Penner 'staying classy' in Edmonton

Dustin Penner's time in Edmonton has been filled with controversy since the Oilers signed him two years ago. But thanks to humor ("Anchorman"!) and, yes, better fitness, the power winger is finding his way.

Power Play: NHL once again falls short

The NHL always makes noise about cracking down on blows to the head and hits from behind. Then, we see the incidents from this past weekend with Darcy Tucker and David Booth. Again, the league is falling short.

Khabibulin can't save Oilers as Hawks overwhelm netminder in Chicago return

Nikolai Khabibulin excelled in his first game against his former Chicago teammates, but couldn't prevent the Edmonton Oilers from losing 4-3 to the Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

Oilers score four in first to get rare win in Nashville

Zack Stortini scored twice in the first period and the Oilers routed the Predators on Monday.

Skin Games

Edmonton Oilers (from left) Andrew Cogliano, Sheldon Souray and Ethan Moreau

Khabibulin holds on for 300th win in shootout victory over Stars

Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin picked up his 300th career victory and the Edmonton Oilers won their first game of the season with a 5-4 shootout win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night.

Stars-Oilers tied at 1-1 after first

...scored with 14 seconds left in the man-advantage (that was a sweet backhand pass by Andrew Cogliano, wasn't it?) as Mike Comrie put it in. There was no Stars player in front...

Northwest Division preview

Sean Allen looks at every Northwest Division team from the fantasy hockey perspective for the 2009-10 season.

Our season preview lives! Here are 10 things I want to see in 2009-10

Ah, the smell of pucks. There's nothing like it. We're inching our way toward the Oct. 1 start of the 2009-10 season, and here today at ESPN.com, we'r...

Oilers 3, Islanders 2, OT

Oilers 3, Islanders 2, OT

Forwards: Ovechkin, Malkin at top

Fantasy hockey forwards rankings for the 2009-10 season

The best among the rookies and sophs

Sean Allen scans the NHL rookies and sophomores for potential sleepers.

Heatley affected by diminished role

Dany Heatley addressed his desire Friday to be traded from the Ottawa Senators for the first time since news of his request surfaced in June.

Edmonton Oilers Andrew Cogliano, right, battles for the puck with Columbus Blue Jackets Derek Dorsett during first period NHL hockey...

Sens introduce Kovalev, want Heatley

The Senators introduced Alex Kovalev and said that they still want Dany Heatley to return.