Chris Pronger was booed relentlessly in his return to Edmonton on Tuesday, but proved his mettle by helping Anaheim steal two points. 

Ryan Getzlaf scored 2:19 into overtime to vault the visiting Anaheim Ducks to a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers before a capacity crowd of 16,839 at Rexall Place.

Chris Pronger, right, and the Ducks celebrate a 3-2 OT win at Edmonton.
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Getzlaf beat Dwayne Roloson between the pads for the decisive goal, his 10th of the season, and, in effect, win one for Chris Pronger.

"It's always nice to win when you come back and play a team you used to play for," Pronger said.

"We knew it would a bit difficult for him [Pronger] coming back in here and we wanted to support him as much as we could," said Ducks defenceman Scott Niedermayer, who notched one assist in his 1,000th NHL appearance.

Pronger earned one assist in his first appearance in the Alberta capital since helping Edmonton reach the Stanley Cup finals, only to demand to be traded without publicly explaining why.

All he cited was personal reasons.

Pronger, winner of the Hart and Norris Trophy in 2000, was dealt July 3 to the Ducks for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid, a pair of first-round draft picks and a second-rounder.

Asked about the surly reaction by Edmonton fans, he replied: "Obviously, you've got to expect the worst. It was respectful, I think."

Pronger was jeered each time he touched the puck and serenaded with chants of "You Sold Out!" and "Proooonger!," and numerous fans brought placards like "Tell the Truth, Chris," "The Gap in Your Story is Bigger Than the Gap in Your Teeth," and "Chris: 1985 Phoned; They Want Their Hair Back."

Pronger seemed unfazed by it, though, and even sparked Anaheim's comeback with a wrist shot that Teemu Selanne deflected past Roloson to make it 2-1 at 12:03 of the second period.

"He thrives on this type of atmosphere," Roloson said of Pronger.

"When you have played as well as he has over the past, teams hate you and they want to come out and play hard on you. And the fans want to nail you, too."

Selanne nets No. 503

Selanne led the Ducks (17-2-6) with a goal and an assist, while Chris Kunitz also scored.

Selanne now has 11 goals this season and 503 overall.

Jean-Sebastien Giguere turned aside 22 of 24 shots, including 10 in a first period dominated by Edmonton. 

Marty Reasoner and Ryan Smyth scored for the Oilers (13-8-1), who suffered their first setback in six outings.

Roloson finished with 23 saves. 

Edmonton opened the scoring 7:38 into the contest on a sharp-angled wrist shot from Reasoner that found a seam over Giguere's left shoulder.

Smyth was credited with making it 2-0 when Fernando Pisani's shot struck his skate en route to the back of the net at 5:25 of the second period. 

Reasoner and Smyth have four and 12 goals, respectively.

After Selanne scored, Anaheim pressed for the equalizer and came at Roloson in waves. Kunitz scored his 14th with 17 seconds remaining in regulation to force OT.

"We were coming on and they were going backwards," Pronger said.

"It looked inevitable that they would get the goal," MacTavish said. "We played, basically, the whole third period in our own zone."

With files from the Canadian Press