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Marek Svatos, right, tangles with Oilers center Andrew Cogliano during the first period.

Patrick O'Sullivan and Tom Gilbert added power-play goals, Andrew Cogliano also scored, and Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves to help Edmonton end a three-game losing streak.

The Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche appear destined to play long games. They went nine rounds into a shootout in the Hawks' first game at the United Center this season before the Hawks pulled out a victory, and Friday the shootout went eight tension-packed rounds.

The momentum of Friday nighta TMs game between the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks A bounced back and forth like a pinball, and the HawksA fought hard to win a point against the best home team in hockeyA without some key players.

CHI COL 6:27 1 0 10:36 2 0 18:38 2 1 CHI COL 7:43 2 2 8:42 2 3 16:40 3 3 CHI COL 3 3 OT CHI COL 3 3 Shootout Summary Start of Shootout period Shootout attempt by Wojtek Wolski SAVED by Antti Niemi Shootout GOAL scored by Patrick Kane on Craig Anderson Shootout attempt by Milan Hejduk SAVED by Antti Niemi Shootout attempt by Kris Versteeg SAVED by ...

Marek Svatos has three goals and an assist this season. Avalanche winger Marek Svatos had gone 10 games without a goal before he scored against Phoenix on Wednesday.

Milan Hejduk had two goals and an assist, and Peter Budaj - recovered from swine flu - stopped 28 shots in his first start of the season, leading the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday night.

Joe Sacco, a rookie NHL head coach, has guided the Avalanche to the Western Conference's best record .

Four seasons ago, a former 227th overall pick of the Colorado Avalanche named Marek Svatos took the NHL by storm, scoring 32 goals and 50 points in only 61 games played during his rookie season.

Craig Anderson stole a victory Wednesday night. It would have been something on the order of grand larceny if he'd been able to will the Avalanche to another victory Friday night.

Colorado Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco, back, directs his team while right winger Chris Stewart, front left, and right winger Marek Svatos, of Slovakia, look on in a game against the Carolina Hurricanes last Friday.

Craig Anderson made season-high 48 saves, Chris Stewart and T.J. Galiardi each had a goal and an assist, and the Colorado Avalanche continued their surprising start with a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.

The Avalanche closed out a stretch of seven road games in 14 days with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday night at the Xcel Energy Center.

The resurgent Colorado Avalanche found themselves at a surprising 4-1-1 record, with the powerplay atop the league at a 38.4 percent success rate .

The Northwest Division-leading Colorado Avalanche are back at home for two games starting with Friday's bout with the Carolina Hurricanes from the Pepsi Center.

WASHINGTON 3, NASHVILLE 2: Alex Ovechkin, right, scored twice and added the deciding goal in a shootout, giving the host Capitals a victory over the Predators on Saturday.

In their annual "Pink Out" game, the Spirit honored survivors of breast cancer prior to the start of Saturday's game.

Marek Svatos and Milan Hejduk scored shootout goals to give the Colorado Avalanche a 4-3 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.

Late Saturday night, all of the United Center again truly lived up to the upper deck's 2009-10 season theme.

Colorado Avalanche right winger Darcy Tucker looks up at the scoreboard as he is honoured during first period NHL action against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn TORONTO - Much like his tenure with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Darcy Tucker's return to the site of his best NHL years was ...