DENVER (AP) - Shawn Horcoff broke a tie with 6:35 left, and Mathieu Garon made 37 saves in the Edmonton Oilers' 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.
Horcoff scored off a mad scramble in front of the Avalanche net, beating a sprawled-out Andrew Raycroft with a shot into the corner of the net.
Tom Gilbert and Sam Gagner also scored to help the Oilers snap a five-game losing streak at Pepsi Center, and hand the Avalanche their third straight loss. Tyler Arnason and T.J. Hensick scored for Colorado.
The Avalanche pulled Raycroft with 1:24 left, but couldn't slip anything past Garon, who was playing in his 200th career game.
Raycroft had 34 saves.
Colorado and Edmonton both lost the night before. The Oilers are 6-5 in the second game of back-to-back contests, while the Avalanche is 1-3-1.
Hensick scored the lone goal in the second period, while Ryan Smyth had a near chance short-handed at the end of the period.
Gilbert scored on a power play with 36.5 seconds remaining in the opening period to give the Oilers a 2-1 advantage.
Arnason tied it at 1 late in the first period, redirecting a shot just out of Garon's reach.
Oilers defenseman Steve Staios scored the first goal, blasting in a shot from just inside the blue line that beat Raycroft 2:10 into the game.
Notes: The Avalanche started an eight-game homestand, the second-longest in team history. Their stay at Pepsi Center spans 21 days, but will be interrupted by the All-Star break ... Avalanche forward Ian Laperriere missed his sixth straight game with a back injury, and forward David Jones was held out for a second consecutive night with a back injury ... Horcoff has 11 goals this season ... Gilbert had an assist on Horcoff's goal.
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