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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 […]

The Edmonton Oilers are set for Game 1 of the Battle of Alberta against the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night, and head coach Jay Woodcroft dropped a series of key injury updates ahead of the clash. Forwards Leon Draisaitl, Evander Kane, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins have all been dealing with injuries and didn’t skate at practice […]

The Edmonton Oilers are looking to stay hot after rattling off back-to-back wins in elimination games to sneak past the LA Kings into the second round of the playoffs. Their next Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup pits them up in the battle for Alberta, a showdown against the Calgary Flames. This will be a heated rivalry […]

The Edmonton Oilers are officially in do-or-die mode in Game 6 with their NHL Playoffs series set to return to Los Angeles on Thursday night. The Oilers have their backs against the wall, trailing the Kings 3-2 in the first-round matchup, which has prompted coach Jay Woodcroft to make a pretty significant lineup change for […]

The Edmonton Oilers currently own the fifth best record in the Western Conference while fielding one of the best one-two punches in the league in last year’s MVP Connor McDavid and the 2020 MVP Leon Draisaitl. Still, Edmonton might not make the list of many as Stanley Cup playoff favorites. That suits Draisaitl just fine. […]

The Edmonton Oilers knew they were entering a tough game Monday night against the Calgary Flames on the road, and Leon Draisaitl expected more from himself and other top offensive Oilers options. Instead, Edmonton ended up absorbing a 3-1 loss, and that got Draisaitl expressing his frustrations on his and his other teammates’ failure to […]

Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl joined truly elite company Sunday night, after tallying another goal and two assists in the Oilers win at St. Louis, 5-4. Draisaitl now has 15 goals and 16 assists in his team’s first 14 games of the season. Leon Draisaitl is the 3rd player in the last 30 years to […]