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Edmonton Oilers play-by-play announcer Jack Michaels came out with a good stat yesterday. With a 4–0–2 record through six home games, it’s the longest home points streak to open a season for the Oilers since 2000–01.
There may be nothing left for the Edmonton Oilers to do but search for the smoothest possible ending to one of Connor McDavid’s teammate’s time with the team.
Jack Roslovic put Edmonton ahead 2-1 at 17:17, when McDavid found him for a backdoor tap-in past Knight’s left pad. The forward has five points (two goals, three assists) in 11 games since signing with the Oilers on Oct. 8.
This in from Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, news that the Edmonton Oilers are trying to find a “soft landing” for veteran d-man Troy Stecher in a trade.
Through the first seven games of this NHL season, the Edmonton Oilers averaged 1.55 goals per 60 during five-on-five play. After seven games in 2024-25, Edmonton’s five-on-five goals per 60 of 1.57 was also near the bottom of the league. The club recovered from there; in the final 75 games, it posted 2.56 goals per 60.
McDavid said he wanted to give Edmonton more room to strengthen its lineup and maintain a Stanley Cup-contending core. The Oilers have reached the final in consecutive years but fell short both times, losing to the Florida Panthers in back-to-back postseasons.
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Oilers Notes: Edmonton has to be missing Corey Perry
They say you can never go back, but the Edmonton Oilers do miss Corey Perry. They also say age waits for nobody when you’re an athlete, but Perry is a freak of nature. He’s 40, and over his last 100 NHL games,
Klim Kostin’s potential return to the Edmonton Oilers is officially off the table. The 26-year-old forward has signed with Avangard Omsk of the KHL for the remainder of the 2025–26 season, returning to the club where he captured a Gagarin Cup five years ago.
On Oct. 21, Henrique played in his 1,000 th game during the team’s matchup against the Ottawa Senators. He became the first player to reach the career achievement as an Oiler.
In the first nine games of the NHL season, Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch was the National Hockey’s League’s Blender King, mixing up his forward lines more than any other NHL coach. Few lines lasted more than one or two games together. Many didn’t even last one or two periods.