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EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Columbus Blue Jackets started slowly. The way they finished was all that mattered, though.Sam Gagner had a goal and an assist, and the streaking Blue Jackets won their seventh straight game by beating the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Tuesday night.I thought the team took a little while to get going. But once we started playing, I thought we had a good second half of the game, Gagner said. I think were on a good run here and we want to keep pushing forward.Cam Atkinson and Matt Calvert also scored to help the Blue Jackets (18-5-4) improve to 8-0-1 in their last nine games.Tyler Pitlick had the goal for the Oilers (15-12-5), who have lost five of six.The Oilers got a 4-minute power play to start the second period on a mistaken call after Edmonton forward Milan Lucic accidentally caught teammate Connor McDavid in the face with his stick.Blue Jackets goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who made 33 saves, squashed Edmontons opportunity to take a two-goal lead, and Columbus went on to score three consecutive goals.You do get some momentum from killing it, Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. I dont think we panicked. I didnt think we competed that hard in the first period, but then we found ourselves.It was Edmontons 32nd game of the season compared to 27 for Columbus, but Lucic said fatigue wasnt a valid excuse.We had more than enough rest over the last two days to be ready for this one, he said. We had the energy we wanted in the first period, but we just couldnt sustain it. We just didnt keep it going for 60 minutes and thats a big reason we lost.Edmonton got on the scoreboard first, just past the midpoint of the opening period as a hard-charging Pitlick got to a rebound in the blue paint and chipped it over Bobrovsky.The Oilers appeared to add another with 4 minutes left in the first, but officials determined forward Zack Kassian interfered with the goalie on the play.Columbus tied the game on a power play 8 minutes into the second period when Gagner came back to hurt his old team. The puck went off the toe of his skate and past Edmonton goalie Cam Talbot for Gagners fourth goal in the last four games and 12th of the season.The Blue Jackets made it 2-1 at 7:10 of the third as a pass deflected to Atkinson and he hammered his 11th of the season past Talbot.Columbus added to its lead 1:36 later when Calvert took advantage of a sloppy Oilers line change and rifled a shot off Talbots arm and into the net.The Blue Jackets completely took over in the third and were outshooting Edmonton 12-0 midway through the period.Coming from behind on a team like that, a lot of teams in the league havent been able to do that. And you can put us on the list as well, Oilers coach Todd McLellan said.Game notes It was the first of two meetings between the teams this season. The other one is Jan. 3 in Columbus. ... Oilers D Brandon Davidson played his first game since injuring his shoulder in the season opener Oct. 12 against Calgary. That was good news for Edmonton, which announced that fellow defenseman Darnell Nurse could miss up to three months following ankle surgery. ... Columbus captain Nick Foligno returned to the lineup after missing two games with the flu.UP NEXTBlue Jackets: Play at Calgary on Friday, the second game of a three-game road swing through Western Canada.Oilers: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. Austin Allen Jersey . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Pedro Avila Jersey . Mitch Holmberg added a goal and three assists. Connor Chartier also scored for the Chiefs (3-0-0). Luke Harrison spoiled Garrett Hughsons shutout bid with a power-play goal at 13:17 of the third period. 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HOUSTON -- Rockets coach Mike DAntoni isnt a fan of resting players.Without judging or calling out any teams, DAntoni said the NBA needs to look into some kind of uniformity regarding players getting rest, particularly on road games.My thought on holding people out in mass, Im not really for it, DAntoni said before the Rockets 132-98 win over the?Sacramento Kings?on Wednesday. You think of the kid that travels three hours to see somebody and they dont show up, its tough. So its complicated. I know every coach is trying to do the best for his team and trying to win. He has to do what he thinks is right to win. The league may a have to look at it and figure it out.The subject of rest came up Wednesday as the Kings elected to sit power forward DeMarcus Cousins.Kings coach Dave Joerger explained Cousins was sitting to get a break after playing four games in six days. During that span, Cousins averaged 34.5 minutes while scoring 24.8 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.Theres just different points in the season, it looks like hes carrying quite a load, and I dont mean by weight, I mean by just playing, Joerger said. Hes getting [36] the other night, 15, 16 rebounds, hes got to do this, hes got to do that, hes got to take care of all this and that. Sometimes its just good to get a break. When you have the opportunity, in this case, three days of rest [before their next game]. There are opportunities to do it when you can maximize the number of days of rest and give guys a chance to recharge mentally and physically.The Cleveland Cavaliers?also sat LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love for Wednesdays game at Memphis, the second night of a home-road back-to-back against the Grizzlies.dddddddddddd Clevelands starters average 31.9 minutes per game, third in the league.Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban defended the Cavaliers decision.Look, on the one hand it seems unfair to the Memphis fans, but on the other hand the science is all there that says guys need rest, Cuban said, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The one thing worse than a visiting team not getting to see a star player is the home teams fans missing a lot of games from that star player.As we get more scientifically driven, youll see teams trying to play guys fewer minutes and fewer games because it protects their body. If you protect a guys body, fans get to see them in more games overall.The Rockets do rest backup center Nene for health reasons for the second of back-to-back games. However, James Harden, who led the NBA in minutes per game last season at 38.1, is second in total minutes played this season at 953. Houston is also seventh in the league in starters minutes at 31.0.Houston has an excellent strength and conditioning staff that charts players minutes and movements during practices with a device attached to the jersey.Maybe the science is a little bit ahead of the regulations of the NBA, DAntoni said. So theyll get together and look at it, and hopefully well do whats right for the game. Im not here to say I know any better. ' ' '