Calgary Flames are now challenging for a playoff spot in the Western Conference thanks to an eight-game point streak. That season- high run doesn't figure to be in danger tonight given their run of success versus the Edmonton Oilers.The Flames look to...

Dallas has won four of their last five games against Canadian-based teams this season (4-0-1 record). Their wins came against the Edmonton Oilers (twice, 4-1 and 4-1), Ottawa Senators (3-2), and Calgary Flames (3-2). Dallas’ lone loss was against the...

Calgary Flames are now challenging for a playoff spot in the Western Conference thanks to an eight-game point streak. That season- high run doesn't figure to be in danger tonight given their run of success versus the Edmonton Oilers. The Flames look to...

Daily Debate will return next week. One of the names that has been in the air vis a vis the trade deadline for literally weeks is that of Edmonton Oilers winger Ales Hemsky. The Oilers have been out of the playoff race for a long time and, with a...

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Calgary Flames' recent surge has propelled them into the thick of the Western Conference playoff race. If recent history is any indication, the Edmonton Oilers likely won't provide much of an obstacle. Calgary seeks to extend its winning streaks in the...

3-5-0 with a 3.50 goals-against average and a .878 save percentage. If he's not claimed within 24 hours, the Wings can assign him to Grand Rapids. Conklin got his chance to take over as the starter after Howard fractured his finger Feb. 2. However, he...

Renney's return to the Edmonton Oilers bench has been postponed for a few more days. The head coach has been advised to take a few more games off, but he will start easing his way back from the post-concussion symptoms that have been plaguing him since...

Oilers (22-30-6) at Calgary Flames (27-22-9) 7 p.m. , Scotiabank Saddledome, SN 960 radio, Sportsnet-West Flames player to watch Miikka Kiprusoff — Brent Sutter calls the Finnish netminder “the glue.” Mark Giordano labels him the MVP. Regardless of the...

The veteran will be out seven to 10 days with a groin injury which will see him return no sooner than the day before the National Hockey League's Feb. 27 trade deadline. And I really do like it here,'' he said Monday.

MacDonald has played all but one period since Jimmy Howard broke his finger against Vancouver. The Wings started Ty Conklin their next game against the Edmonton Oilers, but he didn't last long. The wings put in backup Joey MacDonald in to start the...

I made the most of it. They kept me up, and things have worked out pretty well." Smith scored his first NHL goal in the Flames' 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Nov. 29. Less than a week later, he had his first multi-point NHL game with a...

Gagner, Edmonton Oilers Both young centres have a long way to go with their two way play, but Gagner has stepped up somewhat. Is Sam Gagner finally ready to get the job done as a two-way NHL centre? Maybe. But that’s a better answer than last year when...

Oilers’ Ryan Smyth, left, and Vancouver Canucks’ Ryan Kesler battle in front of goalie Nikolai Khabibulin during the first period of their NHL game at Rexall Place on Sunday. EDMONTON - By the time Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin gets the...

One other game gets under way at 8 p.m. ET, as the Predators host the red-hot Vancouver Canucks at Bridgestone Arena. Vancouver (38-15-6) trails Detroit by just two points for the Western Conference lead. In the final two games of the evening, the...

The veteran will be out seven to days with a groin injury, which will see him return no sooner than the day before the National Hockey League’s Feb. 27 trade deadline. “The results aren’t there this year again, but I think we’re on the right track. And...

Head coach Joe Sacco didn’t even wait the available nine regular-season games to tell Landeskog he’d made the team. Sacco put him on the squad right after the preseason. And for good reason. While a handful of other teenaged rookies also stuck with...

"It was a huge game in L.A. , but it's passed now." The Flames play four straight home games at the Scotiabank Saddledome, starting with Tuesday night's contest against the Edmonton Oilers. Flames defenceman Mark Giordano has been continually amazed...

Oil Kings' tyler Maxwell watches as a Michael St. croix shot beats Medicine Hat goalie Kenny Cameron Monday at Rexall Place. (Codie McLachlan, Edmonton Sun) EDMONTON - It took five years, but the Edmonton Oilers organization has finally developed a...