Connor McDavid is back and the blender is out. Ahead of Monday’s game against the Seattle Kraken, Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch made a few changes to his team’s forward lines.
That won’t be the case against Seattle, as Adam Henrique is lining up between Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson while Nugent-Hopkins is skating with Mattias Janmark and Connor Brown.
Ask Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers. He has more talent in his left foot than most hockey players have throughout their entire body. It takes an entire team to pull together to be a champion, and the Oilers strive to be champions this season.
Mattias Janmark, Adam Henrique, and Connor Brown are reunited on the third line after Jeff Skinner saw some time there in Colorado. Skinner sticks around in the lineup, however, seemingly entering a rotation with Corey Perry and Kasperi Kapanen on the ...
The Edmonton Oilers have Connor McDavid back after a three-game suspension and, with that, came some pretty major line changes.
The Edmonton Oilers too to the ice for practice today with coach Knoblauch mixing up the lines for a different look and without Mattias Ekholm or Kasperi Kapanen present.
EDMONTON, AB – The return of captain Connor McDavid to the lineup on Monday ... "I think the guys did a good job," Adam Henrique said. "You can't just replace him by putting somebody in the ...
Nugent-Hopkins scored just his second five-on-five point of the season away from Connor McDavid. It’s been an unusu
The difference in the game was great goaltending from Washington’s Logan Thompson — who was strangely left off of the Team Canada roster — and the fact that the Edmonton power play without McDavid was anemic, with not one Grade A shot in three opportunities.
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.
Defenceman John Klingberg will make his long-awaited Blue & Orange debut on Thursday night when the Edmonton Oilers host the Detroit Red Wings at Rogers Place, Head Coach Kris Knoblauch confirmed following the morning skate.
Saad has been relegated to a bottom-six role in St. Louis, having been passed on the depth chart by former Oilers forward Dylan Holloway. He is coming off a 26-goal campaign with the Blues last season, and it still looks like he has the wheels to be an NHL player.