Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Kraken vs Oilers

3-0 Oilers FINAL

Edmonton Closes the Book on the Season Series


Edmonton didn’t just win the finale of the four‑game set with Seattle — they authored the ending. A 3–0 shutout at Rogers Place sealed a decisive 3–1 season‑series victory, and the tone was unmistakable: the Oilers dictated, the Kraken absorbed, and Connor Ingram locked the door.

 Ingram’s Night 


The Oilers’ goaltender delivered the kind of performance that settles a building. He tracked cleanly, controlled rebounds, and never gave Seattle a foothold. The Kraken, who came in struggling to generate consistent offense, found nothing. Ingram earned the shutout with the kind of quiet, positional game that makes a coach exhale.

 Balanced Scoring, Balanced Pressure  


Edmonton didn’t lean on a single line or a single star. They spread the points around — the kind of distribution that signals a team rounding into form. Zone time tilted heavily their way, and the Kraken spent long stretches defending rather than dictating.

Seattle, meanwhile, finished with a flat line on the scoresheet. No goals, no late push, no counterpunch. It was their fourth meeting of the year, and by now the pattern was familiar: when Edmonton played their pace, Seattle couldn’t keep up.

 Season Series: Edmonton in Control  


Across the four games, the Oilers were the more convincing side in three of them. This one felt like the thesis statement — structured, assertive, and never in doubt. Seattle’s lone win in the series now looks like the outlier.



GAME REVIEW


GAME TIME 

Goaltenders

 Grubauer,  Kraken | Ingram, Oilers 

SCORING

1st Period
 Max Jones (3) EDM  J. Walman (12)
 
Kasperi Kapanen (8) EDM  Unassisted

2nd Period 
No scoring
  
3rd Period
Connor McDavid (43) EN EDM R. Nugent-Hopkins (35), Z. Hyman (20)

 SCORE 3-0  OILERS FINAL

Kraken vs Oilers
Condensed Game

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Ducks vs Oilers

4-2 Oilers FINAL

Edmonton walked into this afternoon tilt with Anaheim knowing exactly what these games mean in late March, and they played it with that familiar, coiled urgency. Connor McDavid drove the whole operation again, stacking a goal and two assists as if he were simply keeping the machine warm, and the Oilers built a 3–0 cushion before the Ducks could get their legs under them. 

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Oilers vs Golden Knights

 4-3 OILERS OT

Edmonton’s overtime win carried the feel of a team that had been living on the edge all night and finally decided to impose its will. The penalty kill in OT was the hinge—forty-odd seconds where the Oilers played with a kind of grim, playoff‑grade clarity, collapsing tight, winning the short races, and refusing Vegas the middle of the ice. When the kill ended, you could feel the ice tilt. 

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Oilers vs Mammoth

5-2 Oilers FINAL

Edmonton didn’t just win in Utah—they imposed their rhythm on a game that Mammoth tried to bog down early. After a cautious first period, the Oilers detonated the second with that familiar three‑goal surge, the kind of sudden momentum swing that turns a road rink into a library.

Sunday, March 22, 2026

Armchair Coach Looks at NHL 2026 Playoff Possibilities

When you have streaming service you begin to see patterns (some of which you can put down to edibles.) The way NHL players tighten their grip on the stick when the calendar works against them.  The way pretenders to golf skate like there's a Vancouver mortgage tied to their back.  Desperation is built into the season's progress.

Then come superstars leading by example, usually two points or more per game. Their teams jump into the fire and come out victorious The 2026 Stanley Cup chase is on, and this year of the Cup is Open Season. And it won’t be won by committee or spreadsheet. It’ll be won by those who take ownership of the puck every shift.

With last year's champion on hiatus for this year's Second Season, one eye goes to Edmonton. The Oilers, for all their sins and second place miracles, have a habit of making possibilities look real.

But let’s start with the broader battlefield.

The Western Front: Where the Avalanche Roars and the Bones Rattle


Colorado’s sitting on top of the West like a Yeti who sharpened the ax and drew the map. They’re winning; and dictating terms. A hundred points and climbing, a goal differential that looks like a misprint, and a roster that plays like they’ve seen the end and liked it.

They’re the team you don’t want to meet in a dark alley or a Game 7.

Friday, March 20, 2026

NHL Has Parity, Enjoy the Show!


Being in the chase is enough

Samanski needs a couple of points this month

To Maya with love from Edmonton Oilers' Matthias Ekholm and the entire Oilers organization

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