Edmonton Oilers Tickets

About The Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton may not have much to cling to, but some pretty peculiar things have happened in the history of the NHL, so hoping for a miracle is pretty much where the team and its fans will be hanging their hopes for the rest of the year. The Oilers did make a miraculous run in the spring of 2006; during that run the team was so hard to beat because things just began to click all of a sudden, as they finally came up with a tight-knit squad of twenty to put on the ice. They will need to dig deep and provide something very similar this year if Edmonton wishes to recreate that magic.

In addition to leftwing Dustin Penner, who leads the team in points (44), goals (22), and assists (22), the Oilers will need increased firepower from the remaining scorers which round out Edmonton’s top six – center Sam Gagner (31 points, 19 assists), defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky (29 points, 20 assists), centers Patrick O’Sullivan (27 points, 17 assists) and Gilbert Brule (24 points, 13 assists), and rightwing Ales Hemsky (22 points, 15 assists).

The goaltending will need to improve for the Oilers as well; number one, Jeff Deslauriers (9-16-3, 3.17 GAA, .896 save %) has not been impressive, and offseason acquisition Nikolai Khabibulin (7-9-2, 3.03 GAA, .909 save %) has not been able to recreate the magic he provided the Blackhawks last season, and which made him such an appealing offseason pickup in the first place. It will be up to one of these two to heat up between the pipes if Edmonton is to have any hope of turning things around in the second half.

Edmonton is a magnificent hockey town, and one with a storied NHL history. Get your tickets now, and be there for the rest of the season to support the Oilers as they do everything they can to make the Stanley Cup playoffs in March, or at the very least provide fans with some great hockey entertainment while trying.