The Edmonton Oilers will be without suspended superstar Connor McDavid when they host the struggling Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night in the second game between the Pacific Division rivals in less than a week.

Demko will defend the visiting cage in Edmonton on Thursday, according to Mark Spector of Sportsnet.

The Vancouver Canucks are a team imploding from the inside out with locker room drama, and now reports are surfacing that Thatcher Demko ... by the Oilers without Connor McDavid.

NHL insider Chris Johnston shared his thoughts on Connor McDavid’s three-game suspension on First Up with Korolnek & Colaiacovo podcast.

The Edmonton Oilers should consider trading Evan Bouchard in hopes of freeing up cap space, so they can solve their future cap issues.

Edmonton Oilers superstar Connor McDavid has been suspended three games for cross-checking Vancouver Canucks forward Conor Garland in the head. Late in the Canucks' 3-2 win over the Oilers on ...

(Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press via AP) Edmonton Oilers’ Connor McDavid (97) and Vancouver Canucks ... scores on Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko (35) as Canucks’ Carson Soucy (7) watches during the second period of an NHL hockey game ...

Nathan MacKinnon leads the league in scoring. Draisaitl only trails him by a single point. There is plenty of season left to be played, but as long as the Oilers have Draisaitl, they'll be fine. Draisaitl will be able to hold down the fort until the captain returns.

Zach Hyman had two goals and an assist, Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 on Thursday night. Adam Henrique, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for the Oilers,

After all the hostility at the end of Saturday game, all the talk about “response” and using all this emotion to their advantage, the Canucks barely made a peep on Thursday. Where has all the heart gone?

For the only time this season, the Vancouver Canucks travelled to Edmonton for a one-and-done trip against the Oilers at Rogers Place. These two teams met just five days ago in Vancouver in which the Canucks came away with a 3-2 victory,

NEW YORK (AP) — Defenseman K’Andre Miller had a goal and an assist and Igor Shesterkin made 35 saves as the surging New York Rangers routed the Philadelphia Flyers 6-1 on Thursday night.