Caulfield hits 50!

Macklin Celebrini Plants His Flag

A Record‑Setting Year in San Jose

Ducks eliminated Oilers in Round 1, Game 6

     NHL Stanley Cup Chase 

5-2 Ducks FINAL

Ducks win series 4-2 

This Oilers Season was something to see, the way it went from the very top of the league, to an embarrassing also-ran. It was the unwillingness to protect the heart behind the brand, and by that I mean the youth, the up and comers, the solid defense, and last but not least, goaltending. But what I saw tonight was even worse. People playing for a pay cheque. People who want to sit this one out.

I am very sure they threw away the puck until the Ducks had a cushion, Not dismissing the Ducks. The next series will tell. But the Oilers did not make a single pass, or take possession, or control either of the front, back or middle zones, until the 15 minute mark of the 2nd period, and at no point thereafter. I have to imagine the youth, like Savoie, and Samanski, were staggered by the way the veterans threw in the towel. Bad lesson for the youth. Unless that's pro hockey, and maybe the only graceful way for McDavid and Draisaitil to step back and let someone else challenge for the championship is to, throw in the towel like they did tonight.

I don't think hockey is corrupt. But I think the Oilers were done by January this season, and the Jarry move was nothing but a swan song. A touch-back in a losing cause. There is a lot to be proud of in the team. There is a lot of brilliant hockey in the team. But Messier, again, turning to him, said it best. Spectacular talent doesn't make championships. Weird chemistry, sometimes as weird as Tkachuk, that's what makes championships.

Oilers vs Ducks Round 1 Game 5

    NHL Stanley Cup Chase 

4-1 OILERS FINAL  

Ducks lead series 3-2 

 Game Notes 

Oilers vs Ducks Round 1 Game 4

   NHL Stanley Cup Chase 

4-3 Ducks OT FINAL

Ducks lead series 3-1 

 Game Notes 

Oilers vs Ducks Round 1 Game 3

  NHL Stanley Cup Chase 

 7-4 Ducks  FINAL 

Ducks lead series 2-1

Game Notes 

Edmonton is getting run out of the building in Anaheim, and the shape of it tells the story. The Ducks didn’t just out‑finish the Oilers tonight—they out‑read them, out‑waited them, and pounced on every loose seam Edmonton offered. Anaheim’s speed through the middle kept turning Edmonton’s gaps into rush lanes, and once the Ducks stacked a couple of quick ones, the game tilted into that uncomfortable, scrambling posture the Oilers never handle well on the road. Even with McDavid looking like himself again, the support layers behind him kept fraying, and Anaheim feasted on it.

Ducks vs Oilers Round 1 Game 2

 NHL Stanley Cup Chase 6-4 Ducks FINAL

Game Notes

Anaheim punched back in Game 2 with a kind of layered, opportunistic road game that kept Edmonton chasing its own mistakes. The Oilers actually opened well—Draisaitl’s snapper made it 1–0—but the Ducks answered immediately and then kept stacking pressure. Cutter Gauthier’s power‑play equalizer, Trouba’s early‑second wrister, and Killorn’s man‑advantage marker flipped the night on its head. Even when Edmonton pushed back—Murphy’s bomb, Hyman’s net‑front touch—the Ducks kept finding the counterpunch, including a short‑handed dagger from Poehling that made Rogers Place groan.

Edmonton dragged it level at 4–4 on Samanski’s first playoff goal, but the Ducks owned the final minutes. Gauthier’s second of the night, a clean wrist shot off an Edmonton turnover, stood up as the winner, and Poehling’s empty‑netter sealed a 6–4 Anaheim win to knot the series 1–1. The Oilers out‑shot Anaheim 37–28 and carried long stretches of zone time, but the Ducks won the special‑teams battle, the opportunism battle, and the late‑game composure battle. A very different tone heading into Game 3.Goaltenders 

Ducks: Dostal

Oilers: Ingram 

Scoring Summary

1st Period

EDM Leon Draisaitl (1) V. Podkolzin (3), J. Walman (3)

ANA Cutter Gauthier (1) PPG A. Killorn (1)

 1st Period Scoring Images:

Ducks vs Oilers Round 1 Game 1

NHL Stanley Cup Chase 4-3 Oilers FINAL

Goaltenders

Ducks: Dostal

Oilers: Ingram 

Scoring Summary

1st Period

EDM  Jason Dickinson (1) J. Walman (1), T. Emberson (1)

EDM  Kasperi Kapanen (1) L. Draisaitl (1), V. Podkolzin (1)

Images:

The Oilers Schedule in the playoffs began Monday, April 20

 

Canucks vs Oilers

6-1 Oilers FINAL

SEASON ENDS

GAME REVIEW

Avs vs Oilers

 2-1 Avs FINAL

GAME TIME 

Goaltenders

Wedgewood, Avs|  Ingram, Oilers   

  

NHL.COM Gamecenter Colorado Avalanche - Edmonton Oilers - Apr 13, 2026 | NHL.com 

 Avs vs Oilers

Condensed Game 

Oilers vs Kings

 1-0 Kings FINAL

GAME TIME 

Goaltenders

Ingram, Oilers   |   Forsberg, Kings
  

SCORING

1st Period

Artemi Panarin (28) LAK Unassisted

2nd Period

No scoring 

3rd Period

No scoring 

SCORE  1-0 Kings FINAL

NHL.COM Gamecenter Edmonton Oilers - Los Angeles Kings - Apr 11, 2026 | NHL.com 

 Oilers vs Kings

Condensed Game 

Oilers vs Sharks

 5-2 OILERS FINAL

 GAME REVIEW