from Mark Spector of Sportsnet,

The Edmonton Oilers, it seems, have forgotten how to lose, winning their team-record 12th straight Thursday night. As they’ve done in eight of the 12 games, the Oilers erased a deficit — this time 2-0 in the first 13:32 of the game — a trend that seems dangerous, but is perhaps becoming something better than that here.

"It's been a theme of this winning streak. We stay composed,” said big Mattias Ekholm, who snapped late in this one when Yanni Gourde left the ice to deliver a headshot, a hit that earned Gourde a well-deserved charging major. “We just come in and take a breather, catch your breath, and get out there again.

“I feel like it hasn't really mattered if it's going in the third, going into the second or going to the last five minutes of the game. We find a way right now to stay in it and end up on the right side of things.”

This was the fifth straight game — all Oilers wins, obviously — where the opponent has scored first. And it was the 10th consecutive game that Edmonton has allowed two goals or less, a stat that is as foreign to Northern Alberta as an elected Liberal.

That ties a team record set all the way back in the spring of 2002.

"Wow, I didn’t even know that," said Foegele. "I think it is a credit to everyone buying in and taking a lot of pride in playing the right way. This group was down at rock bottom, so it means a lot to climb back and to try and build each day."

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