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NHL: Edmonton 5, Colorado 3

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Colorado Avalanche right wing Marek Svatos (upper right) receives congratulations for his goal against the Edmonton Oilers from Adam Foote and Paul Stastny (L) during the first period at the Pepsi Center in Denver on November 8, 2009. Colorado with 26 points ties the San Jose Sharks for the NHL lead and with a win over Edmonton will takeover the NHL points lead. UPI/Gary C. Caskey... 
Published: Nov. 8, 2009 at 11:08 PM

DENVER, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- First-period power-play goals by Mike Comrie, Tom Gilbert and Dustin Penner Sunday sent the Edmonton Oilers on their way to a 5-3 win over Colorado.

Ryan Potulny added a third-period goal, also on a power play, and Andrew Cogliano completed the scoring with 3:20 left in the game.

The Avalanche's Marek Svatos, T.J. Hensick and David Jones scored in the Avalanche's first loss at home this season.

Edmonton goalie Nikolai Khabibulin made 34 saves and Colorado's Craig Anderson had 27.

Topics: Andrew Cogliano, Marek Svatos, Mike Comrie, Nikolai Khabibulin, Ryan Potulny, T.J. Hensick, Tom Gilbert
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