Perhaps head coach Kris Knoblauch didn’t see a blowout coming. Maybe he thought his starting goaltender wouldn’t be rattled after a solid season. Whatever the case, the Edmonton Oilers bench boss admitted after Thursday’s final regular season game that he made a mistake starting Skinner and letting him get lit up for four goals in just minutes.
The Western Conference side of the NHL playoff bracket seems set to be a slog, one could reasonably argue that at least five or six teams could make it out of this conference.
What a long, strange trip it’s been. On Thursday night, part of that trip ended for the Edmonton Oilers, who finished off their regular season with a 5-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche.
Edmonton Oilers’ captain Connor McDavid continues to be a threat whenever he is on the ice, no matter the circumstances. After coming off a season where the Oilers had the best power play percentage in all of NHL history, McDavid significantly raised his even-strength production this season.
The Edmonton Oilers take on the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night, both team’s final game of the 2023-24 regular season. For the Oilers, this will be their last chance to rest their major stars before taking on either the Vegas Golden Knights or Los Angeles Kings.
Nikita Kucherov has joined fellow elite scorer Connor McDavid in the exclusive members-only club with 100 assists. Since Bobby Orr achieved the feat in 1970-71 for the Boston Bruins, it is only the 15th time it has been achieved.
The Arizona Coyotes are hosting the Edmonton Oilers in what will be the team’s last game in Mullet Arena, and likely in Arizona. It will be a special and emotional game, only more emotional because it will feature Connor McDavid, arguably the best player in the NHL.
Returning to the Oilers line-up on Monday night’s game against the San Jose Sharks, Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid recorded his 100th assist on the season.
It is shaping up to be a fantastic finish to the 2023-24 season. As we’ve been doing in recent Around the NHL articles, we’ll look at the Eastern Conference playoff race.
On Monday night, Connor McDavid made history by notching his 100th assist of the season. His hunt to join Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, and Bobby Orr has been well documented.
In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, Connor McDavid hit 100 assists in a single season. It’s an incredible feat that brought out the kid in McDavid again.
Connor McDavid returned to action to score a goal and record his 100th assist of the season in the Edmonton Oilers' 9-2 rout of the visiting San Jose Sharks on Monday.
For Connor McDavid, most milestones are nothing special. Throughout his career, he’s always been ho-hum about hitting them, whether it was a goal plateau, point plateau, or virtually any of the other seemingly endless things he does on the ice often leaving observers speechless.
Connor McDavid returned to action to score a goal and record his 100th assist of the season in the Edmonton Oilers' 9-2 rout of the visiting San Jose Sharks on Monday.
With assist on Zach Hyman’s goal in the second period, Connor McDavid joined an exclusive club of players with his 100th assist of the season. McDavid became just the fourth player ever to reach this elusive feat, marking the 14th time in NHL history that a player would have such a campaign.
Edmonton has seen some impressive hockey players come through over the years. One of them just became the fourth person in NHL history to have 100 assists in a single season.
In gaining an assist against the San Jose Sharks, Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers has notched his 100th assist of the 2023-24 season. It has been more than 30 seasons since any player has recorded 100 assists, last accomplished by Wayne Gretzky in the 1990-91 season.
Edmonton Oilers’ captain Connor McDavid made history on Monday night, recording his 100th assist of the season against the San Jose Sharks and becoming just the fourth player in NHL history to reach the 100-assist mark in a single season.
Connor McDavid will play Monday night as the Edmonton Oilers take on the San Jose Sharks. McDavid has missed the last two games with a lower-body injury and has been resting as a precautionary measure.
Good news out of Edmonton this morning as captain Connor McDavid told media he would be playing tonight versus the San Jose Sharks. McDavid missed the last two games with a lower-body injury, McDavid last played on April 6 against the Calgary Flames where he tallied two assists.
As per Bob Stauffer and other media members who attended the Edmonton Oilers practice on Monday, Connor McDavid was on the ice and taking part in a full skate with the team.
Over the first three meetings of the season, the Vancouver Canucks outscored the Edmonton Oilers by an 18-6 margin and, unsurprisingly, they won every single one of them.
In the time it takes to play three periods of NHL hockey, the Edmonton Oilers went from controlling their own destiny to having only a minuscule chance at finishing first in the Pacific Division.
Superstar captain Connor McDavid will sit out his third straight game Saturday when his Edmonton Oilers host the Vancouver Canucks. McDavid sustained a lower-body injury during the final five minutes of the Oilers' 4-2 win over the Calgary Flames on April 6.
Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch says captain Connor McDavid will not play Saturday against the Vancouver Canucks. McDavid has 31 goals and 99 assists for 130 points in 74 games.
After clinching home ice for at least their first-round series in the playoffs, the Edmonton Oilers turn their sights on trying to finish in first place in the Pacific Division when they host the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night.
Connor McDavid will not play on Friday against the Arizona Coyotes, still dealing with a nagging lower-body injury sustained in a 4-2 win at the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
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