Colorado Avalanche vs Edmonton Oilers
Regular season · Saturday, March 22, 2008 · Rexall Place
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Game summary
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Colorado Avalanche 7–5 on Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Rexall Place. The Avalanche outshot the Oilers 34–29.
Sam Gagner scored twice. Dustin Penner, Fernando Pisani, Tyler Arnason, Kyle Brodziak, Ruslan Salei, Wojtek Wolski, Milan Hejduk, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, John-Michael Liles and Marty Reasoner also scored.
Dwayne Roloson made 29 saves on 34 shots for the win; Peter Budaj stopped 17 of 20.
Scoring
1st period
Dustin Penner (21)Ales Hemsky (45), Joni Pitkanen (16)0–100:50 EDM
Sam Gagner (11)Ales Hemsky (46), Denis Grebeshkov (14)0–211:30 EDM
Fernando Pisani (12)Marc-Antoine Pouliot (5), Marty Reasoner (13)0–314:29 EDM
2nd period
Tyler Arnason (10)David Jones (4), Joe Sakic (21)1–304:58 COL · 
Kyle Brodziak (13)Joni Pitkanen (17), Steve Staios (8)1–409:14 EDM
3rd period
Ruslan Salei (5)Milan Hejduk (22), Paul Stastny (41)2–401:43 COL
Wojtek Wolski (17)Joe Sakic (22), Andrew Brunette (35)3–403:41 COL
Milan Hejduk (23)Ryan Smyth (21), Paul Stastny (42)4–404:16 COL
Marc-Antoine Pouliot (1)Marty Reasoner (14), Fernando Pisani (8)4–504:34 EDM- Sam Gagner (12)Ales Hemsky (47), Dustin Penner (23)4–610:48 EDM
John-Michael Liles (5)Unassisted5–617:18 COL
Marty Reasoner (10)Unassisted5–719:50 EDM ·
Team stats
COLEDM
3429
45%55%
1/50/4
1820
1921
715
2117
86
Penalties
- 3:11 into the first period
Ian Laperriere · fighting5 min - 3:11 into the first period
Steve Staios · fighting5 min - 7:58 into the first periodDavid Jones · hooking2 min
- 9:19 into the first periodRobert Nilsson · high sticking2 min
- 14:55 into the first periodCody McLeod · fighting5 min
- 14:55 into the first periodMatt Greene · fighting5 min
- 18:56 into the first periodJoni Pitkanen · cross checking2 min
- 4:41 into the second periodSam Gagner · hooking2 min
- 6:20 into the second periodDavid Jones · slashing2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodRyan Smyth · boarding2 min
- 6:38 into the third periodJordan Leopold · cross checking2 min
- 8:13 into the third periodRobert Nilsson · slashing2 min
- 14:11 into the third periodMatt Greene · closing hand on puck2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 22:13 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:27 |
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 16:02 |
| 15Andrew BrunetteL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:27 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 4 | 14:55 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 10:35 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 18:01 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:11 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:52 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:43 |
| 17Jaroslav HlinkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 09:38 |
| 28Ben GuiteR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:28 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 08:09 |
| 6Jeff FingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:45 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:16 |
| 34Kurt SauerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Peter BudajG | L | 20 | 3 | .850 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 8 | 3 | .625 |
Edmonton Oilers
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 16:53 |
| 83Ales HemskyR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 27Dustin PennerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 34Fernando PisaniR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 15:33 |
| 78Marc-Antoine PouliotC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 09:05 |
| 89Sam GagnerC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 8 | 18:13 |
| 25Joni PitkanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 25:07 |
| 51Kyle BrodziakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:00 |
| 24Steve StaiosD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 20:19 |
| 37Denis GrebeshkovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 19:33 |
| 12Robert NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:31 |
| 13Andrew CoglianoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 |
| 16Jarret StollC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:00 |
| 20Curtis GlencrossL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:13 |
| 46Zack StortiniR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 07:37 |
| 2Matt GreeneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:49 |
| 5Ladislav SmidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 77Tom GilbertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:44 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Mathieu GaronG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Dwayne RolosonG | W | 34 | 5 | .853 |