Defenseman Evan Bouchard got the overtime winner, but Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl were the main reasons why the Edmonton Oilers are tied 1-1 with the Vancouver Canucks in a Western Conference second-round playoff series.
Game 1 of round 2 proved to be a disappointment for the Edmonton Oilers. While they initially held a 4-2 lead in the third period, they faltered in closing out the game, allowing the Vancouver Canucks to score three unanswered goals.
Former Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford joined Thursday’s episode of Sekeres and Price to dissect the team’s recent victory, focusing on their defensive strategy against McDavid and Draisaitl, the contributions of depth players, and the decision to keep Silovs in goal.
Oh my goodness. In a game that started so inauspiciously, the Vancouver Canucks stormed back to claim a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers. There was no questioning that the Canucks were territorially the better team throughout the game, playing solid hockey at 5v5 right from the start.
Connor McDavid failed to record a shot for the first time in his playoff career, and the Edmonton Oilers blew a three-goal lead to drop Game 1 of their Western Conference second-round series to the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.
There's no NHL team facing more pressure to finally get the job done than the Oilers. After losing to the eventual champion Golden Knights last year, Edmonton entered this season with the hockey world wondering how they would respond.
Goaltending played a huge role in the Canucks’ series win over the Nashville Predators. But in true Canucks fashion, it didn’t go the way anybody expected.
The hockey world’s attention, particularly in Canada, will be riveted on the upcoming Stanley Cup Playoff clash between the Edmonton Oilers and the Vancouver Canucks, marking their first postseason meeting since 1992.
The Western Conference second-round playoff series between the Oilers and Canucks begins Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET.
The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers are set to finally start their second round matchup on Wednesday, and a lot of people seem to be favouring the Oilers in this series.
It’s not exactly a secret that the Edmonton Oilers are a top-heavy team. And that isn’t a bad thing, especially when you have two of the best players in the league who are now among the best playoff scorers of all time.
Connor McDavid was named a finalist for the Hart Trophy on Tuesday. It’s not a shock that the Edmonton Oilers captain is in the mix again, repeatedly proving he’s the game’s biggest star and best player.
The NHL has revealed the finalists for the Hart Memorial Trophy, awarded to the league’s most valuable player. It’s the three we have talked about nearly the entire season: Nikita Kucherov, Nathan MacKinnon and the reigning MVP, Connor McDavid.
For the sixth time in his nine years in the NHL, Connor McDavid has been named a Hart Trophy Finalist. It follows a very impressive season for the Edmonton Oilers captain, who scored 32 goals and 132 points in 76 games.
Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and Nikita Kucherov were named the finalists for the 2023-24 Hart Memorial Trophy on Tuesday. The award is presented "to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team" and voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.
On Tuesday, the NHL announced Nikita Kucherov (Tampa Bay Lightning), Nathan MacKinnon (Colorado Avalanche) and Connor McDavid (Edmonton Oilers) as the
The NHL has announced the finalists for the Hart Trophy.
With the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs officially underway, have oddsmakers changed their minds about whether a team from the Great White North will hoist the Stanley Cup?
As the Edmonton Oilers get set for a second-round playoff series with the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday, one of the narratives going into the series is the fact the Canucks dominated the Oilers during the regular season.
How will the series between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks be different than the series between the Oilers and Los Angeles Kings? There are a few ways, the biggest of which might be the regular season record coming into each respective playoff series.
Connor McDavid joined an exclusive club on the night he and his team punched their ticket to the second round. The Oilers were moving the puck along well on the power play in the second period, which saw numerous passes between McDavid and Leon Draisaitl before the latter fired a shot from a sharp angle.
NHL analyst and former player Mike Rupp was on the Jim Rome Show this week and talked about Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers and how they are a favorite to win the Stanley Cup.
The Edmonton Oilers came to play from the moment the puck was dropped in an overwhelming 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings Monday night. The Oilers used their speed to maintain a possession advantage over the Kings all night, constantly pinning them down as they laid on the attack.
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