The Blackhawks needed two periods to get up to full speed against the lowly Edmonton Oilers. Niklas Hjalmarsson, Dustin Byfuglien and Jonathan Toews scored in the third period to help the Blackhawks beat the Oilers 5-2 on Wednesday night for their fifth victory in six games.Marian Hossa and Dave Bolland also scored for the Blackhawks, who increasingly dominated as the game progressed. Patrick Kane added two assists as they wound up outshooting Edmonton 47-14.The Blackhawks were flat in a 5-3 road loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday night, their first game following the Olympic break. Six Blackhawks including Toews, Kane and Hossa took part in the Vancouver Games.Hossa, who played for Slovakia in Vancouver, added an assist, as did Toews.Robert Nilsson and Shawn Horcoff scored for Edmonton. The Oilers have lost three straight and seven of their last eight.The Oilers, who made two trades before the deadline Wednesday, skated with a largely inexperienced group of defensemen, including recent AHL callups Dean Arsene, Taylor Chorney, Theo Peckham and Johan Motin.Cristobal Huet made 12 saves in his first start in nearly a month. Antti Niemi had made five straight starts for the Blackhawks, but Huet replaced him early in the second period of the loss to the Islanders.The Blackhawks failed to make a long-rumored trade to upgrade their goaltending before the deadline.After Wednesday’s win, Chicago coach Joel Quenneville called Huet’s performance “OK.” Huet, who faced just three shots in the third period, didn’t want to read much into his victory.Edmonton backup Devan Dubnyk stopped 42 shots. He was recalled from Springfield of the AHL on Monday after playing there during the Olympic break.Earlier, Edmonton sent veteran defenseman Steve Staios to Calgary for defenseman Aaron Johnson and a third-round 2010 draft pick. The Oilers also dealt Lubomir Visnovsky, their top-scoring defenseman, to Anaheim for defenseman and U.S. Olympian Ryan Whitney and a sixth-round pick this year.Also, Edmonton claimed forward Ryan Jones off waivers from Nashville. Jones was in the lineup, however Johnson and Whitney didn’t arrive in time for the game.Hossa put the Hawks ahead 1-0 during a 4-on-4 at 3:26 of the second when he ripped in a high shot from the top of the left circle. Nilsson and Horcoff scored a 52-second span late in the second gave Edmonton a 2-1 lead.Nilsson jammed the puck under Huet from the edge of the crease with 4:29 left in the second after Sam Gagne had driven to the net. Horcoff beat Huet with a screened shot from the top of the slot with 3:37 left in the period.Bolland tied it at 2 with 1:57 remaining in the second when he batted in a loose puck from the left side of the net. The play was set up by Hossa, who intercepted a pass from Edmonton’s Tom Gilbert.Hjalmarsson scored on a screened shot from the left point 20 seconds into the third to give the Blackhawks the lead for good, 3-2. It was only his second goal this season, and first since Oct. 17. Byfuglien made it 4-2 with a power-play goal midway through the third when he tucked in a shot from the edge of the crease.The puck was accidentally deflected straight to Byfuglien by Edmonton’s Patrick O’Sullivan who tried to cut off Kane’s pass from the right boards.Toews completed the scoring with 3:44 left on shot from the right circle.

NOTES—The Blackhawks honored their six players who participated in the Winter Olympics in a pre-game ceremony……Next up for the Hawks are gome games with Vancouver Friday at 7:30 and Sunday at 11:30am with Detroit.