The Edmonton Oilers are trying out a new strategy to help spark some scoring down the lineup, and it includes an exciting new forward line.

However, when the two elite talents are off the ice, Edmonton scores 1.17 goals per 60 and owns a 29 percent goal percentage. The terrible offence hides a positive fact: The third and fourth lines are surrendering just 2.81 GA per 60. That’s a solid, workable number, meaning offensive upgrades are vital to the current lines.

Edmonton Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl pointed to the Christmas break as the reason for sapping the momentum from the previously surging Oilers following their third straight defeat.

Leon Draisaitl is the latest member of the NHL's 1,000-point club, and his Edmonton Oilers teammates pulled out all the stops to celebrate.

McDavid, who was named the NHL’s first star of the week Monday for the second week in a row, extended his points streak to 11 games on Tuesday. He has 12 goals and 19 assists across the stretch and sits atop the league’s scoring race with 67 points.

EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid had five assists to extend his point streak to 11 games, and Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick for the Edmonton Oilers in a 5-1 win against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place on Tuesday.

The Oilers entered 2026 atop the Pacific Division with a 20-15-6 record. Andy Devlin / NHLI via The Edmonton Oilers took fans on a wild roller-coaster ride during the first half of the 2025-26 season.

Connor McDavid had five assists, Leon Draisaitl scored three goals and the Edmonton Oilers kept rolling into the holiday hiatus with a 5-1 victory over the rival Calgary Flames

Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick and Connor McDavid added five assists as the Edmonton Oilers upended the visiting Calgary Flames 5-1 on Tuesday night.

Leon Draisaitl has established himself as a true superstar in the National Hockey League. Draisaitl was born in Cologne, Germany, and became the first.