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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…
Oilers open 2026-27 season with a reality check
The Edmonton Oilers lost their season opener for the fourth consecutive season Tuesday night. They lost 8-1 in Vancouver in October 2023, and were pumped 6-0 at home to Winnipeg in 2024, blew a 3-0 lead and lost 4-3 in a home shootout to Calgary last year, and lost 6-5 in OT to Vancouver last…
Another Oilers season opener, Tristan Jarry’s rough night, and Evan Bouchard puts on a show
After the longest off-season we’ve had in years, the Edmonton Oilers were finally back on Rogers Place ice for the season opener against the lowly Vancouver Canucks. Despite basically everyone on earth expecting the Oilers to win this hockey game, a disastrous performance in net left the door open just enough for the Canucks to…
The Day After 1.0: Oilers have ‘serious work to do’ after ‘ridiculous’ opening-night loss
It doesn’t matter who is behind the bench, who tends the crease, or what the lines look like. The more things change for the Edmonton Oilers, the more they stay the same. Such was the case in the team’s season opener, which began with a bang, continued with the screech reminiscent of a car crash,…
‘Same old story for the Oilers’: Fans react to first-game blunder against Canucks
The Edmonton Oilers have wrapped up their first of 84 regular-season games, sparking an eruption of emotion inside Rogers Place and across the internet. Much of it was aimed at goaltender Tristan Jarry, who didn’t sell Oilers fans on being a goalie who turned a corner this off-season after the 6-5 overtime loss to the…
Oilers’ Evan Bouchard sets NHL record with hat trick, five points against Canucks
Evan Bouchard is in the record books once again. This time, the Edmonton Oilers defenceman entered the record books with an all-time performance, scoring three goals and five points, becoming the first blue liner with as many points in a season-opening game. The only player with more points in a season opener was Pittsburgh Penguins…
Instant Reaction: Oilers begin Babcock era with a bang, fall 6-5 to Canucks
Well, that may end up being the game of the year. On Tuesday evening, the Edmonton Oilers began their 2026-27 campaign, managing to tie up the game late after being down 5-2, but eventually losing 6-5 in overtime to the Vancouver Canucks. Let’s take a look at what went on in this one. The Canucks…
ONR: It’s finally time for the Oilers’ season opener
It’s Friday afternoon, which means a fresh episode of Oilersnation Radio is ready to massage your eardrums with an hour of off-season Oilers talk. On today’s podcast, the fellas discussed the Oilers’ season opener, the early injury issues, previewed tonight’s game, line combinations, and more. We kicked off the Friday episode of ONR with a…
Is the Oilers’ defence better than people think?
Many pundits are sleeping on the Edmonton Oilers’ defence. If this group gels under Mike Babcock’s tighter checking system, it could be one of the best blue lines in the NHL. Their new coach is bringing a greater focus on team defence, and that should help bring goals against down. Edmonton gave up the most…
Canucks 2026-27 off-season review: Vancouver targeted veterans to help young core
It’s been a rapid decline for the Vancouver Canucks since they lost in the second round of the 2024 playoffs to the Edmonton Oilers. On Tuesday, the two teams kick off their season in a rematch of that series. It isn’t much of a competition, as the Canucks have fallen on hard times, featuring a…
Four things to watch for in the Oilers’ season opener vs. Canucks
It’s finally here! If it feels like forever since we last watched meaningful Edmonton Oilers hockey, that’s because it has been – 152 days, to be exact. The Oilers will be looking to start the season with a win, something they haven’t done since 2022-23, when they beat the same Vancouver Canucks they face to…
Comparing this year’s opening-day Oilers lineup vs. last year’s
A lot can happen over the course of the year. That’s easily seen when you look at the Edmonton Oilers lineup to start last season compared to their roster ahead of tonight’s season opener against the Vancouver Canucks. Below, we’ll compare the two. Players bolded from last year’s lineup are no longer with the team;…
Oilers injury update: Savoie timeline could extend ‘eight weeks’, Dickinson ‘a bit away’
Mike Babcock’s injury update didn’t make for optimistic listening as the Edmonton Oilers begin the 2026-27 regular season. In the morning scrum before the home opener, he surprised reporters by saying that Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would not play tonight versus the Vancouver Canucks. But his follow-up reports on other injured Oilers weren’t the most optimistic. “He…
GDB 1.0: Oilers look to start season strong in home opener vs. Canucks (8 p.m. MT, SNW)
The Edmonton Oilers have a very favourable schedule to start the season, and they plan on taking advantage of it. They’ve been slow out of the gate the past three seasons, starting 4-5-1, 4-5-1 and 2-7-1, but in the fall of 2021, they were 9-1 out of the gate and 7-3 the following season. The…
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