The Edmonton Oilers have a problem. It’s not a new problem, though. It’s one that’s become a tale as old of time for this team: their blue line. And on Monday night the struggles were on full display for the Oilers in a 5-3 loss to the Dallas Stars.
The Oilers failed to bring a 60-minute effort and the Dallas Stars made them pay. To repeat the script from the previous two games momentum went instantly into the hand of the Oilers, except this time Edmonton paired that pressure with a two-goal lead.
The Edmonton Oilers showed up and showed out in a double overtime victory over the Dallas Stars Thursday night. The narrative coming into this series is that the Oilers’ depth wouldn’t be a match for the Stars, but in Game 1, they showed they could hold their own.
The Edmonton Oilers survived a late onslaught from the Vancouver Canucks, earning an appearance in the Western Conference Finals for the second time in the last three years.
The Edmonton Oilers are going to the Western Conference Final for the second time in three years.
The most consistent effort of the series was not to be wasted as the Edmonton Oilers snagged a well-deserved, last-second Game 4 win to even things up at two games apiece.
The Vancouver Canucks swept the regular season series against the Edmonton Oilers this year. The Canucks outscored the Oilers 21-7 in those four games and 13-3 at 5v5.
After four games with the Edmonton Oilers up 3-1 in the series against the Los Angeles Kings, I wanted to get a sense of how the teams have compared and what each team’s strengths and weaknesses have been across their respective rosters.
The Edmonton Oilers take on the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night, both team’s final game of the 2023-24 regular season. For the Oilers, this will be their last chance to rest their major stars before taking on either the Vegas Golden Knights or Los Angeles Kings.
There were no jerseys on the ice, and no outraged fans in the stands. Instead, there were 4,600 fans crowding inside Mullett Arena Tuesday night saying goodbye to their Arizona Coyotes, as they beat the Oilers 5-2. Sean Durzi will go down as the last to score for the franchise, sealing the deal with an empty-net goal.
The Edmonton Oilers will be without Darnell Nurse, Cody Ceci, and Evander Kane as they help close out the Arizona Coyotes’ tenure in the desert. Kane will miss his second straight game due to maintenance purposes, and now Nurse and Ceci will join him.
With three games left in the regular season and only a slim chance of winning the division, the only things I really cared about in last night’s game were that Connor McDavid picked up his 100th assist, and everybody made it through okay.
The 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs are exactly one week away. The Edmonton Oilers currently sit second in the Pacific Division, holding a record of 48-24-6.
There has been much debate regarding the play of Darnell Nurse and Cody Ceci this season. The Edmonton Oilers have had relatively consistent success with their other two defensive pairs, but Nurse and Ceci have been boom or bust over various stretches.
The McDavid-less Oilers took on the Vegas Golden Knights last night at Rogers Place with the opportunity to pull themselves within a single point of locking in home-ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs.
Of course, the Oilers will always want Connor McDavid in the lineup. He’s the best player in the world doing things few in the history of the game have done.
The Oilers have a bunch of big games to play down the stretch, and none were more important than last night’s fourth and final meeting against the Los Angeles Kings at Rogers Place.
On Thursday evening, the Edmonton Oilers hosted their Pacific Division rivals, the Los Angeles Kings. Coming into this game, the Oilers had a three-point advantage in the standings over the Kings.
Edmonton Oilers’ Cody Ceci has been thrown around in trade rumors as the NHL Trade deadline nears. Ceci joined the team as a free agent in 2021 and has played a solid game since.
With the NHL trade deadline only weeks away, the Oilers are actively exploring options to free up cap space and strengthen their roster for a deep playoff run.
The Edmonton Oilers are heading into to Carolina and looking for a much-needed win against the Hurricanes. Losers of two in a row, the Oilers have lost all their momentum from three big wins and everyone is looking for answers — answers that don’t seem to be coming.
If the Edmonton Oilers are to do anything else significant this offseason, it will require a trade.
According to a few sources, the Edmonton Oilers are open to it, but not keen on the idea of trading defenseman Cody Ceci. Knowing that he’s still got value, is a useful player, and that finding an upgrade might not be the easiest thing in the world to do with a limited budget, it sounds like the team is leaning toward keeping him on the roster.
The Edmonton Oilers suffered a second-round defeat at the hands of the Vegas Golden Knights in the playoffs, and as they head into the offseason, there are a few changes that must be made.
It hasn’t taken long for the Maple Leafs to work out a contract for new acquisition Cody Ceci, and the defenseman has verbally agreed to a one-year, $4.5M contract with Toronto.
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