Oilers

A penalty-filled affair results in four PPGs for the home side and none for the visitors as Edmonton opens its road trip with a divisional defeat.

I thought we carried majority of the play and had some good looks, good zone time, and the penalty kill just couldn't get it done." I'd also say that we had some good hits on some of their skilled players in legal fashion.I thought on the physicality side of things, we were right there and it's nice to see some guys step up with that. The score sheet will say he let two goals in, but he made a huge save on that one that was overturned and called the goal in the penalty box there. "I think a bit of both for sure. I thought that was the difference in the game." I thought we had some very good looks that we got and we weren't sharp enough on some of our offensive opportunities. I thought they were calling it pretty tight." Kempe's 3-1 goal prompted the Oilers coaches to pull Skinner and replace him with birthday boy Jack Campbell, who proceeded to make what appeared to be a highlight-reel glove save on Kempe at the 11:38 mark of the middle frame with the Kings on yet another power play. Oh, and he was also coming off a hat-trick performance against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. Down 2-1 through 20 minutes, the Oilers were back on the PP 1:33 into the middle frame, but the advantage was cut short when they were called for too many men. It was penalties aplenty for both teams at Crypto.com Arena, but especially for the visitors who were dealt seven minors as opposed to six for the Kings. "There were a lot of calls both ways and we went 0-for-6 on our power play and they scored four on their power play, four on seven.

The Edmonton Oilers allowed four power-play goals in Monday's 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, while going for 0-for-6 with the man advantage themselves.

Edmonton fell to 21-18-3 with the divisional loss and continue to cling to the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. "Usually we're putting some in [on the power play], but tonight, we couldn't find it. "Our power play has operated at the level it has this season, it's going to happen.

Kevin Fiala had two power-play goals and two assists, Adrian Kempe also scored two power-play goals and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-3 ...

[Atlantic](https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/) ['I'm just lost': Husband of woman who died following lengthy wait at N.S. [Regina](https://regina.ctvnews.ca/) [Air travel, rising costs expected to be key issues in Ottawa this spring, Sask. jail guard was watching YouTube videos as inmate died in cell, inquest hears](https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/sask-jail-guard-was-watching-youtube-videos-as-inmate-died-in-cell-inquest-hears-1.6224214) Grande's hiring drew stark rebukes from Parti Quebecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon over the former Montreal Impact star's anti-sovereigntist comments after the attempted killing of former PQ leader Pauline Marois in 2012. The timing is of course mere coincidence, but it’s hard not to see a parallel between Prince Harry’s memoir targeting his own family and Bill Morneau’s self-serving stilettos aimed at Justin Trudeau, writes former NDP Leader Tom Mulcair writes in his exclusive column for CTVNews.ca. Kempe scored his second goal of the second period for a 4-1 lead at 11:38 on a blistering shot from the right circle that Campbell actually snagged with his glove. One game after recording a hat trick Saturday at Vegas, Fiala made it five goals in four periods when he scored twice in a span of 1:51 on separate first-period power plays. “Rarely are they going to be shut out in that type of situation. So we were fortunate to come through in that situation. It was the first time Los Angeles scored four power-play goals in a game since April 5, 2012. Pheonix Copley had 28 saves as he improved to 11-2-0 in 13 starts — all since Dec. Alex Iafallo and Viktor Arvidsson also scored as Los Angeles improved to 9-2-1 since Dec.

After more than two months of being the second-best team (by a fraction) in the NHL last season, followed by two playoff series victories, it seems fair to have ...

Kailer Yamamoto, 23, has 4-7-11 after a first half in the top six, while 22-year-old defenceman Evan Bouchard’s game has eroded. We are at the halfway point of the first year in Campbell’s five-year, $25-million deal in Edmonton, and Skinner has already taken possession of the No. An NHL rookie who is making a solid run to be a Calder Trophy finalist, Skinner looks like he could be the Thatcher Demko or Connor Hellebuyck here — a drafted goalie who becomes the No. Beyond those assets lies simply a bunch of guys: A bottom six that lacks definition, personality, grit or toughness; a soft, erratic defence corps; a group of sub-24 players who have taken backward steps since last season, and goaltending where the answer has become the question and the backup has become the starter. They have won back-to-back games just four times in their past 32 games, a sign of an uneven team that cannot manage the same effectiveness for more than a heartbeat inside the 82-game schedule. — the recipe to the secret sauce.

The Oilers are searching for help on the blueline, the Sharks are hearing from teams about Erik Karlsson and the Canadiens have some decisions to make on ...

but the noteworthy aspect here is that teams have called and have talked to San Jose about Erik Karlsson. Dreger: When I think of a team that may have a defenceman available, I think of Matt Dumba and the Minnesota Wild. But the price would be high and then the Wild would have to hit the market potentially to find someone to replace Matt Dumba. LeBrun: I don’t think Ken Holland is ready to panic, but our understanding of the situation is that Ken Holland has been on the phone a little more of late than usual and he is fully investigating what’s out there on the defenceman trade market. Think of a team [that] has a defenceman potentially on the trade market and the Edmonton Oilers are trying to investigate fully what that means and what the price is – the prices are very high. Gino Reda and the TSN Hockey Insiders discuss these topics and more on the latest edition of Insider Trading.

On a night when some whistle-happy referees turned an important hockey game into one long series of power plays.

The third period also saw two more scraps, with Klim Kostin and Zach Hyman dropping the mitts. “We’ll have to go back and watch the tape, but that’s a game we’ll want back on the PK,” said Derek Ryan, who had 1:54 of PK time. “The penalty kill has taken a step here over time, but tonight we got touched up. Even the Beatles have some bad songs. “As a killer and on the power play, we simply lost the special team’s battle,” said Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. Article content

Kevin Lowe badly needed to make a splash in the summer of 2007. Following the Oilers' run to the Stanley Cup Final, things quickly started to spiral ...

The deal also worked out for the Kings, as Penner was part of Los Angeles’ first-ever Stanley Cup Championship in 2012. The Oilers wound up using that pick on Swedish defenceman Oscar Klefbom. Penner, meanwhile, was an up-and-down player for the Oilers, sometimes looking like a dominant power forward while also leaving a bit to be desired as he would disappear for games at a time. If you wanna challenge a guy to a fight, you pick a place and a time and you show up.So I called Glen Sather and I say look, this guy went on the radio and challenged me to a fight. The following summer, Burke again took shots at Lowe in a radio interview, claiming that his signing of Penner was escalating salaries for young players around the league. Ducks general manager Brian Burke was furious with Lowe, The Sabres were livid about Lowe’s move. Ad Advertisement The Oilers made a call to Smyth’s agent when free agency opened on July 1 but he wound up signing a five-year, $31.25 million deal to join the Colorado Avalanche. To make matters worse, fans in Edmonton had to watch as Pronger lifted the Stanley Cup in his first season with his new team, the Anaheim Ducks. Following the Oilers’ run to the Stanley Cup Final, things quickly started to spiral downward in Edmonton.

The Edmonton Oilers have been one of the most-watched stories in the league this season. Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl continue to put up generational ...

[PuckPedia outlined potential scenarios for the cap-strapped Oilers today](https://twitter.com/PuckPedia/status/1612951091028840448), which would allow Kane to come off long-term injured reserve. It would be a tricky scenario, requiring them to place defenseman [Ryan Murray](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/murrary01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr) on LTIR, assigning [Devin Shore](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/shorede01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr) and Vincent Desharnais to the minors, and sending one more player down who makes more than $1.125MM against the cap. [writes Pierre LeBrun in a piece for The Athletic](https://theathletic.com/4078538/2023/01/10/nhl-trade-rumblings-oilers-karlsson-provorov/?source=twitterhq). No other Oilers forward has more than five goals – which is Kane, who’s played in just 14 games. Still, old issues have reared their ugly heads, and the team remains on the fringes of the playoffs as the calendar turns to 2023. Skinner himself has been passable at worst and lifesaving at best, maintaining a .914 save percentage through 25 starts. This would likely be [Mattias Janmark](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/j/janmama02.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr), who has nine points in 28 games and failed to make the team out of training camp. [Ryan Nugent-Hopkins](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/n/nugenry01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr), and [Zach Hyman](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/hymanza01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr), who have scored 95 of their 147 goals (a staggering 65%). [Connor McDavid](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mcdavco01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr) and [Leon Draisaitl](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/draisle01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr) continue to put up generational scoring numbers. [Evander Kane](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kaneev01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr) to the lineup and the NHL Trade Deadline on March 3. LeBrun says Edmonton has been connected to Arizona’s [Jakob Chychrun](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/chychja01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr), as well as Montreal’s [Joel Edmundson](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/e/edmunjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr), and about “every selling team you can think of with a defenseman potentially up for grabs.” [Jack Campbell](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/campbja01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr) still hasn’t been able to figure things out in Edmonton, now completely losing the starting job to [Stuart Skinner](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/skinnst01.html?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&utm_campaign=2023-01-10_hr) just months after signing a five-year, $25MM contract.

When the Edmonton Oilers are struggling, predictions of the coming of Oilergeddon, the end of the McDavid-Draisaitl era, start popping up.

[McCURDY: Player grades in loss to L.A. What I’m hoping for is that this team wins and has the chance to keep on winning for the. The team will also need a run of good health, as the margin for victory in this NHL is small. Perhaps such a lack of trust was always warranted and is now but that path has never led to sustained success. Draisaitl has two more years after this one left on his eight-year deal that pays him $8.5 million per season. “Octagon (Draisaitl’s agency, with Andrew Scott his agent) has placed a lot of their clients in Los Angeles over the years.

Oilers GM Ken Holland is turning over every stone to try to find which defencemen are available for trade.

Edmonton will need to move out a roster player in order to make any major acquisition between now and the March 3 trade deadline. “I don’t think Ken Holland, the GM of the Oilers, is ready to panic,” LeBrun said. “But our understanding of the situation is that Ken Holland has been on the phone of late, a little more than usual, and he is fully investigating what’s out there on the defenceman trade market.”