The Minnesota Wild placed their top-scoring contributor on LTIR on Friday in Kirill Kaprizov because of an aggravated lower-body injury. Minnesota has been one of the NHL's biggest surprises in ...

Don't look now but the Edmonton Oilers have moved into a tie for first place in the Pacific Division with the Vegas Golden Knights.

The Panthers are 26-17-3 (55 points) while the Oilers are the hottest team in the NHL with a record of 29-13-3 (61 points).

These are exciting times in Edmonton, with the Oilers in a rich vein of form and looking more like the team which came so close to winning it all last season.

Which Canadian team has the best shot at lifting the Stanley Cup curse that has hovered over the country since 1993? Luke Fox ranks all seven squads in the latest edition of Quick Shifts.