Preview: Blues at Oilers

BLUES AT OILERS

TEAM SNAPSHOTS

BLUES The Blues had won two consecutive games and appeared to be building momentum entering Sunday afternoon's matchup with the Calgary Flames, but that all ended quickly when Calgary jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first period.
Oskar Sundqvist and Tyler Bozak would score for the Blues, who eventually fell 7-2 at Enterprise Center.
"The first period, we just didn't come out," Blues forward Pat Maroon said after the game. "I don't know why we didn't come out. It's been an ongoing thing all year. It's been disappointing. We had a chance to move up in the standings and a chance to gain on playoff position and we come out in the first period flat-footed."
"You've got to go out there with some pride and jump back in the game," Blues Head Coach Craig Berube said. "I thought in the second, we did a little bit. We pushed and ended up getting a couple goals. In the third, there was nothing, and you've got to have a lot more pride than that."

OILERSEdmonton got goals from Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Alex Chaisson, and Connor McDavid extended his point streak to nine games with an assist, but the Oilers fell 4-2 to the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday.
"I thought over the last half of the game, (the Canucks) ability to defend was much greater than ours was to score," Oilers Head Coach Ken Hitchcock told the team website. "They made it really hard on us."
Sunday's loss was the first in regulation for the Oilers in seven games.
Since Hitchcock took over behind the bench, Edmonton is 9-3-2.
HEAD-TO-HEAD Tuesday's game will be the second of three matchups between the Blues and Oilers this season. Edmonton won the first meeting in come-from-behind fashion, scoring a late goal to force overtime and eventually earning the victory in a shootout on Dec. 5 in St. Louis.
Overall, the Blues have points in three of the last four meetings with the Oilers (2-1-1) and are 10-4-2 in the last 16 meetings.
In the last 10 trips to Edmonton, the Blues are 7-3-0.

BLUE NOTES

Kyle Brodziak played in 226 games with the Blues over three seasons and joined the Oilers in the offseason. Conversely, Pat Maroon played parts of three seasons with Edmonton and joined the Blues as a free agent in the summer… Brayden Schenn has points in five straight games against the Oilers (six goals, five assists)…. Ryan O'Reilly has 16 points in his last 11 games vs. Edmonton (eight goals, eight assists).