Ales Hemsky News

Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmonton's four power-play goals and also had assists, and the Oilers handed the Colorado Avalanche their first home loss of the season, 5-3, on Sunday night.

Ryan O'Reilly #37 of the Colorado Avalanche skates in the warm-up prior to a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 13, 2009 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.

EDMONTON a ' With injury problems up front, the Edmonton Oilers called up two farmhands Liam Reddox and Ryan Potulny today to kick off a five-game road trip.

The Edmonton Oilers in action during November 2009. A November 6, 2009 A A A A New York Rangers goaltender Steve Valiquette makes a save against Edmonton Oilers winger Ales Hemsky during first period National Hockey League action in Edmonton on Thursday, Nov.

Desperate for a win, the New Yor Rangers took advantage of the Edmonton Oilers' struggling offence.

TV - NESN. Radio - WBZ-FM . THE NUMBERS 10: Consecutive penalties killed off by the Bruins [ team stats ] . They've killed 15 of the last 17.

With a roster riddled by influenza and injuries, the Edmonton Oilers had another anchor thrown their way Wednesday with news Shawn Horcoff will be lost for up to two weeks with a shoulder injury.

EDMONTON 6, DETROIT 5 : Patrick O'Sullivan scored the only goal in the shootout, giving the host Oilers a victory and spoiling the Red Wings' comeback from a 5-1 deficit.

The Edmonton Oilers must all be at Witt's end. The Oilers stumbled to 1-5 in their last six outings after they were spanked 3-1 by the New York Islanders on Monday at Nassau Veterans' Memorial Coliseum.

The inconsistent Boston Bruins will try to get something going today, when they host the Edmonton Oilers in this afternoon's battle at TD Garden.

Zdeno Chara, the Boston Bruins control tower, was all business. Armed with his 65-inch Easton stick, the six-foot-nine defenceman negated the Edmonton Oilers top line so efficiently that head coach Pat Quinn even tried separating Ales Hemsky and Dustin Penner to try giving one of his two point-getters some room.

Perhaps newcomer Nikolai Khabibulin can break Edmonton's curse against the Bruins.

Roberto Luongo made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season to lead the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday night.

Patrick O'Sullivan beat Jimmy Howard with a wrist shot in the third round of a shootout, and Nikolai Khabibulin stopped Henrik Zetterberg on Detroit's final attempt to give the Edmonton Oilers a 6-5 victory Thursday night.

The Oilers have a history of trade transactions and signings that come under fire.

Edmonton Oilers defenceman Ladislav Smid has been playing with the H1N1 flu virus, commonly known as swine flu.

The game was just 25 seconds old when Scott Hannan kicked the puck away from the beleaguered Shawn Horcoff - which pretty much sums up how things have been going for the Edmonton Oilers centre.

Vancouver Canucks' Alexander Edler, right, knocks the puck away from Edmonton Oilers' Ales Hemsky on an empty net breakaway in third period action at Rexall Place on Monday.

Vancouver Canucks' Roberto Luongo, center, makes the save as Edmonton Oilers' Dustin Penner, left, looks for the rebound as Edmonton Oilers' Ales Hemsky, right, of the Czech Republic, looks on during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia on Sunday, Oct.

The terrific thing about the Edmonton Oilers acquiring Nikolai Khabibulin was that he was Calgary Kryptonite.