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| Wild fend off Oilers in battle of playoff-hopefuls |
NHL Hockey |
03/30/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Marian Gaborik scored the game-winning goal and dished out an assist, as the Minnesota Wild edged the Edmonton Oilers, 3-2, in a battle between two playoff-hopeful teams at Rexall Place. Andrew Brunette and Martin Skoula also lit the lamp for the Wild, who ended a four-game road trip with a 2-2-0 mark. Owen Nolan had two assists for the victors. Niklas Backstrom stopped 31 shots to improve to 34-23-7 on the year. Center Mikko Koivu returned to the lineup after missing three gam |
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| Rolling Hurricanes hope to halt Devils' home win streak |
NHL Hockey |
03/28/2009 |
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| New Jersey at the Prudential Center, where the Devils have won 11 games in a row. The Hurricanes haven't won six consecutive contests since a nine-game winning run from December 31, 2005-January 19, 2006. Carolina capped that season by defeating the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Finals. Cam Ward was named Conn Smythe Trophy as MVP of those playoffs, and he is playing red-hot right now as well. Ward has been in net for all five of Carolina's recent wins and has allowed two goals or fewer in four of those c |
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| Anaheim sets team record for shots but falls to Edmonton |
NHL Hockey |
03/28/2009 |
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| Anaheim, CA (Best E Casino) - Dwayne Roloson was sensational between the pipes, stopping 51 shots, as the Edmonton Oilers snuck past the Anaheim Ducks, 5-3, in a battle between two playoff-hopeful teams at Honda Center. Dustin Penner scored twice for the Oilers, who snapped a three-game losing streak and improved to 5-4-4 in March. Ales Kotalik, Fernando Pisani, and Kyle Brodziak also lit the lamp. Ales Hemsky dished out two assists. With the victory, Edmonton moves into the seventh spot in the West with 81 |
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| Late flurry lifts Red Wings past Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
03/25/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - Marian Hossa and Valtteri Filppula scored 32 seconds apart late in a wild third period, as the Detroit Red Wings rallied for a 3-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place. Jonathan Ericsson also scored for Detroit, which has won five of its last six games overall and moved one point ahead of idle San Jose for the top spot in the Western Conference. Ty Conklin made 24 saves in the win. Denis Grebeshkov and Ales Kotalik scored for the Oilers, who remained alone in seventh pl |
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| Oilers return home to battle powerful Red Wings |
NHL Hockey |
03/24/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers' recent road trip didn't end with the bang it began with. The team aims to get its offense back on track tonight, when it hosts the Central Division-champion Detroit Red Wings at Rexall Place. Edmonton began a stretch of five road games in six contests March 19 in Colorado. The Oilers kicked off a three-game trip with a big 8-1 victory and then followed that up with a 5-4 shootout win in Chicago. The club's offense fizzled out on Sunday, though, as the Oilers were blanke |
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| Oilers ink F Eberle |
NHL Hockey |
03/23/2009 |
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| Edmonton, AB (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers announced on Monday that they have signed forward Jordan Eberle to a three-year NHL entry level contract. Eberle was taken 22nd overall in the 2008 draft by the Oilers and recently finished his third season of junior hockey with Regina of the Western Hockey League. In his time with the Pats, the 18-year-old notched 105 goals, 99 assists and 204 points in 197 games. That included 35 goals and 74 points in 61 games this season. Eberle also established himself |
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| Nolan, Backstrom power Wild past Oilers |
NHL Hockey |
03/22/2009 |
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| St. Paul, MN (Best E Casino) - Owen Nolan scored twice and Niklas Backstrom recorded his seventh shutout this season, as the Minnesota Wild topped the Edmonton Oilers, 3-0. The Wild picked up crucial ground in the Western Conference playoff race, as they leapfrogged idle St. Louis into ninth place. Minnesota (76 points) trails idle Nashville by one point for the eighth and final playoff spot. Edmonton is in seventh place with 79 points. "We're in desperate mode right now and have to get everything we can," N |
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| Oilers visit Wild with shot at fourth straight victory |
NHL Hockey |
03/22/2009 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Edmonton Oilers will try for their first four-game winning streak since the early stages of the season when they visit the struggling Minnesota Wild for today's Northwest Division battle at Xcel Energy Center. The Oilers have won three in a row on six separate occasions this year, but the club's longest winning streak came over five months ago with victories in the first four games of the season. Edmonton is currently in possession of the seventh playoff seed in the Western Conference w |
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| O'Sullivan gives Oilers shootout win over slumping Blackhawks |
NHL Hockey |
03/20/2009 |
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| Chicago, IL (Best E Casino) - Patrick O'Sullivan scored the game-winner in the shootout as the Edmonton Oilers continued the Chicago Blackhawks' woes with a 5-4 win at the United Center. After Jonathan Toews was stopped by Dwayne Roloson, O'Sullivan lifted the puck over Nikolai Khabibulin. "I was trying to come in on an angle and waited until the very last second to shoot," said O'Sullivan. "I got lucky." Patrick Kane was then denied his stuff attempt from the left side and Ales Kotalik sealed the win with a |
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| Kings activate RW Williams from IR |
NHL Hockey |
03/20/2009 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Kings activated right winger Justin Williams from injured reserve on Friday. Williams, 27, was acquired on March 4 in a three-way deal with the Carolina Hurricanes and Edmonton Oilers. The 6-foot-1, 195-pounder from Cobourg, Ontario has not played since February 15th because of a broken hand. A two-time 30-goal scorer, Williams also missed the first 25 games of the season with a ruptured right Achilles tendon sustained in training camp. Williams registered ju |
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