Despite seemingly playing through another injury that has kept him out of practice skates, Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has continued his playoff dominance throughout Round 2 of the 2023-24 NHL playoffs.
The Edmonton Oilers are getting ready to play Game 5 against the Vancouver Canucks after tying the series 2-2 on Tuesday (May 14) on a late heroic goal from Evan Bouchard with less than a minute left in the game, winning the game 3-2.
When an NHL best-of-seven series is tied 2-2, the winner of Game 5 wins the series 79.1% of the time with an all-time record of 231-61. — It isn’t hyperbole to state tonight is a massive game for both the Canucks and Oilers.
Evan Bouchard emerged as an elite NHL defenceman during the 2023-24 season for the Edmonton Oilers. This year he became only the second defenceman in Edmonton Oilers team history with an 80-point plus season (he had 82).
The late Evan Bouchard winner in Game 4 of the Oilers second-round series against the Vancouver Canucks could very well end up being the moment we look at a week from now as the true turning point.
Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch might have made the toughest decision of his career on Tuesday (May 14), when he elected to start goalie Calvin Pickard instead of Stuart Skinner against the Vancouver Canucks in Game 4 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs second round.
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The 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs are memorable for many fans. For Edmonton Oilers fans, it was the year the Copper and Blue made it back to the promised land for the first time since the 2006 Stanley Cup run.
The Edmonton Oilers tied their series with the Vancouver Canucks at two games each on Tuesday night, bringing new life to the series and making it a best-of-three.
When Calvin Pickard took the net for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4 against the Vancouver Canucks, he was making just his sixth playoff appearance in his professional career.
The build-up to Game 4 of the Oilers-Canucks series had all manner of intrigue. The Oilers were contemplating a change in goal and also a potential rework of the blue line.
Calvin Pickard has had a wild ride of an NHL career. The 32-year-old goaltender was drafted 49th overall by the Colorado Avalanche in 2010. But 14 years later, Pickard has played only 139 regular-season games.
Evan Bouchard placed his stamp on the NHL record books when he recorded an assist during Game 4 of the second-round series against the Canucks. A secondary assist on Leon Draisaitl’s power-play goal in the first period saw Bouchard record his 40th career playoff point.
After dropping the first game at Rogers Place on Sunday, Tuesday night’s rematch was a massive moment for the Edmonton Oilers. Win, and the series is tied.
EDMONTON — Kris Knoblauch speaks softly but the Edmonton Oilers’ coach carries balls the size of an Athabasca oil sands dump truck. To anyone who counts
To quote the late great Dennis Green, they are who we thought they were. It is the same old story regarding the Edmonton Oilers and their goaltending in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.