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EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Edmonton Oilers hope they are finally out of their funk.Leon Draisaitl scored twice and Cam Talbot made 31 saves for his third shutout of the season, helping Edmonton beat the Western Conference-leading Chicago Blackhawks 5-0 on Monday night.Theyve been playing some good hockey lately so its not an easy team to shut out by any means, Talbot said. We played a great team game. Thats a huge statement win for us tonight.Oscar Klefbom, Andrej Sekera and Anton Slepyshev also scored for the Oilers, who have won two straight since ending a five-game skid.Connor McDavid had two assists to move into the NHL scoring lead with 24 points in 20 games.Theyve been playing really well and for us to get a win like that is definitely big for the confidence moving forward, McDavid said. Weve been able to snap out of a bit of a funk and were looking to go on a run now. Once you get out of one of those, it is important you take off from there.The 19-year-old McDavid set up a goal 2:39 in by skating the length of the ice before centering the puck for Klefbom, who blasted a shot past Crawford.McDavid also assisted late in the first when Draisaitl tipped in Klefboms shot from the point on a power play for a 2-0 lead.Corey Crawford made 22 saves in the loss as the Blackhawks had a two-game winning streak snapped.That wasnt our team, it was a tough loss and we just have to forget about it and worry about the next game, Crawford said. I dont take anything away from this one. We created a few good chances, but it was one of those games where nothing was going right.Talbot kept Chicago from getting on the board four minutes into the second when he stopped Duncan Keith on a point-blank power-play shot.Sekera scored on a long wrist shot with just 7.6 seconds left in the second shortly after a power play expired to make it 3-0.Edmonton took a 4-0 lead seven minutes into the third period when Slepyshevs deceptive shot from a bad angle handcuffed Crawford.Draisaitl scored his second of the game late in the third on the power play to put the game away.Thats the closest weve come to a complete game, Oilers coach Todd McLellan said. Its a really good sign for our team going forward.Game notes It was the first of three games between the two teams this season. Chicago swept the season series last year, with McDavid missing all three contests for the Oilers due to injury. ... Despite their 13-5-2 record, the Blackhawks were last in the NHL on the penalty kill at just 69.5 percent coming into the game. ... Veterans Benoit Pouliot, Mark Letestu and Eric Gryba remained healthy scratches for the Oilers. ... The lone injury listed for Chicago is Trevor van Riemsdyk (upper body), while Edmonton is still without Iiro Pakarinen (knee), Brandon Davidson (upper body) and Mark Fayne (lower body).UP NEXTBlackhawks: Play the fifth in a season-high seven-game road trip in San Jose on Wednesday night.Oilers: Start a two-game trip at Colorado on Wednesday night. Justin Pugh Youth Jersey . JOHNS, N. Byron Murphy Youth Jersey . LOUIS -- Roman Polak was celebrating even before Alexander Steen scored the winning goal in Saturdays 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes. http://www.nflcardinalsrookiestore.com/Cardinals-Larry-Fitzgerald-Jersey/ . The Cincinnati Reds remain perfect with their speedy rookie outfielder in the starting lineup. Justin Pugh Cardinals Jersey .C. - The Carolina Hurricanes have placed backup goalie Anton Khudobin on injured reserve with an unspecified lower-body injury. Kurt Warner Jersey .Y. - General manager Billy King says the Brooklyn Nets are looking to add a big man and confirmed the team worked out centre Jason Collins, who would become the first openly gay active NBA player if signed. Golden Boy Promotions received the final installment of its seven-figure contract buyout from heavyweight Luis King Kong Ortiz on Tuesday, making Ortiz a promotional free agent and bringing to an end the quick demise of what had been a fruitful relationship.Golden Boy Promotions and Luis Ortiz amicably parted ways, Golden Boy Promotions spokesman Stefan Friedman said in a statement. We are proud of the work that Golden Boy and Luis accomplished together culminating in his WBA heavyweight interim championship victory and subsequent title defenses. We wish Luis and his team all the best in the future.The statement for public consumption described an amicable separation, but that is not the case when the story is told privately.Ortiz and Golden Boy had ironed out a deal for Ortiz to defend his interim title against mandatory challenger Alexander Ustinov on Sept. 17 in the co-feature on the Canelo Alvarez-Liam Smith HBO PPV card at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. However, after making a deal, Ortizs camp tried to renegotiate for more money, according to two sources with knowledge of the situation.Golden Boy declined to pay more than it had already agreed to and said Ortiz could sit or buy out his contract if his camp met the companys asking price. Ultimately, Ortizs team came up with the low seven-figure payment -- in multiple installments -- and bought out the agreement.According to those close to Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya, he was disgusted by the turn of events but took the attitude that life was too short to work with people who did not honor their agreement.It became clear that Ortiz (25-0, 22 KOs) and Golden Boy were close to going their separate ways last week when the fight with the 39-year-old Ustinov (33-1, 24 KOs) was put up for auction at a purse bid and Golden Boy did not make an offer. Instead, there was oonly one bidder, Vlad Hrunov on behalf of Russian promoter Andrey Ryabinskys World of Boxing.dddddddddddd. With nobody else in the room to force a bidding war, he bid the minimum of $600,000.Ortiz is entitled to 60 percent, meaning he will earn $360,000, and Ustinov is entitled to 40 percent, meaning his purse will be $240,000.With the fight tentatively slated for Nov. 19 in Moscow, Las Vegas or Minsk, the capital of Ustinovs native Belarus, Golden Boy said Ortiz would likely earn less than he was offered for the appearance on Sept. 17 because of the tax burden he would face fighting overseas -- not to mention he likely wont be granted the perks reserved for fighters on their own promoters event.Golden Boy did a superb job handling Ortiz, a 37-year-old southpaw who defected from Cuba and lives in Miami, during their time together. After he knocked out Lateef Kayode in the first round in 2014 to win a vacant interim title, Ortiz tested positive for a banned substance. He was stripped of the title, suspended and fined and the result was changed to a no decision. But despite so many being down on Ortiz, Golden Boy stuck by him and when he returned got him one tuneup fight and then another shot at the interim belt.He knocked out overmatched Matias Ariel Vidondo in the third round on the HBO PPV undercard of Gennady Golovkin-David Lemieux to claim the interim title and has made two defenses. Golden Boy got both fights on HBO as main events, a sensational seventh-round knockout of contender Bryant Jennings in December followed by a sixth-round destruction of Tony Thompson on March 5, leading many to view Ortiz as the best heavyweight in the world. No one from Ortizs team could be reached for comment. ' ' '