The Edmonton Oilers are significantly shaking up their defence pairs for tonight's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, promoting Darnell Nurse to the first pair, and scratching Josh Brown again.

The Edmonton Oilers search of a defenceman doesn't feel as dire right now, and it's not due to the play of Mattias Ekholm and Evan Bouchard.

The Oilers have had many great players roll through town over the last 25 seasons, but who were the best of the best during that time?

This in from Tony Brar of Oilers TV, the line-up for the Edmonton Oilers in tonight’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, with news that d-man Troy Stecher is checking back in for Josh Brown, who played against Boston on Monday.

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

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.

(Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP) Utah Hockey Club’s Michael Kesselring (7) checks Edmonton Oilers’ Darnell Nurse (25) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. (Jason Franson/The Canadian ...

If you watched Pittsburgh Penguins ’ rangy defencemen Marcus Pettersson Thursday, you know why the Edmonton Oilers, along with the other Stanley Cup contenders, are seriously looking at the Swedish UFA veteran as a major add at the trade deadline.

Leon Draisaitl scores with under two minutes left to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 win. Brett Leason and Jackson LaCombe score for the Ducks.

TSN’s Pierre LeBrun offered an update on the Edmonton Oilers and their plans for the NHL trade deadline. Happy with how their blue line has played and comfortable with their forwards and goaltenders doing their job,

They might have reached the midway mark of the 2024-25 NHL regular season, but it still feels like it was yesterday they left the ice at Amerant Bank Arena as the Stanley Cup was about to be presented to the Florida Panthers after the final buzzer sounded in Game 7.

Edmonton finished the first half of the season with the eighth-best record in the NHL after 41 games (or fewer, in the case of Dallas and Los Angeles).