Thursday night’s high-powered showdown between the star-laden offenses of the Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers, featuring the league’s past two Hart Memorial Trophy winners, lived up to its billing.

The Oilers needed Skinner to be at his best in the first period, getting blitzed to the tune of a 14-6 shot differential after 20 minutes. But they rebounded in the second period,

Skinner is expected to start on the road against the Avalanche on Thursday, per Tony Brar of Oilers TV. Skinner has a 17-9-3 record, 2.68 GAA and .902 save percentage in 29 appearances in 2024-25. He's coming off a 30-save shutout over the Kings on Monday.

Jeff Skinner & Troy Stecher will come back in while Stuart Skinner will get the start on Thursday for Edmonton's second half of back-to-back games at Ball Arena against Colorado

The Edmonton Oilers defeated the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in an NHL Western Conference clash at Ball Arena in Denver on Thursday (Jan. 16) night. Viktor Arvidsson, Evan Bouchard, Brett Kulak and Connor McDavid scored for the Oilers.

Skinner turned aside all 30 shots he faced in Monday's 1-0 win over the Kings. A brilliant goaltending duel was settled by a Connor McDavid tally late in the second period, giving Skinner his second shutout of the season -- and second in his last three ...

The Edmonton Oilers are in town for a Western Conference matchup as the Colorado Avalanche continue their five-game homestand. The Oilers will play their second game of a back-to-back tonight after taking a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Wild.

Evan Bouchard scored with 6:55 left and the surging Edmonton Oilers overcame a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Thursday night.

Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon extended Colorado’s lead in its Western Conference showdown against the Oilers with two first-period goals in rapid succession.

Stuart Skinner should be getting a free dinner on the Oilers' upcoming road trip. He was their best player on Monday night, stopping all 31 shots he faced en route to a huge 1-0 win over the ...

Skinner stopped 24 of 27 shots in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Canucks. Skinner took just his second loss over six outings in January, though he's allowed at least three goals in three of those games.

Skinner stopped 22 of 25 shots in Thursday's 4-3 win over the Avalanche. Skinner gave up three goals in the first 11:48 of the game, but he was perfect after that as the Oilers rallied for a ...