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33 stories across Alberta
Edmonton erupted for five goals in the second period in Anaheim, with defenseman Evan Bouchard setting a modern NHL mark for blueliners.
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Alberta's switch away from clock changes, also adopted by B.C. and Manitoba, is scrambling NHL broadcast schedules across Western Canada this season.
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The Edmonton defenceman opened the season with a hat trick and two assists before adding three more points against Vancouver.
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Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin will play his final regular season in 2026-27, with nine games scheduled in Canada including stops in Edmonton and Calgary.
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Vancouver's rebuilding roster has split its opening four-game stretch against Pacific Division heavyweights, with goaltender Kevin Lankinen pointing to a new system taking shape.
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Seattle scored three times in the first eight minutes and cruised to a second win over Calgary this season. Dustin Wolf has now allowed 12 goals in his first two starts, both against the Kraken.
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Vancouver's Leevi Merilainen, claimed off waivers from Ottawa last month, earned his first win as a Canuck by turning aside a Calgary breakaway in a tight contest.
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Calgary fell to 0-2-0 to start the season after Vancouver erased an early deficit with an unanswered run in the final period.
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Edmonton improved to 2-0-1 to start the season, extending its dominance over Seattle with a seventh straight home win in the series.
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The 1952-era CBC franchise loses its NHL games as Rogers launches a rebranded Saturday broadcast, with Seattle at Edmonton among the opening-night matchups.
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Edmonton split its opening two games against Vancouver, outscoring the Canucks but surrendering 13 goals in the process. Coach Mike Babcock says the defensive breakdowns fall on his staff, not the players.
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Edmonton and Vancouver combined for 16 goals across their season-opening home-and-home series, with the Oilers taking three of four possible points.
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Vince Dunn had a goal and two assists as Seattle beat Calgary on Thursday, spoiling the Flames' last season-opening game at the Saddledome before their move to Scotia Place next year.
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Edmonton improved to 1-0-1 on the young season with a high-scoring road win in Vancouver, the second straight shootout-style affair between the two teams.
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The veteran centre will sit out a second straight game Thursday against Vancouver as Edmonton deals with a rash of forward and defence injuries.
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Calgary GM Craig Conroy says a youth movement must start producing offence as the Flames begin their last year in the 43-year-old arena before moving to Scotia Place.
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The Edmonton Oilers will be without their second-line centre as they open the season at home against Vancouver.
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The Edmonton Oilers begin a new chapter this season with Mike Babcock behind the bench as the NHL's opening night gets underway across the league.
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A Change.org petition opposing the Oilers' signing of Alex Formenton has topped 70,000 signatures as training camp winds down under new head coach Mike Babcock.
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Former Oiler Stuart Skinner is now expected to be Winnipeg's starting goaltender after Connor Hellebuyck requested a trade and was suspended for skipping training camp.
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The 28-year-old joins the club his father once played for after impressing on a training-camp tryout.
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The Calgary Flames' new $1.2-billion home is taking shape across the street, with its 7,760-tonne steel frame completed in early September.
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Vancouver enters the year under new head coach Manny Malhotra and a revamped front office after finishing last in the NHL last season.
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The Oilers' 2011 first-overall pick is spending training camp centring a line with Zach Hyman and Isaac Howard as new head coach Mike Babcock decides how to deploy his most versatile forward.
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A protest was held outside Rogers Arena as the Oilers opened their pre-season, tied to backlash over the club's signing of Alex Formenton.
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Edmonton has seven goaltenders in camp as Tristan Jarry looks to rebound from a rocky 2025-26 campaign that followed a December trade from Pittsburgh.
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The 23-year-old forward, acquired from the New York Rangers in March, split time between Calgary and the AHL's Wranglers last season.
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Mike Babcock's first day back behind an NHL bench since leaving Columbus in 2023 stressed speed and detail, players said.
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The petition, started by longtime fan Mary Loewen, does not dispute Alex Formenton's 2025 acquittal but says the Oilers should not have signed him regardless.
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Mary Loewen, known for dressing as a sequined Stanley Cup at games, says she will no longer support the Oilers after the team signed Alex Formenton, one of five former world junior players once accused of sexual assault.
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Former Oilers netminder Stuart Skinner says he's staying focused on his own game as Winnipeg sorts out the future of longtime starter Connor Hellebuyck.
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The rebrand ends a 12-year sublicensing deal that had put NHL games on CBC, though CBC keeps the 'Hockey Night in Canada' name.
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The forward was acquitted last year of sexual assault charges tied to a 2018 Hockey Canada gala in London, Ont., and was cleared for immediate reinstatement after an appeal board ruling.
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