Lubomir Visnovsky News

Sometimes special teams are extra-special teams. The Edmonton Oilers scored four power-play goals in their first five tries against the NHL's second-best penalty-killing unit and killed off all five Colorado man advantages to hand the Avalanche its 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.

Right-winger Ryan Callahan celebrates his goal in the second period, one of three power-play markers by the Rangers.

Photograph by: Bruce Edwards, The Journal, Edmonton Journal GAME TIME OIlers at Bruins 11 a.m. 630 CHED, RSW J.F. Jacques doesn't need to actually add up the numbers.

Only four National Hockey League players have been diagnosed with H1N1 but that hasn't stopped the flu from walloping half-a-dozen teams FULL TEXT ?Officially, four NHL players have been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, but that hasn't stopped the seasonal flu bug from walloping half-a-dozen teams, including the Edmonton Oilers , who had one ...

Brendan Witt claimed his first two-goal game in the NHL and John Tavares scored another goal to give the New York Islanders a 3-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.

The suddenly-hot New York Islanders will aim for a fourth consecutive victory when they host the struggling Edmonton Oilers tonight at Nassau Coliseum.

Denis Grebeshkov has been a walking disaster at times this season, but he played 28:54 against the Wings and was plus-1 on a night when the Oilers gave up five even-strength goals.

The old adage is probably true -- that which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger -- but it remains to be seen if the Edmonton Oilers will come out of this dead or strong.

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.

Going into the Edmonton Oilers vs Detroit Red Wings game, I would have been excited if the Oilers had escaped with one point.

The Detroit Red Wings will face off against the Edmonton Oilers tonight with no significant changes to their lineup, as the Detroit News's Chris McCosky and MLive.com's own Ansar Khan report: October 29, Detroit News : Mike Babcock is going to keep Valtteri Filppula centering the second line with Danny Cleary and Todd Bertuzzi.

With Mike Comrie and Lubomir Visnovsky out with the flu, and his offence looking even more sickly, head coach pat Quinn pulled out the dreaded blender this morning.

These are all words that describe the Oilers blue line in games when both Sheldon Souray and Lubomir Visnovsky are out.

The Detroit Red Wings packed their Purell as they arrived in Edmonton feeling a wee bit better about themselves thanks to a 5-4 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, but the Wings still sit 12th in the Western Conference standings with 10 points in 10 games thanks to a 4-4-1-and-1 record.

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

Craig Anderson stopped 25 shots for his second shutout of the season, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-0 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night.

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.

They were still talking about the battle royal between Steve MacIntyre and Brian McGrattan a day after the Edmonton and Calgary heavyweights pounded each other for 68 seconds Saturday night.

Edmonton Oilers' Shawn Horcoff reaches for the puck as Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo reacts during the first period NHL hockey in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Oct.