Kris Letang and Sidney Crosby scored during the shootout phase Saturday to give Pittsburgh a 4-3 win over the New York Islanders. Crosby and Ruslan Fedotenko each had a goal and an assist in regulation for the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Sam Gagner had a goal and two assists anad the Edmonton Oilers survived a wild six-goal third period Saturday to get a 5-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks. Both clubs scored three times in the third after Edmonton held a 2-0 advantage through 40 minutes. Sheldon Souray had a goal and an assist for Edmonton and his power-play goal at 14:49 of the third was the eventual game-winner. Dwayne Roloson made 43 saves on 46 shots for the Oilers, who have won five of their last six games, but are barely alive in the Western Conference playoff chase with 83 points -- tied with Minnesota for 10th in the West, three points behind Nashville and St.

Marian Gaborik, Andrew Brunette and Martin Skoula scored for Minnesota in a 3-2 Wild win Sunday over the Edmonton Oilers. Both teams are struggling to get into the Western Conference playoffs. Edmonton is 10th and Minnesota 11th, both needing to reach the No.

Dustin Penner scored twice Friday and the Edmonton Oilers shook up the Western Conference playoff race with a 5-3 victory over Anaheim. Edmonton had lost three straight games to fall out of a playoff position, but Friday's victory jumped the Oilers from a tie for ninth place all the way to seventh in the tight battle for post-season spots. Edmonton has 81 points, one more than Anaheim and Nashville, two more than St.

Goals by Marian Hossa and Valtteri Filppula in the space of 32 seconds in Tuesday's third period rallied the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-2 win over Edmonton. Ty Conklin turned in 24 saves for Detroit, which won for the fifth time in its last six games and took over first place in the Western Conference by one point over idle San Jose. Denis Grebeshkov and Ales Kotalik tallied for the host Oilers.