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Final Score: Edmonton 2 - Chicago 5

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Jonathan Toews, Dave Bolland and Marian Hossa each collected a goal and one assist as Chicago tallied three times in the third period to subdue Edmonton, 5-2, at United Center.

Dustin Byfuglien and Niklas Hjalmarsson also lit the lamp for the Blackhawks, winners in five of their last six games.

Cristobal Huet picked up the win with a 12-save performance for Chicago, which pulled even with idle San Jose for the top spot in the Western Conference with 89 points.

Robert Nilsson and Shawn Horcoff scored for the Oilers, who have dropped three in a row and seven of eight. Devan Dubnyk was deluged in the loss for all five goals on 47 shots.

"We could learn a lot from [the Blackhawks]," Oilers head coach Pat Quinn said, "They don't fool around...They make the opposition have to defend."

Edmonton, which holds the distinction of the worst record in the NHL at 19-38-6, made deals at the trade deadline.

The club unloaded veteran defenseman Steve Staios to rival Calgary for defenseman Aaron Johnson and a third-round draft pick, then acquired defenseman Ryan Whitney and a 2010 sixth-round draft pick from Anaheim for blueliner Lubomir Visnovsky. The Oilers also claimed forward Ryan Jones off waivers from Nashville.

Hjalmarsson's blast opened the scoring in the third period for a 3-2 Blackhawks lead 20 seconds in.

Byfuglien doubled the advantage on a power play at 9:24, when his second- chance poke at a rebound in the crease found its way past Dubnyk.

Toews then unleashed a sizzling wrister from the right circle and Chicago led 5-2 with 3:44 left in regulation.

"We didn't execute [early] as well as we wanted, but we found a way to win this game, and that's what matters," Hjalmarsson said.

Following a scoreless first period, Chicago took a 1-0 lead in a 4-on-4 situation on Hossa's shot at 3:26 of the second.

Edmonton came back with two goals in a 52-second span. Nilsson poked a shot past Huet's attempt to cover it in the crease at 15:31, then Horcoff's wrister through a screen went in at 16:23.

Bolland netted the equalizer for the 'Hawks inside of two minutes left in the period.