Oilers send Ducks to 5th straight loss

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ales Hemsky scored the go-ahead goal with 6:31 left in the third period after a referee's controversial ruling helped Anaheim overcome a two-goal deficit, and Devan Dubnyk made 19 of his 38 saves in the first period in the Edmonton Oilers' 4-2 victory over the Ducks on Sunday night.

Sam Gagne and Taylor Hall scored 1:41 apart in the second period, helping send the Ducks to their fifth straight loss following a six-game winning streak. The victory was only Edmonton's third in its last 17 games.

Tom Gilbert was credited with an empty-net goal with 16 seconds left after Anaheim's Corey Perry pass attempt from behind the Edmonton goal went the length of the ice into his own goal.

The Ducks, playing without Teemu Selanne because of a groin injury, got goals from Bobby Ryan and Saku Koivu 22 seconds apart in the second period.

Dubnyk made his fourth start of the season and second in a row in place of four-time All-Star Nikolai Khabibulin (groin). Dubnyk's other three starts resulted in overtime losses, two of them in shootouts. Technically still a rookie, he entered this season with a 4-10-2 record in the NHL.

Hemsky beat Jonas Hiller high to the stick side from close range for his sixth goal after getting the puck in the right circle from Dustin Penner and speeding past Anaheim defenseman Toni Lydman.

The Oilers, who blew a 3-0 lead in a 4-3 shootout loss to Phoenix on Friday night, killed off Anaheim's first four power plays before getting burned on the next one. It came after a disputed delay-of-game penalty against defenseman Theo Peckham with 3:35 left in the second period with the Ducks trailing 2-0.

Veteran referee Stephen Walkom ruled that Peckham cleared the puck over the glass in the Edmonton zone, but replays clearly showed that the puck went into the crowd through a hole in the glass that photographers use to get a clear shot. Walkom even asked the photographer sitting there about it, but wouldn't reverse the call despite Peckham's vehement protest.

Just 8 seconds later, the Ducks capitalized with the man advantage after Dubnyk stopped their first 29 shots on net. Ryan was standing 20 feet out in the slot when he redirected rookie Cam Fowler's wrist shot from the left point over Dubnyk's left shoulder for his ninth goal. Kouvu fed off the momentum, converting Dan Sexton's centering pass for his ninth of the season after Jason Blake took the puck away from Gilbert behind the net.

The Ducks, who took 50 shots against Columbus goalie Steve Mason and outshot the Blue Jackets 25-3 in the third period of their 4-3 loss on Friday night, outshot Edmonton 19-4 during the scoreless first period and had a 25-7 advantage before the Oilers opened the scoring at 6:48 of the second.

Gagne got his fifth goal on a one-timer from the edge of the crease after Hemsky fed him the puck behind the net. Hall added his fourth of the season at 8:29, beating Hiller to the stick side with a wrist shot from the left circle.

The Oilers, who came in averaging a league-worst 19.8 penalty minutes, have allowed 14 power-play goals over their last 11 games.

NOTES: The Ducks activated D Andy Sutton before the game and placed C Josh Green on non-roster waivers. Sutton, a 12-year veteran who signed a two-year contract with Anaheim as a free agent in August, had surgery on Oct. 12 to repair a broken right thumb. The injury occurred during a fight with former Duck Ruslan Salei in a season-opening loss at Detroit. ... Sexton also returned to the Ducks' lineup for the first time since Nov. 23, when he broke his nose blocking a shot by Salei during the team's second visit to Detroit. ... The Oilers are 4-10-4 under new coach Tom Renney. ... Ducks star Ryan Getzlaf's brother, Chris, had eight catches for 109 yards and a touchdown Sunday to help the Saskatchewan Roughriders advance to the Grey Cup with a 29-16 victory over Calgary on Sunday.

(This version CORRECTS Oilers 4, Ducks 2. Corrects spelling of Saku in fourth paragraph.)