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EDMONTON, Alberta -- Michael Grabner scored twice, Antti Raanta stopped 38 shots, and the New York Rangers beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 Sunday night. Cheap NHL Jerseys Authentic .Dan Girardi also scored to help the Rangers win for the seventh time in eight games -- including two victories against the Oilers.Andrej Sekera scored for Edmonton and Cam Talbot finished with 24 saves. The Oilers have lost three straight to fall to 2-5-1 since starting the season 7-1-0.Grabner got New York on the scoreboard just 1:20 in, getting to a big rebound and scoring his ninth of the season. It was the fifth time in seven games the Oilers allowed a goal in the first two minutes.Girardi made it 2-0 with 6:42 left in the first as the Rangers had an extra attacker on for a delayed penalty and the defenseman redirected Kevin Hayes pass past Talbot from in front of the net.Edmonton pulled within one with 1:15 left in the opening period when Connor McDavid spotted a pinching Sekera swooping past the Rangers net and he deflected a shot past Raanta.Grabner scored again with five minutes left in the second when Ryan Nugent-Hopkins gave up the puck at the New York blue line. Talbot made the initial stop, but Grabner was able to swat in the rebound for his 10th.In 16 games this season, Grabner has eclipsed the nine goals he had in 80 games with Toronto last year.Edmonton had good pressure in the third period, but Raanta shut the door.Game notes It was the second and final meeting of the season between the two teams. The Rangers won 5-3 in the previous meeting at home on Nov. ... Raanta got the start in net for the Rangers after Henrik Lundqvist played the night before in a 4-1 win at Calgary. ... The Rangers were without F Chris Kreider, who suffered an upper-body injury against the Flames. F Pavel Buchnevich also missed the game. ... New York already has 10 players with at least 10 points. ... F Zack Kassian returned to Edmontons lineup after missing the last three games with an injury. ... Oilers F Benoit Pouliot played his 500th NHL game.UP NEXTRangers: At Vancouver on Tuesday night in the third game of a four-game trip.Oilers: At Anaheim on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game trip. NHL Jerseys 2020 Store . P.A. Parenteau scored early in the third period to help the Avs edge Toronto 2-1 on Tuesday night. Cory Sarich also scored for Colorado (3-0-0), which is off to its best ever start. Adidas NHL Jerseys 2020 . 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TEMPE, Ariz. -- Tyrann Mathieu isnt the Honey Badger of old just yet, and its by his own choice.Barely eight months since surgery to repair a torn ACL, Mathieus right knee is not ready for the rigors of scrambling all over the field as he did last season, a performance that earned him an All-Pro selection.Coach Bruce Arians said hes waiting for Mathieu to come to him to say hes ready.The message from Mathieu this week: not yet.So he will line up strictly at free safety when the Cardinals play at Buffalo on Sunday.Every day it eats at me because Im not able to do what I want to do, Mathieu said. But my coaches, they keep me encouraged. They keep me positive. I think thats whats really been helping me stay patient.He said that after the season opener against New England, I felt really sore.This past Sunday I felt better than the previous week, Mathieu said. I think as time continues to go on, the little soreness, tightness, tendinitis, once those things go away, Ill know that Im ready to get back to what I normally do.Defensive coordinator James Boettcher said Mathieu remains a game wrecker.Wherever he lines up, hes going to affect the game, Boettcher said.Its against Mathieus aggressive nature to patiently wait for the soreness to go away.Definitely a sign of maturity, cornerback Patrick Peterson said. Ty understands what he means to this team and we definitely need him in the long haul. The coaching staff is doing a great job of just easing him into the game plan, make sure that hes ready as much as possible when we really need him in October, because thats when you really find out the kind of team you have.Mathhieu said the worst part of his recovery is over, the monotonous rehabilitation process. Wholesale NHL Jerseys 2020. Dealing with depression, he said. Getting down on yourself and just having to do the same thing over and over again. Everybody else is on vacation, youve got to go to work. That was probably the hardest part.It was Mathieus second knee injury in three seasons. He tore his left ACL in 2013.The latest injury occurred in Week 15 of last season at Philadelphia and was less severe than the previous one, but Mathieu knew what he was in for.He knows the effect the wear and tear of playing all over the field has on his legs.I think last year, I dont know the percentage, but I was running a lot more than everybody else on the team, running back and forth, nickel, the different things I was doing, he said.Once he can do that again without soreness, he will be back to his Honey Badger ways.In the meantime, hes learning a new position.I like playing in the box, where instinct is going to take over, Mathieu said, but when youre playing in the middle of the field youve got to kind of control your instincts, because they can throw the ball over your head and it will be a touchdown. Its a new challenge for me. Like I told my coach, its one of those things I want to challenge myself personally to get done, even though it may not be the role I play as the season goes on. Its something I definitely want to conquer.---Online: AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '