Edmonton Oilers vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, October 18, 2001 · Pepsi Center
Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–1 on Thursday, October 18, 2001 at Pepsi Center. The Oilers outshot the Avalanche 30–29.
Anson Carter scored twice. Rob Blake, Mike Comrie and Sean Brown also scored.
Tommy Salo made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Patrick Roy stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Rob Blake (2)Chris Drury (3), Pascal Trepanier (2)0–110:03 COL ·
2nd period
Mike Comrie (3)Ryan Smyth (4), Anson Carter (3)1–101:10 EDM · 
Anson Carter (3)Eric Brewer (4), Janne Niinimaa (6)2–109:58 EDM · - Anson Carter (4)Ryan Smyth (5)3–117:44 EDM
3rd period
Sean Brown (1)Scott Ferguson (1), Georges Laraque (1)4–111:36 EDM
Team stats
EDMCOL
3029
48%52%
2/61/6
1616
1921
821
615
1211
Penalties
- 8:54 into the first period
Janne Niinimaa · holding2 min - 11:17 into the first period
Rick Berry · holding the stick2 min - 16:52 into the first periodChris Drury · high sticking2 min
- 0:30 into the second periodTodd Gill · delaying game2 min
- 4:56 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · holding2 min
- 8:18 into the second periodGreg De Vries · roughing2 min
- 9:33 into the second periodMartin Skoula · tripping2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodShawn Horcoff · interference2 min
- 15:08 into the second periodJanne Niinimaa · closing hand on puck2 min
- 1:28 into the third periodEric Brewer · roughing2 min
- 12:22 into the third periodChris Drury · boarding2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodBrad Larsen · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodBrad Larsen · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodJosh Green · roughing2 min
- 19:29 into the third periodJosh Green · roughing2 min
- 19:31 into the third periodScott Ferguson · holding2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 22Anson CarterR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 17:37 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:50 |
| 27Georges LaraqueR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:13 |
| 89Mike ComrieC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 23Sean BrownD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 32Scott FergusonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 44Janne NiinimaaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:26 |
| 7Daniel ClearyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:52 |
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 12Josh GreenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:45 |
| 16Rem MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 18Ethan MoreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:17 |
| 20Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:59 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 26Todd MarchantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 21Jason SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ty ConklinG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Tommy SaloG | W | 29 | 1 | .966 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 18Chris DruryC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 6 | 18:16 |
| 4Rob BlakeD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 25:55 |
| 11Pascal TrepanierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 9Brad LarsenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:05 |
| 13Dan HinoteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:07 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:04 |
| 22Vaclav NedorostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:21 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 25Shjon PodeinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:38 |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:29 |
| 28Steve ReinprechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:05 |
| 29Eric MessierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:31 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 50Brian WillsieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 5Todd GillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:06 |
| 6Rick BerryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 7Greg De VriesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:31 |
| 41Martin SkoulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1David AebischerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 33Patrick RoyG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |