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EDMONTON, Alberta—Marek Svatos scored the go-ahead goal in the second period, and the Colorado Avalanche snapped a three-game skid by beating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Thursday night.

Karlis Skrastins and Milan Hejduk also scored for the Avalanche. Shawn Horcoff and Ales Hemsky had goals for Edmonton.

Colorado also ended a four-game road losing streak, improving to 3-7-1 away from home. The Oilers have lost three of four on a season-long six-game homestand.

Svatos put the Avalanche ahead for the third time midway through the second period. He picked up his own rebound and appeared to direct the puck in with his skate, but a video review showed he was able to touch the puck with his stick just as it was crossing the goal line.

Colorado scored 6:43 in when ex-Oiler Ryan Smyth picked up a loose puck and directed it to Skrastins, who beat Mathieu Garon for his first goal this season. The Oilers tied it on a power play when Horcoff wristed a shot through Peter Budaj from the side of the net.

Colorado regained the lead in the second. John-Michael Liles’ point shot was tipped in by Hejduk 4 seconds after a penalty to Garon expired.

The Oilers struck back 36 seconds later when Horcoff connected on a cross-ice pass to Hemsky and he slapped a one-timer past Budaj to tie it at 2.

Edmonton had only two second-period shots to Colorado’s 16 and was behind 23-9 in shots after 40 minutes.

Notes:@ Garon was in net for the fifth time in the last six games ahead of usual starter Dwayne Roloson. … The Oilers finally got some good news on the injury front as defenseman Joni Pitkanen returned to the lineup. He had missed 13 games with a knee injury. … It was Smyth’s second return to Edmonton. In the previous two games, he was held without a point and was minus-3.