The top unit of McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Evan Bouchard, and Zach Hyman are still spearheading a sharp unit as the Oilers rank No. 8 overall in power-play efficiency, but they ended last season at No. 4.
Evan Bouchard scored with 6:55 left and the surging Edmonton Oilers overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Thursday night.
Zach Hyman scored a tiebreaking power-play goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3. Adam Henrique, Corey Perry and Vasily Podkolzin also scored for the Oilers,
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced three-game suspensions for Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid and Vancouver Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers on Monday. Both players were penalized for cross-checking their opponents’ heads during both teams' matchup on Saturday night, which saw Vancouver win 3–2 in regulation.
The Edmonton Oilers will play the next three games without superstar captain Connor McDavid after the NHL suspended him for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland on Saturday.
The Edmonton Oilers went 3-1 in four games last week, including two come-from-behind wins, and almost pulled off another against the Vancouver Canucks on Jan.
The Capitals have taken a more aggressive stance with their penalty kill this season and seen huge improvements as a result.
Edmonton Oilers tempted fate once too often on Saturday, and this time they paid for it. They dug yet another deep first-period hole against a spirited Vancouver Canucks squad, allowing all 3 goals in 3½ minutes late in the first period including a pair of powerplay tallies by first star Quinn Hughes.
A pair of cross-checks have landed Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers in hot water with the National Hockey League. What led to the incidents that landed both match penalties — and subsequent automatic hearings with the NHL — happened in the final seconds of Saturday’s game between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks.
Quinn Hughes scored two power-play goals and the struggling Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2. Danton Heinen also scored and J.T.
In the final seconds of the Edmonton Oilers' 3-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, tensions boiled over in a dramatic ending that saw Connor McDavid and Tyler Myers handed match penalties.
Evan Bouchard scored the winning goal late in the third period, capping the Edmonton Oilers’ rally from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night. Bouchard also had an assist,