Oilers earn 3rd straight win with 3-2 victory over Canucks

Oilers slip past Canucks 3-2

EDMONTON, Alberta — Tom Gilbert had a goal and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers earned their third consecutive victory with a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday.

Robert Nilsson and Andrew Cogliano also scored for the last-place Oilers, who were coming off consecutive wins over Detroit and San Jose and have won seven of their past nine at home.

Mason Raymond and Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks, who have lost two in a row.

The Canucks are five points ahead of Colorado for first place in the Northwest Division.

Edmonton scored on its first shot at 3:02 of the first when Gilbert sneaked out from the corner and lifted a puck that got between Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo’s pad and the post.

The Oilers made it 2-0 at 6:58 as Nilsson staved off Vancouver defenseman Christian Ehrhoff and cut in on net for his 11th goal of the season.

Vancouver got on the board when Michael Grabner slid the puck through the top of the crease to Raymond who had a wide open net to make it 2-1.

Edmonton made it 3-1 at 8:01 of the second as Cogliano fluttered a shot from the top of the faceoff circle that slipped through Luongo’s legs.

Vancouver narrowed the gap once again at 16:12 of the second period as Henrik Sedin sent a pass to twin brother Daniel during a scramble in front and he got his 200th career NHL goal to make it 3-2.

Edmonton goalie Devan Dubnyk, who had got his first two NHL wins in the Oilers past two games, missed Tuesday’s game. He came down with flulike symptoms on Tuesday morning and the team opted to keep him under quarantine, setting off a frantic search for a backup goalie for Jeff Deslauriers. The Oilers called in Nathan Deobald, a 5-foot-8 third-string goalie with the University of Calgary that has played one game for the Dinos this year.

Notes: Oilers forward Ales Hemsky resumed skating on Monday after season-ending shoulder surgery and reports that his recovery is going well. … Vancouver forward Pavol Demtira missed the game due to personal reasons. … Mason Raymond took his spot on the second line. … Defenseman Dean Arsene was called up by Edmonton to replace injured Theo Peckham for the game. … It was the sixth and final meeting between the two teams with Edmonton winning the first game before Vancouver bounced back to win the next four. … It was the Canucks’ first road game since their 14-game road trip surrounding the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.