Edmonton Oilers — a long way from perfect but an even greater distance from boring

Tonight the Edmonton Oilers will try to get back on the horse in a most appropriate place: Calgary's Scotiabank Saddledome. Both teams have had three days off the ice since last seeing NHL action. For the Flames, that was a 3-2 overtime win at Anaheim, for the Oilers a desultory 5-2 home defeat to Vancouver Canucks. Those twinned results moved Calgary one point ahead of Edmonton in the Western Conference wild card race, where the two provincial rivals currently straddle the playoff cut line. Rea