Oilers center Connor McDavid made a surprising move on Tuesday, and rejected his appeal for his 3-game suspension.

The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Edmonton Oilers after Rickard Rakell scored two goals in the Penguins’ 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Pittsburgh is 17-17-8 overall and 11-7-3 in home games. The Penguins have a -25 scoring differential ...

The Blue Jackets (21-17-6) have won five straight and play the San Jose Sharks at Nationwide Arena on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, NBCSCA). They will host the Detroit Red Wings in the 2025 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series at Ohio Stadium on March 1 (6 p.m. ET; ESPN, TVAS-D, SN360).

The Oilers are heavily in the market to acquire a defenceman in trade this season, but one of their very first trade targets in Ivan Provorov may now be taken off the board.

It’s fitting that the Pittsburgh Penguins’ “Star Wars Night” promotion Thursday evening followed Tuesday’s 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. That defeat created a great disturbance in the force at PPG Paints Arena.

On Monday, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced it has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers for three games for cross-checking Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard.

The idea that Conroy would send Andersson to Edmonton at the deadline has some problems. The two organizations have a bitter rivalry going back decades, with Calgary’s sole Stanley Cup built (by Cliff Fletcher and Bob Johnson) for the single purpose of beating the Oilers.

They didn’t get to six goals, but the Blue Jackets did move into the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference over the Boston Bruins by extending their season-high winning streak to six straight games Thursday at Nationwide Arena.

The fallout from the wild Edmonton Oilers/Vancouver Canucks game on Saturday has arrived. Oilers captain Connor McDavid, along with Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers, both received three-game suspensions for their cross-checks in the dying moments of the game.

Breaking down what is another crucial game for the New York Rangers, plus NHL news and notes, including the passing of former New Jersey Devils coach Tom McVie.

The Avalanche’s offense stumbled and Jared Bednar wasn’t happy. Connor McDavid was handed a suspension, and the Winnipeg Jets and Golden Knights both lost again. All that and more on this edition of Deen’s Daily — January 21.