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Oilers lose top player, then lose game to lowly Coyotes

Associated Press

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Edmonton Oilers played their first game of the post-Ryan Smyth era and they looked as if they could have used their leading scorer back -- or maybe the guy whose number they retired. Curtis Joseph made 26 saves and the Phoenix Coyotes defeated Edmonton 3-0 on Tuesday after the Oilers retired Mark Messier's No. 11 and dealt away Smyth. The Oilers, playing in vintage orange and blue jerseys from the team's 1980 Stanley Cup years, mustered just two shots in the first peri ...

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