Arizona center Sam Gagner will face his former Edmonton club for the first time on Wednesday night as the Coyotes try to extend their point streak over the struggling Oilers. Gagner was never able to live up to the expectations of being the sixth overall pick of the 2007 draft by Edmonton. He never reached the 20-goal mark in seven seasons with the club and never topped the 49 points he had as a rookie in 2007-08. In all, the 25-year-old had 101 goals and 295 points in 481 games with the Oilers before getting dealt to Tampa Bay on June 29. The Lightning then flipped him the same day, along with B.J. Crombeen, for Arizona for a sixth- round pick. Theres a lot of great guys over there. But its one of those things -- I have friends on other teams (too). Once the puck drops, you stop becoming friends and its all about winning the hockey game. You get competitive and it all goes out the window, said Gagner. I dont think its going to be hard for me once the puck drops. Just focus on playing hockey and helping the team get two points. The Coyotes have had no problems getting points against the Oilers. They are 10-0-3 in the last 13 meetings, having not lost in regulation in this series since Jan. 25, 2011. Arizona has won eight of its last 11 as the host against Edmonton and is 1-1-0 on the young season. The Coyotes lost their opener 6-2 against Winnipeg on Thursday, but bested the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in overtime on Monday. Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored a power-play goal with 14 seconds left in overtime, driving a shot from the right wing past a screened Jonathan Quick. Antoine Vermette assisted on the game-winning tally and also scored a goal, Mikkel Boedker notched a goal and Keith Yandle assisted on all three tallies. We were much more poised with the puck tonight than we were the other night, said Phoenix head coach Dave Tippett. Especially moving out of our zone and into the neutral zone, things were much better. Devan Dubnyk stopped 24-of-26 shots for his first win of the season. Tippett, though, is expected to go back to Mike Smith in net tonight in the third contest of a four-game homestand. Smith, who yielded all six goals on 27 shots in the loss to the Jets, is 8-1-1 lifetime versus the Oilers with a 2.58 goals against average and .915 save percentage. Edmonton, meanwhile, is winless through its first three games of the season after getting routed 6-1 by Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The Oilers were nearly shut out until Matt Hendricks scored with 21 seconds to play. The Kings scored twice in the games first five minutes and led 3-0 after the first. I thought we came out cautious, had some bad luck during the game, but it just goes to reconfirm that every moment in the game is an important one, said Edmonton head coach Dallas Eakins. Viktor Fasth got the start in net for Edmonton and left with a groin injury in the first period after allowing three goals on 11 shots. Ex-King Ben Scrivens stopped 12-of-15 shots in relief. Edmonton defenseman Darnell Nurse, a 2013 first-round pick, and forward Bogdan Yakimov made their NHL debuts as forwards Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent- Hopkins were out with undisclosed injuries and defenseman Jeff Petry was scratched. Edmonton has opened with three straight losses (0-2-1) for the first time since dropping its first four games in 1995-96. Scrivens is likely to start tonight and is 1-1-1 with a 2.22 GAA and .926 save percentage in three career games against the Coyotes. cheap nba jerseys . -- Having already fallen behind because of the NFL lockout, Blaine Gabbert couldnt afford a lengthy holdout. nba jerseys sale cheap .“I always did my stuff ahead of the deadline. The best deal Ive ever done was the Darryl Sydor deal. We did that at the end of January in 04, and Syd was the missing piece. http://www.cheapnbajerseyssale.com/ . 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Bledsoe, who underwent knee surgery and missed 33 games, had 15 points on 5 for 16 shooting and a team-high nine assists in 32 minutes. "It spoiled everything," he said of the loss. "It was a team we needed to beat and a game we needed to win, so now its going to make it that much tougher." Goran Dragic scored 20 points, Markieff Morris 18 and Channing Frye 17 in the Suns third straight loss. Irving also had nine rebounds and six assists for the Cavs, who never trailed, building a 14-point first-quarter lead. "They looked like the team that was trying to get into the playoffs," Phoenix coach Jeff Hornacek said. "We looked like the team that just wanted to play a basketball game." Phoenix fell two games behind Memphis and Dallas for the final two playoff spots in the West. The Cavaliers led by as many as 20 at home before falling to Phoenix earlier this season. But they held off a Phoenix rally this time. "A lot of huge contributions from a lot of our guys, especially from the three-point line," Cleveland coach Mike Brown said. Cleveland led by 15 in the opening minutes of the third quarter but the Suns, behind Dragics 11 third-quarter points, cut it to two twice late in the period, the last time on Gerald Greens 11-footer in the lane that made it 77-75 with 35.9 seconds left. But after the teams traded baskets, Dion Waiters made a 3 at the buzzer to put Cleveland up 82-77 entering the fourth. It was part of a 12-2 run that gave thhe Cavaliers an 89-77 lead on Irvings 18-footer with 10:15 to play.dddddddddddd Greens steal and breakaway dunk cut it to 89-81, but Irving scored eight, including two 3s, in a 9-3 spurt and the Cavs led 98-84 with 6:33 left. Green, who had averaged 26 points in his previous five games, scored eight on 4 of 14 shooting, 0 for 6 from 3-point range as the Suns went 10 for 36 from beyond the arc to Clevelands 12 of 24. The Cavs outrebounded Phoenix 51-36. The Suns also struggled from the foul line, going 13 of 22 to Clevelands 22 of 27. Hawes scored 17 in the first quarter, including 3 of 3 3-pointers, as Cleveland took a 37-24 lead. "They were sinking back and just letting me walk into some on the trail so I took advantage of that," he said. It was the highest-scoring first quarter of the season for the Cavaliers. "I dont know what it is with us in these first quarters," Dragic said. "We played better (after that) but you use up so much energy trying to come back." Phoenix never got closer than nine in the second quarter. Markieff Morris scored inside to make it 46-37, but Tristan Thompson made a 6-footer and Deng made a 3 and Cleveland led 51-37 with 4:01 left in the half. The Cavs were up 60-47 at the break, outrebounding the Suns 25-13 and making 8 of 11 3s to Phoenixs 5 of 18 in the first two quarters. Notes: The Cavaliers signed F Shane Edwards to a 10-day contract and released F Arinze Onuaku. ... The game was the only one at home for Phoenix in a stretch of six. ... Hawes was called for a flagrant foul on Miles Plumlee in the third quarter. ... Phoenix has lost seven of 10. ... Cleveland shot 47 per cent, ending a string of seven straight games in which the Phoenix opponent shot better than 50 per cent. ... The Cavs have won five of their past seven against Western Conference teams. ... Cleveland had lost four straight to the Suns. ' ' '