{"id":956954,"date":"2026-11-03T16:32:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/956954\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:32:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T16:32:10","slug":"ryan-nugent-hopkins-set-to-become-edmonton-oilers-all-time-leader-in-gp-vs-devils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/956954\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Nugent-Hopkins set to become Edmonton Oilers\u2019 all-time leader in GP vs. Devils"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edmonton Oilers<\/a> centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins<\/a> will become the franchise\u2019s all-time leader in games played when takes the ice against the New Jersey Devils<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old centre is currently tied with Hockey Hall of Famer Kevin Lowe at 1,037 career games.<\/p>\n

Lowe, who won five Stanley Cups during his time with the Oilers from 1979-1992, was team president when Nugent-Hopkins was drafted first overall in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been a solid player and a fan favourite since he arrived,\u201d Lowe told the Edmonton Journal<\/a>. \u201cPlaying that many games for one organization says tons about his talent, consistency and, of course, his character. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been through the highs and lows as an Oiler but through it all, he\u2019s represented the Oilers and the city of Edmonton with class.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nugent-Hopkins is off to a strong start this season with three goals and seven points in six games after missing time to start the year with a lower-body injury. <\/p>\n

He sits eighth in the franchise record books with 294 goals, sixth in assists with 517 and seventh in points in 811.<\/p>\n

Edmonton missed the postseason in Nugent-Hopkins\u2019 first five seasons with the team and seven of his first eight. The team, however, has reached the playoffs in each of the past seasons.<\/p>\n

The Oilers enter play Tuesday sitting first in the Western Conference with an 11-2-2 record through 15 games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers centre Ryan Nugent-Hopkins will become the franchise\u2019s all-time leader in games played when takes the ice…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":956955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[712,49,48,23752,79560,316082],"class_list":["post-956954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton","tag-edmonton-oilers-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-22","tag-ryan-nugent-hopkins-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8476454"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=956954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/956955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=956954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=956954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=956954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}