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Patrick Marleau scored three goals, and Joe Pavelski had the lone shootout goal in the San Jose Sharks' 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night.

Edmonton Oilers' Liam Reddox, 85, looks on as Chicago Blackhawks' Patrick Kane, rear, watches his shot enter the net of Oilers goalie Jeff Deslauriers during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton on Saturday, Nov.

Missing time to an injury is supposed to make players worse, not better, but something about being sidelined for four games with a gimpy shoulder seems to have agreed with Shawn Horcoff.

The bone in his foot wasn't fractured, but even if it had been, surely Liam Reddox would have found a way to get back into the Edmonton Oilers lineup.

That first matchup of Nikolai Khabibulin and Cristobal Huet -- the Blackhawks' well-paid goaltending tandem of last season -- still hasn't materialized.

The temptation, at first glance, is to see the first quarter of the 2009-10 Edmonton Oilers season as an eerily depressing rerun of the same chunk of the '08-09 campaign.

Ryan Potulny and Patrick O'Sullivan scored third-period goals and the Edmonton Oilers overcame a two-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-4 on Wednesday night.

Columbus Blue Jackets' Mathieu Garon makes a save against Edmonton Oilers' Patrick O'Sullivan during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, November 16, 2009.

Jakub Voracek scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.

The Buffalo Sabres will try to get back in the win column tonight when they welcome the Edmonton Oilers for an interconference battle at HSBC Arena.

Pat Quinn is in a cranky mood, and it doesna t have anything to do with his righteous indignation at Buffalo Sabres winger Clarke MacArthur for his hit on Edmonton Oilers winger Liam Reddox in Wednesday nighta s game.

It just wouldn't be a season for the Ottawa Senators without the requisite questions being raised over the reliability of the team's goaltending.

They've shown more jump on this road trip than they have in the past couple of weeks.

Ryan O'Marra didn't get a chance to take the warm-up for his first NHL game, arriving just in time for the puck drop.

Oilers defenceman Steve Staois, right, is beaten at the blue-line by Senators forward Jason Spezza.

Gilbert Brule #67 of the Edmonton Oilers celebrates a goal against the Colorado Avalanche at the Pepsi Center on November 8, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.

It's an easy game when the special teams are, indeed, special. How do you figure this? Last Thursday, the Oilers may as well have been traffic cones as the New York Rangers scored three power-play goals and Sunday, they made the NHL's second-best penalty-killers look like beer leaguers, scoring four of their own in the first five tries to end the ...

The Edmonton Oilers took off their red faces yesterday and replaced them with brave ones as they tried their best to downplay the inherent dangers of heading out to sea in a leaky boat.

The Canadian Press Published on Friday, Nov. 06, 2009 5:22PM EST T he Edmonton Oilers need to find an identity, rediscover their scoring touch and win games.

With a roster riddled by influenza and injuries, the Edmonton Oilers had another anchor thrown their way Wednesday with news Shawn Horcoff will be lost for up to two weeks with a shoulder injury.