Edmonton Oilers continue critical home stretch against St. Louis Blues [Video]

The Edmonton Oilers kicked off a crucial home-heavy stretch with a convincing win and will look to build off it when they play host to the rejuvenated St. Louis Blues on Saturday.

The Oilers are coming off a 6-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday that opened a stretch of eight of nine games at home before the Christmas break.

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Edmonton boasts a middling 6-6-1 home record, but has won four of five games overall, and scored 20 goals in that stretch.

“Leading into the game, we were No. 2 in expected goals for, and we’ve been pretty much two or three all season long,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “And just this last week or so, we’ve been able to put the pucks in the net. A little bit is about generating chances, and we’ve generated …