Anaheim Ducks defenceman Chris Pronger faced the Edmonton Oilers for the first time since being traded and set up three goals in Wednesday's convincing 6-2 victory.

The Ducks had dropped their previous four meetings with the Oilers and 11 of 12, including five of six at the Honda Center.

Chris Pronger watches in dismay as Jarret Stoll scores on J.S. Giguere.
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"Whenever you are playing against former teammates, it is always a big game," Pronger said. "This team was 1-8 against them last year and 0-4 in the regular season, so we wanted to get off to a good start this year against them.

"The way they play is very similar to the way we play because of the skill and speed up front. We both play an up-tempo game where you want to pressure and get in on the forecheck."
 
Pronger, who sparked controversy last spring by asking to be traded because his wife Lauren had soured on Edmonton, was dealt July 3 to Anaheim for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid, two first-round draft picks and a second-rounder.

"We had a sense that something was going on with Chris, so I really cannot say I was surprised or shocked," Oilers head coach Craig MacTavish said. "But we got a couple of good players in return and you move on."

Pronger, winner of the 2000 Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player, anchored Edmonton's run to the Stanley Cup finals, where it fell in seven games to the Carolina Hurricanes.

"Chris was a terrific teammate and a terrific player, one of the best players in the league," MacTavish said.

Pronger, who drew cheers Wednesday from the 13,537 on hand at the Honda Center, will likely hear plenty of jeers when Anaheim visits Edmonton on Nov. 28.

Ryan Getzlaf and Travis Moen each scored two goals as the Ducks (7-0-2) extended their winning streak to four games.

Scott Niedermayer had a goal and an assist, while rookie Ryan Shannon rounded out the scoring.

Todd Fedoruk and Samuel Pahlsson added two assists apiece in support of Jean-Sebastien Giguere, who made 29 saves in the win.

Jarret Stoll tallied both goals for the Oilers (6-2-0), who also entered Wednesday's showdown on a three-game winning streak.

Dwayne Roloson surrendered six goals on 20 shots.

"It seemed like almost everything that could go wrong, went wrong," he said. "It was just one of those nights."

"We had quite a few breakdowns in front of Rollie," MacTavish explained. "We turned the puck over a lot and self-destructed a bit.

"You want to play a good structured organized game. But we got away from that."

Stoll staked Roloson to a 1-0 lead 7:26 into the contest, converting a centring pass from Raffi Torres for his second goal of the season, but Moen potted a Pronger rebound to even proceedings 57 seconds later.

"Chris is a big, strong defenceman, who is good with the puck, and he seems to find the net all the time with his shot," Moen said. "He always gets it [the point shot] through, it seems like, and it leads into scoring chances."

Niedermayer's third put Anaheim ahead at 1:34 of the second period and Getzlaf made it 3-1 on a wrist shot four minutes in. 

Ales Hemsky set up Stoll's second tally of the night, a power-play marker on a one-timer that cut the deficit to 3-2 at 7:07.

But the Ducks responded with three unanswered goals, beginning with Shannon's second on a blistering slapshot with 4:54 left.

Getzlaf and Moen capped the scoring with their fourth and second goals of the campaign at 9:26 and 13:20 of the third period, respectively.

With files from Sports Network