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Oilers put 11-game win streak up against ailing KrakenIt is hard to imagine the longest winning streak in Edmonton Oilers history did not come during the Wayne Gretzky era, when the team won fou...
Justin Schultz - Adds power-play assistSchultz notched a power-play assist, two shots on goal and two PIM in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Rangers.
ImpactSchultz has stepped up lately with a goal and three assists over his last four games. He remains on the third pairing even with Vince Dunn (undisclosed) unavailable. Schultz's power-play role gives him a slight boost in value -- he's earned five of his 14 points this season with the man advantage. The defenseman has added 56 shots on net, 36 blocked shots, 20 PIM and a minus-11 rating through 36 outings.
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Oliver Bjorkstrand - Supplies power-play helperBjorkstrand posted a power-play assist and went minus-2 in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Rangers.
ImpactBjorkstrand has racked up a goal and five assists over his last five games, including a pair of power-play points in that span. The 28-year-old winger is up to 35 points (14 on the power play), 119 shots on net and a minus-4 rating through 44 appearances. He's on track for a career year while shooting a sustainable 10.1 percent, so fantasy managers should be able to rely on him in the second half.
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Adam Fox - Two helpers against KrakenFox notched two assists, one on the power play, while adding four blocked shots and a plus-1 rating in Tuesday's 5-2 win over Seattle.
ImpactIt's the second multi-point performance in the last three games for the 25-year-old blueliner. Fox missed most of November with a lower-body injury, but when he's been on the ice he's been his usual productive self, and he has yet to go more than two games in a row without finding his way onto the scoresheet. On the season, he's delivered seven goals and 30 points in 33 contests.
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Mika Zibanejad - Two helpers in Tuesday's winZibanejad collected two assists in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Kraken.
ImpactHe helped set up Kaapo Kakko and Blake Wheeler for the Rangers' final two goals of the night. Zibanejad hadn't had a multi-point performance since Dec. 27, producing just one goal and four points over his prior eight games, but he was probably due for a bit of a slump. On the season, the 30-year-old still has 14 goals and 41 points in 42 contests.
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Blake Wheeler - Two tallies including GWGWheeler scored two goals, one the game-winner, in Tuesday's 5-2 victory over the Kraken.
ImpactIt's the second multi-goal performance of the season for Wheeler, with the other coming Dec. 12 against the Maple Leafs. The long-time Jet snapped a seven-game point drought with Tuesday's effort, and the 37-year-old hasn't made much of an impact in his first campaign with the Rangers, producing seven goals and 17 points in 43 contests.
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Igor Shesterkin - Sharp in win over SeattleShesterkin made 29 saves in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Kraken.
ImpactBoth Seattle tallies came on power plays, and Shesterkin handled everything else the Kraken fired at him on a night the Rangers were out-shot 31-22. The 28-year-old netminder has yet to put together a truly dominant stretch this season of more than a couple weeks, and through six starts in January he's gone 3-3-0 with a disappointing 3.20 GAA and .873 save percentage. Remarkably, Shesterkin is 18-0-0 this season when allowing three goals or less, and 0-10-0 when giving up four goals or more.
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