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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Edmonton Oilers have made Nail Yakupov a healthy scratch for the second straight game for tonights game against the Washington Capitals. The team announced the news via Twitter with a quote from head coach Dallas Eakins. "I really liked our group of forwards last game. Well stick with the same group." The Oilers lost 6-5 in overtime to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The Capitals and Oilers each enter Mondays contest with just one win in five games this season. Washington (1-4-0) has lost its last three games in regulation, while the 1-3-1 Oilers have lost two straight. Saturdays game against the Leafs was a back-and-forth affair. The score was tied 2-2 after one period and it was 3-3 after 40 minutes. Edmonton then held a pair of one-goal leads in the third period, but was unable to hold either of them. Toronto tied the game at 5-5 on Joffrey Lupuls tally with 31 seconds remaining in regulation and Dave Bolland netted the game-winning goal at 2:09 of overtime. Ryan Smyth scored twice for Edmonton in the loss, while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Boyd Gordon and Jordan Eberle all scored a goal and Mark Arcobello had three assists. Devan Dubnyk struggled between the pipes, allowing all six goals on 26 shots. "Im sure (Toronto head coach) Randy (Carlyle) and I have got a few extra gray hairs from that one," said Edmonton head coach Dallas Eakins. "I thought our guys played hard." Saturdays wild game kicked off a six-game road trip for the Oilers, who are 0-1-1 as the visiting team so far this season. Washington, meanwhile, was handed its most lopsided loss of the season on Saturday, as it dropped a 5-1 decision to visiting Colorado. Alex Tanguay scored twice to back a 40-save effort from former Capitals goaltender Semyon Varlamov. The win kept the Avalanche perfect on the season, improving their record to 5-0. Eric Fehr potted the lone goal for the slumping Capitals, while Michal Neuvirth stopped 23-of-28 shots in a losing cause. "It starts on our end. Weve got to be stronger; weve got make sure pucks get out," said Fehr. "I think we need to want the puck a little bit more. We have to win puck battles, whether its in our end or their end. We need to play physical, and we need to want the puck." Washington is playing the third test of a five-game homestand on Monday and will close the residency with tests against the New York Rangers and Columbus. The Caps have claimed three of five and four of the last seven meetings against the Oilers, who have been defeated in seven of their past eight trips to D.C. Nino Niederreiter Jersey . Louis, MO (SportsNetwork. 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Midway through the first round Barao dropped Faber with a hard right hand and pounced on his wounded opponent. As Barao began to unleash a flurry of strikes, Faber turtled on his hands and knees and tucked his arm against the side of his head to protect himself. Dean stopped the fight at 3:42 of the opening round after Barao landed more than a dozen blows to the shoulder, forearm and neck area of the huddled Faber. A conscious and alert Faber looked uup at Dean in confusion at the stoppage.dddddddddddd He said in the post-fight interview that he assured the referee he was still fighting despite a lack of movement during Baroas onslaught. The UFC defines a knockout as a fighter who is knocked down and "either unconscious, disoriented or unable to intelligently defend himself." Also that a referee is "the sole arbiter of a contest and is the only individual authorized to stop a contest." The question is, does a lack of movement mean a lack of intelligent or conscious defending? 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