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EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) -- Tom Poti's first goal of the season
couldn't have come at a better time for the struggling Edmonton
Oilers.
|  | | Bill Guerin scored two goals, one in the third period that gave the Oilers insurance in a 5-3 win over Anaheim. |
Poti scored the eventual game-winner and Bill Guerin added an
insurance goal one minute later as the Oilers beat the Anaheim
Mighty Ducks 5-3 Monday night and ended a three-game losing streak.
"Finally got a bounce, I guess," said Poti, who skated around
a pair of defenders and banked home a backhander off the stick of
Anaheim defenseman Patrick Traverse five minutes into the third.
"I've had a lot of chances, but nothing's been going my way."
Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish said the Oilers and Poti were
due.
"It was nice to see that fourth goal go in," MacTavish said.
"Tommy creates a lot offensively but doesn't have a lot to show
for it on the statistical side, so far. Hopefully, this will help
his confidence."
The Oilers were 0-4-1 in their previous five games. The Ducks
had won their previous two games.
"It's good to get back on the winning track," said Guerin, who
made it 5-3 just 68 seconds after Poti scored. "It's always tough
getting out of these skids. It was a nice win because we used
everybody. I'm glad we were able to pull it out."
Guerin snapped a shot from the slot over the blocker of goalie
Guy Hebert on a pass from behind the net by Doug Weight.
Janne Niinimaa and Chad Kilger also scored for Edmonton.
Oleg Tverdovsky, Teemu Selanne and Matt Cullen scored for
Anaheim.
"We played too much in our end," Ducks coach Craig Hartsburg
said. "When we did have the puck and have it in their end, we made
some nice quality plays."
Tverdovsky opened the scoring with a power-play goal at 6:49 of
the first period.
Niinimaa tied the game with a power-play goal at 10:07 of the
first.
Guerin gave Edmonton a 2-1 lead at 13:04 with his seventh goal
of the season.
Selanne, who has 30 goals in 39 games against the Oilers, tied
the game 2-2 on a power play at 17:01.
The Ducks moved out to a 3-2 lead at 7:01 of the second.
Kilger pulled Edmonton into a 3-3 tie exactly six minutes later
when he won a faceoff in the Ducks' zone. He passed to Eric Brewer,
went to the net and deflected Brewer's shot past Hebert. It was
Brewer's first point as an Oiler.
Game notes
Anaheim's Jason Marshall played his 306th game as a
Mighty Duck, breaking Bobby Dollas's club record for defensemen ... Kariya's scoring streak reached eight games. Anaheim's captain has four goals and nine assists in the steak.
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