Philippe Hudon scored two in regulation for the Tigres

In the first step of what could be a long rebuilding process, the Edmonton Oilers traded winger David Perron to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday for a 2015 first-round draft pick and centre Rob Klinkhammer.Perron wasnt the last-place Oilers biggest problem in a season that has gone even worse than expected. What the 26-year-old represented was the best chance for general manager Craig MacTavish to acquire assets for the near future.Edmonton is already a strong contender in the Connor McDavid sweepstakes. If the Penguins win the Metropolitan Division or reach the Stanley Cup final, the pick the Oilers are getting will be late in the first round, so it could be used in a future trade. Klinkhammer is a depth centre who began the season with the Arizona Coyotes before being dealt to Pittsburgh for defensive prospect Philip Samuelsson. The Lethbridge, Alta., native has four goals and two assists in 29 games this year and 39 points in 139 career NHL games.The 28-year-old has a salary-cap hit of US$625,000 and is set to be an unrestricted free agent this summer.Klinkhammer may not be a long-term solution, but his addition is expected to allow the Oilers to send 19-year-old Leon Draisaitl back to junior. The team recalled centre Anton Lander from Oklahoma City of the American Hockey League, and hes replacing Draisaitl in the lineup for Friday nights game at Colorado.Interim coach Todd Nelson called sitting Draisaitl a management decision but declined to go any further. He could be back with the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League before playing enough games to accrue a season toward NHL free agency.One of the Oilers biggest issues has been the lack of a No. 2 centre behind Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. They recently acquired Derek Roy from the Nashville Predators in exchange for Mark Arcobello.In getting a first-round pick for Perron, whos signed through 2015-16 at a salary-cap hit of $3.81 million, the Oilers made good use of a player who was capable of producing but not turning the franchise around.After a few years (in the NHL) you just want to win, Perron told reporters in Denver. Obviously its not going to happen this year here in Edmonton, and its nice to get that kind of opportunity in Pittsburgh.The 26-year-old has five goals and 15 assists in 38 games this season.The Sherbrooke, Que., native has 117 goals and 157 assists in 456 career games with the Oilers and St. Louis Blues. He goes from a team stuck in the Western Conference basement to one that is a perennial playoff contender.Perron fills an immediate need given that the Penguins have been besieged by injuries and are missing top-six wingers Pascal Dupuis and Patric Hornqvist. Because of that, general manager Jim Rutherford said he expects Perron to start on right wing.Rutherford had been searching for a top-six winger since the first month of the season and said hed been talking with MacTavish about Perron for at least several weeks. He envisions Perron as a long-term fixture in Pittsburgh.Perrons only 26, hes coming into the prime of his career, Rutherford told reporters at Consol Energy Center. As long as the contract works out long term and he fits here, he could be a good player here for a good six, seven years.In the short term, Perron could play on the wing in Pittsburgh with either Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin.Its a new chapter for me, and I get a chance to hopefully go really deep in the playoffs, Perron said. Theres not many better opportunities to go to.Entering Fridays games, the Penguins (23-9-5) were just one point behind first-place Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference.The Oilers are facing questions about the future despite a young core that includes Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Nugent-Hopkins. Perron said he was happy to be going to a contender but the competitive forward also said its difficult leaving, even amid the losing.Its always hard leaving a place when youre emotionally involved no matter how tough the situation was here, Perron said. Even if the Oilers are struggling right now, theyll find a way out eventually and theyll be a top team in the league. Looks like I wont be a part of it.Later Friday, the Oilers assigned forward Steve Pinizzotto to Oklahoma City and took forward Benoit Pouliot off the injured reserve list. Nelson said Pouliot coming back and Perron going out wasnt a seamless transition but would help ease the dropoff. Fake Jerseys For Sale . 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Philippe Desrosiers stopped 42 shots through overtime and three more in the shootout to pick up his third shutout of the season for Rimouski (31-15-7). Zachary Fucale made 28 saves for Halifax (34-17-3) in the loss. DeLuca led all Oceanic skaters in shots on net with five, while Mooseheads Matt Murphy, MacKenzie Weegar and Brent Andrews had five shots apiece. --- SEA DOGS 5 TITAN 3 BATHURST, N.B. -- Oliver Cooper scored two goals to lead Saint John over the Titan. Jason Cameron and Nathan Noel had a goal and an assist apiece for the Sea Dogs (17-32-4), and Nicolas Hebert scored the other. Scott Oke had a goal and an assist for Acadie-Bathurst (17-33-6), and Nicholas Blanchard and Matthew Boudrea each scored once. Christopher Smith made 26 saves for the victory while his Titan counterpart Jacob Brennan stopped 24 shots. --- ARMADA 5 ISLANDERS 2 CHARLOTTETOWN -- Danick Martel scored two and assisted on another as the visiting Armada toppled the Islanders. Christopher Clapperton and Nikita Jevpalovs had a goal and an assist apiece for Blainville-Boisbriand (34-10-9) and Philippe Sanche added an empty-net goal at 17:554 of the third period.dddddddddddd. Alexandre Goulet scored both goals for Charlottetown (17-32-5), who has now lost 11 in a row. Armada goaltender Samuel Montembeault made 28 saves. Eric Brassard stopped 27 shots in the losing effort. --- TIGRES 3 REMPARTS 2 (SO) QUEBEC CITY -- Jean-Francois Plante and Samuel Blais both scored in a shootout to lead Victoriaville to its 12th straight victory. Philippe Hudon scored two in regulation for the Tigres (28-19-6), while Angelo Miceli and Cameron Yarwood chipped in with assists on both goals. Quebec (31-14-9) got goals from Mikhail Grigorenko and Oliver Archambault, while outshooting the Tigres 40-31. Francois Tremblay turned aside 38 shots to pick up the victory. Callum Booth made 29 saves for the Remparts. --- FOREURS 4 SAGUENEENS 3 VAL-DOR, Que. -- Jeremie Frasers third-period goal held up as the winner as the Foreurs held off the Sagueneens. Anthony Mantha scored twice for Val-dOr (33-18-2), and Pierre-Maxime Poudrier added a goal and an assist. Fraser also chipped in with an assist on the night. Jane Puhakka and Nicolas Roy had a goal and an assist apiece for Chicoutimi (25-27-1). Jeremy Bouchard recorded two assists. Val-dOrs Antoine Bibeau made 29 saves for the win, while Julio Billia stopped 26 shots for the Sagueneens. ' ' '