EDMONTON, Alberta -- The lowest-scoring team in the NHL didn't need much offense in its tour of Alberta.

Two days after beating the Flames 1-0 in Calgary, the Anaheim Ducks rolled into Rexall Place and beat the Edmonton Oilers by the same score Thursday night at Rexall Place.

The Ducks, having re-invented themselves as a suffocating defensive team that struggles to score goals but doesn't surrender much either, played their game to perfection. They frustrated the Oilers all night, barely giving Edmonton any room to breathe in the neutral zone.

Anaheim took a 1-0 lead on the power play at 11:58 of the first period when center Ryan Getzlaf scored just his third goal of the season.

With five points separating second and seventh place in the Pacific Division standings when the puck dropped, and two points separating the sixth-place Ducks and seventh-place Oilers, both sides knew the importance of the game, and it showed. It was tight-checking and hard-fought all night, with Edmonton blinking just once. And in the end, that was all the opening Anaheim needed.

It was a clash between two teams that seem headed in opposite directions. The Oilers have gone 1-6-1 since their six-game winning streak in early December, falling from third in the division to last.

The Ducks, meanwhile, started terribly (1-7-2), but are slowly picking up a little speed, going 14-8-4 since and 4-1-1 in their last six to move four points past Edmonton in the standings.

Goaltender John Gibson didn't see a lot of action in the Ducks net, but he stopped all 21 shots the Oilers threw at him to post his second consecutive shutout.

At the other end, the Oilers started goalie Cam Talbot in the hope that he could recover after giving up three goals in 96 seconds and getting the hook Tuesday against Los Angeles, and he did exactly that. He responded with an outstanding effort, making a handful of key saves to keep the Oilers close among his 34 saves.

NOTES: Oilers LW Iiro Pakarinen missed Thursday night's game with concussion symptoms after a hit on Tuesday against Los Angeles. ... The Oilers sent D Nikita Nikitin to AHL Bakersfield and activated D Brandon Davidson, who had been out for four games with a rib injury. ... LW Rob Klinkhammer, who had missed 15 of the last 16 games with an ankle injury, was removed from injured reserve. ... Oilers LW Matt Hendricks is wearing a visor now after an eye was clipped with a stick on Tuesday. ... The Ducks have the lowest goals-per-game average in the NHL (1.89) with 67 goals in their first 35 games. ... Ducks C Andrew Cogliano, who has never missed a game in his NHL career, extended his streak to 658 games. ... The Ducks' longest win streak this season is three games. ... Anaheim D Cam Fowler was out with a sprained knee. ... Since being recalled from the AHL on Nov. 24, Ducks G John Gibson is tied for the NHL lead in shutouts with three.