Zack Stortini News

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.

It's been a tale of two beginnings for the slumping Minnesota Wild, who will resume a five-game road trip Friday night against the Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place.

Edmonton Oilers new head coach Pat Quinn behind the bench during National Hockey League game action against the Calgary Flames at Rexall Place in Edmonton October 3, 2009.

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

Chicago Blackhawks center Patrick Sharp has at least one point in all five games this season and will try to keep the streak going Wednesday night versus the Edmonton Oilers at the United Center.

Teammates with Chicago last season, goaltenders Cristobal Huet and Nikolai Khabibulin are expected to start against each other Wednesday night as the Edmonton Oilers visit the Blackhawks in a matchup of teams seeking three-game winning streaks.

Lauri Korpikoski scored a shootout goal to give the Phoenix Coyotes a 1-0 shootout victory against the San Jose Sharks on Monday night.

Zack Stortini scores in a 6-1 Oilers win on Monday night. Zack Stortini scored two of Edmonton's four first-period goals to lead the Oilers to a 6-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Monday night.