The season opening game for an NHL franchise is one of the most anticipated games of the season. This year was a special one for the Oilers, as they opened up the new season on home ice against the Calgary Flames. Over the past four seasons, the Oilers have had some awesome opening games as well as some disastrous ones.

The Edmonton Oilers opened the 2025–26 season last night against the Calgary Flames. The main objective for Edmonton this season was to not get destroyed like they have in season openers past. Especially with a home opener on their home city's birthday against their hated rival, a solid performance was imperative. Fortunately, the Oilers started on time this year, tallying more goals in the first period than the last two season openers combined.

The NHL 2025–26 season is here! Here’s how to survive as an Edmonton Oilers fans for the next few months.

Tonight, the 2025–26 season begins for the Edmonton Oilers. They will be playing host to the Calgary Flames for an opening night Battle of Alberta. The energy in Oil Country is high right now, fresh off of the stunning contract extension signed by Connor McDavid. A discount the likes of which we have never seen. Over the past decade, a continual theme for the Oilers has been difficulty filling out a roster around their superstar players.

As Connor McDavid put pen to paper for the two-year $25M extension, many expected the league’s best player to reset the market again. Insiders widely projected Connor McDavid’s next deal to set a new salary standard with projections north of at least $15M per season. Just last week, Kirill Kaprizov signed an eight-year $136M contract in Minnesota worth $17M annually. Instead of chasing a record payday, …

Could the vibes get any higher in Oil Country than they are now? Opening day on the 2025--26 season, fresh off of the Connor McDavid and Jake Walman extensions earlier this week. And one more key piece of this team has signed his next contract extension to keep him a member of the Edmonton Oilers for three more years. Early Wednedsay morning, the team announced the extension of defender Mattias Ekholm.

The Edmonton Oilers' 2025–26 opening night roster is now fully in view. The team had to wait an extra day to place Zach Hyman on long-term injured reserve. But after doing so, in separate transactions they recalled David Tomasek and Isaac "Ike" Howard from the Bakersfield Condors. Going the other way is forward James Hamblin. The full roster at present, and projected lineup…

The re-signing of Connor McDavid with the Edmonton Oilers definitely reshapes what the team’s future will look like.

The NHL regular season for the Edmonton Oilers begins Wednesday, so the long wait is finally over. Prospects-wise the NCAA has also started up, meaning even more hockey within the system is being played by Oilers prospects. Let’s catch up on everything that has happened in the past week. Welcome to the TOR Edmonton Oilers prospect update. Each week, we’ll take a dive into how the Oilers’ prospects have done in their respective leagues to go along with a feature one one standout prospect in Edmonton's system.