Taylor Chorney News

The Edmonton Oilers have lost forward Ales Hemsky for the remainder of the season.

Radio: WWCD-FM ; WBNS-AM The series The Blue Jackets are 8-19-3-3 against the Oilers, including 4-8-3-1 in Nationwide Arena.

The Colorado Avalanche will try to continue heading in the right direction tonight, when they visit the Edmonton Oilers for a Northwest Division battle at Rexall Place.

Slava Kozlov hopes his first goal is the start of something good. Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.

The Edmonton Oilers will try to close out a five-game road trip on a positive note when they visit the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight at Nationwide Arena.

Edmonton Oilers defenceman Dean Arsene skates in a pre-season game against the Florida Panthers at Rexall Place.

This is Steve Staios. For a while he played right wing with the Atlanta Thrashers.

The Edmonton Oilers have called up another reinforcement from the Springfield Falcons in the form of forward Ryan O'Marra for their game against the Ottawa Senators tonight.

Mere seconds after the name Philippe Cornet was called out, a cheer went up up in the stands.

Plenty of local guys have offered up their faces for a good cause, ceding the territory between their lips and nose to the scourge of facial hair.

After missing the last 11 games with post-concussion syndrome, defenceman Steve Staios is ready to re-join Edmonton's beleaguered blueline.

At least they scored a goal. It's all about small moral victories right now, in lieu of any real ones, for the slumping Edmonton Oilers, and a fruitless two-game road trip that yielded one fluke in 120 minutes is about as small as it gets.

Taylor Chorney wasn't expected to play for the Oilers this season. Thanks to some untimely injuries and illnesses, he's been called upon to do a lot more than just play.

They got away with spotting the Canucks a 2-0 lead in Vancouver Tuesday, but spotting the Edmonton Oilers two four-goal leads? Why not? Playing a miserable game and on the verge of getting run out of Rexall Place, the Wings got goals from Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg late in the second.

What looked like a lopsided win quickly turned into a nail-biter for the Edmonton Oilers.

Halloween isn't until Saturday, so it wasn't ghosts doing all the booing last night -- it was a sold-out crowd, afraid they might be watching The Return of the Living Dead.

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' 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.

Nikolai Khabibulin knew exactly what to expect from the talented Chicago Blackhawks, who shoot from everywhere and aggressively crash the net.

Etched on his left calf is a tattoo of a maple leaf in the middle of a goalie mask.