It’s safe to say that Evan Bouchard’s breakout performance in the 2024 playoffs has taken his game to new heights. After all, he is fresh off becoming the third fastest defenceman ever to hit 40 career playoff points and has seen the other side of his game improve.
For the second game in a row, a game in this Western Conference second-round series was decided by a goal with less than a minute left in regulation.
It is the second game in a row that was decided by a goal with less than a minute left in regulation. On Tuesday night, Evan Bouchard scored with 39 seconds left to give the Oilers the win in Game 4.
Well, that was absolutely awful. The Canucks won Game 5 by a score of 3-2, putting the Oilers on the brink of elimination. For the fourth time this series, the Oilers scored the game’s first goal, as the Kane-Draisaitl-Holloway had sustained zone time.
The Oilers led the Canucks 2-1 after the first period on Thursday night in Game 5 of the Western Conference second-round series and they have Desharnais to thank for that.
Ken Holland could take his talents to… Columbus? While Holland is still with the Oilers, looking to close out the 2024 playoffs in a big way, it does mark the final season of a five-year deal that he signed with the team in the spring of 2019.
The Edmonton Oilers are keeping their winning lineup from Game 4 against the Canucks intact for Thursday’s Game 5. Coming off a Game 3 loss in which the Oilers coughed up a 1-0 lead, losing 4-3, head coach Kris Knoblauch had no choice but to mix things up.
Calvin Pickard was in the starter’s net at the morning skate for the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. It has been confirmed he will start Game 5 as the team looks to take the series lead for the first time.
Despite seemingly playing through another injury that has kept him out of practice skates, Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl has continued his playoff dominance throughout Round 2 of the 2023-24 NHL playoffs.
Evan Bouchard emerged as an elite NHL defenceman during the 2023-24 season for the Edmonton Oilers. This year he became only the second defenceman in Edmonton Oilers team history with an 80-point plus season (he had 82).
Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch might have made the toughest decision of his career on Tuesday (May 14), when he elected to start goalie Calvin Pickard instead of Stuart Skinner against the Vancouver Canucks in Game 4 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs second round.
The Edmonton Oilers tied their series with the Vancouver Canucks at two games each on Tuesday night, bringing new life to the series and making it a best-of-three.
Calvin Pickard has had a wild ride of an NHL career. The 32-year-old goaltender was drafted 49th overall by the Colorado Avalanche in 2010. But 14 years later, Pickard has played only 139 regular-season games.
There are some big names on the 2023-24 Edmonton Oilers roster. The team has must-see players in Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl, who continue to wow and put up insane numbers in both the regular season and the playoffs.
EDMONTON — Kris Knoblauch speaks softly but the Edmonton Oilers’ coach carries balls the size of an Athabasca oil sands dump truck. To anyone who counts
To quote the late great Dennis Green, they are who we thought they were. It is the same old story regarding the Edmonton Oilers and their goaltending in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The Edmonton Oilers could use netminder Calvin Pickard as their momentum shifter in their second-round series against the Vancouver Canucks. The Oilers currently trail the Canucks 2-1 in the series and with Pickard likely to get the start in Game 4, the entire energy of the team can change.
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