Edmonton Oilers vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Monday, December 31, 2007 · Nationwide Arena
SNET-W · XM 208 · FS-O (HD)
Game summary
The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-2 on Monday, December 31, 2007 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Oilers 33-28.
Rick Nash scored a hat trick. Jiri Novotny, Ethan Moreau and Steve Staios also scored.
Pascal Leclaire made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Dwayne Roloson stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Jiri Novotny (7)Nikolay Zherdev (17), Jason Chimera (11)0–108:15 CBJ
2nd period
Ethan Moreau (1)Fernando Pisani (3), Andrew Cogliano (12)1–107:23 EDM
Rick Nash (19)Ron Hainsey (18), Jiri Novotny (10)1–210:36 CBJ · SHG
Steve Staios (4)Ethan Moreau (2), Sheldon Souray (5)2–213:18 EDM
3rd period
- Rick Nash (20)Duvie Westcott (3), Joakim Lindstrom (1)2–316:39 CBJ · PPG
- Rick Nash (21)Nikolay Zherdev (18), Adam Foote (7)2–419:51 CBJ · EN
Team stats
EDMCBJ
28Shots on goal33
45%Faceoff %55%
0/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes8
14Hits14
13Blocked shots10
4Giveaways6
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:53
Duvie Westcott · holding2 min - 2nd 02:51
Fernando Pisani · slashing2 min - 2nd 09:02Jason Chimera · hooking2 min
- 2nd 19:06Jan Hejda · closing hand on puck2 min
- 3rd 00:42Rick Nash · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 06:11Sam Gagner · tripping2 min
- 3rd 15:02Ethan Moreau · tripping2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 18Ethan MoreauL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 18:14 |
| 13Andrew CoglianoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 34Fernando PisaniR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 44Sheldon SourayD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25:00 |
| 10Shawn HorcoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:21 |
| 12Robert NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:51 |
| 16Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 27Dustin PennerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:18 |
| 28Patrick ThoresenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:40 |
| 46Zack StortiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:56 |
| 51Kyle BrodziakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:34 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 5Ladislav SmidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 23Dick TarnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:46 |
| 37Denis GrebeshkovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:48 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 23:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 35Dwayne RolosonG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 59:22 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 61Rick NashL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 19:58 |
| 12Jiri NovotnyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 21:29 |
| 13Nikolay ZherdevR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 18:49 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 38Joakim LindstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 10:25 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:23 |
| 10Duvie WestcottD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:42 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 25:01 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:14 |
| 11Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:07 |
| 24Kris BeechC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:29 |
| 40Jared BollR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:44 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:38 |
| 49Dan FritscheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:03 |
| 2Kris RussellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:04 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 97Rostislav KleslaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 25:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Fredrik NorrenaG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 31Pascal LeclaireG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |