"Technically, Sam Gagner is striding on water.

And perhaps now that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow is no longer in need of divine intervention, the Edmonton Oilers forward is getting a little help from above.

That's one way explain the run Gagner is currently on collecting another three points and adding a shootout goal Saturday night in a 5-4 win over the Detroit Red Wings.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the shootout winner, while Devan Dubnyk turned away five of the six Red Wing to collect his third consecutive win.

'Great play'

"My first chance was a quality one and I was able to put it in," said Gagner. "Even after that, I just put the puck on net and (Jordan) Eberle makes a great play and gets a goal off of it.

"After that, the tip-in goal, I just wanted to get to the net and create as much as I can around there. It feels good to contribute to wins. There is still a long way to go in the season, I just want to find a way to keep it going."

Todd Bertuzzi's third-period performance nearly upstaged Gagner, who scored a pair of goals and added an assist as he ran up his consecutive points total, in on 11 straight goals for the Oilers, which is a team record.

Having tied another team record with eight points Thursday night in a win over the Chicago Blackhawks, Gagner picked up right where he left off, scoring the Oilers opening goal of the night, then picking up an assists on Eberle's marker, before rounding out the frame tipping a Ryan Smyth shot past Wings goaltender Ty Conklin with time running out in the period.

"I can't believe it," Oilers head coach Tom Renney said of Gagner's streak. "It's just nutty. I guess we'll keep playing him."

Gagner's late goal came in response to the Wings opening marker as Valtteri Filppula scored after fanning on a shot from the slot, which hit Ryan Whitney's skate an eluded Dubnyk, who was making his fifth-consecutive start for the Oilers."