Colorado Avalanche vs Dallas Stars
Regular season · Saturday, October 18, 2008 · American Airlines Center
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 5–4 on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at American Airlines Center. The Stars outshot the Avalanche 30–22.
Milan Hejduk scored twice. Fabian Brunnstrom, Darcy Tucker, James Neal, Ryan Smyth, Tyler Arnason, Loui Eriksson and Brad Richards also scored.
Andrew Raycroft made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Marty Turco stopped 17 of 22.
Scoring
1st period
Milan Hejduk (4)Paul Stastny (6)1–006:44 COL
Fabian Brunnstrom (4)Brenden Morrow (3), Brad Richards (3)1–116:25 DAL · 
Darcy Tucker (1)Wojtek Wolski (3)2–117:39 COL
2nd period
James Neal (2)Mike Modano (3), B.J. Crombeen (2)2–200:13 DAL- Milan Hejduk (5)Joe Sakic (6), Paul Stastny (7)3–205:29 COL ·
Ryan Smyth (2)John-Michael Liles (3), Joe Sakic (7)4–213:06 COL · 
Tyler Arnason (1)Wojtek Wolski (4)5–218:05 COL
3rd period
Loui Eriksson (1)Mike Ribeiro (4), Sean Avery (2)5–302:00 DAL
Brad Richards (2)Stephane Robidas (4), Loui Eriksson (1)5–406:47 DAL
Team stats
COLDAL
2230
48%52%
2/81/4
2531
1923
1510
1014
617
Penalties
- 2:30 into the first period
Ian Laperriere · fighting5 min - 2:30 into the first period
Steve Ott · fighting5 min - 7:26 into the first periodCody McCormick · fighting5 min
- 7:26 into the first periodNicklas Grossmann · fighting5 min
- 12:20 into the first periodTrevor Daley · holding the stick2 min
- 15:32 into the first periodAdam Foote · hooking2 min
- 0:42 into the second periodTrevor Daley · hooking2 min
- 4:42 into the second periodStephane Robidas · hooking2 min
- 8:17 into the second periodCody McLeod · fighting5 min
- 8:17 into the second periodB.J. Crombeen · fighting5 min
- 11:13 into the second periodMike Ribeiro · high sticking2 min
- 13:37 into the second periodNicklas Grossmann · slashing2 min
- 19:50 into the second periodWojtek Wolski · holding2 min
- 2:22 into the third periodJames Neal · high sticking2 min
- 9:20 into the third periodCody McCormick · high sticking2 min
- 11:49 into the third periodScott Hannan · tripping2 min
- 13:55 into the third periodBrenden Morrow · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:52 into the third periodBrenden Morrow · slashing2 min
- 18:55 into the third periodPaul Stastny · tripping2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 8Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 19Joe SakicC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 22:36 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 23:59 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 24:04 |
| 16Darcy TuckerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 39Tyler ArnasonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:49 |
| 94Ryan SmythL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 21:36 |
| 4John-Michael LilesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 11Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:25 |
| 14Ian LaperriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:49 |
| 40Marek SvatosR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 10:35 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:22 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:37 |
| 5Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 22Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 24Ruslan SaleiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 44Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew RaycroftG | W | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 31Peter BudajG | 0 | 0 | – |
Dallas Stars
| 21Loui ErikssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 19:59 |
| 91Brad RichardsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 22:27 |
| 9Mike ModanoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:27 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 20:23 |
| 16Sean AveryL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:36 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 44B.J. CrombeenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 07:43 |
| 63Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:04 |
| 96Fabian BrunnstromL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 3Stephane RobidasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 29:20 |
| 13Krys BarchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:50 |
| 29Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:49 |
| 39Joel LundqvistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:59 |
| 2Nicklas GrossmannD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 5Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 6Trevor DaleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:23 |
| 33Doug JanikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 04:53 |
| 43Philippe BoucherD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:51 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Tobias StephanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Marty TurcoG | L | 22 | 5 | .773 |