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The Oilers are one bad week away from the guy in No. 00
Edmonton dressed the NHL's first full-time emergency backup goalie Thursday, and its fourth-string starter made it look necessary.
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Ice Breaker: Mintyukov's Gordie Howe beats McDavid's four points
Anaheim survives Edmonton's 46 penalty minutes, Cooley's hat trick goes to waste in Montreal, and St. Louis nearly steals one in Newark.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Vilmanis goes for four, Kempe and Panarin carve up San Jose
Florida survives a messy third against Chicago, the Kings put seven on the Sharks, and Seattle wins in overtime in 55 seconds.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Detroit spoils the new sweaters, Marner makes it 10 straight
The Red Wings score twice in 45 seconds to beat Florida 5-3, Colorado erases a 2-0 hole in Chicago, and Pastrnak ends it in Boston.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Bobrovsky took Toronto's money, and Stolarz took his net
Ten starts in, the two-time Cup winner sits at .885, and the goalie who once backed him up in Sunrise is 5-1.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 15 for 15, and Gauthier answers a 3-0 hole
Anaheim scores six straight on Ottawa, Kochetkov goes to 10-0-0 in a 7-0 rout of Winnipeg, and the Panthers host Detroit tonight.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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The Ferda Room: Kucherov asks out, Larkin walks out, Florida wins out
Tampa's MVP wants a trade and the room splits on when BriseBois should deal him, while the Panthers sweep a 13-goal week and Gord stays perfect.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Babcock has scratched $10.85 million of Oilers, and he's right
Jake Walman and Trent Frederic have both sat this month, the room is backing the coach, and McDavid hasn't missed a scoresheet.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid sets an assist record, Seattle stuns the Leafs late
Jarry blanks Calgary, Gavin McKenna scores twice in a loss, Colorado buries the Devils and Washington handles Philadelphia.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ottawa's betting-ad bill is coming, but the boards stay busy
Bill S-211 faces a Commons committee vote this week. It orders a national framework, not a ban, and two provinces want no part of it.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 12 for 12, Detroit wins anyway
Lucas Raymond wins a shootout in Edmonton, Doughty runs the Garden for the Kings, and Calgary beats Bobrovsky for a fourth straight win.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Hughes stays, Nikishin signs, and Edmonton's net is next
Minnesota's extension is a press release away, Carolina won the staredown at $3 million, and the Flames keep winning their way out of a sell-off.
Gord Tremblay · 6 min read
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Ice Breaker: Eller ends the skid, Fowler steals the Heritage Classic
Florida kills seven Chicago power plays, Nashville scores four of its own, and Montreal wins outdoors in Winnipeg behind a 33-save night.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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The Ferda Room: Hellebuyck is a Devil, and Florida forgot the puck
New Jersey won the two-month goalie auction, the Panthers were outscored 9-1 on the road, and last week's locks went 2-4.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
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Ice Breaker: Leafs drop seven on Edmonton, Batherson buries New York
Twelve games, three overtime winners, a Kochetkov shutout and a Utah comeback that left Tampa staring at a blown two-goal lead.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Hot Sauce: The Devils got Hellebuyck, and Ottawa threw its jerseys
Five takes from a week in which New Jersey won a two-month auction, the Panthers got outscored 9-1, and McDavid kept counting.
Sully · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: MacKinnon piles on Tampa, Evans sinks Chicago
Nathan MacKinnon has four points as Colorado beats Tampa Bay 6-3, and Jake Evans scores twice in Montreal's 4-1 win in Chicago.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Easton Cowan turned one night on the Matthews line into a job
The Leafs' 2023 first-rounder has four points in three games since his promotion, and his penalty-kill minutes say the coach trusts him.
Tommy Kessler · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Ottawa wins the Brady grudge match, Knuble doubles up
Florida takes 44 penalty minutes and loses 5-1 in Ottawa, Cole Knuble scores twice in Buffalo, and the Panthers turn around in Pittsburgh.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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McDavid needed nine games to do what Gretzky needed ten for
Three assists against the Wild made Connor McDavid the fastest to 20 in NHL history, and the rest of the league is playing for second.
Sully · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Kaprizov vs. McDavid is the headline, but the Wild power play is the story
McDavid has a point in every game and Kaprizov has 10 goals in nine, but tonight in Edmonton turns on a 32.1 percent power play against a 70.8 percent kill.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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The NHL's empty seats are a price problem, not a hockey problem
Vegas lost its first sellout and Edmonton left 2,000 seats empty for McDavid, and both teams are winning. The bill is the issue.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: MacKinnon goes for four, and Boston’s power play bails it out
MacKinnon had a goal and three assists as Colorado erased a 2-0 hole, and the Bruins scored on three straight power plays in Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Brady Tkachuk does it again, and Boldy joins the hat-trick club
Tkachuk scored all three Panthers goals in an overtime win over Vancouver, one of three hat tricks on an 11-game night.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Tuch outlasts the Habs, Hintz gets the last word
Alex Tuch's two goals beat Montreal 5-4, and Roope Hintz won a shootout in Denver one night after fighting Nathan MacKinnon.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
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Gord's Notebook: Rangers won't panic, Hellebuyck wavers, Montreal chants for Larkin
Seventeen items after week two: New York's patience in net, the first crack in Winnipeg, ten teams calling Detroit and a chant at the Bell Centre.
Gord Tremblay · 5 min read
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Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Colorado is scoring like it's 1993, and Calgary is paying for it
Twenty-three goals in four games for the Avalanche, six for the Flames, and Sully grades the first ten days of overreactions.
Sully · 4 min read
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The NHL's scoring surge is a goalie story, not a camp story
Goals are up to 6.25 a game, but the rusty preseason scored less, the power play isn't driving it and save percentage sits at .890.
Marcus Lind · 3 min read
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Ice Breaker: Draisaitl's four helpers sink the Ducks, Jets steal one late
Edmonton scores five straight in the second at Anaheim, Kyle Connor beats Colorado with a minute left, and Tom Wilson runs Washington past Pittsburgh.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
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Ice Breaker: Panthers win ugly in L.A., Matthews erases a 3-0 hole
Florida wins in regulation without a power-play goal, Toronto rallies past Nashville, and Lafrenière's hat trick leans on two empty nets.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
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Hot for Hockey got pulled faster than a Leafs lead
The NHL's romance audio shorts lasted one week and 2.4 stars on Spotify, while its six leading men put up 28 points.
Sully · 3 min read
Oilers injuries
9 listedNov 6
Tristan Jarry#35 · G
Day-To-DayIllness· Est. return Nov 7day-to-day
Nov 5
Isaac Howard#53 · LW
IRKnee· Est. return Nov 17ir
Oct 28
Zach Hyman#18 · LW
IRNeck· Est. return Nov 7ir
Oct 24
Devon Levi#27 · G
IRUndisclosed· Est. return Nov 9Levi (undisclosed) is expected to miss a few weeks, per Jason Gregor of Sports 1440 Edmonton.
Oct 1
Alec Regula#75 · D
IR-LTUndisclosed· Est. return Nov 21Regula (undisclosed) was designated for long-term injured reserve Thursday.
Matt Savoie#22 · C
IR-LTLower Body· Est. return Nov 24Savoie (lower body) was shifted to long-term injured reserve Thursday.
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Oilers stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 23 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Connor McDavid | EDM | C | 17 | 10 | 34 | 44 | +21 | 2 | 2.59 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 21.7 | 23:34 | 48.9 |
2 Leon Draisaitl | EDM | C | 17 | 14 | 17 | 31 | +16 | 2 | 1.82 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 22.2 | 21:42 | 59.1 |
3 Evan Bouchard | EDM | D | 17 | 10 | 20 | 30 | +23 | 2 | 1.76 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 20.8 | 25:51 | -- |
4 Vasily Podkolzin | EDM | RW | 17 | 9 | 5 | 14 | +11 | 33 | 0.82 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 25.7 | 17:34 | 33.3 |
5 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins | EDM | C | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 1.38 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 23.5 | 19:50 | 50.0 |
6 Kasperi Kapanen | EDM | RW | 17 | 5 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 11 | 0.59 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 19.2 | 18:26 | 40.0 |
7 Mathieu Joseph | EDM | RW | 17 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 6 | 0.41 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 | 13:23 | 46.2 |
8 Mattias Ekholm | EDM | D | 15 | 2 | 5 | 7 | +20 | 16 | 0.47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11.8 | 21:00 | -- |
9 Alex Formenton | EDM | LW | 17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | +3 | 2 | 0.29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 13:14 | 0.0 |
10 Ryan Shea | EDM | D | 17 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 23:19 | -- |
11 Colton Dach | EDM | C | 13 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 10 | 0.31 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 10.7 | 14:22 | 39.0 |
12 Owen Michaels | EDM | RW | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -5 | 4 | 0.24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15.4 | 12:47 | 47.2 |
13 Filip Hallander |  PITEDM | C | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | 0.27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 10:15 | 50.0 |
| 14Isaac Howard | EDM | LW | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 8:53 | -- |
15 Jason Dickinson | EDM | C | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 0.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | 12:28 | 39.4 |
16 Connor Murphy | EDM | D | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -5 | 25 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | 20:56 | -- |
17 Jake Walman | EDM | D | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -8 | 6 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 14:15 | -- |
18 Josh Samanski | EDM | C | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 7:44 | 52.8 |
19 Shakir Mukhamadullin | EDM | D | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 0.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12.5 | 14:30 | -- |
20 Trent Frederic | EDM | C | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.07 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 9:35 | 54.2 |
21 Ty Emberson | EDM | D | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 12:13 | -- |
| 22Zach Hyman | EDM | LW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 17:56 | -- |
23 Max Jones | EDM | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 8 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 9:30 | 50.0 |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
