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OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS Dustin Penner Head Coach Tom Renney Nikolai Khabibulin - Tom Renney on goaltending vs. Blackhawks AUDIO INTERVIEWS Nikolai Khabibulin Dustin Penner Head coach Tom Renney RELATED ITEMS Vote for Plays of the Week HEADLINES said. -We were close a couple of games before that but lost a couple of one-goal games against very good teams as wel latest football scores l. I guess finally we got a little bit of that reward.- Khabibulin was one of the big reasons the Oilers came out with a win. A handful of exceptional saves, including back-to-back stops on Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, secured a spot on the NHL highlight reel and two points for Edmonton in the standings. -That game could have gone the other way, we all know that, but at the end of the da latest football scores y, the best teams in the league have great goaltending too and the best teams in the league have goaltending at critical times,- Head Coach Tom Renney said. -Khabi is all about that and completely capable of that any time, and so he was big for us when we needed him and that's good. It's good for our confidence.- Khabibulin downplayed the flashy saves. -If that happens usually that's because latest football scores I didn't do something right before that,- he explained modestly. -I don't like to be out of position too much, but during the game you don't really think about it and you just try to stop the puck, whatever it takes. I think it was a couple lucky saves, but whatever works.- THE KILLERS Another reasons for Edmonton's success was perfect penalty killing. The Oilers smothered three Blackhawks latest football scores power-plays Sunday night, a -really important- accomplishment, according to Renney. -I thought [penalty killing] provided as much momentum for our team moving forward to that game as anything,- the coach explained. -And of course Khabi was outstanding as a part of that kill and even beyond when we really needed him. -We had lots of things kind of go our way last night, but I really believe we e latest football scores arned those things and I thought the PK was a springboard to most of it.- SEASON-LONG PROCESS Recent wins over Chicago and strong showings vs. Vancouver and Detroit have the Oilers feeling optimistic these days, but Renney continues to insist that it's a season-long process and there's still plenty to improve upon. -It's such a cliche to talk about the process of a season, and in our case latest football scores the building of our team and the growth of the people on it, and yet those cliches work. The big thing for us is to look at the season in increments, recognize that it will be a body of work that will definite us at the end of the hockey season,- the coach explained. -We want a playoff spot as badly as anybody playing this game and we're going to hunt it down. In the meantime we've got to really latest football scores make sure we pay attention to the little details that will help us with those big wins like last night.- UP NEXT The Oilers return to action Tuesday, November 9 vs. the Hurricanes here in Raleigh. The puck drops at 5:00pm MT and you can catch all the action on Rogers Sportsnet Oilers. Author: Jen Sharpe | edmontonoilers.com, with files from Jack Michaels OILERS at BLACKHAWKS: OIL SP latest football scores ILLS PRE-GAME VIDEO Game Preview with Jack Michaels - Bob Stauffer Tom Gilbert, Colin Fraser, Taylor Hall - head coach Tom Renney on tonight's game. said. -It is a tough, long trip and to get out on the right foot would be obviously where we want to be.- Taylor Hall Former Oiler Fernando Pisani landed the first blow Sunday night in Chicago, but former Blackhawk Nikolai Khabibulin and S latest football scores am Gagner OIL SPILLS VIDEO INTERVIEWS Jordan Eberle OKC Barons Update: Comments from Nelson, Giroux, Gerber, Petry - McDonald Jim Vandermeer Under the Scope vs. DETOilers This Week A winless homestand preceding the longest road trip of the young 2010-2011 campaign would seemingly gesture a daunting task ahead for the Oilers. After all, following the two latest home losses, the latest football scores team now sits with a 3-6-2 record in the NHL's Western Conference. But there was no time to be reflecting on the past. It was time to look forward and begin a new test. Only 12 hours after falling victim to the Detroit Red Wings, the Oilers took to the ice at the Leduc Recreation Centre for a brief session before jetting cross-border to the Windy City. With only one win in the team-s last nine latest football scores games, it would be all too easy for the team to roll over and accept its early-season fate. But the Oilers understand the situation and realize that a young team will naturally undergo some growing pains in the process. For a team heading into an important stretch of games, moving forward is the best thing they can do. -You have to move past that stuff,- stressed Oilers rookie Jordan Eberle ag latest football scores reed with Eberle-s assessment, stating that the team needs to -take it day-by-day, one game at a time- as the Oilers look to get back on track. -I don't think you can dwell on the losses too long. I think you take the good things out of your game and try to apply them to the next game. That's definitely what we'll try to do tomorrow,- said an eager Vandermeer. KEEP THE PACE , who has done a latest football scores n incredible job this season of imposing his physical will, was absent from practice as he was still suffering some effects from a flu bug that kept him out of the lineup last night. THE FIVE GAME, EIGHT DAY MARATHON Jim Vandermeer Immediately following practice in Leduc, the Oilers hopped on their charter flight to Chicago as they prepare for the challenge of the marathon trip. It all begins t latest football scores omorrow night when the Oilers and Blackhawks meet for the second time in eight days, as the home side hopes to avenge the 7-4 drubbing laid by Edmonton in the previous meeting. ONE-ON-ONE Jordan Eberle . -Is there a song that plays in an arena that drives you nuts? (eg. the Canucks in Chicago with Chelsea Dagger)- JORDAN: latest football scores
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