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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - No offense to Dallas Eakins, but his firing as head coach of the Oilers is the least interesting part of the recent turmoil in Edmonton. Thats because Eakins only had a brief role in a drama that was going on well before he arrived in Edmonton, and one that shows no signs of slowing down. Sadly, Oilers fans can only see this story heading in one direction. Its unclear if its comedy or tragedy, but whatever it is its unlikely to get rave reviews. Eakins lasted only 113 games behind the Oilers bench, but that was more of a chance the club gave Ralph Krueger, who served as coach for 48 games before getting the ax following the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season. Even the late Pat Quinn only lasted 82 games before getting let go after the 2009-10 season. For the time being, the Oilers have gone back to the man who preceded Quinn behind the Edmonton bench, as general manager Craig MacTavish is taking over for Eakins on an interim basis. Before taking the GM job in April of 2013, MacTavish coached the Oilers for eight seasons from 2000-01 to 2008-09 and he was at the helm for Edmontons one shining moment in the 21st century. But its been a long time since MacT shocked the hockey world by taking an eighth-seeded Oilers club to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006, and Edmonton seems as far away as ever from even returning to the postseason. This time, MacTavish is only planning to coach for a brief period while Todd Nelson prepares to take over the reins. Nelson was promoted from his job as coach of Edmontons American Hockey League affiliate in Oklahoma City and will serve as an assistant under MacTavish before transitioning into the head job. But just like it isnt really about Eakins, this isnt about Nelson either. Whether hes behind the bench or not, the focus is centered around MacTavish, as is the ire of a disgruntled fan base. While facing the media Monday after announcing the coaching changes, MacTavish seemed to finally realize he needs to own every bit of this debacle. Earlier this month, the GM tried to evade some of the blame for the current state of Edmontons hockey team and it did not go over well. Ive been on the job for 18 months, MacTavish said on Dec. 5. I coached the team here for a long time, but I had nothing to do with management, so dont lop me in into a situation of power and influence in the management level of this organization. The GM apparently learned from his mistake because that type of rhetoric was nowhere to be found on Monday. In its place was an acceptance that everything that is wrong with the Oilers now is MacTavishs problem, whether that is technically true or not. There is blood all over my hands in this too as well, MacTavish said on Monday. Because I put the lineup together and the roster. Im not here to absolve myself of accountability for the situation that were in. With a 7-19-5 record through 31 games -- the worst mark in the NHL -- the Oilers are likely headed for another high draft pick and may once again be picking No. 1 overall when the 2015 draft rolls around. But when a team has had such little success at picking new talent, its hard to even get excited about the prospect of kids like Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel donning an Edmonton sweater. In the end, theres a fundamental lack of faith in MacTavish (or anybody else, for that matter) to turn things around in Edmonton and that is the saddest part of this saga. Although it may have comedic elements to those watching from the outside, to those who love the Oilers and remember the halcyon days of the 1980s and 90s it is tragic to see hope die a slow death the way it has in Edmonton. Of course, MacTavish and his colleagues in the Oilers front office still claim to have hope they can turn things around. 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For now, scoring in spurts seems to be working just fine.The Bruins scored three goals in a span of 2:34 on Thursday night and rode the third-period flurry to a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers that extended Bostons winning streak to four games.Those games arent always perfect, but you like the way your team responds to different situations, coach Claude Julien said. Were down 2-1, instead of panicking we just picked up our game and put our foot on the gas pedal and found a way to get some goals here.A pair of Edmonton penalties helped, and Boston improved to 5-1 since losing captain Zdeno Chara to a knee injury. The Bruins are still adjusting to playing without the big defenceman — and winning while doing it.It took barely 2 1/2 minutes for the Bruins to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 4-2 lead. Louie Eriksson tied it at 2, Carl Soderberg gave Boston the lead 1:25 later and Dougie Hamilton scored just 1:09 after Soderberg.We didnt play a really good game, but as soon as we got that goal we started to get going and I think finished off pretty strong, said Soderberg, who assisted on Erikssons goal with 8:56 left in the third.Soderberg was initially credited with the next two goals, but officials reviewed the video and concluded that Hamiltons slap shot from the point was not deflected in by Soderberg. With a 4-2 lead at that point, the Bruins didnt care much about who got the goal.It doesnt matter. Im just happy it went in the net, Hamilton said. I didnt really look at the goalie..dddddddddddd I knew Carl was in front and I just tried to shoot low. Wherever it went, it went. I didnt even see it go in.Boston won its 13th in a row against the Oilers, who have not beaten the Bruins since Oct. 17, 2000.Tuukka Rask finished with 24 saves for Boston, which also got goals from Reilly Smith and Milan Lucic.Ben Scrivens made 27 saves for Edmonton, which lost its fourth consecutive game.Boyd Gordon scored in the first period and Mark Arcobello deposited a rebound 1:44 into the third to give the Oilers a 2-1 lead.Hamilton and Soderberg assisted on Erikssons goal that tied it, then Soderberg put Boston ahead 1:25 later with a power-play goal off a centring pass from Patrice Bergeron.Bergeron made the pass while being taken down by Edmontons Nikita Nikitin, who was called for tripping on the play. Boston capitalized on the power play again when Hamilton scored with 6:22 remaining.We had a critical mistake off the rush, Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins said. A bad decision, one that cost us and led to the next one as well. Thats a hard one to frame. It goes to the mindset that every moment is critical.Lucic, playing his 500th career game, added an empty-netter with 7 seconds left.Smith scored late in the first to tie it 1-all.NOTES: The teams combined for only 13 shots in the first period. ... Oilers defenceman Andrew Ference did not play against his former team as he sat out the second of a three-game suspension for an illegal hit against Vancouvers Zack Kassian on Saturday. ... Edmontons Iiro Pakarinen made his NHL debut. ' ' '