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Under new coach Ken Hitchcock Womens Deryk Engelland Jersey , the Edmonton Oilers are thinking grit and grind first. That new philosophy will be tested against a strong team playing its best hockey of the season.The Oilers will try to snap the Vegas Golden Knights‘ five-game winning streak on Saturday night at Rogers Place.Since Hitchcock took over for the fired Todd McLellan on Nov. 20, Edmonton has gone 3-1-1 with four games each decided by one goal. That includes Thursday’s 3-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings.Article continues below ...“That’s the Western Conference,” Hitchcock said. “You’ve got to take points out of close games. It’s a one-goal league and it’s really a one-goal conference and we don’t want to be the first to crack.”Winger Ryan Nugent-Hopkins told the league’s official website that Hitchcock is getting to team to succeed when it seemed as if the season was spinning out of control.“He’s pushing us to be our best,” Nugent-Hopkins said. “It is tough to come in a quarter of the way through the season and try to change things, but he has done a good job of reminding us the things we already know but also pushing us and keeping us honest.”While Edmonton (12-11-2) boasts Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl — tied for the team lead with 13 goals each — the club has also gotten surprising production all season long from Alex Chiasson and more recently from Oscar Klefbom.Chiasson, a journeyman who joined the team just before the start of the season, already has 11 goals in 19 games. Klefbom James Neal Jersey , a defenseman, registered game-winning goals against the Kings and in overtime of a 1-0 victory over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.“It’s been good timing for my first two goals,” Klefbom said Thursday. “These wins feel better than we win 5-1. It gives us a lot of confidence. We should build off this and focus on the next game here because we can play way better, I think.”Hitchcock believes Klefbom can keep delivering.“I think 25 (minutes a game) to me is the floor and you’re going to see him play more and more,” Hitchcock said.Saturday’s tilt is arguably Edmonton’s biggest test under Hitchcock as Vegas (14-12-1) is reminding fans why it advanced to the Stanley Cup final as an expansion team. The Golden Knights’ surge continued with a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday.“We’re just on a bit of a roll here lately so we just have to keep going,” said coach Gerard Gallant, whose team has outscored opponents during the streak by a 23-8 margin.Max Pacioretty has been the key to Vegas’ offense with six goals and three assists during the streak. The former Montreal Canadiens captain Jonathan Marchessault Jersey , who scored in a 6-3 win over Edmonton on Nov. 18, goes for his fourth straight multipoint game.“Patch has been good. He’s hot now, he’s getting a good feel around the net,” Gallant said.Another key is Marc-Andre Fleury, who’s yielded only 11 goals while winning six straight starts — including shutouts of the Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks on back-to-back nights last Friday and Saturday.“He’s the key,” Gallant said. “When we got him in the expansion (draft) last year, we knew that he’s a difference maker and he’s a leader of our group.”Fleury is 5-0-0 with a 1.77 goals-against average Marc-Andre Fleury Jersey , a .940 save percentage and a shutout in his last five visits to Edmonton. DALLAS (AP) Michael Hutchinson wasn’t concerned when Dallas’ Tyler Pitlick scored in the first 10 seconds of the Winnipeg goalie’s first game in 25 days.”The first goal’s not that important,” Hutchinson said. ”We have 59 minutes and 50 seconds to come back and get another one. We were able to battle back.”The Jets didn’t need that much time on Saturday night. They scored five goals in the second period and went on to beat the Stars 5-3.Patrik Laine scored two goals and Dustin Byfuglien had three assists in the period.”I thought Dustin Byfuglien was the best player on the ice tonight,” Winnipeg coach Paul Maurice said. ”He knocked some pucks down, broke up so many plays and then the offensive part of his game is the best hockey I’ve ever seen him play.”Winnipeg moved into a tie with Nashville atop the Central Division. The Jets have outscored opponents 29-12 in winning five of their last six.Hutchinson, who has won both of his NHL starts this season, finished with 33 saves.”He made some really good saves,” Maurice said. ”He gave us a chance to win the game tonight with his play. That’s what you ask from those guys.”Byfuglien assisted on the first three goals Nate Schmidt Jersey , by Nikolaj Ehlers, Toby Enstrom and Mark Scheifele. On the fourth, assists went to Ehlers and the goalkeeper. It was the first assist of Hutchinson’s 101-game career.Ehlers started Winnipeg’s scoring and finished it with assists on Laine’s goals. In eight career games against Dallas, Laine has 16 points (12 goals, 4 assists).”His shot is pretty unique,” Ehlers said. ”He can put it in pretty much from anywhere, so he’s playing well against these guys.”The second-year player had a chance for another goal early in the second http://www.goldenknightsshoponline.com/authentic-oscar-dansk-jersey , but his penalty shot went wide.”Most times Patty doesn’t score, you still think he could have had three or four,” Maurice said. ”Didn’t miss on the penalty shot by much.”Dallas’ Kari Lehtonen made 17 saves on 21 shots. Ben Bishop replaced Lehtonen after the fourth goal with 8:01 left in the second and stopped five of six shots.Tyler Seguin scored for the Stars late in the second. Alexander Radulov added a goal with 47 seconds to play. They each assisted on the other’s goal.The Stars’ lead for the first wild card in the Western Conference dropped to one point over Calgary.”We were in a position to take a big step,” Stars coach Ken Hitchcock said. ”We didn’t take it. They made us pay for every mistake.”Dallas took a quick lead after Radek Faksa won a faceoff, and the puck went back to Pitlick in the left faceoff circle. He unloaded a snap shot past Hutchinson into the upper right corner of the net.Laine reached 30 goals for the second straight season with a snap shot from the right circle and added number 31 from the slot at with 1:13 left in the period.NOTES: Six of Scheifele’s 19 goals this season have come in three games against Dallas. … Winnipeg has won the first three games of the season series by a combined score of 14-6. … Pitlick’s goal was his career-high 12th of the season. It was the earliest goal off a faceoff in Stars history. … Hutchinson has spent most of this season with Manitoba of the AHL. … Enstrom has 54 career goals but had not scored in 87 games since his 53rd on Nov. 3, 2016. … Dallas is 1 for 18 on the power play in its last eight games. … Winnipeg D Tyler Myers skated gingerly off the ice late in the third period after blocking a shot. Maurice said he believed Myers was OK.UP NEXTJets: Return home to face Nashville on Tuesday.Stars: Play the second in a five-game homestand on Tuesday vs. Calgary.—