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• Oilers' Mattias Ekholm: Snags helper

  2D ago • By RotoWire

  Ekholm provided an assist and six shots on goal in Tuesday's 4-3 overtime win over the Islanders. Ekholm ended a season-worst four-game dry spell when he helped out on an Evan Bouchard tally in the third period. Prior to that slump, Ekholm had been pretty good on offense, enough to work himself into a spot on the second power-play unit. He's now at two goals, eight assists, 44 shots on net, 13 hits, 19 blocked shots and a plus-4 rating through 16 contests this season while seeing steady time on the first pairing at even strength.

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• Oilers' Mattias Ekholm: Provides assist Thursday

  14D ago • By RotoWire

  Ekholm logged an assist, two shots on goal, three hits and a plus-2 rating in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Predators. Ekholm set up the second of Leon Draisaitl's tallies in the game. The 34-year-old Ekholm has collected two goals and four assists during his active four-game point streak, with both of his markers in the span coming on the power play. Overall, the blueliner has nine points, 31 shots on net, 10 hits, 15 blocked shots and a plus-3 rating through 11 contests while seeing big minutes on the first pairing.

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• Oilers' Mattias Ekholm: Spoils shutout bid

  17D ago • By RotoWire

  Ekholm scored a power-play goal on two shots and went minus-3 in Monday's 6-1 loss to the Blue Jackets. Ekholm helped the Oilers avoid a shutout, blasting a puck past Elvis Merzlikins with 27 seconds left in the game. With five points over his last three contests, Ekholm has been a standout on a team that is still struggling to put forth positive performances. The defenseman has two power-play goals, six assists, 29 shots on net, 14 blocked shots and a plus-1 rating over 10 outings this season.

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• Oilers' Mattias Ekholm: Two helpers in win

  18D ago • By RotoWire

  Ekholm banked two assists in Sunday's 3-2 overtime win versus Detroit. Ekholm registered a secondary assist on Evan Bouchard's game-tying goal in the final frame before setting up Leon Draisaitl for the winner in overtime. In addition to racking up his fourth point over his last two outings, Ekholm added one shot, one block and a plus-3 rating in 23:49 of ice time. Ekholm is one of the NHL's more complete defensemen, and he's showing it early on in 2024-25 -- the 34-year-old is third on the team in points with seven, behind only Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.

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• Oilers' Mattias Ekholm: Secures two points in win

  20D ago • By RotoWire

  Ekholm scored a power-play goal on six shots, dished an assist, blocked two shots and went plus-2 in Friday's 4-0 win over the Penguins. Ekholm helped out on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins' tally early in the third period before scoring a goal of his own later in the frame. This was Ekholm's first multi-point effort of 2024-25. Since his production is not particularly dependent on the power play, he's had a decent start to the campaign with five points, 26 shots on net, 13 blocked shots, seven hits and a plus-1 rating over eight appearances. Ekholm is locked in on the first pairing with Evan Bouchard, though Ekholm has less scoring potential as more of a shutdown blueliner.

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