Oilers eager to shake off big loss on visit to Blues

The Edmonton Oilers will look to get their Pacific Division title quest back on track when they visit the streaking St. Louis Blues on Friday.

Edmonton is only 4-7-0 in its past 11 games, hardly the look of a team rounding into playoff form. The Oilers won the first two games on their current four-game road trip, but the momentum was sharply halted on Thursday in a 7-2 loss to the Dallas Stars.

It took Dallas less than 27 minutes to build a 5-0 lead in another shaky defensive performance...