Edmonton Oilers coach Ken Hitchcock recently remarked that a tough stretch of the schedule will give an accurate reading of the state of the team.There are still some bumps in the road Authentic Justin Bailey Jersey , but there were some lessons learned, too.Looking to extend a winning streak at Rogers Place, the Oilers square off against the sputtering Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night.Article continues below ...Last Saturday, Hitchcock said the “next three games are going to tell us a lot of the things that we’re good at and the things we need to work on.”Hours later, Edmonton defeated the Calgary Flames, 1-0, in the Battle of Alberta. Two days later, the Oilers traveled to the Denver and topped the high-powered Colorado Avalanche, 6-4. On Thursday Kyle Okposo Jersey , Hitchcock’s club erased a two-goal deficit in the second period but fell to the Winnipeg Jets, 5-4 in overtime.“We have not, as a group, have not been even close to being involved in stuff like this and these are great lessons for us moving forward as long as we take them,” Hitchcock said.Since Hitchcock took over on Nov. 20, Edmonton (17-12-3) has won all five games at Rogers Place by a combined score of 14-5. In the first nine home games this season under Todd McLellan, the Oilers went 4-4-1 with a 29-28 scoring advantage.Hitchcock is 8-2-2 with Edmonton, which is five points behind Pacific Division-leading Calgary.“We need the points (but) I look at the way we’re playing,” Hitchcock said.The Oilers were swept in the season series in 2017-18 and have dropped three of the last four matchups with Philadelphia. Edmonton has surrendered one power-play goal in each of the last four meetings with the Flyers.But the Oilers will face a team unable to keep the puck out of the net recently.After giving up seven goals in a loss to the Jets on Sunday http://www.officialsabres.com/authentic-adidas-rasmus-ristolainen-jersey , the Flyers surrendered two goals in the final 1:08 of regulation and the game-winner 35 seconds into overtime of a 6-5 defeat to Calgary.“We’ve got to find a way to reset,” winger Dale Weise told NBC Sports Philadelphia. “It’s embarrassing.”While Philadelphia (12-13-4) made a change off-ice by firing general manager Ron Hextall on Nov. 26, the team is still struggling. The Flyers have gone 2-2-2 since Hextall’s ouster and sit in seventh place in the Metropolitan Division, two points ahead of the New Jersey Devils.The team has yielded at least four goals four times since Chuck Fletcher took over in the front office. One of his first chores should be an upgrade in goal.With Brian Elliott injured and Michal Neuvirth away from the team as his wife prepares to give birth, Philadelphia is going with the tandem of Anthony Stolarz and Alex Lyon, who was recalled Thursday. The pair have combined for a total of 26 games, including 17 starts.Stolarz allowed 10 goals in his last two appearances and has an .889 save percentage through seven games, but coach Dave Hakstol seems willing to let him learn by doing.“He’s a young guy in terms of games in the NHL,” Hakstol told Philly.com. “And there’s a lot of things that he continues to work at. We don’t want to put too much on his plate that way. Just go out and continue to build his game.”Mikko Koskinen is expected to start in the second of back-to-back games and looks to continue his stellar play on home ice for Edmonton. In seven games (six starts) Sam Reinhart Jersey , Koskinen has surrendered just six goals while recording three shutouts. VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Pierre-Luc Dubois happily shed one of the longest scoreless slumps of his career.Dubois had a goal and an assist and goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky returned from injury to stop 21 shots as the Columbus Blue Jackets improved their playoff chances with a 5-0 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.Even after his breakout game, Dubois was looking for answers.“I’ve never been in a slump like that probably in my life,” he said. “I have been in a slump where I wasn’t playing well, and I wasn’t getting points and didn’t wonder why because I wasn’t playing well.“But this was a slump where some games I was playing really well and getting chances and just didn’t score. You start off getting frustrated and then it’s like ‘is this a joke, what’s going on?”Dubois had gone 11 games without a point and 13 games without a goal.Josh Anderson had two goals and an assist, and Ryan Dzingel and Oliver Bjorkstrand also scored for the Blue Jackets (41-30-4), who moved within two points of the Montreal Canadiens for the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference.Columbus also snapped a three-game road winless streak.“We needed a win tonight,” Anderson said. “You look at the standings and every team is winning Womens Zemgus Girgensons Jersey , not really helping us out too much.“We have to treat every game from now on as a must win, really. This is the time of year where it’s fun hockey. We are playing for something here, we all know that.”The shutout was the seventh of the season for Bobrovsky, who had missed one game due to an upper-body injury. Two of his best saves came in the second period when he stopped Bo Horvat and Markus Granlund on power plays.“I felt pretty good,” Bobrovksy said. “I felt comfortable to play and I thought the guys helped me a lot out there. It’s a good team win.”Thatcher Demko stopped 28 shots for Vancouver.The Canucks (32-34-10) trail the Colorado Avalanche by seven points for the final wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Vancouver lost 3-1 to the Calgary Flames on Saturday night.It was the 10th time this season the Canucks have been shutout, the most of any team in the NHL.A pair of turnovers helped the Blue Jackets build a 3-0 lead after two periods.Dubois made it 2-0 with just 56 seconds gone in the second. Artemi Panarin picked off a pass then fed Dubois, who scored on a screened shot. Another turnover in the neutral zone allowed Anderson to carry the puck deep into the Vancouver zone. He passed to an open Dzingel, who scored on a backhand.Columbus coach John Tortorella said he could see the boost the goal gave Dubois.“When Luc scored, he started making plays http://www.officialflames.com/authentic-adidas-jaromir-jagr-jersey , started carrying the puck, beating people,” said Tortorella. “He just looked so much more confident.”Anderson scored the only goal of the first period at 16:19. He collected a loose puck near center ice that got past Horvat and skated around defenseman Derrick Pouliot before beating Demko with a shot.The Blue Jackets continued the attack in the third. Anderson scored his second of the game on a 2-on-1 breakaway at 10:54. Bjorkstrand scored his 16th of the season at 7:32.“I actually thought the first period we came out and had an emotional, intense, physical period,” Canucks coach Travis Green said.“Then the second period we turned over a couple of pucks that turned into goals and I thought that deflated us a bit.”NOTES: Left winger Sven Baertschi returned to the Canucks lineup after missing 53 games with a concussion. . Recently signed Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes, out with an ankle bruise, skated Sunday. But head coach Travis Green says he needs a couple more practices before he can play. . Forward Josh Leivo missed the game due to illness. . Pouliot returned to the lineup after being a healthy scratch for six games. . There were boos midway through the first period when no penalty was called after Anderson hit Canucks defenseman Alex Edler from behind into the boards. . Vancouver center Tyler Motte left the game with an upper-body injury.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Host the New York Islanders on Tuesday.Canucks: Host Anaheim on Tuesday.