2 h. ago In their search for a Stanley Cup the Edmonton Oilers are facing a daunting sequel: 9 Things

Well It all comes down to this. After an agonizing summer, a grinding regular season and a post-season filled with sparkling highs and numbing lows the Edmonton Oilers are right back where they started twelve months ago With their backs against the wall, facing elimination versus the Florida Panthers. Will the sequel end the same […]

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6 h. ago Nightmare on Oilers Street as Panthers plunge a dagger into Edmonton

If all the first periods in this Stanley Cup Final were pieced together to make a bad horror movie — Panther Mauling I: Bleeding The Oil — Edmonton would be the clueless teenagers at summer camp and Florida would be the guy in the mask waiting to plunge home another machete. Saturday’s win in Game […]

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6 h. ago Player grades: Florida Panthers dead puck Edmonton Oilers to death in 5

After four high-flying games in the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers played their best smothering, dead puck game, throttling the Edmonton Oilers at most every turn in a 5-2 win. It was the lowest event hockey game of the year for Edmonton, hardly any Grade A shots at all. One big difference in the […]

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6 h. ago Inauthentic Threads: Could that Edmonton Oilers jersey be counterfeit?

Chances are it takes up a cherished spot in your closet. Or better yet, hangs on the wall, proudly displayed for all to see until it’s time to be taken down and donned for game day. That’s right: Your Edmonton Oilers jersey. Or sweater, for the purists in our midst. Whether it’s your own name […]

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13 h. ago Calvin Pickard puts perfect playoff record on the line in crucial Stanley Cup Final start for Edmonton Oilers

After pulling the Edmonton Oilers out of the fire in Game 4, goalie Calvin Pickard is getting the nod to make the first Stanley Cup Final start of his career in Game 5. Pickard was sent in to relieve Stuart Skinner after the Oilers fell behind 3-0 in the first period of Thursday’s game, making […]

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16 h. ago Oilers go with undefeated ace in goal for Game 5, bring back top point scoring winger

This in from play-by-play announcer Jack Michaels of Sporsnet, news that Calvin Pickard will start in Game 5 for the Edmonton Oilers. “Pickard starts Game 5.” So far in the playoffs, Pickard has a record of seven wins and no losses. He was the hero, coming in when the Oilers were down by three and […]

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25 h. ago 'Pure garbage': Panthers fanbase rants about Skinner hold, say it proves refs biased against Florida

Florida fans and commentators are crying foul just now about the refereeing in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. When I first heard the complaints I admit I was mystified, but there was clearly a storm out of Florida over an alleged holding infraction by Oilers forward Jeff Skinner. Panthers fans claimed the penalty […]

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39 h. ago Corey Perry: The speech that saved the Edmonton Oilers season

“When he speaks up like that, it means a lot, and I thought we did a good job of responding”

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41 h. ago "Calm down everyone': Florida Panthers country reacts to historic Stanley Cup Final collapse

Florida Panthers hockey country is disgusted and down, but not out. In fact, the more sober fans and commentators from Ratland are quietly confident their team can rebound — and with good reason. Florida has brought its best game more often than the Oilers in this Stanley Cup Final. Still, there was plenty of outrage […]

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41 h. ago 'Not the ref's fault': Florida Panthers country reacts to historic Stanley Cup Final collapse in Game 4

Florida Panthers hockey country is disgusted and down, but not out. In fact, the more sober fans and commentators from Ratland are quietly confident their team can rebound — and with good reason. Florida has brought its best game more often than the Oilers in this Stanley Cup Final. As Panthers commentator TJ Peterson of […]

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42 h. ago Panthers' coach Maurice: 'Everything is dangerous all of the time'

Maurice marvels at an epic championship rivalry between the Oilers and his Panthers

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43 h. ago Vasily Podkolzin finally has his time in spotlight for Edmonton Oilers

Familiarity with Leon Draisaitl paid off in overtime.

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44 h. ago Wayne Gretzky, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in attendance as Oilers beat Panthers in Game 4

Edmonton Oilers came from down three goals in the first period to win it 5-4 in overtime, tying the series 2-2

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53 h. ago Would you choose an Edmonton Oilers' Stanley Cup win over $1 million?

Just how much is a Stanley Cup win worth, anyway? Depending on who is being asked, the answer could range anywhere from happily offering up your first-born child, to: ‘What’s a Stanley Cup?’ But just how far would the average Edmonton Oilers fan go to have the roles get reversed from last year’s result and […]

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53 h. ago Edmonton Oilers rise from the dead, breathe life into Stanley Cup Final

Once again, the Edmonton Oilers were pushed to the edge of a deep, dark abyss, one backward step away from another unimaginable plunge. In other words, they had the Florida Panthers right where they wanted them. A team that’s made a living out of coming back from the dead responded Thursday with its greatest, and […]

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54 h. ago Swift, Kelce rub elbows with Gretzky during Game 4 of Stanley Cup final

SUNRISE, Fla. — There was bad blood at Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. And not just on the ice. Pop superstar Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce were among the celebrities who flocked to Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday to watch Game 4 of the final […]

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63 h. ago Stanley Cup final: Stuart Skinner to be Oilers’ Game 4 starter, Jeff Skinner, Troy Stecher to play

Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch is making two lineup changes with his team down 2-1 to the Florida Panthers in the best-of-seven title series.

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3 d. ago 'Love it': Master tactician Kris Knoblauch pulls "fast one," this time on hockey media

This in, news that Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch made a sharp tactical move on the media, allowing his Oilers players to practice in peace today as opposed to facing another round of scrutiny and questions. Sportsnet’s Gene Principe first reported: “It was expected to be a quiet day away from the rink but unofficially […]

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3 d. ago 'McDavid ain't doing anything right now': Iconic U.S. sports host rips Oilers superstar

They don’t get bigger in the United States when it comes to sports commentary than ESPN’s iconic Stephen A. Smith. Smith, a former U.S. college basketball player, is a man known for eloquence and outrageousness in his takes, and one so popular he’s come to transcend the little world of sports with some political commentators […]

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3 d. ago In the shadow of the Stanley Cup Final, the quest for the Stucky Cup, Miami Roller Hockey's greatest prize

As the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers duke it out on the ice, in Miami, a diverse community of hockey enthusiasts take their favourite game to the pavement

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