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Connor McDavid and the Kris Knoblauch-led Edmonton Oilers were so close to joining the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs in what could have been the greatest comeback in Stanley Cup Final history. Unfortunately, Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers were the ones who got to hoist Lord Stanley after a 2-1 Game 7 victory. Now, their […]

The Edmonton Oilers’ attempt at coming back from a 3-0 series deficit in the Stanley Cup Final fell short with a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 7, and despite the loss, Connor McDavid still came away with the Conn Smythe Trophy for his efforts in these playoffs. Widely considered the best […]

The Edmonton Oilers came so close to finishing their Cinderella story. Edmonton lost Game 7 last night 2-1, ending their season and awarding the Stanley Cup to the Florida Panthers. Everyone counted them out after starting the series 0-3, but they rallied back behind the stellar play of superstar Connor McDavid. McDavid had a frustrating […]

The Edmonton Oilers are hoping to pull off a massive rally in the Stanley Cup Final, as they have won two straight games after falling into a 3-0 series deficit against the Florida Panthers to force a Game 6. Despite their recent turnaround, they have done all of this without star center Leon Draisaitl contributing […]

For the first time in their history, the Florida Panthers enjoy a series lead in the Stanley Cup Final in their third appearance as one of the final two National Hockey League teams standing. They’ve frustrated the Edmonton Oilers in the first two games, holding their vaunted offensive attack to a single goal in 120 […]

The Edmonton Oilers have thus far experienced a cruel reversal of their fortunes in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, having dropped both Games 1 and 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers. What’s even more alarming is the fact that the vaunted offensive attack of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Zach Hyman has […]

The Edmonton Oilers are falling behind in the Stanley Cup Final. The Oilers lost to the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Monday night in a game where they led 1-0 at the end of the first period. Fans and media alike had several questions about why Edmonton has struggled in the first two games of the […]

Leon Draisaitl and his Edmonton Oilers looked great in the franchise’s first Stanley Cup Final game in 18 years on Saturday night — but it wasn’t enough to beat a possessed Sergei Bobrovsky and the Florida Panthers in Game 1. The Russian netminder stymied the high-flying Oilers offense in front of the home crowd, making […]

The Edmonton Oilers failed to find the back of the net in their 3-0 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, but the team, specifically Leon Draisaitl and coach Kris Knoblauch remain confident that they will be able to break through and beat Sergei Bobrovsky. “He’s a good goalie,” […]

Leon Draisaitl’s girlfriend is Canadian actress Celeste Desjardins. Draisaitl is a hockey superstar, currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers. Draisaitl grew up in Germany but moved to North America when he was 17 to play in the Western Hockey League. Leon Draisaitl was born in Cologne, Germany, on Oct. 27th, 1995. He comes from a […]

The Florida Panthers have a plan to stop the top skaters of the Edmonton Oilers. Panther Matthew Tkachuk is giving fans a little taste of what that plan is, by revealing how the squad must stop Oilers stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. “It’s a group effort. Never one person. We’ve got a really good […]

The Edmonton Oilers were one of the greatest teams of the 1980s, winning four Stanley Cups then adding a fifth in 1990. There’s no surprise that the majority of this list comes from those 1980s teams. However, the current iteration of the Oilers is also featured on this list, bridging the gap after some lean […]

The Edmonton Oilers have boasted the best duo in the NHL for the better part of six seasons. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl will finally get a chance to etch their names on the Stanley Cup after the pair helped lead the Oilers to a Game 6 win over the Dallas Stars to clinch the […]

Earlier on in May — when Leon Draisaitl and his Edmonton Oilers were fresh off their five-game Round 1 series win over the Los Angeles Kings — former player Georges Laraque reported that the German superstar could be tempted to move on from the Oil if the team doesn’t capture a Stanley Cup before his […]

The Edmonton Oilers are a single win away from defeating the Vancouver Canucks and advancing to their second Western Conference Final in three seasons. And Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl continue to be the catalysts, leading the postseason in scoring ahead of a monumental Game 7 on Monday night to decide the winner of the […]

Edmonton Oilers superstar Leon Draisaitl is attempting to get his team in the Western Conference Final. No matter the outcome of his Game 6 clash with the Vancouver Canucks, though, his time in Edmonton may be limited. The German star hits NHL Free Agency in 2025. And according to recent rumors, he could be heading […]

Two members of the Edmonton Oilers are getting some major praise from an opposing coach. Oilers’ Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl are receiving accolades after combining for 8 points in the team’s Game 2 victory Friday over the Vancouver Canucks. “McDavid and Draisaitl were unreal tonight,” Canucks coach Rick Tocchet said, per Daily Faceoff. Edmonton […]

For the third straight year, the Edmonton Oilers have knocked out the Los Angeles Kings in the first-round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Oilers got the job done on home ice in Game 5 on Wednesday night, beating their Pacific Division rivals 4-3 and advancing to face the winner of the Vancouver Canucks and […]

The Edmonton Oilers are more than just a Connor McDavid team. They also have Leon Draisaitl, a player they have to make a huge decision on soon. Draisaitl, who inked a $68 million extension contract with Edmonton back in 2017, has one more year left beyond the 2023-24 NHL season on his current contract that […]

Winners of 16 straight games and on the verge of making unbelievable NHL history, it’s hard to believe the Edmonton Oilers were once 5-12-1 in 2023-24. It’s been an incredible turnaround for Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and the entire organization; the Oil haven’t lost since Dec. 19, have suffered just three defeats since Nov. 22, […]

After an abysmal start to the 2023-24 campaign, the Edmonton Oilers are on an absolute tear as of late. The Oil have won 11 straight games, and are 21-6 since new head coach Kris Knoblauch took over on Nov. 12. Now 24-15-1 and just one point back of the Los Angeles Kings for the No. […]

The Edmonton Oilers have had a dreadful start to the season, one that led to the dismissal of head coach Jay Woodcroft. There are several factors that have led the Oilers to this point, one of them being the lack of production from their top two players Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. The duo averaged […]

The Edmonton Oilers may not have had much postseason success in recent years despite having two of the best players in the NHL in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, but they have at least been one of the best regular season teams for the past four seasons. That alone gives them something to hang their […]

The Edmonton Oilers are kicking off their 2023-24  season with high hopes. The Oilers are coming off a solid year. They won 50 games last season and advanced to the second round of the NHL Playoffs. Edmonton has a handful of dynamic players, but one just made history in their game against the Nashville Predators. […]

The Edmonton Oilers had an opening night to forget as the Vancouver Canucks took it to them on Wednesday night for an 8-1 win. The Canucks scored the first four goals of the game, three of them from Brock Boeser. The Oilers finally got on the board in the second period thanks to Leon Draisaitl, […]

The Las Vegas Golden Knights are set to host the Edmonton Oilers on Friday in NHL Playoffs action. The Golden Knights will have to make due without the services of defenseman Alex Pietrangelo, who has been suspended for a late game slash on Leon Draisaitl.  The slash happened in the waning seconds of the Oilers’ […]

When the subject is the Edmonton Oilers, the discussion nearly always centers on Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. The way things are going in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, perhaps the order should be changed to Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. Oilers Leon Draisaitl First NHL player to score 13 goals in any 8-game span of […]

Another day, another wasted monster individual effort in the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. On Tuesday, Joe Pavelski became the oldest player ever to score four goals in a playoff game in the NHL, albeit in a 5-4 overtime loss at home to the Seattle Kraken. Well, that was also the case Wednesday for the […]

Leon Draisaitl is doing an exceptional job at leading the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Los Angeles Kings.  With Connor McDavid not having a field series in terms of scoring goals, Draisaitl has taken it upon himself to deliver the goods on offense for the Oilers, who […]

Connor McDavid has yet to find the back of the net so far in the first round of their Stanley Cup Playoffs series against the Los Angeles Kings, but fortunately for the Edmonton Oilers, Leon Draisaitl is showing the way for the team. After a 4-3 overtime loss in Game 1 last Monday, the Oilers […]

The Edmonton Oilers now boast of a roster that features not one, not two, but three 100-point players in the 2022-23 NHL regular season. That’s after Ryan Nugent-Hopkins reached the 100-point plateau Wednesday night when he assisted on the Oilers’ insurance goal late in the third period during a 3-1 victory on the road against […]

There isn’t a more prolific duo in the NHL today than Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers. Each player is in the midst of an incredible 2022-23 season. In fact, they just pulled off a feat the league has only seen for the first time since the 1970s. Via the official Twitter […]

Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid smiled when asked who would keep the puck that helped earn the 800th point for McDavid and the 700th for centre Leon Draisaitl. “That’s a great question,” McDavid said. Connor McDavid scored two goals and earned one assist for the Oilers in a 4-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on […]

After years of playoff disappointment, the Edmonton Oilers finally broke through last season. The Oilers dispatched both the Los Angeles Kings and archrival Calgary Flames on their way to their first Western Conference Finals berth since 2006. While their run came to a disappointing end, losing in a sweep against the Colorado Avalanche, it was […]

Life is supposed to be easy for the Edmonton Oilers because they have Connor McDavid, the consensus pick for the best player on the planet today, and Leon Draisaitl, who, like McDavid, had over 100 points back in the regular season. However, the Colorado Avalanche have done a masterful job thus far in the 2022 […]

The Colorado Avalanche are set to take on the Edmonton Oilers in the 2022 NHL Western Conference Finals, with a Stanley Cup Finals berth on the line. The matchup will pit two of the game’s greatest talents against one another, as Nathan MacKinnon and the Avs will look to put an end to Connor McDavid […]

The Western Conference finals of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs is going to be one hell of a series, mainly because fans are going to see Nathan MacKinnon and Connor McDavid going head to head, beginning this coming Tuesday when the MacKinnon’s Colorado Avalanche play host to McDavid’s Edmonton Oilers. MacKinnon and the Avs needed […]

The Edmonton Oilers have jumped out to a 2-1 lead over the Calgary Flames in their second-round NHL Playoffs matchup, and tempers have begun to flare in the Battle of Alberta. With constant skirmishes between two sides, tensions are high between the Flames and Oilers, and it seems some Calgary players may have tried to […]

The Edmonton Oilers have jumped out to a 2-1 series lead against the Calgary Flames after an impressive 4-1 rout on Sunday night. Connor McDavid has used the NHL Playoffs as a platform to erase any doubt regarding his claim as the best hockey player on the planet, and his red-hot play has effectively carried […]