Rene Bourque scored three goals for his second career hat trick to help the Calgary Flames end a three-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.

Mark Giordano also scored for the Flames, who have won all four meetings with the Oilers this year.

Ryan Potulny replied for the Oilers, who have lost seven in a row, their worst run since a nine-game skid from Feb. 25-March 15, 2007.

Bourque scored the next three goals, his first coming just two minutes later when he tied it off a pass by Nigel Dawes from behind the net.

Edmonton scored 2:02 into the game when Potulny tipped in a shot by defenseman Jason Strudwick during a scramble in front of goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff.

Less than two minutes later, Giordano beat Jeff Deslauriers on the glove side with a quick wrist shot from the middle of the face-off circle.

Bourque swept in the puck after Olli Jokinen hit the crossbar in the second period, and completed the hat trick five minutes into the third period. He directed in a rebound of Daymond Langkow’s shot for his 13th goal of the season.

NOTES: Edmonton’s Dustin Penner played in his 300th NHL game. … It was Edmonton D Sheldon Souray’s first game against the Flames since he was tripped into the boards and injured by Calgary’s Jarome Iginla on Oct. 8. … Iginla has now gone six games without scoring against the Oilers and 10 games without scoring at Rexall Place in Edmonton. … Jokinen recorded his 300th career assist on Calgary’s first-period goal.

The game’s final five minutes included three more fights, including one between Flames captain Jarome Iginla and Ladislav Smid.

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