Dwayne Roloson stopped 43 shots and the Edmonton Oilers stifled a third-period Minnesota rally Saturday night to beat the Wild 3-2. Tom Gilbert scored the decisive goal after an assist by Liam Reddox in the second period, and Zach Stortini and Ales Hemsky also scored goals for the Oilers, who have won two of their last three games following a three-game losing streak.

Cristobal Huet's 20 saves kept Edmonton at bay Tuesday and the Chicago Blackhawks skated to a 3-1 victory over the Oilers. Dave Bolland, Cam Barker and Martin Havlat scored for Chicago, which has won three of its last four games.

Ethan Moreau had his first NHL hat trick Sunday night to lead the Edmonton Oilers past Phoenix 6-3. Ales Hemsky scored twice in his first game back after missing 10 games due to a concussion, and Dustin Penner scored for the Oilers, who have won four of their last five games.

Andrew Cogliano had the game-winning goal and the Edmonton Oilers erased a 2-0 lead with three unanswered goals Monday night to beat the New York Islanders 3-2. The Islanders got first-period goals from Kyle Okposo (unassisted) and Blake Comeau (power-play), but the Oilers scored twice in the second period to tie it up.

By Steve Keating EDMONTON (Reuters) - Ryan Smyth spent so many years answering the call to play for his country that he became known as Captain Canada.