When Oilers star forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins broke into the NHL in 2011, he quickly earned praise from his teammates. And one of them gave him particularly high praise.

Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins & defenceman Evan Bouchard have been invited by Hockey Canada to attend its ...

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is the longest tenured Edmonton Oiler, who has also spent the last 10 seasons as an alternate captain. Nugent-Hopkins started his career off on the right foot, as he was drafted ...

EDMONTON, Alberta -- If the Edmonton Oilers were handing out superlatives, then Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would be their (not-so) secret weapon. Don't take just anyone's word for it, though.

DALLAS -- Leon Draisaitl is a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins fan. "He's so valuable, right? In every facet of the game. He touches every part of it," the Edmonton Oilers star said of his longtime teammate ...

Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (93) celebrates his hat trick goal against the Seattle Kraken during third period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday, March 22, 2025.

SUNRISE, Fla. — When the Edmonton Oilers selected Ryan Nugent-Hopkins with the first pick in the 2011 NHL draft, they had missed the playoffs five consecutive seasons.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored two quick power-play goals, Stuart Skinner stopped 19 shots and the Edmonton Oilers beat the top-seeded Dallas Stars 3-1 in the Western Conference Final on Friday night ...

Team Canada’s junior hockey development camp going on in Edmonton this week as they gear up to choose their roster for the 2012 World Junior Championships, Nugent-Hopkins is getting his shot to show ...

Nugent-Hopkins atoned for the netminder’s third-period mistake by scoring the winning goal less than six minutes later, leading the Oilers to a 5-3 in Game 4 against the Flames.

The rookie Nugent-Hopkins played his first NHL game on Oct. 9, 2011. He scored in the third period to force overtime, and the Oilers went on to win in a shootout over the Penguins.

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