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Oilers player grades — Devan Dubnyk shows Sharks his A game, but Oil drop...
Edmonton Oilers didn’t quite accomplish the primary objective — knock off the undefeated San Jose Sharks in their own barn — but the local side did enough to force overtime and earn a valuable point in...
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Anaheim Ducks star Corey Perry is sneaky-dirty like Mark Messier used to be...
- There’s plenty of vitriol from aggrieved Minnesota Wild fans, upset at Corey Perry’s elbow on rookie Jason Zucker when I dared to tweet Perry’s “sneaky-dirty” play was what made him special to other...
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Time is ripe for the Edmonton Oilers to make a point-ed push up the NHL...
Amazing what one victory, what a measly two (2) points can do for an NHL hockey club, no? By eking out a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday night, the Oilers, for example, moved into a...
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San Jose Sharks’ Brent Burns unlike any other NHL player
San Jose’s Brent Burns has always been different, and not because he has a menagerie of pets–lots of snakes, lizards, cats (he told TSN’s Chris Cuthbert once he’d like a serval which is a cross between...
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UPDATED: Edmonton Oilers Game Day — RNH late scratch vs. Sharks; Hartikainen...
UPDATED 17:20 MDT: Edmonton Oilers will be missing a key player tonight as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has been scratched from the line-up. RNH is “under the weather” according to Ryan Rishaug, after being...
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Extra time has not been kind to the Edmonton Oilers
Remember the Edmonton Oilers’ first month of the shortened season? A shootout win on Roberto Luongo in Vancouver, an OT win against Los Angeles on Sam Gagner’s goalmouth stuff on Jonathan Quick, an OT...
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Edmonton Oilers player grades — Charity begins at home, as Oilers prove yet...
With 15 minutes to go in the third period of Wednesday night’s crucial game, Edmonton Oilers held a 3-1 lead over San Jose Sharks. Nurse that lead to the finish line and the Oilers would move into an...
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Who should start in goal for the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday: Devan Dubnyk or...
Starting goalie Devan Dubnyk has started the past 11 games for the Edmonton Oilers. Take Our Poll Devan Dubnyk has started 11 in a row, and in the third period against San Jose, looked like he was...
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Dan Boyle would be very attractive to a Stanley Cup contender or anybody else
Dan Boyle’s name keeps coming up at the trade deadline. He’s a power-play point guy, puck-mover, competitive — but he also turns 37 in July and will make $6.6 million next season. He’d be excellent in...
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Where the Edmonton Oilers stand: NHL Western Conference watch April 8
NHL Western Conference standings following games April 7, 2013 ———————————————————————– GP W L OT P GF GA Home Away S/O L10 Streak 1* Chicago 38 29 5 4 62 128 83 14-3-2 15-2-2 5-4 6-3-1 Won 2 2*...
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Jay Bouwmeester was always going to wind up with the St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues’ pursuit of defenceman Jay Bouwmeester has never been a secret. At the NHL awards ceremony in Las Vegas last June, Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock had accolades for Bouwmeester when...
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Where the Edmonton Oilers stand: NHL Western Conference watch April 10
NHL Western Conference standings following games April 9, 2013 ————————————————————— GP W L OT P GF GA Home Away L10 Streak 1* x-Chicago 39 30 5 4 64 129 83 14-3-2 16-2-2 6-3-1 Won 3 2* Anaheim 40 27...
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Where the Edmonton Oilers stand: NHL Western Conference watch April 11
Another loss, another missed opportunity for the Edmonton Oilers to move up the Western Conference standings with eight games left on their regular-season schedule. If the Oilers had beaten the...
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Where the Edmonton Oilers stand: NHL Western Conference watch April 12
The losing magic number for the Edmonton Oilers stays at six for a second straight day after the Detroit Red Wings’ shootout loss Thursday night to the San Jose Sharks. Patrick Marleau paced the...
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Where the Edmonton Oilers stand: NHL Western Conference watch April 13
The Detroit Red Wings gained a little bit of ground Friday night on most of the pack chasing them for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Red Wings earned their second...
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Where the Edmonton Oilers stand: NHL Western Conference watch April 14
There’s a new team for the Edmonton Oilers to chase for the Western Conference’s eighth and final playoff spot , but it’s unlikely to matter given a crucial loss by the Oilers to the visiting Calgary...
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If Nashville Predators defenceman Shea Weber somehow is available in late...
We all know Shea Weber has said he’s happy in Nashville with the remaking of the Predators, but he does not have a no-trade clause. If Weber is available in late July — the one-year anniversary of his...
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Vancouver Canucks’ coach Alain Vigneault is excellent bench boss but may pay...
After the San Jose Sharks scored two goals in nine seconds in the third period Sunday or about the same time as it takes to spell Couture and Marleau, Vancouver Canucks’ coach Alain Vigneault went from...
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Will Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky be the first Vezina winner from...
Can the best netminder in the NHL be on a team that’s not in the playoffs? We’re about to find out with Goalie Bob. We’ll see if Columbus Blue Jackets’ Sergei Bobrovsky breaks through. Since it was...
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Who has the best goalie of the eight NHL teams left in Stanley Cup hunt?
Goalies have won the last two Conn Smythe trophies as NHL playoff MVP — Jonathan Quick in LA and the enigmatic Tim Thomas in Boston, once the toast of the town there, now persona non grata — and 15...
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