He was replaced in the lineup by Ilya Mikheyev, who hit the side of an open net on a breakaway chance a little ... had two assists and goaltender Stuart Skinner made 15 saves.

Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stu Skinner‘s afternoon began with with ... notably thwarting the giant Thompson on a potential breakaway. Earned a secondary assist on the 2-2. 3 shots, 2 blocks ...

Zucker was denied on a breakaway chance after winning the race to a loose puck. He notched a primary assist on that same shift at 16:28, though, as Tuch gave Buffalo a 1-0 lead. Jeff Skinner tied ...

Mikheyev posted an assist in Friday's 5-3 loss to the Red Wings. Mikheyev has a goal and an assist over his last two games after going six contests without a point. A recent move to the top line ...

V ancouver Canucks winger Ilya Mikheyev missed Thursday's Game 5 against Edmonton with an undisclosed injury. Initially, he was believed to be a healthy scratch for the game, but Sportsnet's Dan ...

Connor Bedard is centering Tyler Bertuzzi and Ilya Mikheyev in the top line while Taylor Hall, Jason Dickinson, and Nick Foligno make up the other middle-six line. As for the fourth line ...

Alex Tuch can’t help but crack a smile when he thinks about Jeff Skinner. When Tuch arrived in Buffalo as part of the trade that sent Jack Eichel to Vegas, he didn’t know much about Skinner.

This game turned on an Oilers power play in the second period, when Pavel Zacha grabbed a puck and walked in on a short-handed breakaway, looking to tie the score at 1-1. Skinner made the save ...

Jason Dickinson, Petr Mrázek and Ilya Mikheyev may have turned out to be good players for the Blackhawks, but all three were acquired in cap dumps with draft picks, not the players, being the reward.

Fortunately Skinner returned to the game in the second. He came up huge on Zacha’s short-handed breakaway, then on Pastrnak’s point blank snipe with the score still 2-0. Solid yet again on ...

Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites; By Ilya Shapiro; Broadside Books; 272 pp., $29.99 But then there was all the bad stuff, which could be actively nauseating. Many lawyers live down ...

The Hurricanes beat Petr Mrazek and the Blackhawks 4-3 in overtime Monday. Luke Hales/Getty Images Share The Blackhawks aren’t feeling celebratory about tying their season-long point streak.