EDMONTON -- Connor McDavid wants to see more emotion from the Edmonton Oilers in their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Rogers Place on Monday (8:30 p.m. ET; Prime, FDSNOH).

Edmonton is 6-6-4 after 16 games this season, including a 9-1 loss here to the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. McDavid, its captain, believes the intensity level needs to be raised after its third straight defeat (0-2-1) and sixth in 10 games (4-3-3).

“It’s been flat -- that starts with me as a leader,” McDavid said after practice Sunday. “There has maybe not been enough energy, not enough emotion, and we have to find a way to bring some of that into the game.”

Slow starts have become a trend for the Oilers the past three seasons, but they have been able to overcome them the previous two and made conse

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