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OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS Taylor Hall J-F Jacques HEADLINES . -Today was a little more of a flow practice to kind of get our legs under us after last night. I'd expect tomorrow to get back into the structure of things and hammer some of the things home that we need to be better at.- After the game on Saturday, Coach Renney alluded to the team coming out flat and attributed it football live to missing Friday's practice. -We know it wasn't our best game (last night) but we didn't quit, we stayed with the program,- noted winger J-F Jacques. -That's a big difference between now and maybe three weeks ago. We found a way to win the game rather than losing it.- The game on Saturday night ended a tough stretch for the team where they played 16 games in 30 days, including 10 on the road. football live -It's been a tough schedule the last three weeks, just playing every other day. We've got a couple of days to work hard on some stuff and I'm sure it's going to pay off,- said Jacques. LONG HOMESTAND AWAITS agreed. -We want to build this place to be our home, to be a really good place to play,- said Hall. -In order for us to get back in the playoff hunt we need to really do well on this homesta football live nd. We really set ourselves up with a good road trip there.- J-F Jacques also added that getting the fans involved should also play a big role in the team's success over the next few weeks. -We want to really establish a strong game here at home. You rarely get a six-game homestand anymore during the season. It's really important for us to not only get us going but get the fans going too to football live make sure we have a strong five games here left,- said Jacques. HALL, GAGNER PUTTING UP NUMBERS and Taylor Hall Gagner has put up points in each of his last five games to move into a tie for second in team scoring with Ales Hemsky -It's more just a comfort level. The linemates I've been playing with have really helped me out. I think it's a lot easier when you do have chemistry with your football live linemates. From there I've just gotten more comfortable and seen the game in a different way and it's helped out. Oilers prospect Linus Omark. On Friday, Omark did a spin move in the neutral zone before skating in on Moose goaltender Eddie Lack. The Barons lost Friday's game 3-2 in a shootout but rebounded to win 4-0 on Saturday. The Barons sit third in the AHL's West Division with 31 points football live in 25 games (14-8-1-2). In the latest edition of our fan question series, Ashley from Devon, Alberta submitted a question for Devan Dubnyk ASHLEY: -Not rituals, really. You try to have a basic routine that you stick to. I'm not real superstitious, so I try to stay away from stuff like that, so that if something goes wrong it doesn't throw you off. -You know, just try to have a similar practice; football live same kind of shots, same views, just do something that makes you feel good. Just try to have a similar day as far as eating -- when you eat, when you nap. Just basically try to keep everything the same. -As far as going out on the ice during the anthem, you just try to think about things you're doing to do during the same. Whether it's angles, or skating, or being in positions, just things like football live that that are going to make you successful during the game.- Fill out the form on the right to submit a question for one of the Oilers. We will ask one of the submitted questions after the next practice and will post the answer in the next Team Today. Author: Marc Ciampa | edmontonoilers.com OILERS vs. BLUES: OIL SPILLS PRE-GAME VIDEO Jack Michaels - Bob Stauffer game preview football live THE OTHER SIDE: Comments from Eric Brewer - Davis Payne prior to the game THE OTHER SIDE: Post-game comments from Eric Brewer, David Backes, Alex Steen - Coach Davis Payne After coming away with wins in all three games on the recent eastern Canadian road swing, the Oilers return home to begin a six-game homestand tonight against the struggling St. Louis Blues. Having enjoyed a day off Fri football live day following the team-s impressive 5-0 triumph over the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Oilers got back to work this morning with a 30-minute skate to prepare for the imminent Saturday night clash. The lines and defensive pairings that have resulted in the recent success will remain intact, aside from one small change on the fourth line where physical forward J-F Jacques will be inserted in place football live of Steve MacIntyre , fresh off a stunning shutout performance Thursday night against Toronto, will again get the nod between the pipes. HOME COOKING , who has now scored six points in his last five games, agreed with Renney-s sentiments. -Home is always a place where you kind of get the fans behind you and you get the little extra advantage, so we want to take advantage of that and u football live se it,- Eberle said of the homestand. -I think with Hemmer (Ales Hemsky The Oilers find themselves in a similar situation as last season, when the team rattled off five consecutive wins on the road and then returned home for an extremely important homestand. With the unfortunate results (four losses) of a year ago fresh in the minds of the media, players and coaches weren-t concerning thems football live elves with that past statistic. -Thanks for reminding me,- Eberle laughed. -We're playing better hockey. We're not only winning games, but we're feeling good about winning games; that we earned them. For us coming into this homestand, obviously we have a lot of confidence and we have to forget about the road trip.- -Take the confidence, but you have to learn from it and move on, and obvio football live usly we have an important game tonight. Any team on any night in this league can win, so it's just a matter of who shows up.- The head coach agreed, as he expanded further on what the team needs to do tonight to ensure to positive outcome. -I think we have to continue to pay attention to the details that we've started the year with, quite honestly, and be relentless on those,- the coach s football live aid. -We can't allow ourselves to feel that good where we just stand around and watch. We have a long way to go to catch up to the teams that are in the playoff spot, and that's our objective naturally.- DEFENSIVE STAND commented on the change, and says that the improvement is more of a full-team effort. -The forwards are allowing us to gap up a little bit better; we can stand up on the football live opposition and our F3 (third forward) is always there for us. One of the forwards is always helping us defensively and offensively,- said the stay-at-home blueliner. -We just have to keep it going.- COACH COMPLIMENTS OILERS 2 - BLUES 1 and Eric Brewer, found themselves even after 60 minutes. But only 23 seconds into overtime, Taylor Hall UNDER THE SCOPE Author: Ryan Dittrick | edmonton football live oilers.com, with files from Tom Gazzola - Bob Stauffer THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 AT THE MORNING MEDIA AVAILABILITY Sam Gagner, Andrew Cogliano, Taylor Hall - head coach Tom Renney on tonight's game MapleLeafs.com Game Preview POST-GAME VIDEO Highlights Post-game comments from Eberle - Hall GAME PHOTO GALLERY After starting their back-to-back with a 4-3 OT win in Montreal last football live night, the Oilers eased in to game day number two by opting out of the morning skate and holding a team meeting at the hotel instead. Goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin made his return to the line-up vs. the Canadiens but suffered a bit of a set-back in the game and is not expected to play vs. the Leafs. -We've got to protect our athletes,- Renney explained. -It's a long season, there's a lot football live of work to do, I'll be prudent with him. At this point in time, I'll have to say doubtful (for tonight).- GOING FOR THE EASTERN SWEEP said earning the come-from-behind win in Montreal was a -really good feeling. -It's something we haven't felt a lot of that this year and I think it just shows how we're coming together as a team now. One more game left on this road trip and hopefully we'l football live l end it off with a good win.- -It's definitely exciting, especially after our win last night,- Sam Gagner For a handful of players, a win in Toronto would be especially satisfying because of hometown ties. -It's going to be fun,- Taylor Hall Led by some of their youngest players, the Oilers dominated Thursday's game in Toronto, out-scoring the Leafs 5-0 despite being outshot 33-19. Rooki football live es Jordan Eberle, and Magnus Paajarvi played a perfect game in net. His efforts secured Edmonton's first-ever shutout in 41 all-time games played in Toronto. READ MORE football live
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