkins placed on IR, Josh Samanski recalled ahead of Canucks rematch
The Edmonton Oilers have made several roster moves ahead of Thursday night’s rematch with the Vancouver Canucks. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who did not play in the season opener, was officially placed on injured reserve. In response, the Oilers have recalled Josh Samanski under emergency conditions, who was the last cut from the team in training camp….
Will Devon Levi get the Oilers net after Jarry’s shaky start?
Well, that didn’t go well. Tristan Jarry had a less-than-stellar performance in the season opener against the Vancouver Canucks. He let in six goals on 23 shots, finishing with a -3.51 goals-saved below expected. Edmonton dominated the game and should have won easily, but they needed a couple of key saves in the third period….
Pre-Scout: Short memories, renewed focus important for Oilers in Canucks rematch
Optimism met by immediate crashing doubt, cursing replaced with cheering, then cursing again, a resting heartbeat sent racing for the first time in months — the Edmonton Oilers and their specific brand of emotional manipulation were back in full force in Tuesday’s home opener. Six goals allowed on just eight high-danger chances against in a…
Three takeaways from Mike Babcock’s first game behind the Oilers bench
For all the talk about change, Mike Babcock’s first game behind the Edmonton Oilers’ bench looked awfully familiar. The Oilers still turned the game into a track meet, still needed their offence to rescue them, and still left their coach talking about structure and poor decisions post-game. That doesn’t necessarily mean nothing has changed. Babcock’s…
How the Oilers should deploy their centres amidst injuries
After the Edmonton Oilers wasted a season-opening, record-setting performance from Evan Bouchard in the unmitigated disaster against the Vancouver Canucks, it’s already time to make changes. What goes on in net is its own can of worms, and while the first game of the year largely rests at the feet of Tristan Jarry, Mike Babcock’s…
Flames 2026-27 off-season review: Calgary bring in reclamation project in rebuilding year
The Battle of Alberta isn’t much of a battle nowadays. Sure, the Calgary Flames took three of four games from the Edmonton Oilers last season, but after missing the playoffs with 96 points in 2024-25, the Flames bottomed out and finished with 77 points, the third-fewest in the National Hockey League in 2025-26. While they…
Why did Owen Michaels make the Oilers’ opening-night roster?
This past summer could largely be summed up by a phrase I’m planning to carve into my tombstone: HERE LIES KELVIN HE READ THE COMMENTS That or HE NEVER SAW TITANIC — I haven’t decided. But yeah, the comments. These Edmonton Oilers have had the internet arguing over the 12th to 14th forwards all summer…
‘He’s a mainstay in Edmonton’: Gretzky doesn’t see McDavid leaving Oilers
The greatest player to ever lace up his skates believes the game’s current No. 1 star won’t be leaving his current team. During an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, Hockey Hall of Famer and former Edmonton Oilers captain Wayne Gretzky was asked about current Oilers captain Connor McDavid’s future with the club. No….
Former Oilers GM MacTavish recalls failed Yakupov for Larsson trade: ‘I never made a manager angrier’
Could Adam Larsson have been an Edmonton Oiler sooner? If former general manager Craig MacTavish had his way, the answer would be yes, but his offer to then-New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello was not received warmly. MacT held the reins for two seasons in 2013-14 and 2014-15 and famously promised “bold moves” to end…
Oilers trade rumours: Why Shane Wright fits as a second-line centre
The Edmonton Oilers need a centre. Tuesday’s season opener didn’t go great, and it surely didn’t help that both Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jason Dickinson were out of the lineup. Even with a healthy Nugent-Hopkins and Dickinson, centre is still an area of need, as Nugent-Hopkins’ numbers away from Draisaitl and McDavid aren’t great. Add in…
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