Zack Stortini News

In a late development, Edmonton Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin won't play tonight against his former Chicago Blackhawks teammates because he's nursing a sore back.

Desperate for another big body in their small lineup, the Edmonton Oilers might have J.F. Jacques back tonight against in their lineup against the high-flying Chicago Blackhawks.

After Wednesday's come-from-behind win over the Colorado Avs, a blogger like myself had a plethora of story lines to select from.

Ryan Potulny and Patrick O'Sullivan scored third-period goals and the Edmonton Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Wednesday night.

Time between penalties for the Oilers. Zack Stortini took a slashing call late in the second period in Denver on Sunday and Sam Gagner ended the streak when he tripped mike Grier at 17:46 of the first period in Buffalo.

They have three points from their first three games, which is probably appropriate considering how the Edmonton Oilers have played so far on this road trip.

Edmonton Oilers' Zack Stortini and Sam Gagner crowd the net in front of Ottawa Senators' goaltender Pascal Leclaire, Milan Michalek , Chris Phillips and captain Daniel Alfredsson during the second period of their NHL hockey game in Ottawa November 10, 2009.

Anybody looking for a night watchman, Steve MacIntyre is available. The Edmonton Oilers put the popular heavyweight on waivers today to send him to their farm team in Springfield.

Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson makes a save as Oilers right wing Zack Stortini is knocked to the ice by Colorado defenseman Ryan Wilson on Sunday night at the Pepsi Center.

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.

Edmonton Oilers right wing Zack Stortini watches the puck between his legs in front of Colorado Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson in the second period at Rexall Place on October 27, 2009.

Heading into tonight's Game of the Week , here's a look at some facts and figures, courtesy of our Stats & Information gurus.

Edmonton's Zack Stortini looks to the ref after crashing into Colorado Avalanche goalie Craig Anderson last night.

Brian McGrattan tried to get Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Stortini to pay the piper.

Photograph by: Andy Clark, Reuters, Edmonton Journal Gilbert Brule didn't have the stomach for playing when the flu bug hit him for six days, but the centre dragged himself out of bed on Sunday to rejoin the Edmonton Oilers against the Vancouver Canucks.

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.

With five players injured and two more out with the flu, Theo Peckham gets his chance to make an impression.

Dustin Penner scored his sixth and seventh goals of the season and added three assists in the Edmonton Oilers' 6-4 comeback victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night.

Breaking up is hard to do, but staying together was getting hard to watch. So head coach Pat Quinn is going with the lesser of two evils and splitting up Shawn Horcoff and Ales Hemsky.

If that was Jarret Stoll's last game as an Edmonton Oiler, he went out with a bang.