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What does a successful 2025-26 season look like for Oilers’ Noah Philp?

Through seven games in the early 2025-26 campaign, the Edmonton Oilers have only four players on the team who have scored more than once, and centerman Noah Philp is one of them. If there’s one word that sums up Philp’s hockey journey, it’s resilience. From going undrafted to stepping away from the game in 2023…

3 months ago | 3 reads

The 24 Wikipedia pages for NHL rivalries, ranked by their single wildest passage

I love a good hockey rivalry. The sport has been blessed by some absolute beauties over the years , and there’s nothing quite like watching two teams square off in a matchup soaked in history, trash talk, and bad blood. I also love a good Wikipedia entry, which I’ll admit is an odd thing to say. But if you go deep enough down the rabbit hole, you can usually find some weird stuff that some agitated editor has managed to slip into the record, quite possibly after months of debate with a differe...

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Today In NHL History - Red Wings Honor Rucker

On October 21st in 2010, the Detroit Red Wings honored the recent passing of 38 year season ticket holder and super-fan Kenneth Rucker, a retired Chrysler forklift driver who suffered a fatal heart attack at the age of 63. Recognized by the Joe Louis Arena faithful simply as the "Orange Hat Guy", Rucker was often featured on the scoreboard screen during Red Wings home games accompanied by R.E.M.

3 months ago | 2 reads

WATCH: Oilers’ Isaac Howard scores first NHL goal

One of the prominent rookies in the game has tickled the twine for the first time. On Tuesday night, Edmonton Oilers forward Isaac Howard scored the first goal of his NHL career, and it occurred with two of the best players in hockey alongside him. It happened during the second period of the team’s game…

3 months ago | 1 read

GDB 7.0: Oilers Need to Manage the Puck Better (5 PM MT, SNW)

The Edmonton Oilers aren’t pastry chefs. They need to significantly reduce their turnovers. The Oilers have committed the fourth most turnovers/60 (17.92) through their first six games. Turnoveritis has spread throughout the lineup, and combined with too many errant and missed passes, it is easy to see why they’ve lost three consecutive games and have…

3 months ago | 1 read

A Pyrrhic Goal

Annie Potts usually isn't in a hockey story, but this image seemed perfect considering the line she delivered while standing in a firehouse in New York City. One could make the case that Madison Square Garden needed a fire lit in it for tonight's game as the New York Rangers hosted the Minnesota Wild while looking to reqrite the histroy books when it came to scoring goals at home. As you may recall, the Rangers hadn't done that yet , and they stood 7:19 away from breaking the NHL's all-time re...

3 months ago | 3 reads

Top 100 Oilers: No. 68 — Dustin Penner

Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Dustin Penner comes in at No. 68 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 64 on Brownlee’s original list. After Ryan Smyth’s departure, the Oilers needed help — and Dustin Penner…

3 months ago | 2 reads

Team of the Week: Michigan State

Like a lot of teams, Michigan State had its fair share of turnover. And like a lot of other teams of its ilk — blue-chip programs — it brought in a ton of talent to compensate...

3 months ago | 2 reads

The Oilers need more from Darnell Nurse

Darnell Nurse has been a key contributor on the Edmonton Oilers’ blueline for nearly a decade, but inconsistency and playoff struggles in recent years have cranked up the pressure for him to perform. Through six games of the 2025-26 season, he is off to one of the roughest starts of his career, and it’s draining…

3 months ago | 3 reads