Oilers vs Kings Round 1 Game 5

May 1, 2024 - 5:03 PM ET

Tonight the Edmonton Oilers have an opportunity to finish off the LA Kings and move on to the Second Round to play the winner of the Canucks and Predators. Throughout these playoffs, the Oilers have played excellent hockey, scored timely goals, defended well when they needed to and had some strong g...

Oilers Win In 5 - Move On To Second Round

May 2, 2024 - 7:01 PM ET

The Edmonton Oilers have defeated the LA Kings 4-1 and have moved on to the Second Round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs where they will face the winner of the Canucks and Preds series. I wrote prior to yesterday's game that the Edmonton Oilers would need to hone their killer instincts and push hard...

Round 2: Oilers vs Canucks

May 6, 2024 - 9:57 PM ET

One Canadian team is going to advance to the Western Conference Finals this season and time will tell if it's going to be the Edmonton Oilers or the Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers and Flames rivalry has died down in the last couple seasons as the Flames begin a rebuild. Looking through social media i...

Oilers vs Canucks Round 2 Game 1

May 8, 2024 - 8:50 PM ET

Tonight Round 2 finally begins for the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks have been off since Friday while Edmonton has been sitting for exactly a week as of today. Both teams should be well rested but a critical area to watch will be if either team is trying to shake off the rus...

Oilers vs Canucks Round 2 Game 2

May 10, 2024 - 3:19 PM ET

The Edmonton Oilers deserved to lose Game 1. Full stop. Edmonton did not have a shot on goal for 22 minutes of play and sat back thinking that their work was finished after the first period. To the Canucks credit, they exposed a couple key weaknesses of the Edmonton Oilers. This is the first true te...

Oilers vs Canucks Round 2 Game 3

May 12, 2024 - 9:41 PM ET

The Edmonton Oilers tied the series up at 1-1 as we now head back to Edmonton. The good news is that Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman, Evan Bouchard, and Mattias Ekholm absolutely dominated the Canucks by every possible standard. The bad news is they were the only combination able to co...

Oilers vs Canucks Round 2 Game 4

May 14, 2024 - 2:53 PM ET

The Oilers officially have a goaltending problem. Despite outshooting the Canucks 42-18, Edmonton lost 4-3 against the Canucks in Game 3. Most of the damage was done in the first period with a hat-trick (one goal later credited to Lindholm) by Brock Boeser. There were some brutal mistakes in front o...