Dallas needs Klingberg more than the Oilers. Their other three right-shot D — Matt Dumba, Ilya Lyubushkin and Nils Lundkvist — haven’t scored a goal all season long. He wants to play on a Cup contender and wherever he signs, he’s in audition mode for next season.

The Oilers are heading toward the March 7 deadline in a position of strength but will explore avenues to improve.

Hockey is a team sport, so even the best players can't do it alone. Every NHL team needs depth guys who perform roles the top dogs either can't or shouldn't do.

The Connor McDavid-less Oilers exacted the best revenge possible from the Canucks Thursday night… In the wake of controversial circumstances at the end of a loss to Vancouver a few nights earlier, Edmonton pumped the ‘Nucks 6-2 in a game that left little to be debated as to who was the better and more engaged club.

John Klingberg appeared in Oilers colours for the first time while Connor McDavid skated ahead of his disciplinary hearing.

In his best-director acceptance speech during Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, "The Brutalist" filmmaker Brady Corbet sent his support to Plaza, whose husband, Jeff Baena, died on Friday.

After a few weeks of constant line shuffling, the Oilers are icing what could be considered their "regular" lineup tonight as they visit the Canucks in Vancouver.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Edmonton Oilers center Jeff Skinner, center ... looks to pass the puck as Edmonton Oilers center Mattias Janmark pursues in the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski ...

Elsewhere in the lineup, Noah Philp joins Corey Perry and Kasperi Kapanen on the fourth line in his return to the NHL. Jeff Skinner's rocky tenure in Edmonton continues, as he's set to be a healthy scratch for the third consecutive game.

Preview tonight's game as the Oilers face the Wild: Pickard starts, Ekholm a game-time decision, and Philp returns to the lineup.

The Edmonton Oilers went 2-1-0 last week and could have swept all three games if they hadn’t started the game flat against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Jan.

The NHL trade deadline is quickly approaching and the Oilers are bound to be busy, but Evander Kane's health may impact their plans.