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Edmonton Oilers at Rexall Place, 9 p.m. TV: Comcast SportsNet Radio: WGN 720-AM What to watch: The Oilers are banged up and had only 13 skaters finish Wednesday's 6-4 win over Colorado.

The Oilers head into tonight's game after a 5-2 loss at home to Chicago Saturday.

The closer we get to the Olympics, the sooner Hockey Canada is going to have to deal with the elephant in the room.

Benched during the game and taken to the verbal woodshed after it by head coach Pat Quinn, Tom Gilbert knew the media vultures would be circling his stall after practice Thursday.

Not even the luck o' the Irish would be enough to end the Oilers misfortunes. Down to four defencemen after Ladislav Smid was struck by a puck, the Oilers managed to get their Saturday night showdown against St.

They probably could have put the goal up on the scoreboard the moment Andrew Cogliano skated over to the penalty box in the third period.

Shawn Horcoff #10 of the Edmonton Oilers skates against the New York Islanders on November 2, 2009 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

The Atlanta Thrashers will try to extend their longest winning streak of the season to four games when they host today's contest at Philips Arena against an Edmonton Oilers club that has been decimated by injuries.

It's been a while since Ryan O'Marra was one of the key pieces of the Ryan Smyth trade puzzle.

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.

EDMONTON a ' The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman Tom Gilbert to a six-year, $24-million US contract.

The Edmonton Oilers have called up another reinforcement from the Springfield Falcons in the form of forward Ryan O'Marra for their game against the Ottawa Senators tonight.

Edmonton Oilers' slugger Steve MacIntyre will be taking his brand of "fistic" justice back to the Florida Panthers after they claimed him off waivers today.

Andrew Cogliano #13 of the Edmonton Oilers celebrates his third period goal against the Colorado Avalanche during NHL action at the Pepsi Center on Nov.

Fans and media have known for years that Liam Reddox has several strikes against him in his bid to become a full-time major-league hockey player.

The Edmonton Oilers need to find an identity, rediscover their scoring touch and win games.

The Edmonton Oilers are clearly a hockey team in big, big trouble. And next comes double trouble.

Edmonton Oilers forward Shawn Horcoff. Photograph by: Shaughn Butts, edmontonjournal.com GAME TIME RANGERS at OILERS 7:30 p.m., Thursday 630 CHED, Pay per view EDMONTON a ' Shawn Horcoff was hit with the flu, but managed to play through it.

Patrick O'Sullivan of the Edmonton Oilers is stopped in the first period of Monday's NHL game at Nassau Coliseum by New York Islanders goaltender Dwayne Roloson.

It could be worse -- head coach Pat Quinn could be in charge of a chaotic and woefully unprepared immunization program that shrugs its shoulders while children and pregnant woman are shoved aside by a stampede of selfish adults.