Thrashers 3, Blues 2, SO: Defensemen Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey forced overtime with third-period goals, and Rich Peverley and Slava Kozlov scored in a shootout to give Atlanta a victory over St. Louis last night.
Marty Reasoner set up both third-period goals to help Atlanta (7-6-1) snap a four-game home losing streak and two-game slide overall.
St. Louis earned a point for the third straight game, but is winless in five.
Ty Conklin stopped the first 27 shots he faced for St. Louis (5-6-4) before Enstrom scored to cut it to 2-1 with 7:01 left in regulation.
Hainsey tied it with 3:31 to go. Reasoner won a faceoff near St. Louis' bench, and Hainsey, who controlled the puck at the left boards, beat Conklin with a wrist shot.
Andy McDonald opened the scoring at 6:55 of the second period, and David Perron have the Blues a two-goal lead on at 7:08 of the third.
Oilers 5, Avalanche 3: Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmonton's four power-play goals in a win last night.
Patrick O'Sullivan and Tom Gilbert added power-play goals, Andrew Cogliano also scored, and Nikolai Khabibulin (7-7-1) made 34 saves to help Edmonton (8-8-1) end a three-game losing streak.
Marek Svatos, T.J. Hensick and David Jones scored for Colorado, and Craig Anderson made 27 saves. The Avalanche (12-4-2), tied for NHL lead with San Jose with 26 points, opened the season with six straight home wins.
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