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Oilers beat Flames for Canadian-record 13th straight win
More Teams. More Games. The Oilers pick up the road win over the Flames, giving them 13 in a row. (1:39) CALGARY, Alberta — Sam Gagner broke a tie with a fluke goal early in the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flames 3-1 on Saturday night to break Montreal’s record for […]
Continue readingSchedule hacks: How to use the NHL slate to your advantage
More Teams. More Games. Warren Foegele nets his second goal and breaks a 2-2 tie for the Oilers’ 12th straight win. (0:50) In fantasy competition, as in life, there’s no scoring score from the bench. One of the tougher post-draft tasks in running a successful fantasy team is deciding who to play, and who to […]
Continue readingOilers win 12th straight, tie longest streak by Canadian team
Zach Hyman also scored for Edmonton, and Stuart Skinner stopped 25 shots. The Oilers have gone 20-3-0 in their last 23 games to improve to 25-15-1. They tied the record for the longest winning streak by a Canadian team, set by the 1967-68 Montreal Canadiens. Eeli Tolvanen and Jared McCann scored for Seattle. The Kraken […]
Continue readingEvan Bouchard’s goal gives Oilers franchise-best 10th victory in a row
More Teams. More Games. Evan Bouchard nets the winner in overtime as the Oilers pick up their 10th straight victory. (1:48) MONTREAL — Evan Bouchard scored a power-play goal 2:01 into overtime, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Saturday night for a franchise-record 10th consecutive victory. Leon Draisaitl also scored for […]
Continue readingNHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s reason for hope
Beyond the rankings, this week we have identified a reason for hope for all 32 NHL fan bases — whether it’s a current player or group, or perhaps a savior to arrive via the 2024 draft. How we rank: A panel of ESPN hockey commentators, analysts, reporters and editors each send in a 1-32 poll […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey stock watch: Pay attention to these goalie moves
More Teams. More Games. Connor McDavid tallies a goal and four assists to become the fifth-fastest player in NHL history to record his 900th point. (1:30) Martin Jones earning a shutout against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday is its own fresh twist in the Toronto Maple Leafs crease, which can be classified as a […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey preview: Flames, Kraken offer short-term value
More Teams. More Games. Evgeni Malkin scores goal for Pittsburgh Penguins (0:36) A bit of an unusual fantasy week on tap for the NHL, as American Thanksgiving means Thursday, Nov. 23, is a day with no NHL games, and Tuesday, Nov. 21, also doesn’t have any games scheduled. As such, we have a busy Monday […]
Continue readingOilers make Kris Knoblauch a winner in NHL coaching debut
Zach Hyman and Evander Kane also scored for Edmonton and Stuart Skinner stopped 32 shots. The Oilers got their first home victory of the season and their second straight win overall after losing four in a row. It was Knoblauch’s first game since taking over for the fired Jay Woodcroft on Sunday following the Oilers’ […]
Continue readingState of the goalie position: Be patient with these players
More Teams. More Games. Thatcher Demko makes big-time save vs. Stars (0:29) Is this the season of the shutout? Last season through Nov. 4, 2022, NHL goaltenders had played a collective 20,983 minutes in the crease and earned 13 shutouts. This season through Nov. 4, 2023, NHL goaltenders had played a collective 20,818 minutes in […]
Continue readingSlumping Oilers put goalie Jack Campbell on waivers
The Oilers placed Campbell on waivers for the purpose of assignment with the intent that he will play for their AHL affiliate, the Bakersfield Condors, in an attempt to gain the sort of consistency that has eluded him this season. Consistency has been an issue for the Oilers through their first 11 games of the […]
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