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The Oilers' Zack Stortini, right, and the Coyotes' Paul Bissonnette fight during first period in Edmonton. Nov. 23, 2009.
The Associated Press
EDMONTON, Alberta — Jeff Deslauriers made 36 saves for his first NHL shutout, and Sheldon Souray and Ales Hemsky scored a team-record 7 seconds apart to lead the Edmonton Oilers over the Phoenix Coyotes 4-0 on Monday night.
Ethan Moreau and Shawn Horcoff also scored for the Oilers, who have won two of three after a stretch of 11 losses in 14 games.
The Coyotes have dropped two of three and are yet to win consecutive games this month.
Moreau blew past Phoenix defender Sami Lepisto and beat goalie Ilya Bryzgalov at 7:59 of the first period. Edmonton then quickly opened a three-goal cushion when Souray scored at 11:07 and Hemsky at 11:14.
The first was a bit of a fluke as it appeared Matthew Lombardi's attempt to clear a puck in front of the net caromed off David Schlemko and in. Souray was credited with the goal.
Edmonton then came roaring in off the ensuing faceoff as Hemsky took a feed from Dustin Penner and deked Bryzgalov for his 100th career goal.
Glenn Anderson and Wayne Gretzky scored 8 seconds apart for Edmonton against St. Louis in 1982.
Deslauriers, making his third consecutive start with regular starter Nikolai Khabibulin out with a sore back, was able to keep it a 3-0 game after the first with a huge kick save on Scottie Upshall with about two minutes to play.
The Oilers made it 4-0 on a power play when a point shot by Souray was tipped by Horcoff with 0.1 seconds remaining in the second.
Ladislav Smid kept Deslauriers' shutout bid intact four minutes into the third when he was able to sweep a puck that was sitting on the goal line out of trouble.
Phoenix outshot Edmonton 36-25.
LOOSE PUCKS: The Oilers called up Devan Dubnyk from the AHL to serve as Deslauriers' backup.
F Ryan Stone (knee) skated for the first time in a month.
Phoenix defenseman Ed Jovanovski, who has missed the last eight games because of a lower-body injury, accompanied the team on its two-game trip to Alberta. The Coyotes visit Calgary on Wednesday.
Coyotes forward Petr Prucha has gone a month without a goal.
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