Oilers prevail in shootout

EDMONTON, Alberta -- Sam Gagner scored the winning goal as the Edmonton Oilers won their sixth shootout this season, defeating the Blackhawks 3-2 on Saturday night.

Ales Hemsky and Marty Reasoner scored in regulation for Edmonton, which improved to 2-3 on its six-game homestand.

Jim Vandermeer and Duncan Keith had goals for the Blackhawks, who had their two-game winning streak snapped.

Edmonton took a 2-1 lead six minutes into the third period as Kyle Brodziak fed a puck to Reasoner at the left circle and his quick shot beat Nikolai Khabibulin.

The Hawks tied it just past the halfway point of the third as the Oilers were caught scrambling in their own zone, and Keith was able to put a point shot past a completely screened Dwayne Roloson, who was already playing without his stick to make it 2-2.

Neither team was able to muster much offense in the scoreless first period. Khabibulin made 8 stops in, while Roloson, who had watched backup Mathieu Garon start the last three games for the Oilers, had seven saves for Edmonton.

The Hawks broke the deadlock 43 seconds into the second period as Vandermeer unleashed a rocket from the left point that found its way through a maze of players in front of and past Roloson's glove.

Edmonton got the equalizer with eight minutes left to go in the middle frame as Denis Grebeshkov brought the puck deep into Hawks territory. He fed a pass from behind the net to Hemsky, who had an easy tap-in to make it 1-1 after 40 minutes.

• Hawks forwards Patrick Sharp and Tuomo Ruutu were both out with flu-like symptoms.