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December 31,2007  (Monday) in Columbus,Ohio - Nationwide Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot EDM 0 2 0 2 CLB 1 1 2 4	Shots 1 2 3 Tot EDM 8 15 5 28 CLB 8 14 11 33	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season EDM 0 / 4 21 / 170 (12.4%) 146 / 174 (83.9%) CLB 1 / 3 29 / 189 (15.3%) 158 / 183 (86.3%)
Start: 6:00pm Attendance: 16,774 Referees: Dennis LaRue, Tim Peel Officials: Greg Devorski, Tony Sericolo	Edmonton Oilers Game #40 16-22-2 34 Pts Prev Game at MIN Next Game at STL Columbus Blue Jackets Game #39 18-15-6 42 Pts Prev Game at CAR Next Game vs ANA Three Stars: (1) Rick Nash  (CLB)  (2) Jiri Novotny (CLB)  (3) Nikolai Zherdev (CLB)

Goals 1st Period 1. CLB Jiri Novotny    [7]  [c15]   ( Nikolai Zherdev [17],  Jason Chimera [11] ) 8:15 2nd Period 2. EDM Ethan Moreau    [1]  [c118]   ( Fernando Pisani [3],  Andrew Cogliano [12] ) 7:23 3. CLB Rick Nash    [19]  [c135]   (Shorthanded)   ( Ron Hainsey [18],  Jiri Novotny [10] ) 10:36 4. EDM Steve Staios    [4]  [c47]   ( Ethan Moreau [2],  Sheldon Souray [5] ) 13:18 3rd Period 5. CLB Rick Nash    [20]  [c136]   (Powerplay)   (GW)   ( Duvie Westcott [3],  Joakim Lindstrom [1] ) 16:39 6. CLB Rick Nash    [21]  [c137]   (Empty Net)   ( Nikolai Zherdev [18],  Adam Foote [6] ) 19:51 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Dwayne Roloson Career EDM L 59 3 32 29 6-12-3 3.13 Pascal Leclaire Career CLB W 60 2 28 26 13-7-3 3.21

Penalties 1st Period 1. CLB Duvie Westcott [3] Holding 2 10:53 2nd Period 2. EDM Fernando Pisani [2] Slashing 2 2:51 3. CLB Jason Chimera [5] Hooking 2 9:02 4. CLB Jan Hejda [1] Closing hand on puck 2 19:06 3rd Period 5. CLB Rick Nash [2] High Sticking 2 0:42 6. EDM Sam Gagner [2] Tripping 2 6:11 7. EDM Ethan Moreau [1] Tripping 2 15:02

Faceoffs
Edmonton Oilers   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Shawn Horcoff 11 13 45.8% 357 365 49.4% Jarret Stoll 6 8 42.9% 325 294 52.5% Andrew Cogliano 5 4 55.6% 84 132 38.9% Marty Reasoner 3 5 37.5% 217 204 51.5% Ethan Moreau 1 1 50.0% 2 1 66.7% Sam Gagner 0 1 .0% 60 86 41.1%   26 32 44.8% 1117 1143 49.4%	Columbus Blue Jackets   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Jiri Novotny 13 10 56.5% 181 186 49.3% Kris Beech 6 9 40.0% 108 90 54.5% Sergei Fedorov 9 4 69.2% 281 243 53.6% Dan Fritsche 4 2 66.7% 44 42 51.2% Jason Chimera 0 1 .0% 8 11 42.1%   32 26 55.2% 1201 1055 53.2%

Edmonton Oilers Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Ladislav Smid D 107 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 19:12 0:32 1:58 10 Shawn Horcoff C 467 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 22:21 4:41 1:45 12 Robert Nilsson C 89 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 14:51 2:53 0:00 13 Andrew Cogliano C 40 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 13:33 2:43 0:00 16 Jarret Stoll C 244 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:51 3:57 2:24 18 Ethan Moreau LW 687 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 18:14 1:50 1:28 19 Marty Reasoner C 423 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 15:45 0:26 2:56 23 Dick Tarnstrom D 282 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 12:46 0:00 0:00 24 Steve Staios D 717 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 0 20:00 0:03 3:39 27 Dustin Penner RW 141 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 19:18 4:00 0:00 28 Patrick Thoresen LW 80 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 2 7:40 0:00 0:00 34 Fernando Pisani RW 282 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 17:11 3:54 1:14 37 Denis Grebeshkov D 66 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 15:48 0:57 0:00 44 Sheldon Souray D 521 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 25:00 6:07 3:39 46 Zack Stortini RW 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6:56 0:00 0:00 51 Kyle Brodziak C 55 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12:34 0:00 1:27 77 Tom Gilbert D 52 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 0 23:17 3:36 1:58 89 Sam Gagner C 39 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 0 12:44 2:21 0:00   4708 2 4 6 -6 6 28 13 14

Columbus Blue Jackets Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Kris Russell D 35 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 14:04 2:23 0:00 6 Ron Hainsey D 205 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 0 19:23 4:02 1:15 8 Jan Hejda D 77 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 21:57 0:00 4:06 9 David Vyborny RW 509 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 12:14 1:16 1:33 10 Duvie Westcott D 197 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 1 14:42 1:44 0:00 11 Curtis Glencross LW 40 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12:07 0:00 0:00 12 Jiri Novotny C 113 1 1 2 2 0 1 4 1 21:29 2:29 4:20 13 Nikolai Zherdev RW 240 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 1 18:49 2:41 0:00 24 Kris Beech C 188 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 13:29 0:00 0:00 25 Jason Chimera LW 331 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 20:26 1:50 2:35 38 Joakim Lindstrom LW 17 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 10:25 1:40 0:00 40 Jared Boll RW 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7:44 0:00 0:00 45 Jody Shelley LW 375 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4:38 0:00 0:00 49 Dan Fritsche C 175 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:17 0:00 1:47 52 Adam Foote D 962 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 25:01 0:00 5:54 61 Rick Nash LW 320 3 0 3 0 2 6 0 2 19:58 3:47 2:29 91 Sergei Fedorov C 1167 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17:03 3:08 1:58 97 Rostislav Klesla D 367 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 25:14 3:05 4:03   6018 4 8 12 4 8 33 10 14

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