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Leon Draisaitl’s done it, scoring his 1,000th point on Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins, becoming the fifth player in Edmonton Oilers history to hit the century mark with the club. Hitting the mark took him a year longer than Connor McDavid, who hit the mark in Nov. 2024 on a goal set up by…
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If Russia were eligible to play in the 2026 Olympics, Vasily Podkolzin would have a strong case to make the team. Among Russian players, he is tied with Alex Ovechkin and Kirill Kaprizov for the second most five-on-five goals with nine, with Ivan Barbashev (10) just ahead. Podkolzin is +11 at five-on-five (29-18), and he’s…
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Progress isn’t measured in declarations, or promises or locker room speeches. It’s tracked through results, through effort, through exceeding expectations Which makes tonight’s clash between the Oilers and Boston Bruins exactly what Edmonton needs. The Oilers carry a 16-12-6 record into Boston, sitting in the playoff picture but far from where they were expected to…
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After a slow start to the season by his lofty standards, Connor McDavid has finally caught fire. On Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Penguins, he recorded his third four-point performance of the month, propelling him to the top of the NHL scoring leaderboard for the first time this season. Before this recent run of dominance,…
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Seeing the Boston Bruins logo near the top of the Atlantic Division is a familiar sight – we just didn’t think we’d see it there this season. After finishing 5th worst overall a season ago, trading icon Brad Marchand, there was no signal of a rebuild in Beantown. Instead, the classic method of retool was…
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Stan Bowman was active in the goaltending market last week, acquiring Tristan Jarry, but the Edmonton Oilers’ general manager may not be done yet. Bowman is still looking to improve his backup situation, and that addition could be Buffalo Sabres goaltender Alex Lyon. Jeff Marek speculated on Oilersnation Everyday Wednesday that Edmonton should show interest…
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Keeping you up-to-date with all the latest pro hockey news in Manitoba.
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Boston College is expected to add Finnish forward Oscar Hemming for the second semester. The 6-foot-4, left-shot forward is widely viewed as a potential first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft...
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Director of Scouting Craig Button shares his thoughts.
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Recap of the game.
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You may recognize the title of this article as a line delivered by actor Daniel von Bargen as Chief Grady in the 2001 smash comedy movie Super Troopers . That's him pictured to the left in a GIF where he delivers the line, and it seems like the most appropriate line for what's happening in the EIHL with the Fife Flyers. They are routinely one of the worst teams in the EIHL dating back to 2019-20, and they are heading towards missing the playoffs for the third-straight season. So it's incompreh...
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It’s been another wild week around here with the Oilers rollercoaster making another loop, and I’ve got a fresh episode of Better Lait Than Never ready to recap it all. On today’s podcast, I talked about the Jarry vs. Skinner game, Vasily Podkolzin’s progression, and much more. I kicked off this week’s episode with a…
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There’s a concept in international best-on-best hockey that some causal fans may not be completely familiar with, mainly because I made it up just now: The double player. It’s a player who’s represents his country both internationally and in the NHL. A double Canadian is a Canadian player who plays on a Canadian NHL team. A double American is an American player who plays on an American NHL team. Jack Eichel is a double American. Matthew Tkachuk became one when he forced his way out from Calgar...
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Many in Oilersnation were excited to see Quinn Hutson earn a call-up to the Edmonton Oilers after his stellar showing so far this season with the Bakersfield Condors. What’s not to like about Hutson? He was third in the AHL in goals and points after receiving the nod to join the big club in Pittsburgh…
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Leon Draisaitl’s 1,000th point isn’t just a massive milestone for one of the game’s best players – it’s a capstone that cements his status as the greatest German hockey player of all-time. Many fans from Deutschland watched at 1:30 AM local time to see Draisaitl achieve the feat at 11:38 of the 1st period, with…
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Getting you set up for tonight’s Jets game.
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The National Hockey League has long been aware of Leon Draisaitl’s dominance and Oilers fans have long been aware of hockey lucky they are to watch #29 play on a nightly basis. That didn’t make Tuesday night in Pittsburgh any less special as the Oilers superstar became just the 103rd player in NHL history, and…
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Last night in Pittsburgh, Leon Draisaitl became the 21st-fastest player to score 1,000 points in NHL history. Draisaitl needed 824 games to reach the 1,000 mark — two more games than Mark Messier, and six fewer than Adam Oates to slot in between the Hall of Fame players. The list of players to reach 1,000…
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If there's one concern that every hockey player, hockey parent, and hockey coach has, it's the safety of the game when it comes to players remaining healthy and in the line-up. One of the biggest injuries that keeps players on the sideline are concussions, and it's a scary injury because of how serious it can be since we can't see the severity of the injury outside of symptoms. It's also scary when one knows that concussions can get worse if a players rushes back, and there can be long-term ef...
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Stanley is enjoying a career breakout, scoring more goals and generating more offence than ever before.
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Plenty of storylines emerged in the Edmonton Oilers’ 6–4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins last night. There was a netminder duel between Stuart Skinner and Tristan Jarry, along with Leon Draisaitl recording his 1,000th NHL point. Yet, in the background, there was also a Spencer Stastney and Brett Kulak angle that flew under the radar,…
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It was an eventful evening in Pittsburgh as the Edmonton Oilers visited the Penguins on Tuesday, with storylines galore. Just a few days after being traded, Stuart Skinner faced his former team in his debut for Pittsburgh. Leon Draisaitl also managed to score career point 1,000 on Skinner when just last week, they were sharing…
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After two days off the ice the Moose get set to face the Icehogs with a few days of practice in between.
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Tuesday night wasn’t easy for anyone. Tristan Jarry, Stuart Skinner and Brett Kulak had the band-aid ripped off, facing off against their former teams just days after a massive trade shook both the Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins. There was no shortage of storylines heading into the game: the trade, Leon Draisaitl chasing point 1,000,…
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A look at the projected lineups and pre-game interviews.
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