Colorado Avalanche vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Wednesday, December 5, 2007 · Nationwide Arena
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Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Colorado Avalanche 5–4 on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Nationwide Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Blue Jackets 36–31.
Rick Nash scored twice. Wojtek Wolski, Paul Stastny, Jeff Finger, Joakim Lindstrom, Nikolay Zherdev, Scott Hannan and Dan Fritsche also scored.
Fredrik Norrena made 10 saves on 11 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 26 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Rick Nash (17)Kris Beech (2), Adam Foote (4)0–106:33 CBJ
2nd period
Wojtek Wolski (9)Milan Hejduk (10), Brett Clark (5)1–102:25 COL · 
Paul Stastny (11)John-Michael Liles (7), Ryan Smyth (10)2–117:10 COL
Jeff Finger (2)Ryan Smyth (11), Scott Hannan (8)3–118:03 COL
3rd period
- Rick Nash (18)Sergei Fedorov (11), Gilbert Brule (3)3–207:07 CBJ
Joakim Lindstrom (1)Kris Beech (3), Curtis Glencross (2)3–309:26 CBJ · 
Nikolay Zherdev (10)Curtis Glencross (3), Jan Hejda (4)3–414:44 CBJ
Scott Hannan (1)Ryan Smyth (12), Paul Stastny (22)4–415:25 COL
Dan Fritsche (4)Jason Chimera (8), Kris Beech (4)4–515:55 CBJ
Team stats
COLCBJ
3631
45%55%
1/31/3
1313
519
106
13
59
Penalties
- 1:37 into the first period
Wojtek Wolski · tripping2 min - 4:30 into the first periodCody McCormick · fighting5 min
- 4:30 into the first period
Jared Boll · fighting5 min - 0:45 into the second periodRick Nash · holding2 min
- 6:30 into the second periodKyle Cumiskey · tripping2 min
- 9:22 into the second periodDan Fritsche · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodJohn-Michael Liles · roughing2 min
- 17:10 into the second periodDan Fritsche · roughing2 min
- 7:59 into the third periodJeff Finger · interference2 min
- 10:13 into the third periodSergei Fedorov · holding2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 8 | 21:49 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 23:32 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21:09 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 18:02 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:45 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 27:18 |
| 6Jeff FingerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:52 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:03 |
| 12Brad RichardsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:54 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:52 |
| 17Jaroslav HlinkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 |
| 37T.J. HensickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:09 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 12:25 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 09:53 |
| 3Karlis SkrastinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 21:33 |
| 48Kyle CumiskeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | L | 31 | 5 | .839 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 24Kris BeechC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 14:23 |
| 11Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 61Rick NashL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 22:33 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 20:24 |
| 17Gilbert BruleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:46 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 38Joakim LindstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 09:02 |
| 49Dan FritscheC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 14:03 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 20:23 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:38 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 27:40 |
| 19Michael PecaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:53 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:27 |
| 2Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 55Ole-Kristian TollefsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 97Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 22:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Fredrik NorrenaG | W | 11 | 1 | .909 |
| 31Pascal LeclaireG | 25 | 3 | .880 |