EDMONTON — So here we are. A three-game losing streak. A suddenly powerless power play. A 9-1 start followed by a 7-7 stretch. A lull that is inevitable in any 82-game season, yet one that makes you wonder: Which record is the real Edmonton Oilers , the 9-1 or the 7-7? Because today they are winless in the first two games of a homestand in which they’ve been outscored 9-2. The Oilers were much better in a 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday than they were in a 5-1 beatdown by Los Angeles on Sunday night, but Cam Talbot looked as unbeatable as Jonathan Quick had, and the Wild’s scoring chances piled up behind Mikko Koskinen at even a greater rate of efficiency as the Kings’ had. You knew they wouldn’t win nine of every 10-game segment. But .500 hockey through the next 14 games? Three losses in a row? Like, what does it all mean, Connor McDavid ? “That’s what a good start gets you. It buys you time. It buys you a little bit of a lull,” the Oilers captain said. “Obviously we...