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Arizona center Sam Gagner will face his former Edmonton club for the first time on Wednesday night as the Coyotes try to extend their point streak over the struggling Oilers. Gagner was never able to live up to the expectations of being the sixth overall pick of the 2007 draft by Edmonton. He never reached the 20-goal mark in seven seasons with the club and never topped the 49 points he had as a rookie in 2007-08. In all, the 25-year-old had 101 goals and 295 points in 481 games with the Oilers before getting dealt to Tampa Bay on June 29. The Lightning then flipped him the same day, along with B.J. Crombeen, for Arizona for a sixth- round pick. Theres a lot of great guys over there. But its one of those things -- I have friends on other teams (too). Once the puck drops, you stop becoming friends and its all about winning the hockey game. You get competitive and it all goes out the window, said Gagner. I dont think its going to be hard for me once the puck drops. Just focus on playing hockey and helping the team get two points. The Coyotes have had no problems getting points against the Oilers. They are 10-0-3 in the last 13 meetings, having not lost in regulation in this series since Jan. 25, 2011. Arizona has won eight of its last 11 as the host against Edmonton and is 1-1-0 on the young season. The Coyotes lost their opener 6-2 against Winnipeg on Thursday, but bested the Los Angeles Kings 3-2 in overtime on Monday. Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored a power-play goal with 14 seconds left in overtime, driving a shot from the right wing past a screened Jonathan Quick. Antoine Vermette assisted on the game-winning tally and also scored a goal, Mikkel Boedker notched a goal and Keith Yandle assisted on all three tallies. We were much more poised with the puck tonight than we were the other night, said Phoenix head coach Dave Tippett. Especially moving out of our zone and into the neutral zone, things were much better. Devan Dubnyk stopped 24-of-26 shots for his first win of the season. Tippett, though, is expected to go back to Mike Smith in net tonight in the third contest of a four-game homestand. Smith, who yielded all six goals on 27 shots in the loss to the Jets, is 8-1-1 lifetime versus the Oilers with a 2.58 goals against average and .915 save percentage. Edmonton, meanwhile, is winless through its first three games of the season after getting routed 6-1 by Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The Oilers were nearly shut out until Matt Hendricks scored with 21 seconds to play. The Kings scored twice in the games first five minutes and led 3-0 after the first. I thought we came out cautious, had some bad luck during the game, but it just goes to reconfirm that every moment in the game is an important one, said Edmonton head coach Dallas Eakins. Viktor Fasth got the start in net for Edmonton and left with a groin injury in the first period after allowing three goals on 11 shots. Ex-King Ben Scrivens stopped 12-of-15 shots in relief. Edmonton defenseman Darnell Nurse, a 2013 first-round pick, and forward Bogdan Yakimov made their NHL debuts as forwards Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent- Hopkins were out with undisclosed injuries and defenseman Jeff Petry was scratched. Edmonton has opened with three straight losses (0-2-1) for the first time since dropping its first four games in 1995-96. Scrivens is likely to start tonight and is 1-1-1 with a 2.22 GAA and .926 save percentage in three career games against the Coyotes. Trace McSorley Jersey . Grimes signed a $32 million, four-year contract to remain with Miami. The deal, which includes $16 million guaranteed, rewards Grimes for his recovery from an Achilles tendon injury that forced him to miss almost all of the 2012 season. Justin Tucker Womens Jersey . The day began ominously for the Rangers when star pitcher Yu Darvish was scratched from his scheduled start with stiffness in his neck. 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Kirk and Horschel, the top two seeds going into the FedEx Cup finale at East Lake, played in the final group and traded birdies - neither of them made a bogey - over four hours in steamy weather to share the lead. They need only to win the Tour Championship to claim the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus. "Billy has obviously been playing some pretty incredible golf with winning last week and finishing second the week before," Kirk said. "And Ive been doing all right myself." Kirk is a 29-year-old who went to Georgia and plays golf without a pulse. Even when he chipped in from 80 feet on the 17th hole, he simply smiled and bowed his head before slapping hands with his caddie. Horschel is a 27-year-old who went to Florida, brash enough to wear octopus prints on his pants in the final round at a U.S. Open, to flip his cap around backward and to pump his fist for routine pars. They grew up playing amateur golf against each other. They were teammates in the Walker Cup. And they are leading the race to the FedEx Cup. "Were probably two completely opposite people in the sense that he just looks like hes moving very slow and nothing affects him," Horschel said. "I look like Im running around the golf course — literally last Sunday. But Chris and I get along very well. We seem to always play well when were paired together." Horschel won the BMW Championship last week and was seen sprinting off the fairway toward a portable toilet because he couldnt hold it anymore. Kirk won the Deutsche Bank Championship the previous week, and he surprised even himself when twice - a career high - he pumped his fist after making a putt. They didnt have the course to themselves. Masters champion Bubba Watson made seven birdies to offset a few mistakes, such as trying to hit a shot through a gap in the trees. It worked at Augusta National two years ago. His ball clipped a branch Thursday, leading to double bogey. A bogey from the bunker on the par-3 18th hole gave him a 67, leaving him in reasonable shape. Watson was tied with Patrick Reed, Jim Furyk and Jasson Day.dddddddddddd The top five seeds need only to win the Tour Championship to claim the FedEx Cup. Watson is third. Rory McIlroy is at No. 4, and he didnt hurt himself. McIlroy wasnt at his best, though he made enough birdies and key par saves for a 69 that kept him very much in the hunt. "You can really shoot yourself out of it," McIlroy said. "Even though I didnt play great, I kept it together." Hunter Mahan might have shot himself out of it. Mahan is seeded fifth and opened with a 74. Only one other player in the 29-man field - Geoff Ogilvy, who is just happy to have made it to the Tour Championship - had a worse score. Mahan, one of three captains picks for the Ryder Cup, has broken par once in his last nine rounds since winning The Barclays. Kirk was left off the Ryder Cup team, even though he has two wins this season and had just won a FedEx Cup playoff event the day before U.S. captain Tom Watson announced his three picks. Horschel might be the hottest in golf at the moment. He is prone to go on big streaks like this. They have only one cup in mind, and they took a big step toward it Thursday. "This is my sixth week in a row. I havent played more than three events in a row this year," Horschel said. "But I have no issues with that. Listen, this is the FedEx Cup playoffs. If you cant get yourself in shape and get up for it on a daily basis, they why are you playing this game? "Its our playoffs. Its like the World Series or the NBA championships and NFL playoffs. And were all tired and weve just got to figure how to put it out of our mind and go out and play golf." Horschel has more on his mind than just a $10 million bonus. His wife is expecting their first child in two weeks. He said even if she were to go into labour early, they agreed that he should stay in Atlanta and try to win the FedEx Cup. DIVOTS: Jason Days coach and caddie, Colin Swatton, had to stop after eight holes when his back locked up on him. Days mental coach caddied the rest of the way. ... Cameron Tringale made his debut in the Tour Championship with a 68, but it wasnt his first time at East Lake. He played at Georgia Tech, which has a corporate membership at East Lake. ... The average score was 69.8. ' ' '