Markstrom blanks Oilers as Flames win 5-0
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jacob Markstrom stopped 17 shots he faced and the Calgary Flames beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-0 Saturday night to end a four-game skid. Johnny Gaudreau and Mark Giordano each had a goal and an assist, and Sean Monahan, Elias Lindholm and Brett Ritchie also scored for Calgary. Sam Bennett and Mikael […]
Oilers beat Senators 3-1 to sweep 9-game season series
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Devin Shore broke a tie with 7:02 left, Mike Smith made 39 saves and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Thursday night to sweep the nine-game season series. Kailer Yamamoto and Jesse Puljujarvi, into an empty net, also scored for Edmonton. The Oilers have points in nine of […]
Draisaitl scores 3, McDavid 1, Oilers beat Senators again
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Connor McDavid set up three goals by Leon Draisaitl and scored a spectacular game-winner with 6:06 to play as the Edmonton Oilers remained perfect this season against the Ottawa Senators with a 4-2 win on Wednesday. Draisaitl and McDavid, the NHL’s top two scorers, were reunited on the same line for […]
Staal scores OT winner in debut; Canadiens top Oilers 3-2
MONTREAL (AP) — Eric Staal scored in overtime in his Montreal debut, giving the Canadiens a 3-2 come-from-behind win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night. Staal beat Mike Smith with a wrist shot from the circle 4:02 into overtime. Montreal improved to 2-9 in overtime games. Edmonton fell to 2-2. “I just love that […]
McDavid leads Oilers to 3-2 win over Flames
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Calgary Flame 3-2 Friday night. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Dominik Kahun also scored for the Oilers, and Leon Draisaitl had two assists. Mike Smith stopped 24 shots. Edmonton beat Calgary for the fifth time in seven […]
Price gets 1st shutout of season, Montreal tops Oilers 4-0
MONTREAL (AP) — Brendan Gallagher and Artturi Lehkonen each had a goal and an assist and the Montreal Canadiens returned from lengthy break and beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Tuesday night. Montreal was playing for the first time since a 5-4 home shootout victory over the Vancouver Canucks on March 20. Two days later, […]
Oilers edge Maple Leafs in OT with 3-2 win
TORONTO (AP) — Darnell Nurse scored 17 seconds into overtime and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Monday in the ninth and final regular-season meeting between the teams. After Oilers goalie Mike Smith stopped Auston Matthews on a 2-on-1 break right off the faceoff of the extra period, the Oilers broke […]
Auston Matthews scores in OT to lift Maple Leafs past Oilers
TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored 54 seconds into overtime to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Matthews fired the puck towards the net that it went off Edmonton’s Darnell Nurse and got past goalie Mike Smith. Matthews broke a tie with Oilers star Connor McDavid […]
McDavid records goal, assist as Oilers rally past Jets 4-2
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl’s third-period goal proved to be the winner as the Edmonton Oilers rallied from two goals down and beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Saturday night. “I think that we’re resilient. We figured out different ways to stick around and win hockey games. It’s obviously a big part of making […]
McDavid scores twice, Oilers beat Jets to tie for North lead
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid scored twice to close in on the NHL lead and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Thursday night to move into a tie with Toronto for the North Division lead. McDavid has 20 goals — a goal behind Toronto’s Auston Matthews — and leads the league […]