The Edmonton Oilers went back to basics after losing five straight on the road and three in a row overall. "Keep things simple," Oilers right winger Dustin Penner said. Ryan Potulny and Penner scored two of Edmonton's four power-play goals and also had assists, and the Oilers handed the Colorado Avalanche their first home loss of the season, 5-3 on Sunday night. "The two things we did were simple," Potulny agreed. "We simplified our game and got puck at the net.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Goalies
Tue 10/27	Edm	Col 3 - 0	W: Anderson L: Khabibulin
Sun 11/8	Col	Edm 5 - 3	W: Khabibulin L: Anderson
Wed 11/18	Edm	Edm 4 - 6	W: Deslauriers L: Budaj
Date	Home	Time (ET)
Mon 1/18	Col	9:00 pm
Sat 2/6	Col	10:00 pm
Wed 4/7	Edm	9:30 pm

Game Stats

Oilers (8-8-1) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM D. Penner 1 1 4 0 0 R. Potulny 1 1 5 0 0 A. Cogliano 1 0 1 0 0 M. Comrie 1 0 3 -2 2 S. Gagner 0 1 3 0 0 R. Nilsson 0 1 2 -2 0 P. O'Sullivan 0 1 3 -1 2 L. Reddox 0 1 2 1 0 G. Brule 0 0 1 -2 0 E. Moreau 0 0 2 -1 0 F. Pisani 0 0 2 1 0 Z. Stortini 0 0 1 0 2		Avalanche (12-4-2) Season Stats | Roster FORWARDS Name G A S +/- PIM T. Hensick 1 0 5 0 0 D. Jones 1 0 2 1 0 M. Svatos 1 0 4 0 2 P. Stastny 0 2 2 3 0 C. McLeod 0 1 3 1 4 W. Wolski 0 1 4 1 0 M. Duchene 0 0 0 -1 0 P. Dupuis 0 0 0 0 2 M. Hendricks 0 0 0 0 0 D. Koci 0 0 0 0 0 R. O'Reilly 0 0 3 0 0 C. Stewart 0 0 5 1 2
DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM T. Gilbert 1 1 1 -1 0 D. Grebeshkov 0 1 0 0 2 S. Staios 0 1 1 1 0 L. Visnovsky 0 1 1 -2 0 T. Chorney 0 0 0 -3 0 J. Strudwick 0 0 0 1 2		DEFENSEMEN Name G A S +/- PIM B. Clark 0 1 0 0 0 K. Quincey 0 1 4 1 0 K. Cumiskey 0 0 2 0 0 A. Foote 0 0 2 1 10 S. Hannan 0 0 1 1 0 R. Wilson 0 0 0 1 2
GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% N. Khabibulin(W, 7-7) 37 34 3 .919		GOALTENDER Name S SV GA SV% C. Anderson(L, 11-4) 32 27 5 .844

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PLAYER NEWS

Oilers Jean-Francois Jacques (EDM) News: Jacques (back) is hoping to return on Saturday, according to the Edmonton Journal. [+] Impact: Jacques is still currently on the IR but is hoping the doctors will clear him for action. (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Jeff Deslauriers (EDM) News: Deslauriers will start for Edmonton on Saturday, according to the Edmonton Journal. [+] Impact: Nikolai Khabibulin was a late scratch with a back injury making it necessary that Deslauriers start between the pipes on Saturday. (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Nikolai Khabibulin (EDM - Goaltender) News: Khabibulin missed the game on Saturday with a back injury, according to the Edmonton Journal. [+] Impact: Khabibulin won't even be the backup as the Oilers have signed Edmonton Oil Kings goalie Torrie Jung to back up Jeff Deslauriers. (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Avalanche Craig Anderson (COL - Goaltender) News: Anderson matched a season-high by allowing five goals in Friday night's 5-2 loss at Vancouver. [+] Impact: Anderson is 2-5-1 with a 3.47 goals-against average after starting the season 10-1-2 with a 1.97 GAA. (STATS - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) John-Michael Liles (COL - Defense) News: Liles returned after missing five games with a shoulder injury and had a season-high two assists in Friday night's 5-2 loss at Vancouver. [+] Impact: Liles has recorded points in four games this season with three multipoint performances. (STATS - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Adam Foote (COL - Defense) News: Foote (jaw) remains day-to-day but his jaw is not broken, according to the Denver Post. [+] Impact: Foote took an elbow to the jaw from Curtis Glencross in the first period of Colorado's 3-2 victory against Calgary on Tuesday. He was a game-time decision for Wednesday and Friday's games, but missed both of those contests. Keep him on your bench for now, but it sounds like he might be back sometime next week. (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009)

Injury Report

Oilers Player Injury Status N Khabibulin Sore back day-to-day M Comrie Mononucleosis day-to-day F Pisani Ulcerative colitis IR D Grebeshkov Knee IR T Chorney Ankle day-to-day R Nilsson Head day-to-day R Stone Knee IR M Pouliot Sports hernia surgery IR

Avalanche Player Injury Status A Foote Jaw day-to-day M Hendricks Groin IR R Salei Back IR B Yip Undisclosed injury IR