The Edmonton Oilers are streaking yet again, only they are having more navigational problems with the New Jersey Devils in town Friday night. Jeff Green Jersey . The Oilers losing streak reached four with a 5-4 home loss to the Canucks on Wednesday. Edmonton tied it twice after falling behind 2-0, the second time early in the third period, but allowed Yannick Webers winner midway through the final 20 minutes. The Oilers looked as if they had tied it once more with 10 seconds left, but the goal was waved off when it was ruled that David Perron had kicked the puck off the goaltenders blocker into the net. Steven Pinizzotto, Teddy Purcell, Boyd Gordon and Andrew Ference scored, while Ben Scrivens made 26 stops for Edmonton, which held a 32-31 shot advantage, including 13-6 in the third. Weve been inconsistent and we havent been able to find a way to push the game the other way, Gordon said. Until we do that, we are going to have a tough time winning games. At 6-11-2, Edmontons 14 points are the fewest in the Western Conference. Its gone 2-7-1 in its past 10 contests. Defence has been the biggest issues for the Oilers, who are giving up 3.37 goals per game - among the worst marks in the league. The guys who have to be critical for us right through our lineup, the forwards and some of our D, they werent there, coach Dallas Eakins said. They showed sparks of coming, but for whatever reason they couldnt get it done. The guys we rely on less played well. Viktor Fasth will start in goal for the Oilers tonight in relief of Ben Scrivens. New Jersey has gone 3-0-1 in the past four meetings, though the Oilers took the most recent matchup in Edmonton 5-4 in a shootout Oct. 7, 2013. A persistent lack of offense has returned the New Jersey Devils to their losing ways in the past two games. A matchup with the defensively challenged Edmonton Oilers might be a good opportunity for them to start putting an end to the problem. The Devils look to avoid a third straight loss and second in a row on their four-game Canadian trip. New Jersey (8-9-2) has totaled 14 goals in its last eight games. The Devils followed up a four-game skid Nov. 4-10 by winning their next two, but scored three in dropping the two after that. They opened their trip with a 3-1 loss to Winnipeg on Tuesday. Patrik Elias cut the deficit to 2-1 early in the third, but the Jets held a 34-22 shot advantage - 23-9 in the first two periods - as New Jersey was outshot for a fourth straight game. The Devils are averaging 2.42 goals and 26.3 shots, both among the lowest marks in the NHL, and theyve scored four goals in the past three contests. We had like a couple of waves in the second and a couple in the third, but over the course of the game, I would think they felt pretty comfortable and not threatened, and thats not a good thing, forward Mike Cammalleri said. I didnt think we created enough clean plays maybe coming up the ice out of our zone to get our legs going enough to push their wave of defense back. That made it hard for us to have puck time there. Cory Schneider tied the Devils record with his 19th consecutive start and made 31 saves. He can break Martin Brodeurs mark set in 2001-02 on Friday. Schneider is 5-2-0 with a 1.82 goals-against average in nine career games - seven starts - against Edmonton, dating to his time with Vancouver. PROJECTED LINES: Pouliot - RNH - Eberle Hall - Draisaitl - Purcell Perron - Arcobello - Yakupov Hendricks - Gordon - Pinizoto Ference - Petry Nikitin - Fayne Marincin - Schultz Fasth Scrivens Ray Allen Jersey . -- Olympic medallist Jennifer Abel of Laval, Que. Eddie Johnson Jersey .com) - Darius Carter and Ron Baker scored 18 points apiece to help 13th-ranked Wichita State beat Evansville 61-41 on Saturday.The legend of Jose Abreu continues to grow, but the enormous early achievements for the rookie have yet to translate into an overall level of success for his Chicago White Sox. Abreu his and teammates shoot for back-to-back wins for just the second time since June 11 on Saturday as they battle the Toronto Blue Jays in the third of a four-game set. Trying to slow down Abreu for the Jays is rookie hurler Marcus Stroman, a product of Duke. The right-hander, making his first-ever appearance against Chicago, managed to break a minor two-game slide on Monday as he allowed just a single run on three hits, striking out seven, over eight innings against the New York Yankees at home. Stroman has appeared in four day games this season already, but the results have been somewhat hard to swallow, even though he has a record of 1-1 in such games. He is also carrying a lofty 5.65 ERA in those 14 1/3 innings. Chicago, which is alone in last place in the AL Central, has the second- highest team ERA in the league at 4.40 and is the only club yet to register a shutout on the campaign. Conversely, Toronto is second in the AL with 10 shutouts, although the Jays are 11th in overall ERA with a 4.09 mark. Chicagos first baseman posted two more home runs on Friday as the Sox slipped by Toronto in a 5-4 decision. The victory snapped a brief two-game slide for a Chicago club that is 10 games below .500 (16-26) on the road. Abreu, though, now has four multi-homer games through his first 67 contests, becoming the first player since Atlantas Bob Horner in 1978 to achieve such a feat. Abreu is also tied with Torontos Edwin Encarnacion and Nelson Cruz of Baltimore for the Major League lead in home runs with 25. "Im glad hes on my team," said White Sox starter John Danks, who picked up his seventh win of the campaign. "t;Im glad I dont have to face him. Fake Thunder Jerseys. " Danks made it through six innings, allowing two runs on five hits, two of those being home runs. A host of relievers handed the game to Jake Petricka who picked up his second save of the season by recording just a pair of outs in the ninth. Former Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey was saddled with the loss as he was hammered for four home runs, five runs overall on just five hits. The knuckleballer did strike out nine and walk only one through six innings, but it just wasnt enough. "I felt very good with it, tonight was a very bizarre outing," Dickey said. "I dont know how else to explain it, to give up five hits and four of them being home runs. To walk one guy and strikeout nine and leave the game after six innings giving up five runs, thats a bizarre outing." Encarnacion, who is second in the league in RBI with 65, delivered on his 25th home run, a solo effort, while Colby Rasmus and Dioner Navarro also went deep for a Toronto team which is still holding down first place in the AL East, 1 1/2 games ahead of Baltimore entering play today. After missing almost the entire month of March, Chris Sale is now aiming to come up with his seventh win in eight decisions as he heads to the mound for the White Sox this afternoon. The left-hander pitched on Monday against Baltimore on the road but failed to earn a decision as Chicago was handed a 6-4 loss. Sale made it through just six innings for the second game in a row, permitting a mere two runs as he scattered a season-high 11 hits and struck out three. Now in his fifth season in the majors, Sale has pitched against Toronto four times previously but is still awaiting his first favorable outcome (0-2), although he has been credited with a save in one of those contests. ' ' '
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