St. Louis Blues vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Sunday, December 9, 2007 · Pepsi Center

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5–9

28–29

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 9–5 on Sunday, December 9, 2007 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Blues 29–28.

Jay McClement scored twice, Milan Hejduk scored a hat trick, Paul Stastny scored twice and Wojtek Wolski scored twice. Brett Clark, Ryan Smyth, Doug Weight, David Perron and Lee Stempniak also scored.

Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 28 shots for the win; Hannu Toivonen stopped 17 of 25.

Goals
STL	1	1	3	5	28
COL	1	5	3	9	29

Scoring

1st period

Jay McClement (2)Lee Stempniak (12), David Backes (3)1–010:14 STL
Milan Hejduk (11)Ryan Smyth (14)1–115:37 COL

2nd period

Milan Hejduk (12)Brett Clark (6), John-Michael Liles (8)1–205:02 COL ·
Jay McClement (3)Unassisted2–205:44 STL
Paul Stastny (12)Jaroslav Hlinka (4), Scott Hannan (9)2–310:01 COL
Wojtek Wolski (10)Andrew Brunette (15), Scott Hannan (10)2–411:28 COL
Brett Clark (3)Milan Hejduk (11), Paul Stastny (24)2–514:38 COL
Ryan Smyth (9)Paul Stastny (25), Milan Hejduk (12)2–617:27 COL

3rd period

Doug Weight (2)Brad Boyes (7), Bryce Salvador (7)3–600:24 STL
David Perron (6)Jamal Mayers (5), Keith Tkachuk (17)4–601:24 STL
Paul Stastny (13)Ryan Smyth (15), Milan Hejduk (13)4–707:36 COL
Milan Hejduk (13)Paul Stastny (26), John-Michael Liles (9)4–812:16 COL ·
Wojtek Wolski (11)Andrew Brunette (16), T.J. Hensick (1)4–914:17 COL ·
Lee Stempniak (5)David Perron (5), Eric Brewer (6)5–919:19 STL ·

Team stats

STLCOL

2829

57%43%

1/33/6

126

1711

1511

516

Penalties

5:37 into the first periodRyan Johnson · hooking2 min
12:04 into the first periodHannu Toivonen · delaying game2 min
18:22 into the first periodKyle Cumiskey · hooking2 min
4:41 into the second periodRyan Johnson · hooking2 min
3:47 into the third periodJay McClement · boarding2 min
8:14 into the third periodMarek Svatos · hooking2 min
11:25 into the third periodJay McKee · boarding2 min
12:44 into the third periodErik Johnson · holding2 min
17:23 into the third periodKarlis Skrastins · hooking2 min

Season series

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

12Lee StempniakR	1	1	2	−1	3	1	0	0	–	16:06
18Jay McClementC	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	50	15:03
57David PerronL	1	1	2	−1	3	0	0	0	–	14:35
7Keith TkachukL	0	1	1	−2	2	0	0	0	76	17:27
21Jamal MayersR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	45	16:00
22Brad BoyesR	0	1	1	−1	2	0	1	0	–	15:49
39Doug WeightC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	58	14:39
42David BackesR	0	1	1	−1	4	7	0	0	–	13:06
4Eric BrewerD	0	1	1	−1	2	0	1	0	–	26:48
27Bryce SalvadorD	0	1	1	−1	1	1	2	0	–	24:19
9Paul KariyaL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	15:31
13Dan HinoteR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:57
17Ryan JohnsonC	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	33	12:25
20Mike JohnsonR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	13:33
5Barret JackmanD	0	0	0	−2	1	2	3	0	–	12:29
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	19:46
55Christian BackmanD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	0	–	13:25
77Jay McKeeD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	19:33

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie
35Hannu ToivonenG	L	25	17	8	.680	49:01
40Marek SchwarzG		4	3	1	.750	10:43

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

23Milan HejdukR	3	3	6	+4	4	0	0	0	100	20:22
26Paul StastnyC	2	3	5	+4	4	0	0	0	35	20:46
94Ryan SmythL	1	2	3	+3	4	0	0	0	–	18:54
8Wojtek WolskiL	2	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	–	17:56
15Andrew BrunetteL	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:15
4John-Michael LilesD	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	–	22:57
5Brett ClarkD	1	1	2	+2	2	0	2	0	–	20:42
22Scott HannanD	0	2	2	+1	2	1	3	0	–	22:18
17Jaroslav HlinkaC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:55
37T.J. HensickC	0	1	1	−1	1	0	1	0	29	12:02
11Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:23
12Brad RichardsonC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	13:09
28Ben GuiteR	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	38	14:19
39Tyler ArnasonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	67	12:35
40Marek SvatosR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	09:56
3Karlis SkrastinsD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	14:38
6Jeff FingerD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	19:48
48Kyle CumiskeyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	16:57

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	28	23	5	.821	60:00