Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Thursday, October 11, 2001 · Skyreach Centre
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–3 on Thursday, October 11, 2001 at Skyreach Centre. The Oilers outshot the Avalanche 36–34.
Goals came from Scott Ferguson, Ville Nieminen, Anson Carter, Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk, Jochen Hecht, Ryan Smyth and Josh Green.
Tommy Salo made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 31 of 36.
Scoring
1st period
Scott Ferguson (1)Shawn Horcoff (2), Jochen Hecht (1)0–114:33 EDM
2nd period
Ville Nieminen (1)Alex Tanguay (3), Rob Blake (1)1–103:02 COL
Anson Carter (2)Janne Niinimaa (4), Mike Comrie (1)1–212:01 EDM ·
3rd period
Joe Sakic (3)Milan Hejduk (2), Rob Blake (2)2–203:17 COL · 
Milan Hejduk (2)Pascal Trepanier (1), Joe Sakic (3)3–210:22 COL
Jochen Hecht (1)Shawn Horcoff (3), Steve Staios (1)3–311:17 EDM
Ryan Smyth (3)Mike Comrie (2), Eric Brewer (3)3–412:32 EDM · 
Josh Green (1)Rem Murray (1), Ryan Smyth (2)3–516:23 EDM
Team stats
COLEDM
3436
57%43%
1/72/6
2628
1616
1515
2713
414
Penalties
- 0:08 into the first period
Janne Niinimaa · elbowing2 min - 2:55 into the first period
Scott Parker · fighting5 min - 2:55 into the first periodGeorges Laraque · fighting5 min
- 7:19 into the first periodSteve Staios · high sticking2 min
- 16:09 into the first periodPascal Trepanier · delaying game2 min
- 16:15 into the first periodGreg De Vries · roughing2 min
- 6:02 into the second periodRem Murray · holding2 min
- 7:32 into the second periodEthan Moreau · high sticking2 min
- 11:17 into the second periodVille Nieminen · elbowing2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodAlex Tanguay · roughing2 min
- 16:49 into the second periodJason Smith · roughing2 min
- 2:10 into the third periodEthan Moreau · tripping2 min
- 3:47 into the third periodMike Comrie · holding the stick2 min
- 6:28 into the third periodPascal Trepanier · tripping2 min
- 11:28 into the third periodMartin Skoula · high sticking2 min
- 12:52 into the third periodJosh Green · slashing2 min
- 17:42 into the third periodPascal Trepanier · high sticking2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodScott Parker · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:37 into the third periodDan Hinote · fighting5 min
- 19:37 into the third periodSteve Staios · fighting5 min
- 19:37 into the third periodSean Brown · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 25:22 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 24:33 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 30:01 |
| 10Ville NieminenL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 15:33 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:05 |
| 11Pascal TrepanierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 11:51 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:20 |
| 18Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:03 |
| 22Vaclav NedorostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 02:27 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:15 |
| 27Scott ParkerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:00 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:47 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 5Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:50 |
| 6Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:14 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:00 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 36 | 5 | .861 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 20Jochen HechtC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 16:21 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 19:01 |
| 12Josh GreenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 08:46 |
| 16Rem MurrayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 22Anson CarterR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 25:53 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:45 |
| 32Scott FergusonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 28:28 |
| 7Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 12:06 |
| 18Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:32 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:21 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:16 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:20 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 34 | 3 | .912 |