In the first nine games of the NHL season, Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch was the National Hockey’s League’s Blender King, mixing up his forward lines more than any other NHL coach. Few lines lasted more than one or two games together. Many didn’t even last one or two periods.

In the last four games, however Knoblauch has switched it up, going with the same three steady lines at the top of the Oilers roster. This switcheroo in strategy is how paying off, with Edmonton getting two wins and five points in the standings in the last three games, a 6-3 win over the Mammoth of Utah, a 4-3 OT loss to the New York Rangers and a 3-2 OT win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Two of the steady lines, in particular, have responded well to sticking together. They are creating more Grade A shots tha

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