John Klingberg appeared in Oilers colours for the first time while Connor McDavid skated ahead of his disciplinary hearing.

The Edmonton Oilers head home from a withering road trip. And while they pulled up a goal short of a win on Saturday night, by anyone’s measure this stretch was a roaring success. The Oilers arrive home with the same number of points as the Pacific leading Vegas Golden Knights.

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Klingberg has great puck skills and is a good skater. He is a six-time 40+ point defender. He adds a lot of firepower to the Oilers' backend.

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Edmonton Oilers tempted fate once too often on Saturday, and this time they paid for it. They dug yet another deep first-period hole against a spirited Vancouver Canucks squad, allowing all 3 goals in 3½ minutes late in the first period including a pair of powerplay tallies by first star Quinn Hughes.

In the wake of his career-surviving major surgery, it was a hip, hip hooray moment for John Klingberg when he signed his one-year free-agent contract in Edmonton—five years after being in the 2020 playoff bubble with the Dallas Stars when they were two games from winning the Stanley Cup.

In a wild track meet of a game, with Colorado scoring the first three goals, then Edmonton the next four, the Oilers won 4-3 in Denver on Thursday night. In total, the Grade A shots were 17 for the Oilers, eight for the Avs, with the subset of more dangerous 5-alarm shots nine for Edmonton, five for Colorado.

Dallas needs Klingberg more than the Oilers. Their other three right-shot D — Matt Dumba, Ilya Lyubushkin and Nils Lundkvist — haven’t scored a goal all season long. He wants to play on a Cup contender and wherever he signs, he’s in audition mode for next season.

THROUGH GAMES OF TUESDAY, JAN. 21, 2025

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Quinn Hughes scored two power-play goals and the struggling Vancouver Canucks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night. Danton Heinen also scored and J.T. Miller had two assists as the Canucks won for just the second time in eight games (2-4-2). Thatcher Demko had 13 saves.