It's been so long since we won, I almost forgot what it felt like!

The return of injured players sparked a come-back from a 2 goal deficit?
Roli actually played like we know Roli can?
Just plain sick of losing, realizing, 'hey boys, we got this shit!' ?!?!?

Any of the above reasons is fine with me, cuz really as much as we try to mask the pain of losing with sarcasm and the hope that (F)lames fans also feel the pain of missing the playoffs, losing just plain SUCKS.

I'm going with the injured guys returning to the line-up, plus Sykora and Lupul were scoring like we know they should.

Gilbert returns to the line-up; assists on Lupul's GTG goal.
Hemsky returns to the line-up, scores the Oilers 1st goal and gives them some hope.
Reasoner returns to the line-up and scored the GWG in the shoot-out!
Gooooooo Marty! He looked so modest after scoring as well. Due in part I'm sure to his shoulder not quite at 100%, as it still hurts him to lift his arms above his shoulder.
Roli returns to the line-up (sorta) after being pulled last game and plays as good as he did during the playoffs last year.

Thanks Jim Lang for wearing your "lucky" Whinnie the Pooh underwear and sharing that with all the Sportsnet West viewers on the 10 pm edition of Sportsnet Connected. A + dude.