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CHI EDM 3:50 1 0 4:25 1 1 7:20 2 1 12:33 3 1 CHI EDM 11:02 4 1 CHI EDM 1:29 4 2 8:53 5 2 EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Chicago Blackhawks are sticking to their plan of becoming a better road team.

In the middle of the week when all the sports media could talk about was how much the they had been losing as of late, the Edmonton Oilers ground out a gritty, come-from-behind win against the Northwest-division leaders, the Colorado Avalanche.

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.

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.

Edmonton Oilers defenceman Dean Arsene skates in a pre-season game against the Florida Panthers at Rexall Place.

It's still nine years and counting. Yesterday, defenceman Dean Arsene was ready to make his NHL debut filling in on the Edmonton Oilers blue-line. However, Sheldon Souray, who has been out of the lineup since getting tripped into the end boards by Calgary Flames winger Jarome Iginla five weeks ago was cleared to play and was inserted instead.

Slava Kozlov broke out of his slump with his first goal of the season and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Sunday for their fourth consecutive victory.

Wow: what a string of injuries. In addition to the already long string of injuries on the Oilers roster, today there was news that both Fernando Pisani and Patrick O'Sullivan have sustained injuries.

Edmonton Oilers' defenceman Denis Grebeshkov has a sprained knee, which put him on the shelf for several weeks, and winger Fernando Pisani has had a recurrence of his ulcerative colitis and has flown home to see his doctor.

Denis Grebeshkov is out. From a report we heard and an Oilers twitter confirmation, he injured his knee in the final minute of the Buffalo game and won't be with the Oilers for the final two games of this five game road trip.

If last season's 10-2 drubbing to the Buffalo Sabres weighed heavily on the Edmonton Oilers' heads, they couldn't extract their pound of flesh in the first meeting since that humiliating night.

This is Steve Staios. For a while he played right wing with the Atlanta Thrashers.

Jason Spezza scored the winning goal in the shootout for the Ottawa Senators, who twice came from behind to beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Oilers goalie Nikolai Khabibulin makes a glove save against Colorado rookie centre Ryan O'Reilly. The scoring woes of Tom Gilbert and the Edmonton Oilers are over, at least on the power play.

Photograph by: Bruce Edwards, The Journal, Edmonton Journal GAME TIME OIlers at Bruins 11 a.m. 630 CHED, RSW J.F. Jacques doesn't need to actually add up the numbers.

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.

Ales Kotalik had a goal and two assists, and the New York Rangers halted a four-game, road-losing streak with a 4-2 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

The days turned into weeks, the weeks stretched into a month, and still Sheldon Souray is not back in a uniform.