EDMONTON - The Vancouver Canucks have made the most of their games against the Edmonton Oilers this season.Radim Vrbata scored a pair of goals and Daniel Sedin had three assists as the Canucks continued their domination of Edmonton this season, defeating the Oilers 5-4 on Wednesday.Jannik Hansen, Chris Higgins and Yannick Weber also scored for the Canucks (13-6-0), who have won all four of their games against Edmonton this season and three of their last four games overall.It was back and fourth, we got an early lead and I dont think we should have given it up, Weber said. They got a couple of quick goals, we made a couple of bad mistakes and they were right back into the game. We played to their strengths, thats what they want, they like high-scoring games.I think for us, after the second, we just knew we had to stick to our plan, we knew we could out-play them and at the end, I think we deserved the win.Vancouver head coach Willie Desjardins said there has been no magic recipe this season against Edmonton.Every time we played them we could have lost every game, he said. Thats how tight the league is and were happy with the win.Canucks goalie Ryan Miller also continued his personal ownership of the Oilers, improving to 11-0 lifetime against Edmonton, now the longest active win streak in the NHL.That said, Miller admits he hasnt been having one of his better stretches in net overall of late.The last four games for me I havent been nearly sharp enough, I have to dial that in and get better, he said. When you go through stretches like this I have to keep in mind, I have to battle, I have to compete and be better for the boys. They scored plenty of goals, it didnt need to come down to the last second.Steven Pinizzotto, Teddy Purcell, Boyd Gordon and Andrew Ference responded for the Oilers (6-11-2), who have lost four in a row and have yet to win a game this season against a fellow Western Conference team, dropping to 0-9-1 in that category.We didnt play well enough to win, Gordon said. Thats kind of been the story of the last few games. Weve been inconsistent and we havent been able to find a way to push the game the other way. Until we do that, we are going to have a tough time winning games.Oilers head coach Dallas Eakins said that his top players were not at the top of their games as his team lost their fourth straight one-goal game.The guys who have to be critical for us right through our lineup, the forwards and some of our D, they werent there, he said. They showed sparks of coming, but for whatever reason the couldnt get it done. The guys we rely on less played well. Your key guys have to be your drivers every night, and it wasnt just two or three. We had a number of guys struggle through different portions of the game.Its disappointing. You want the points. We have to find a way to be on the other side of the one-goal games.Oilers goalie Ben Scrivens wasnt about to break down the five goals that got past him on the night.Ill let my goalie coach determine whats a bad goal or a good goal, if you dont mind, he said. I battled. I thought I made some saves to keep them in it.The Canucks went up 1-0 with four minutes to play in the first period, thanks to a short-handed goal. Shawn Matthias picked off a Ryan Nugent-Hopkins pass at the Edmonton blue-line and sent Hansen in on a breakaway, where he was able to beat Scrivens glove-side.It looked like the Canucks added another goal by Daniel Sedin just over a minute later, but the Oilers caught a huge break as it was ruled Alexandre Burrows had interfered with Scrivens in a bit of a questionable call as it appeared the Edmonton goalie embellished the contact.Vancouver had 10 first period shots to just four from Edmonton on Miller.The Canucks took a two-goal lead two minutes into the second period on the power play as a face-off win came right back to Vrbata in the slot and he beat Scrivens with a rocket of a shot for his seventh of the season.Edmonton got that goal back three minutes later as a Pinizzotto wrist shot seemed to freeze Miller, who barely reacted before the puck was in the net. It was Pinizzottos first career NHL goal, coming in his first game of the season for the Oilers.Vancouver made it 3-1 as a bad pass by Oilers defender Keith Aulie was picked off just outside the Edmonton zone, allowing Higgins to wire a long shot past Scrivens.The Oilers, however, came flying back with a pair of quick goals to knot the game 3-3.Edmonton struck on a power play with eight-and-a-half minutes left in the second period as the faceoff came back to Purcell at the point and he blasted it into the net.Just 11 seconds later, Gordon battled for a puck deep in the Vancouver zone and banked a shot off of Millers skate and in. Pinizzotto, who had a first period fight, picked up an assist on the play for the Gordie Howe hat trick.It is kind of rare to have something like that happen, Pinizzotto said. It was good for myself, but at the end of the day it is about the team, and we couldnt come out with a win today, which is disappointing. It was a good confidence builder for me personally, though.Vancouver surged back ahead with three minutes left in the second as Vrbata scored his second of the game, picking the top corner from the top of the circle on the power play.Edmonton made it 4-4 six minutes into the third frame as Ference scored his first of the season on a long shot through traffic.The Canucks once again took the lead with eight-and-a-half minutes left as Daniel Sedin made a perfect pass to a hard-charging Weber, who directed the shot off of Scrivens and in for his first of the year to make it 5-4.The Oilers looked like they may have tied it once more with 10 seconds left, but the goal was immediately waved off as it was ruled David Perron had kicked the puck off Millers blocker and into the net.It was kicked and the rule says if it doesnt hit another player and it only hits me, its no goal, Miller said. Thats what the rule is there for, you cant pick up your skate blade in the crease and make a kicking motion, so I think its the right call. If it had deflected off his skate or hits him, I could live with it, but I saw him kick it and it didnt touch anybody else, so I feel like it was the right call.The Canucks return home for three games, beginning on Thursday against the Anaheim Ducks. Edmonton plays the fourth game of a five-game homestand on Friday against the New Jersey Devils.Notes: The two teams have been awfully familiar with each other in the early running of the season. It was the fourth regular season meeting between the Oilers and Canucks, sixth if the pre-season is included. Vancouver swept the first three regular season meetings. The two teams wont meet again until April 11 in the final game of the regular season for both clubs… Canucks forward Zack Kassian returned to the lineup. 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It was great, because I had to stay positive after a tough first period.I couldnt think much about it. But we all played hard and got it done. Im really happy about this one.Mike Cammalleri scored two power-play goals for New Jersey. Jaromir Jagr got his 709th goal, moving into sole possession of sixth place on the NHL career list — one ahead of Mike Gartner. Peter Harrold also scored for the Devils.New Jersey lost more than a game. Travis Zajac and Adam Henrique, the teams two top centres, missed the third period. Their status for Saturdays game on Long Island is uncertain, Devils coach Pete DeBoer said.Zajac has a lower-body injury. Henrique has an upper-body injury.Nyquist beat Cory Schneider in the third round of the shootout, and Mrazek sealed the win with a pad stop on Michael Ryder.Mrazek was the fourth backup the struggling Devils faced in five games. New Jersey has only three wins in 12 games.Jagr had two points, giving him 1,770 and moving him within one of Marcel Dionne, who is fifth on the career list.The Red Wings have won three in a row and five of six. Niklas Kronwell and Henrik Zetterberg each chipped in two assists.The Red Wings scored a third unanswered goal when Miller netted his first of the season at 10:07 of the third period to make it 4-4.Kronwell drove hard to the net, only to have his shot blocked. Miller swatted the loose puck into the left side of the net.When youre not scoring, you dont get chances like that, Miller said. So I was lucky to find the rebound, and just put it in there. It feels great. It was a huge goal for the team and a huge goal for me.Ryder had a solid chancee to pull it out for Devils in the closing minutes, but couldnt deposit the backhander.ddddddddddddJagr, Cammalleri and Harrold staked the Devils to a 3-1 lead after one period.With the teams skating 4-on-4, Jagr got the Devils rolling at 2:18.Detroit countered with a power-play goal at 3:50 when Sheahan deflected Kronwalls blast from the left point by Schneider.Cammalleri put New Jersey back in front at 2-1, snapping in a shot from the left circle for a power-play tally at 13:52.Harrold, taking a feed that Jagr threaded through traffic, scored from the right circle dot at 15:18.It was the first goal in 49 games for the Devils defenceman, playing in his second game this season following a recall from the minors on Nov. 17.Cammalleri struck again on the power play, 28 seconds into the second period, for the Devils third unanswered goal.A seemingly secure advantage slipped away as the period progressed.Ouellet, left alone in the slot, got his first NHL goal at 1:55 to cut the deficit to two. That energized the Red Wings as they outshot the Devils 17-6 in the period.The Devils blew a golden opportunity to reverse the momentum with a 5-on-3 power play for 1:56. New Jersey managed only one shot in that span.We had a chance to extend the lead and didnt do anything with it, DeBoer said. That was a key moment in the game. Then, we took a lot of penalties and let them back into it. I expected us to have a little bit more of a killer instinct, but we didnt have it.Abdelkader, wide open in the slot, swatted a pass out from Henrik Zetterberg for a power-play goal at 12:52 to trim the Devils lead to 4-3.And the tide had turned in Detroits favour.How many leads can we continue to lose, good healthy leads? There are no excuses for us, Cammalleri said. I hope were not ready to dwell over this. We cant overthink things. We have to pull up our socks, man up and get ready to play a big one against the Islanders.NOTES: After nine days on the road, where they went 1-2-1, the Devils were home for only one game. ... Detroit will host Vancouver on Sunday to begin a four-game homestand. ... D Marek Zidlicky dressed for the Devils despite a right foot injury sustained in New Jerseys 2-0 loss in Vancouver on Tuesday. ... The Devils have one win in the last 21 games decided in a shootout. ... The Red Wings are 1-3 in shootouts this season. ' ' '
