Edmonton's Sam Gagner congratulates goalie Dwayne Roloson following Friday's 5-3 win at Anaheim. (Jeff Lewis/Associated Press)

Dustin Penner scored twice against his former team and Dwayne Roloson turned aside 51 shots, including 23 in the third period, to lead the visiting Edmonton Oilers to a 5-3 win over Anaheim on Friday night.

"Every game is like a playoff game for us now," Roloson said. "You just try to focus on every game from here on. It doesn't matter who we play."

Corey Perry cut the Ducks' deficit to 4-3 at 3:25 of the third but couldn't muster the equalizer, even with goaltender Jonas Hiller pulled for an extra attacker in the final minute.

With 12 seconds left on the clock, Ales Kotalik scored into an empty net to give Edmonton its first win in four starts and a split of its two-game road trip.

Fernando Pisani and Kyle Brodziak, with his first goal in nine contests, also scored for the Oilers, who jumped over idle Nashville into seventh place in the NHL's Western Conference. The Predators remain eighth while Anaheim fell to ninth.

Making his team-record 31st consecutive start, Roloson was magnificent in the third period, highlighted by his work during a double minor to Edmonton left-winger Jean-Francois Jacques.

Roloson also flashed his glove hand on a Chris Pronger blast seven minutes into the period and foiled defenceman Scott Niedermayer with the Oilers short-handed in the second.

"It was just unbelievable goaltending," Edmonton coach Craig MacTavish said. "That save on (Chris) Pronger was just incredible. Prongs came in and waxed one from the top of the circle and Rollie just got it."

"Our guys were out there blocking shots, doing everything," Roloson said. "Our `D' did an awesome job of clearing out the rebounds."

But if the Oilers are to have a chance at maintaining their playoff standing, they're probably going to have to make things easier for their goalie. In the last four games, Edmonton has allowed 43, 36, 44 and 54 blasts at Roloson.

Anaheim, which entered Friday's contests with five consecutive wins, got a pair of goals from Ryan Getzlaf — his 24th and 25th of the season — to erase a 2-0 deficit just 15 seconds into the second period.

But the Oilers, as they did to start the game, filled the net quickly with two goals in nine seconds to regain their two-goal advantage.

Penner, who notched the first goal of the game 71 seconds after the opening faceoff, fired his second of the night and 17th of the season at 2:40 of the second period.

"I'm sure we gave everyone their money's worth with a very exciting game," said Penner, who helped Anaheim win a Stanley Cup in 2007. "There was a lot of intensity out there, a lot of focus."

It marked Edmonton's seventh power-play goal in 28 chances over the last seven games.

In his first full NHL season, Penner scored 29 goals and 45 points and was a big reason Anaheim hoisted the Stanley Cup in 2007.

Edmonton signed the six-foot-four left-winger and restricted free agent to an offer sheet that off-season, which then-Ducks general manager Brian Burke — now with Toronto — declined to match.

Brodziak made it 4-2 Oilers with his 11th goal of the season. After Jacques delivered a thundering check against blue-liner Brendan Mikkelson behind the Anaheim net and caused a turnover, Brodziak stepped into a shot that beat Jean-Sebastien Giguere and spelled the end to the goaltender's night.

"I'm not going to beat myself up about it," Giguere said. "I'm going to go home, and [Saturday's] going to be a new day."

"We're still right in the hunt. We're still in eighth place, so every game is a must-win from here on. I know we have the character, the talent and the leadership to go and do it."

Perry pushed the Ducks to within a goal on a pretty individual effort. The former Ontario Hockey League standout skated out from the corner, continued across the slot and lifted a shot over Roloson, who was caught out of position.

Penner and Pisani scored 37 seconds apart in the first period.

Edmonton returns home to play six of its final seven regular-season games at Rexall Place, starting Sunday against division-rival Minnesota at 6 p.m. MT.

With files from the Associated Press