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Oilers 5, Avalanche 3

DENVER — Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmonton’s four power-play goals and also had assists, and the Oilers handed the Colorado Avalanche their first home loss of the season. Patrick O’Sullivan and Tom Gilbert added power-play goals, Andrew Cogliano also scored, and Nikolai Khabibulin (7-7-1) made 34 saves to help Edmonton (8-8-1) end a three-game losing streak. The Oilers were 4 for 7 on the power play Marek Svatos, T.J. Hensick and David Jones scored for Colorado, and Craig Anderson made 27 saves. The Avalanche (12-4-2), tied for NHL lead with San Jose with 26 points, opened the season with six straight home wins.

Thrashers 3, Blues 2, SO

ATLANTA — Defensemen Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey forced overtime with third-period goals, and Rich Peverley and Slava Kozlov scored in a shootout to give the Atlanta Thrashers a victory over St. Louis. Marty Reasoner set up both third-period goals to help Atlanta (7-6-1) snap a four-game home losing streak and two-game slide overall. St. Louis earned a point for the third straight game, but is winless in five. Ty Conklin stopped the first 27 shots he faced for St. Louis (5-6-4) before Enstrom scored to cut it to 2-1 with 7:01 left in regulation. Hainsey tied it with 3:31 to go. Reasoner won a faceoff near St. Louis’ bench, and Hainsey, who controlled the puck at the left boards, beat Conklin with a wrist shot. Andy McDonald opened the scoring at 6:55 of the second period, and David Perron have the Blues a two-goal lead on a power play at 7:08 of the third. Johan Hedberg made 30 saves for Atlanta, while Conklin stopped 38 shots. Peverley beat Conklin with a low shot in the tiebreaker.

Associated Press