from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

Is this it, Edmonton? Is this what we get now, 0-0 hockey deep into two of the last three games?

Is this (gulp) Ken Hitchcock hockey?

“For me, personally, I’m happy with this,” said Oscar Klefbom, who found his first goal of the season in overtime as the Edmonton Oilers outlasted Dallas 1-0 in a Tuesday snoozer. “For the game of hockey? I’d rather win 5-0 and have a lot of goals and a lot stuff going on. But for me as a defenceman, when we have Mikko (Koskinen) in the net, that’s a solid game for us.”

There’s a balance in this success-starved town. The tickets are expensive, but a spot in the playoffs would be a nice change.

Klefbom gets it.

“When I was a kid and would go to see my hometown team and it was a 1-0 game? I was mad. ‘What’s going on here? I came to see some goals.’ But now, I’m happy, as long as we win.”

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