from Joanne Ireland of the Edmonton Journal,

The Oilers, 4-4-1, have won four games in a row for the first time since going on a five-game winning streak from March 26-April 3 in the 2012-13 lockout-shortened NHL season.

Only seven players in Monday’s lineup played for Edmonton that season.

“This taught us a lot about ourselves as a group and how we can play, but the test of a good team is repeatability and consistency. That’s where we’ve set the bar. We’ve now shown everybody in this room how we can play,” said goaltender Ben Scrivens, who made 29 saves to register his seventh career shutout.

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