The Edmonton Oilers face off against the Nashville Predators tonight and coach Kris Knoblauch is making a massive roster change to ensure the team wins.
Leon Draisaitl went from zero to hero in the Edmonton Oilers’ thrilling overtime win against the Philadelphia Flyers. Getting sat by his coach sparked the forward into finally waking up in a game the Oilers absolutely needed to win.
Last season, Edmonton Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch quietly led his team to a remarkable turnaround after taking over a squad that stumbled to a 3-9-1 start.
After feeling the lowest of the lows from being so close yet so far away from a Stanley Cup win, all we can do is get back on the horse and hope for a better result when June rolls back around.
When Kris Knoblauch became the coach of the Edmonton Oilers in November of 2023, he came to a team with a well-established set of tactical strategies. The team had been running with Jay Woodcroft and Dave Manson for a couple of seasons, so it didn’t make much sense to make large-scale changes to how the team approached the game.
The Edmonton Oilers didn’t look sharp in the pre-season. They allowed six goals four times and four goals twice. And outside of the home game v. Seattle, where they scored five goals, the offence sputtered, producing 13 goals in the other seven games.
Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal brought noted that the New York Rangers waived Matthew Robertson today. Robertson is a promising young defender born and raised in Edmonton, and played 6 years with the Oil Kings.
Oilers Stanley Cup Champion Steve Smith is reportedly available for a coaching job after being let go by the Hartford Wolf Pack. Now 61 years old, Steve Smith was coaching with Hartford Wolf Pack in the AHL for the last four years.
The Edmonton Oilers will miss Evander Kane at the start of the season. His head coach, Kris Knoblauch, outlined what the team would miss during Kane’s absence and emphasized the importance of Kane’s physicality on the ice.
The Edmonton Oilers are back in town and have already begun practicing before training camp, but right now, the attention is on the Young Stars Classic.
The Oilers’ bench boss finished 13th on the NHL’s head coach power rankings before the 2024-25 season. Although Kris Knoblauch finished in the bottom half of the NHL’s Super 16 list, he still managed to place ahead of the likes of Sheldon Keefe while finishing just behind Craig Berube.
The Edmonton Oilers forced a deciding Game 7 in the Stanley Cup Final following a dominating 5-1 win over the Florida Panthers. Here are three takeaways from Friday's Game 6.
Despite being on the verge of getting swept in their first Stanley Cup Final in 18 years, the Edmonton Oilers have faith they can make a comeback that hasn’t been since in the National Hockey League since 1942.
What should you expect from the next two bouts between the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers?
The Edmonton Oilers opened the 2024 Stanley Cup Final with a tough 3-0 loss in Game 1 against the Florida Panthers, and while the team lost, head coach Kris Knoblauch was generally pleased with their performance.
SUNRISE, Fla. — Long before Jay Bouwmeester became a Stanley Cup champion with the St. Louis Blues, he said as a kid that his only goal in life was to play for the University of Alberta Golden Bears.
The Buffalo Bills have not been anywhere near the Super Bowl since 1994. It does not help their case that the team is 0-4 on the biggest stage in football.
It’s safe to say not many saw the Oilers’ run to the Stanley Cup Final coming back around Thanksgiving when the team was 5-12-1 and had just fired head coach Jay Woodcroft.
The Buffalo Bills are catching strays ahead of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
The Bills found themselves as a random punchline in the lead-up to the 2024 Stanley Cup Final between the Panthers and Oilers. It might have been enough to turn the entire city of Buffalo into Panthers fans over the next couple of weeks.
Well, well, well, how the turntables. The Edmonton Oilers have fallen victim to the fickle thing that is officiating in the NHL playoffs. It’s not exactly a secret that the refs call the game differently between the regular season and the postseason, with certain things let go that wouldn’t usually fly.
Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch is wanting to talk officiating after Game 2 of the Western Conference Final. The Oilers bowed to the Dallas Stars in Game 2, in a contest that saw few power play opportunities for Edmonton.
The Jack Adams Award is annually bestowed upon the coach who is “adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success,” with the winner selected by a poll of the NHL Broadcasters Association.
Leon Draisaitl will be a game-time decision Friday when the Oilers take on the Canucks in Game 2 of their second-round series.
Edmonton Oilers Kris Knoblauch is about to enter his first-ever NHL playoff series as a head coach. After taking over the job midseason, Knoblauch led a struggling and disappointing Oilers team to an impressive 49-27-1 record.
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