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(SportsNetwork.com) - The free-falling Edmonton Oilers will try to halt their lengthy losing streak and pick up their first win this season against a Western Conference opponent when they visit the Nashville Predators for Thursdays clash at Bridgestone Arena. The Oilers have dropped a season-high seven straight games, and the last five setbacks during the 0-6-1 stretch have come in regulation. Edmonton also is 0-5 against Western Conference clubs during the slide and is 0-11-1 within the conference this season. Nashville already owns a 2-0 record against Edmonton in 2014-15, and the Predators can sweep the season series with another victory tonight. The clubs have split the past six encounters overall, but the Oilers have lost three of their last four tests in Music City. Edmontons current skid actually began with a loss in Nashville, as the Preds posted a 3-2 home victory on Nov. 11. Filip Forsberg and Mike Ribeiro each had a goal and an assist for the Predators, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period before holding on for the win. Pekka Rinne turned aside 21 shots for Nashville. The Predators star goaltender has won both games versus Edmonton this season and lifetime is 11-6-1 with a 2.83 goals against average in this series. The Oilers most recent setback came Tuesday in Dallas. Tyler Seguin notched a pair of goals for Dallas and John Klingberg added a goal and an assist to help the Stars beat Edmonton, 3-2. Klingberg opened the scoring in the first period by fooling Edmonton goaltender Viktor Fasth with a rising slap shot from just outside the Oilers zone. Boyd Gordon answered with a short-handed goal later in the first for Edmonton, but Seguin tallied twice in the second period to put Dallas ahead for good. This league is too close to give other teams chances and goals like that, Edmonton head coach Dallas Eakins said. The game was there for us. We couldve easily had both points. Taylor Hall notched the 100th goal of his career in the loss, cutting the deficit to 3-2 less than six minutes into the third period. Fasth stopped 30 shots in the loss, which came one day after the Oilers fired goaltending coach Fred Chabot and replaced him with Dustin Schwartz. Fasth is 2-5-1 with a 3.32 goals against average this season and Ben Scrivens hasnt been any better, going 4-9-1 with a 3.35 GAA. Scrivens could get the start tonight and is 1-3-1 with a 2.39 GAA in five career games against Nashville. Fasth is 4-1-0 with a 2.01 GAA in five lifetime tilts versus the Preds. Edmonton is in 30th place in the NHL by virtue of one more regulation loss than the Columbus and Buffalo. All three teams have 14 points. The Predators, meanwhile, are tied for first atop the Central Division and have a chance to pull ahead of idle St. Louis tonight. Nashville has won four of its last five games and is 2-0 so far on four-game homestand. The Preds are coming off Tuesdays close victory over the defending Stanley Cup champions, downing the visiting Los Angeles Kings after a lengthy shootout battle. James Neal netted the lone goal in the shootout, as Nashville outlasted the Kings, 4-3. None of the first 10 shooters were able to put the puck into the net, but Neal opened up the sixth round by beating Martin Jones between the pads. Rinne then closed off the lane along the ice to deny Dwight Kings chance and end the contest. It felt like a playoff atmosphere here tonight, Preds forward Colin Wilson said. Craig Smith, Ryan Ellis and Eric Nystrom tallied in regulation for the Predators, who have won seven of their last nine overall and four straight on home ice. Rinne ended up with 18 saves and improved to 14-3-1 with a 1.97 GAA this season. Nashville, which completes its homestand Saturday against Columbus, boasts a stellar 8-1-1 record on home ice this season. 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Granato was an assistant for the Pittsburgh Penguins for the last five seasons, and he was also part of Team USAs staff at the 2014 Olympics.LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen Fieldhouse. His career wasnt even a minute old and the Brampton, Ont., native was already leaving his mark on Kansas. While Wiggins disappeared at times, the highly touted freshman dazzled at others, finishing with 16 points in leading the fifth-ranked Jayhawks to an 80-63 victory over Louisiana-Monroe on Friday night. "He did some good things," Jayhawks coach Bill Self said. "I think he can be more aggressive, but I think all the guys can be more aggressive." Aggressive may not have been such a good thing on this night, though. New rules designed to clamp down on hand-checking resulted in 58 fouls and a slew of free throws. It also resulted in a herky-jerky affair for both sides. "Im telling them not to freak out. Thats what Im telling them," Warhawks coach Keith Richard said. "The players have to adjust and not lose their minds. Its not going away, and so its difficult. It sure is. And there were some bad calls tonight, pitiful, but both ways." Andrew White III and Perry Ellis finished 12 points each for the youthful Jayhawks, who wont have a whole lot of time for all their freshmen to work out the kinks. Kansas, which is replacing all five starters from last season, plays No. 4 Duke on Tuesday night in Chicago. "Its going to be a pretty good matchup, two high-profile teams," White said, "but were not paying too much attention to the hype thats out there." Marvin Williams had 19 points and six rebounds to lead the Warhawks, who sure didnt look like a team that won just four games last season. They trailed 47-41 early in the second half before the quicker more physical Jayhawks finally went on a 15-5 run to seize control. Williams fouled out with 8:16 left in the game, and Louisiana-Monroe struggled the rest of the way as Wiggins and Co. made the final score appear much more comfortable. "Obviously we want to come out and win bigger than we did, and finish the game off stronger, but were still fresh," senior transfer Tarik Black said. "Were still learning each other." The Jayhawks started three freshmen in Wiggins, Selden and Frank Mason, who got the nod at pointt guard with junior Naadir Tharpe serving a one-game suspension for playing in an unauthorized summer league game.dddddddddddd Black also was in the starting lineup after arriving from Memphis. That left Perry Ellis as the only holdover from last season in the starting five. Still, the unknown of all the fresh faces resulted in the same kind of energy inside Allen Fieldhouse that has accompanied just about every other home opener -- Kansas has won 42 of them in a row. Students waited in lines hours before the doors opened before rushing to their seats. All that fervour quickly subsided when it became apparent how far Kansas has to go. Consecutive dunks by Williams in the first half, the second one after a turnover by Wiggins at the other end, gave the Warhawks a 15-13 lead and forced the Jayhawks to call a timeout. "I definitely felt like we were in the game," Williams said. Making waves of substitutions, Kansas methodically regained the lead, and then pulled away on a jumper by Brannen Greene and a parade of free throws. But it was still just 42-32 at halftime, and Selfs jaw was clenched as he followed his team to the locker room. 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With the Tampa Bay Lighting up next, Button feels MacKinnons teammate with the Halifax Mooseheads, Jonathan Drouin could be skating alongside the likes of Steven Stamkos and Martin St. Louis. The Calgary Flames are the first Canadian team picking in the NHL Draft and Swedish forward Elias Lindholm is Buttons pick to join the rebuilding program. The Edmonton Oilers have the next pick and Button feels Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds defenceman Darnell Nurse could be the defensive pillar the team has been lookinng for in recent years.dddddddddddd With the 13th selection, the Winnipeg Jets may pick a name from their past in London Knights forward Max Domi, the son of former Jets tough guy Tie Domi. At the 17th spot, Button projects the Ottawa Senators to select Domis teammate in London, defenceman Nikita Zadorov. Then, Button thinks the Toronto Maple Leafs continue their search for a first-line centre by picking Frederik Gauthier of the Rimouski Oceanic with the 21st pick. The Flames have three first-round picks with Plymouth Whalers forward Ryan Hartman going 22nd and defenceman Steve Santini of the U.S. National Development Program going 28th. With the 24th overall pick, the Vancouver Canucks could select Brandon Wheat Kings defenceman Ryan Pulock while the Montreal Canadiens could follow with forward Valentin Zykov of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Click here for a complete list of Craig Buttons 2013 Mock Draft. ' ' ' and Mason was whistled for a foul on a loose ball. Self stomped up the sideline, his face red in fury, and screamed at the officials while the crowd roared their disapproval. Asked whether he was surprised that he didnt get called for a technical foul, Self replied: "I would say that would be an accurate observation. Yeah, probably so." His impassioned tirade finally woke the Jayhawks from their slumber. Black scored moments later to kick off a 15-5 spurt that allowed Kansas to seize control. Wiggins coasted to the rim for two layups during the run, and White knocked down a 3-pointer off a feed from Connor Frankamp, then converted a conventional three-point player. Louisiana-Monroe got into foul trouble down the stretch -- Tylor Ongwae picked up his fifth with 14:40 to go, and Williams picked up his fifth 6 minutes later. The Jayhawks took advantage of the Warhawks lack of depth to put the game away. "Its an entire team of younguns, and its going to be frustrating from time to time," Self said, "but hopefully it will be very rewarding at the end." ' ' '