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The Edmonton Oilers exploited a shaky Roberto Luongo and continued to play spoiler in the Western Conference, defeating the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 at Rexall Place on Tuesday.

All three goals Edmonton scored on Luongo could be considered shaky, as Tom Gilbert, Robert Nilsson and Andrew Cogliano scored for the Oilers.

Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin scored his 200th career goal, while Mason Raymond netted the other Canucks tally.

Edmonton, last in the Western Conference, has won three straight games.

The Canucks remain five points ahead of the idle Colorado Avalanche for the Pacific Division lead. The Canucks have nine games left, the Avs have 10.

Jeff Deslauriers was the surprise starter in net for Edmonton, as Devan Dubynk was out with an illness, and came up with a spectacular performance. The 25-year-ancient from St. Jean-Richelieu, Que., made 31 saves as Vancouver outshot the Oilers 33-22.

No stops were better than the ones Deslauriers made on Kyle Wellwood in the third period to keep the one-goal lead intact.

With 12 minutes to go, Deslauriers made a sprawling glove save on the Canucks forward, and then with two minutes left Wellwood stickhandled through the Edmonton defence but his shot was met by Deslauriers’ outstretched right leg.

A large Vancouver contingent cheered on the team in its first road game in nearly two weeks, as many Canucks fans made the trip to Rexall Place on Tuesday.

Gilbert snuck one by Luongo on the Oilers’ first shot of the game at 3:02 of the first. He fired a terrible-angle shot along the ice that snuck through the Canucks goalie’s legs for a 1-0 Edmonton lead.

Nilsson found another chink in Luongo’s armour at 6:58, fooling him with a small-side shot for his 11th of the season.

Deslauriers was solid in Edmonton’s crease, stopping Alex Burrows and Michael Grabner in close, but had no chance on the Canucks’ goal at 13:21. Raymond slammed one home after a cross-slot pass from Grabner to cut the lead in half.

But Luongo surrendered another stinker at 8:01 of the second, as Cogliano fired a soft shot along the ice that went through his legs to make the score 3-1. Luongo surrendered three goals on the first 10 shots he faced.

Daniel Sedin gave the Canucks their second goal at 16:12. Predictably, he fired home his 200th career goal after receiving a fantastic pass from brother Henrik.

Oilers goalie Dubynk won his past two starts, and was rewarded with an illness that forced him to be quarantined from his fellow teammates.

So Edmonton had no backup netminder, and was considering dressing its goaltending coach before signing University of Calgary goaltender Nathan Deobald to a one-day contract. He was on the bench for the game against the Canucks.

Vancouver hosts Anaheim on Wednesday, while the Oilers gets their shot at the Ducks on Friday.

Ottawa goalie Brian Elliot, left, makes a save on Philadelphia’s Dan Carcillo, right, on Tuesday. (Phillip MacCallum/Getty Images)

Brian Elliott stopped 26 shots to earn his second shutout in as many nights, as the Ottawa Senators blanked Philadelphia 2-0.

It’s the first time in over a month the Senators have won back-to-back games.

Chris Kelly and Daniel Alfredsson scored for Ottawa, which is fifth overall in the Eastern Conference.

Brian Boucher made 24 saves for the Flyers, who lost their third in a row.

Philadelphia is tied with Montreal for sixth place in the East with 79 points.

Boston is eighth, a point back after a 4-0 win over Atlanta.

David Booth had the first two-goal game of an injury-marred season and the Florida Panthers cooled off the Toronto Maple Leafs with a 4-1 victory on Tuesday night.

Panthers goalie Scott Clemmensen came within three minutes of registering his first shutout of the season. He settled for a 42-save effort.

Michael Frolik and Jason Garrison also scored for Florida, which became the first visiting team to leave Toronto with a victory since March 2.

Fredrik Sjostrom scored for the Maple Leafs, who received 25 saves from J.S. Giguere.

Booth is starting to find his stride after missing 45 games because of a concussion sustained from a controversial hit by Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards. That hit reignited the debate to regulate head shots in the NHL. The injury prevented Booth from exercising for two months and cost him a chance at playing for the United States at last month’s Vancouver Olympics.

But the 25-year-ancient forward seems to be regaining the form that produced 31 goals last season. Booth has four goals in four games.

Toronto entered with wins in six of the team’s last seven games and was hoping to go closer to escaping the basement in the Eastern Conference. The Maple Leafs remain four points back of 14th place.

The Leafs outshot the Panthers 19-8 in the first period, but went to the dressing room trailing 1-0. Booth took advantage of an error by Toronto defenceman Luke Schenn, knocking the puck from his stick before beating Giguere high to the glove at 11:30.

Toronto piled on the shots during two late power plays, but couldn’t beat Clemmensen. The Maple Leafs went 0-6 on the power play.

Booth gave the Panthers a small more breathing room at 1:25 of the third period. He tipped Bryan McCabe’s shot past Giguere to deflate the home crowd.

Florida went ahead 3-0 when Frolik’s shot deflected off Maple Leafs defenceman Tomas Kaberle’s foot and behind Giguere. Shortly after Sjostrom finished Clemmensen’s shutout bid, Garrison scored into an empty net.