Team Sweden is playing their final game of the 4 Nations Faceoff tournament today against Team USA, and Sweden will be making ...

Young Mattias Eklholm was glued to his TV in Borlange, Sweden, in February 2006, as his heroes met Finland in the gold-medal ...

Records helper Tuesday ...

Ekholm (illness) participated in Monday's practice, per Tony Brar of Oilers TV.

Ekholm won the game for the Oilers in OT on Thursday against the ... At a time when the pressure was at its highest, Big Viking Daddy came through with a key goal for the second straight game.

The Edmonton Oilers have just taken the ice for practice before today's game against the Minnesota Wild, with a slightly new lineup and a potential injury to Mattias Ekholm. Prospect Noah Philp ...

"At the end of the day, he's the best in the world. We know that, but we're going to have to focus on our team and what we're doing," Ekholm said of the task of defending McDavid ...

With the team tying to tinker with the best pairings, their first efforts paired Oilers defender Mattias Ekholm with Pittsburgh Penguins puck-mover Erik Karlsson. The Oilers brass might use this ...

The Oilers missed Mattias Ekholm on Saturday. Out with an illness that night, Ekholm's absence was clearly a huge blow to the Oilers' defence as they allowed three goals in the first period -- two ...

Two of the three Oilers at the event will wear an "A" for their country: Canada's Connor McDavid and Sweden's Mattias Ekholm. "It should be Sid for sure," he told reporters when asked about the ...

He’s a 40- to 45-point player, a Viking who is held in the highest ... a lifestyle the Ekholms grew up enjoying in Sweden. In the Oilers dressing room, Ekholm is a quiet, effective leader ...