National Hockey League Game Capsules

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Rich Peverley notched the winner in the shootout and Slava Kozlov added insurance as Atlanta rallied from a two-goal deficit to down St. Louis, 3-2, at Philips Arena. Peverley began the shootout with a successful wrister then Andy McDonald of the Blues failed in his chance. Kozlov added another score before Brad Boyes' had the puck poke- checked away by Johan Hedberg. Boyes argued that his rebound, which was lifted into the net, counted as a shot but the closest official immediately waved off the goal. Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey tallied in regulation for the Thrashers, who snapped a two-game slide. Hedberg made 30 saves. McDonald and David Perron scored for the Blues, who have dropped a season-high five straight games. Ty Conklin took the loss despite stopping 38 shots.

Final Score: Edmonton 5, Colorado 3

Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Ryan Potulny tallied the eventual game-winning goal and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers used four power-play goals to post a 5-3 win over the Avalanche and hand Colorado its first home loss of the season. Dustin Penner and Tom Gilbert also had a goal and an assist apiece for the Oilers, who had lost three straight and six of seven after starting 6-2-1. Andrew Cogliano and Mike Comrie also scored, while Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves in the win. Edmonton was very efficient with the man advantage, converting on 4-of-7 chances in the contest. Conversely, the Avs went 0-for-4. David Jones, Marek Svatos and T.J. Hensick each scored for Colorado, which squandered an opportunity to set the franchise mark for most consecutive wins at home to start a season. The Avs had been 6-0-0 prior to Sunday's loss, which matched the 2007-08 Avalanche and the 1994-95 Nordiques. Craig Anderson, who shut out the Oilers earlier in the season, allowed five goals on 32 shots in defeat.