Dwayne Roloson and the Edmonton Oilers stuck to the basics to pick up two more points in the Western Conference standings.

Roloson made 43 saves, Ales Hemsky, Zack Stortini and Tom Gilbert scored goals, and Liam Reddox had two assists to help the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Saturday night.

The Edmonton Oilers moved into a tie with Anaheim for seventh place—a point ahead of ninth-place Nashville and two ahead of Minnesota Wild and Dallas in the tight race for the eight playoff spots.

Reddox, who had his first two-point game, thought the Oilers were much better against the Wild than in their 1-0 loss to Columbus earlier in the week.

Andrew Brunette and Antii Miettinen scored for the Minnesota Wild. The Wild have lost three straight, two to start a six-game trip.

“I think in the first period we played good and the second period wasn’t what we wanted and I think the third period we had it again a little bit more there,” Wild forward Mikko Koivu said. “We had a good game, but we can’t be happy with it. We needed these points as much as they did, but there’s nothing else we can do. It was a good effort by the whole team, but we were short by one goal.”

The Minnesota Wild took a 2-1 lead on Miettinen’s power-play goal with 35 seconds left in the first period. The Oilers tied it at on Stortini’s quick wrist shot that seemed to freeze goalie Josh Harding at 5:03 of the second.

Gilbert capped the scoring with 4:38 left in the second. Minnesota outshot the Edmonton Oilers 18-3 in the third period. Minnesota’s Pierre-Marc Bouchard thought Roloson stole it for Edmonton.

In the final minute, Edmonton Oilers captain Ethan Moreau was struck in the eye by Miettinen’s high stick.

“We don’t have much further to say about Ethan other than he has gone to the hospital and it looks pretty serious,” MacTavish said. “He went under his own steam. It looks like the stick gave him a gash on the socket. According to the doctors you could see where it raked across the eye.”