Wojtek Wolski and Marek Svatos scored shootout goals to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 win over Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.
Colorado goalie Peter Budaj denied Sam Gagner, Ales Hemsky and Marty Reasoner in the shootout.
Budaj finished the game with 30 saves.
Colorado has now won six of its last seven games while the Oilers dropped their fourth straight.
Ian Laperriere scored his second goal of the game 2:20 into the third period to tie the game at 3. It was Laperriere’s first two-goal game since March 21 of last season against Edmonton.
Dwayne Roloson was back in net after being pulled in the first period of the Oilers’ 5-2 loss to Minnesota on Monday. Roloson gave up three goals on eight shots against the Wild.
He bounced back with 35 saves against Colorado.
The Oilers scored three times in the first period on goals from Kyle Brodziak, Tom Gilbert and Ales Hemsky. It was a change of pace as Edmonton had been held scoreless in the opening period of its last three games.
Laperriere scored the first goal of the game when he redirected a shot from Jeff Finger near the blue line.
Laperriere later had an assist on Tyler Arnason’s first-period goal.
