Throughout the month, the NHL is announcing “Quarter Century” all-star-style teams for all 32 of their franchises. The Oilers lineup will be one of the final ones revealed when it gets dropped on January 30th,
Leon Draisaitl scored twice to reach 31 goals this season, but Alex Nedeljkovic made 40 saves for Pittsburgh on Thursday night in a 5-3 defeat for the Oilers that snapped their four-game win streak
The Edmonton Oilers went a perfect 3-0 in three games last week, and as Oilers play-by-play man Jack Micheals pointed out, it marked the first time the Oilers won two games in a row without a point from Connor McDavid.
The Oilers forward has scored a goal in three straight games. Nugent-Hopkins has four goals in the past five games. He's only scored 10 goals over the entire year. Two of his four goals have come on the powerplay. He has been shooting a good amount over that time, with 13 shots fired on goal.
The Oilers look to keep rolling with the same lineup & top-nine forwards when they go for their fifth straight victory on Thursday at PPG Paints Arena against the Penguins
Vasily Podkolzin and Jeff Skinner scored in the first 5 1/2 minutes and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 4-2 on Saturday night for their third straight victory.
Among regular forwards, Connor McDavid (1.74 points per game) finished second in the NHL and Leon Draisaitl (1.31) was seventh. The Oilers also enjoyed strong scoring from winger Zach Hyman (0.96, No. 34) and centre/winger Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (0.84, No. 65).
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the go-ahead goal early in the second period, Connor McDavid and Connor Brown each had a pair of assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Utah Hockey Club 4-1
Adam Henrique scored two goals and Connor McDavid scored on a power play midway through the second period as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth straight game, 4-0 over the Boston Bruins.