A winning streak after a slow start can do wonders for a team’s confidence. Ending a long skid against a certain opponent should do more.On Saturday night at Rogers Place Florida Panthers T-Shirts Authentic , the Edmonton Oilers go for their first win over the Nashville Predators in more than 4 1/2 years.Since recording a 5-1 victory on March 18, 2014, in Edmonton, the Oilers have gone 0-10-2 versus Nashville. That includes two shutouts among five straight regulation losses.Article continues below ...Edmonton (3-2-0), which is looking for its fourth consecutive win, has yet to hold a lead after one period in any game this season. The club can thank Cam Talbot for the recent surge as he enjoys a resurgence.After a career-best 42 wins and 2.39 goals-against average two seasons ago, Talbot slumped to 31 victories and his GAA rose to 3.02 last season. He credits staying confident early for his recent success as he’s stopped 79 of 86 shots while winning three straight starts.“I’m just going out there and trying to give us a chance,” Talbot said Friday. “I know that if I can get us through that first 10-15 minutes, we seem to take over the game after that point.”Having Connor McDavid on the ice also gives the Oilers a huge confidence boost. He collected two assists Florida Panthers Hoodies Authentic , one coming on Leon Draisaitl’s game-winner 37 seconds into overtime, as Edmonton opened its home schedule Thursday night with its third straight win, 3-2 over the Boston Bruins.McDavid, the reigning two-time scoring champion, has four goals and seven assists through five games. He also scored goals in each of the Oilers’ last two matchups with the Preds.Still, coach Todd McLellan praised Talbot, who stopped all 12 shots in the opening 20 minutes and finished with 27 saves against the Bruins.“Talbs was essential in the first period,” McLellan told the team’s official website on Thursday. “We were flat, we were frozen. Once we got going and once we got skating and supporting puck movement Florida Panthers Hats Authentic , we were a lot better.“Without Cam’s performance in the first period, we don’t get a chance to come back.”But Talbot hasn’t beaten the Predators since joining Edmonton as a free agent in 2015 despite solid statistics. In seven starts, the 31-year-old is 0-6-1 with a 2.89 GAA.Nashville (6-1-0) opened its road trip through Alberta with a 5-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Friday night. The Preds’ lone loss of the season came in their home opener on Oct. 9 against the FlamesPekka Rinne stopped 15 of 18 shots Friday before being lifted early in the third period after colliding with winger Kevin Fiala. According to the team’s official website, Predators coach Peter Laviolette did not have an update on Rinne after the game.Juuse Saros made nine saves the rest of the way to get the win, and will likely start with games on back-to-back nights as well as to give the 35-year-old Vezina Trophy winner some extended rest.“Just because we have the backup in doesn’t mean we can’t win,” defenseman Yannick Weber told the team’s official website on Thursday. “Juuse gives us a chance to win every game he plays. We’ve seen it already this year, too, and we have a lot of confidence in him.”Saros, a 23-year-old Finn who defeated the New York Islanders twice in his only two appearances of the season before Friday Custom Florida Panthers Jerseys , has stopped 55 of 60 shots.He also made a career-high 46 saves in a 4-0 win over the Oilers on Dec. 14, 2017, in Edmonton.Rinne is 20-6-1 with a 2.31 GAA and four shutouts in 29 career starts against the Oilers.With a goal and assist Friday, Nashville’s Filip Forsberg has four goals and two assists in a four-game streak. Two of the three career goals the winger has scored at Rogers Place have come on the power play. MONTREAL (AP) — Carey Price put all the blame on himself for Montreal’s latest loss.Rasmus Ristolainen scored at 1:38 of overtime to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 6-5 victory over the Canadiens on Thursday night.Vladimir Sobotka and Jeff Skinner each scored twice and Conor Sheary added a goal for the Sabres.Linus Ullmark gave up five goals on 32 shots through two periods. Carter Hutton came in and made five saves in the third.Jonathan Drouin, Matthew Peca, Andrew Shaw, Tomas Tatar and Nicolas Deslauriers scored for the Canadiens. Max Domi had three assists and extended his point streak to five games.Price gave up a season-high six goals and made 25 saves on 31 shots in the loss.“Let’s just cut to the chase really,” Price said. “I just didn’t play very good tonight.”The 31-year-old saw his save percentage drop to .892 and his goals-against-average soar to 3.07. The Canadiens goaltender has a 5-5-2 record this season. He’s given up at least three goals in eight games this season.“It’s all upstairs,” said Price www.officialkings.com , who earns $10.5 million per year for the next eight seasons. “I gotta figure it out.“I’m just not playing as well as I did earlier.”With the game tied 5-5, Ristolainen scored the winner with a slap shot that soared right past Price after a failed 3-on-1 for the Canadiens at the other end. It was the only shot in overtime.“If anything he needs to feel like we have his back and we do,” said Claude Julien of Price. “We know how good he can be. He needs to know that his coach and his coaching staff are behind him and believe in him and there’s no reason not to with what he’s accomplished.“Unfortunately that position is one that you can really pinpoint. That’s the sad part of a goaltender’s position. We’re looking towards him when the rest of our team wasn’t any better.”The Sabres took three leads in the first period, but Montreal answered each time.“Especially on the road, it’s tough when you give goals right back because you work so hard for that lead,” said Skinner. “It was one of those games where you had to stick with it and sooner or later somebody on the team would step up with a big play.”Buffalo went up 1-0 on Sobotka’s first at 6:08 before Drouin tied it on a 2-on-1 with Domi at 9:14.The teams then combined for four goals in the span of 1:46.Sobotka gave Buffalo the 2-1 lead at 14:40 after Price failed to control a rebound in his crease.Montreal tied it 10 seconds later when Peca netted his first in a Canadiens uniform on a bank shot from behind the net.Sheary, playing his 200th NHL game, made it 3-2 at 15:52 before Shaw jumped on a loose puck in the crease and tied the game 34 seconds later.The goals kept coming in the second period, with Skinner giving Buffalo a 4-3 lead at 5:34 Los Angeles Kings T-Shirts Authentic , just seconds after Jack Eichel hit the post.The Canadiens have allowed at least four goals in five of their last six games.Tatar got Montreal level again with his sixth of the season at 10:17 on another 2-on-1 with Domi, who leads the Canadiens with 19 points.After tying the game four times, the Canadiens took their first lead when Deslauriers scored a short-handed goal — his first of the season — beating Ullmark between the pads at 18:03 of the second.Skinner scored his second of the game 2:20 into the third period to make it 5-5.NOTES: Forward Joel Armia will miss six to eight weeks with a right knee injury. The Canadiens recalled forward Kenny Agostino from the AHL as a result. … It was the second meeting of the season between Montreal and Buffalo, with the Sabres winning 4-3 on Oct. 25.UP NEXTSabres: Home against Vancouver on Saturday afternoon.Canadiens: Home against the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday.