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PORTLAND, Ore. Eliaquim Mangala Jersey . -- For more than four months, the Portland Winterhawks were invincible on home ice. The Edmonton Oil Kings ended the Winterhawks 25-game home winning streak Friday and closed to within one game of winning their second Western Hockey League championship in three years. Griffin Reinhart and Henrik Samuelsson scored second-period goals as the Oil Kings defeated Portland 3-2 in Game 5 of the WHL finals to take a 3-2 series lead. "Gutsy effort by our guys coming into this building and grinding out a solid road game," said Edmonton coach Derek Laxdal. "I thought our guys were really composed in a huge game." Edgars Kulda scored a first-period power-play goal for Edmonton, and goaltender Tristan Jarry made 37 saves and stood tall during a late Portland charge. "The mindset coming into the series was that wed have to win one on the road," said Reinhart. "Weve been comfortable in close games all year." Paul Bittner and Mathew Dumba scored for Portland, which hadnt lost at home since Jan. 4. Corbin Boes stopped 27 shots in defeat. "I thought we did a lot of good things tonight," said Winterhawks head coach Mike Johnston. "If we repeat that game well be OK in Game 6." Bittner broke a scoreless streak of nearly 132 minutes for the Winterhawks with his fourth goal of the series with 4:32 left in the first period to put Portland up 1-0. Kulda responded with 1:33 left in the first on the Oil Kings fourth power play of the period. The Oil Kings took their first road lead of the series on Reinharts goal 2:11 into the second period, then made it 3-1 on Samuelssons fourth goal of the series at 7:39. That score held until Dumba scored with 1:45 left in regulation to pull Portland within one, but the Winterhawks could not find an equalizer down the stretch. "(Edmonton) is good when they have the lead," Johnston said. "They really trapped it up in the third period, but we had seven or eight chances where we shot it over the net, we cut it too fine." Edmonton finished 1 for 5 on the power play, while Portland went scoreless on four chances. The Winterhawks, who had the top power play in the WHL in the regular season, are stuck in an 0-for-15 slump with the man advantage since Game 1. "Were not getting the bounces we want, but if we keep playing the same way we can win 3-2 next time," Bittner said. Edmonton, which beat the Winterhawks in seven games in the 2012 WHL finals, has won three straight games after dropping the first two of the series in Portland. The Winterhawks won last years championship in six games over Edmonton. The Oil Kings can wrap up the series with a win in Sundays Game 6. If Portland wins, the Winterhawks will host Game 7 Monday. "Weve been good at home," said Reinhart. "Were going to put distractions aside and play our best game." Matija Nastasic Manchester City Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Ryan McLaughlin Jersey . PAUL, Minn.VICTORIA - Myles Bell scored twice in three minutes as the Kelowna Rockets went on to defeat the host Victoria Royals 5-3 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action. Bells goals came midway through the first period and put the Rockets ahead 2-1 after falling behind early. Mitchell Wheaton, Rourke Chartier and Marek Tvrdon also scored for Kelowna (37-6-0), the leagues top club, while Madison Bowey chipped in with two assists. Ben Walker led the Royals (30-16-2) wish a goal and an assist and Axel Blomqvist and Brandon Magee scored the others. Kelownas Jordon Cooke made 27 saves for the win. Victorias Patrik Polivka started in net, but was pulled 1:38 into the second period after giving up four goals on just 12 shots. Coleman Vollrath stopped 20-of-21 shots in relief. --- OIL KINGS 7 COUGARS 6 (SO) PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. -- Henrik Samuelsson scored the winner and Reid Petryk had a pair of goals in regulation as Edmonton came from behind to defeat the Cougars. Cody Corbett, Riley Kieser, Edgars Kulda and Curtis Lazar also scored for the Oil Kings (31-13-1), who trailed 6-2 heading into the third period. Todd Fiddler had three goals and an assist for Prince George (17-24-7), Marc McNulty scored twice and Jordan Tkatch scored the other. Edmontons Tristan Jarry gave up six goals on 21 shots and was replaced by Tyler Santos to start the third period. Santos made four saves to earn the win while Ty Edmonds stopped 36 shots in a losing cause for the Cougars. --- PATS 4 RAIDERS 2 PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. -- Morgan Klimchuk scored three times and Daniel Wapple made 38 saves as Regina doubled up the Raiders. Dryden Hunt also scored for the Pats (24-18-5) and Dyson Stevenson tacked on two assists. Sawyer Lange and Reid Gardiner scored for Prince Albert (22-21-2), which lost for the first time in three outings. Cole Cheveldave turned aside 23-of-27 shots for the Raiders. --- ICE 5 BRONCOS 2 SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. -- Sam Reinhart had two goals and an assist as Kootenay downed the Broncos. Luke Philp and Jaedon Descheneau each had a goal and two assists for the Ice (24-20-4) and Tim Bozon added a goal and an assist. Swift Current (23-18-6) got goals from Glenn Gawdin and Nathan Burns. Kootenays Mackenzie Skapski made 34 saves for the win while Landon Bow stopped 28-of-33 shots for the Broncos. --- WHEAT KINGS 4 BLADES 3 SASKATOON -- Rihards Bukarts scored twice, including the winner, as Brandon edged the Blades for its third straight win. Richard Nejezcheleb and Ryan Pilon also scored for the Wheat Kings (25-17-4) and Rene Hunter had two assists. Logan Harlaand recorded a pair of goals for Saskatoon (13-32-4) and Connor Sanvido had a goal and an assist. David Silva Jersey. Brandons Curtis Honey made 33 saves while Alex Moodie turned away 43-of-47 shots for the Blades. --- REBELS 5 HURRICANES 2 RED DEER, Alta. -- Patrik Bartosak stopped 35 shots and Scott Feser scored twice as the Rebels handed Lethbridge its fourth straight defeat. Brady Gaudet scored once and assisted on two more for Red Deer (23-21-2) while Mason McCarty and Lukas Sutter had the others. Riley Sheen and Reid Nemeth scored for the Hurricanes (9-34-5). Jonny Hogue started in net for Lethrbidge but left at the 16:36 mark of the first period, giving up two goals on six shots in the process. Jarrod Schamerhorn took the loss, stopping 35 shots in relief. --- TIGERS 6 HITMEN 2 MEDICINE HAT, Alta. -- Curtis Valk and Miles Koules each scored twice as the Tigers defeated Calgary. Blake Penner and Tyler Lewington also scored for Medicine Hat (26-15-3) and Trevor Cox chipped in with three assists. Jake Virtanen and Adam Tambellini supplied the scoring for Calgary (30-11-5) while forward Greg Chase was ejected in the third period for a checking-from-behind major. Marek Langhamer made 22 saves for the Tigers as Chris Driedger stopped 22-of-27 shots for the Hitmen. Kyle Dumba made 10 saves on 11 shots in relief. --- THUNDERBIRDS 3 BLAZERS 2 KAMLOOPS, B.C. -- Taran Kozun made 30 saves as Seattle slipped past the Blazers for its sixth straight win. Kevin Wolf, Justin Hickman and Roberts Lipsbergs scored for the Thunderbirds (28-14-5) while Ryan Gropp had two assists. Joe Kornelson had both goals for Kamloops (10-31-5) and Cole Ully assisted on each of them. Bolton Pouliot stopped 27 shots for the Blazers, who lost for the seventh straight time. --- SILVERTIPS 4 WARRIORS 3 (SO) EVERETT, Wash. -- Manraj Hayer scored the winner and Cole MacDonald had a goal and an assist in regulation as the Silvertips downed Moose Jaw. 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