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Ales Hemsky scores twice to lead Edmonton Oilers past Ottawa Senators 3-2
EDMONTON — If it was Ales Hemsky’s last game as an Edmonton Oiler, he certainly went out on a high note. Persistently rumoured to be a likely candidate to be dealt during Wednesday’s NHL trade...
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Jordan Eberle scores twice, Viktor Fasth with 28 saves as Edmonton Oilers...
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers seem to have solved their problems in net and have been getting some positive results because of it. Jordan Eberle had a pair of goals and an assist and Viktor Fasth made...
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Patrick Marleau’s goal in third gives San Jose Sharks victory over Edmonton...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Patrick Marleau has had a lot of success against the Edmonton Oilers this season. The Sharks’ assistant team captain found another way to keep the good times rolling. In the process,...
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Corey Perry nets 2 of Anaheim Ducks’ 3 goals to beat Edmonton Oilers 3-2
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Corey Perry got to 40 goals and helped the Anaheim Ducks reach 50 wins. Perry scored twice in Anaheim’s three-goal third period, and Francois Beauchemin added the winning tally with...
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Taylor Hall shines as Edmonton Oilers upset Anaheim Ducks 4-2
EDMONTON — Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists as the Edmonton Oilers upset the Pacific Division-leading Anaheim Ducks 4-2 on Sunday. David Perron, Jordan Eberle and Justin Schultz also scored for...
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Oilers remain adamant the team is on right track
EDMONTON — The disaster that was the 2013-14 NHL season mercifully ended for the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night and on Sunday morning the players couldn’t wait to do their exit interviews and get...
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Questions for each of the seven Canadian NHL franchises: Western edition
As Canadians stomach another American-based NHL team parading around this summer with the Stanley Cup in tow, what can teams north of the border do to address this continuing inequity? Here’s a look at...
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Edmonton Oilers deal Sam Gagner to Lightning, who flip him to Coyotes
Sam Gagner had heard his name in trade talk for quite some time, but even he couldn’t have expected this. Gagner was traded twice Sunday, first from the Edmonton Oilers to Tampa Bay and then from the...
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Schultz gets $3.7 million, one-year deal from Oilers to prove himself
Justin Schultz isn’t a fully-formed No. 1 NHL defenceman just yet, so the Edmonton Oilers are giving him a chance to grow into one. The Oilers agreed to terms with the 24-year-old on a...
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Edmonton Oilers spot Winnipeg Jets early lead before roaring back for 3-2 win
WINNIPEG — It took two goals on 11 shots — not including the two posts that Evander Kane managed to hit — to push the Winnipeg Jets ahead 2-0 Wednesday at the MTS Centre. It was an advantage that...
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NHL Preview: Five storylines to watch this season
Will it be a season of promise or heartbreak for Canadian NHL fans? Here are five NHL storylines to watch this season: The Vancouver Canucks were forced to aprt with Ryan Kesler, who wanted out and was...
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Cam Cole: It’s going to be a long winter in Western Canada
Consider that the state of hockey in 2013-14, at least NHL hockey, was California. And that the Vancouver Canucks — for years, the best of Canada’s Western entries — have fallen to the bottom third of...
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NHL PREVIEW: Edmonton Oilers add size, sandpaper for 2014-15, but playoffs...
EDMONTON — While the playoffs may be a bridge too far in 2014-15, the woebegone Edmonton Oilers know it’s time to demonstrate there’s light — any light — at the end of the tunnel. “There’s no question...
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Mike Hoffman, Ottawa Senators buckle down for 4-3 overtime win against...
EDMONTON — The Ottawa Senators weren’t about to give up another point in extra time. Mike Hoffman scored a pair of goals, including the overtime winner, as the Ottawa Senators snapped a three-game...
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Pekka Rinne makes 37 saves, Nashville Predators blank skidding Edmonton...
NASHVILLE — Filip Forsberg scored at 3:55 of overtime to give the Nashville Predators a 1-0 victory over Edmonton on Thursday night, handing the Oilers their eighth consecutive defeat. Pekka Rinne made...
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Mathieu Perreault scores OT winner as Winnipeg Jets hand Edmonton Oilers 11th...
WINNIPEG — Mathieu Perreault scored 17 seconds into overtime as the Winnipeg Jets handed the Edmonton Oilers their 11th straight loss with a 3-2 victory on Wednesday. Perrault tipped a Jacob Trouba...
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Canada tries to silence doubters with world junior gold drought at five years
Sidney Crosby helped spark the golden age of Canadian junior hockey. In 2005, the Pittsburgh Penguins captain and his teammates ended a seven-year gold-medal drought at the world junior championship,...
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Florida Panthers win third straight with 4-2 victory over Edmonton Oilers
EDMONTON — The Florida Panthers don’t seem to mind being on the road. Tomas Kopecky scored the game winner and Jussi Jokinen recorded a pair of assists as the Panthers stretched their winning streak to...
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Yakupov scores winning goal in shootout, Oilers top Panthers
By Paul Gereffi SUNRISE, Fla. — Nail Yakupov scored the winning goal in the shootout to lift the Edmonton Oilers over the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Saturday night. Yakupov’s shot got past Roberto Luongo...
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Charlie Coyle’s late goal lifts Minnesota Wild over Edmonton Oilers 2-1
EDMONTON — A trip to Edmonton usually seems to be able to break the Minnesota Wild out of a funk. Charlie Coyle’s goal late in the third period stood up as the winner as the Wild snapped a two-game...
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Scratch Nail Yakupov? It could happen
Edmonton Oilers coach Dallas Eakins might want to see how Finnish winger Jesse Joensuu looks in a few more practices before he reinserts him after he was KO’d by a sore back in Vancouver six days ago....
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Dave Bolland scores in OT as Maple Leafs rally against Oilers
TORONTO — Dave Bolland scored in overtime, after Joffrey Lupul tied the game with 31 seconds left in regulation, to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 in a back-and-forth game...
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Sinking Oilers told to stress will, not skill
Ottawa — The season may not be a month old, but the free fall of the Edmonton Oilers is already taking its toll. As if one win in eight games wasn’t troubling enough, the Oilers play the Ottawa...
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Ryan Nugent-Hopkins powers Edmonton Oilers past Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA — Ryan-Nugent Hopkins scored twice, including once into an empty net, for the Edmonton Oilers in their 3-1 Saturday matinee win over the Ottawa Senators. Jordan Eberle also scored and Devan...
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Edmonton Oilers hold breath on Taylor Hall injury
MONTREAL — The Oilers are still awaiting a verdict on Taylor Hall, who was flown back to Edmonton on Sunday for further evaluation of his left knee. Hall will undergo an MRI to determine the extent of...
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Oilers finally find a way to win
EDMONTON — It wasn’t that David Perron had erased all memory of the first frightful 40 minutes. He was acutely aware of the fact the Edmonton Oilers had been out-battled, outshot, outscored by the...
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David Perron fuels Edmonton Oilers explosion in 7-0 rout of Columbus Blue...
EDMONTON — Goals have not come easy this season for the Edmonton Oilers, but you wouldn’t have known it from Tuesday night. David Perron had a career high four-point night with two goals and two...
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Ilya Bryzgalov earns 31st career shutout in first Edmonton Oilers start
NASHVILLE — Ilya Bryzgalov was a man of few words after he efficiently registered his 31st career shutout in his first start for the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. Yes, it was great to get a...
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have a shot at history (but they rarely hit the net)
Sure as shootin’, the Toronto Maple Leafs may have moved into record territory — but, sadly, the NHL statistical archives don’t go deep enough to render it official. The Leafs finally started hitting...
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Ryan Johansen’s goal, assist lead Blue Jackets over Oilers
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist for his third multipoint game this season to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets past the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Friday night....
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Devan Dubnyk backstops Edmonton Oilers’ 3-2 SO win over Dallas Stars
DALLAS — Devan Dubnyk, the accidental hero, sat in his dressing room stall with the player of the game jacket hanging behind him and a 3-2 shootout win in the books. Just an hour earlier, the Edmonton...
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Edmonton Oilers need overtime to edge Carolina Hurricanes
EDMONTON — Edmonton Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins wasn’t concerned with how his team won on Tuesday, simply that they did. Jordan Eberle scored in overtime as the Oilers continued to try to drag...
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Shorthanded goal lifts Colorado Avalanche over Edmonton Oilers
DENVER — Man up, man down. The Edmonton Oilers gave up a league-leading eighth shorthanded goal to one of the game’s best penalty-killers, Max Talbot, late in the second period last night at Denver’s...
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Edmonton Oilers deliver to snap six-game slide
EDMONTON — ’Twas two nights before Christmas and all through the house, the creatures were stirring down on the ice and up in the seats. After a disgruntled fan tossed an Ales Hemsky jersey to the ice...
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Oilers use tough love with Nail Yakupov
If you’re wondering how Nail Yakupov has escaped a short trip to Oklahoma City to see what life is like on the farm team, it’s because the Edmonton Oilers are going to force him to learn how to play...
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Oilers reflect on frustrating loss to Flyers
EDMONTON — Wayne Gretzky, a guy who knew a thing or two about scoring goals, once said that you miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take — which takes us directly to the Edmonton Oilers. Through...
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Edmonton Oilers ground Tampa Bay Lightning with 5-3 victory
EDMONTON — Jordan Eberle had a pair of goals as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a four-game losing skid with a 5-3 upset over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. Taylor Hall, Luke Gazdic and Boyd Gordon...
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Minnesota Wild beat the new-look Edmonton Oilers 4-1
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Jason Pominville had a goal and an assist, Nate Prosser scored for the first time in 68 games, and the Minnesota Wild beat the new-look Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Thursday night....
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Jacob Trouba’s OT goal sends Winnipeg Jets past Edmonton Oilers
WINNIPEG — Jacob Trouba scored twice, including once in overtime, as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday afternoon. The first-year defenceman was joined on the score sheet by...
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Zack Kassian’s goal lifts Vancouver Canucks past hapless Edmonton Oilers 2-1
EDMONTON — The Vancouver Canucks didn’t need Henrik Sedin or their head coach to hold on for a win over Edmonton on Tuesday. Zack Kassian’s second-period goal stood up as the game winner as the Canucks...
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Are Edmonton Oilers trying to trade Jordan Eberle?
With a rock-solid grip on second-last place, the Edmonton Oilers have to seriously begin thinking about Phase XVI of their ongoing rebuilding plan. This week, up popped the name of one of the endless...
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Edmonton Oilers snap six-game losing streak with 5-1 win over Nashville...
EDMONTON — Ryan Smyth had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers snapped a season-high six-game losing streak with a 5-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday. Justin Schultz, Jordan...
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Edmonton Oilers’ Ben Scrivens makes 59 saves to shut out San Jose Sharks
EDMONTON — They call him The Professor, a fitting tribute for the years he had spent studying at Cornell University. Well, now you can also call Ben Scrivens the author of a new NHL record. The...
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Secondary scorers show up for Oilers
NEW YORK — Obviously, there are many components of success that are either regularly missing from the Edmonton Oilers’ collective game or only available in spurts. One item on the long list is balanced...
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Devils defenceman Jon Merrill scores 1st NHL goal in OT win over Oilers
NEWARK, N.J. — Devils defenceman Jon Merrill scored his first NHL goal 2:34 into overtime, and New Jersey defeated the Edmonton Oilers 2-1 on Friday night. Cory Schneider made 19 saves and Andrei...
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Edmonton Oilers return to the ice after 12 days off for the Olympic break
EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers returned to the ice Wednesday after 12 days off for the Olympic break, several of them with red faces either from sun tanning or the hard bike riding that was part of the...
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Darcy Kuemper shakes off rust, makes 21 saves in Minnesota Wild’s 3-0 shutout...
By Shane Jones EDMONTON — There was plenty of post-Olympic rust to go around, but none seemed to stick to Darcy Kuemper in the Minnesota Wild’s net. Kuemper made 21 saves to earn his second career...
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Wennberg has shootout winner in Blue Jackets’ 5-4 comeback victory over Oilers
COLUMBUS, Ohio — At 32, Scott Hartnell is a dozen years older than Alexander Wennberg and Marko Dano. Since they have been put on the same line, the rookies have learned a lot, and the veteran has been...
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Derek Roy scores winner as Oilers beat struggling Avalanche 4-3
EDMONTON — Derek Roy scored the winner as the Edmonton Oilers dealt the Colorado Avalanche’s faint playoff hopes another blow, hanging on for a 4-3 victory on Wednesday. Martin Marincin, Jordan Eberle...
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Eberle and Hall lead way as Canada tops host Czechs at worlds
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Jordan Eberle and Taylor Hall each had a goal and an assist Monday as Canada downed the Czech Republic 6-3 to stay perfect at the world hockey championship. Sean Couturier,...
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