🏔️ Away Avalanche 27-16-2 before this game
2–2
Final / OT
🛢️ Home Oilers 29-15-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
COL 01102
EDM 11002

Avalanche at Oilers

Avalanche beat Oilers 2–2 in overtime at Rogers Place on January 12, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Jan 12, 2002 · 21:00 CST 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 2–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Milan Hejduk
1 G
2 shots · 22:47 TOI · +1
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Ville Nieminen
1 G
1 shots · 12:57 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Chris Drury
1 A
3 shots · 16:11 TOI · +1
4rd star 🏔️ COL
Patrick Roy
32 saves
0.941 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Mike Comrie PP Go-ahead 1st · 05:48
Assists: Anson Carter, Janne Niinimaa · beat Patrick Roy
0–1
2nd period
🛢️ Georges Laraque 2nd · 15:11
Assists: Shawn Horcoff · beat Patrick Roy
0–2
🏔️ Ville Nieminen 2nd · 17:06
Assists: Brian Willsie, Greg De Vries · beat Tommy Salo
1–2
3rd period
🏔️ Milan Hejduk Tying 3rd · 00:39
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Chris Drury · beat Tommy Salo
2–2

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🏔️COL EDM🛢️
27 Shots on goal 34
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
18 Hits 16
15 Blocked shots 16
14 Takeaways 14
22 Giveaways 24
10 Penalty minutes 8
COL shooting 7.4% (2/27) EDM shooting 5.9% (2/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
32/34
.941 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Tommy Salo
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 64:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Oilers
Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–2
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
Oilers
Oilers: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Messier · Sakic · Hejduk 22:47
L2 Tanguay · Reinprecht · Drury 18:57
L3 Nieminen · Hahl · Willsie 12:57
L4 Yelle · Vrbata · Parker 7:38
D1 Blake · De Vries 32:02
D2 Skoula · Trepanier 25:06
D3 Gill · Berry 7:48
🛢️Oilers
L1 Smyth · Marchant · Carter 19:30
L2 Murray · Comrie · Grier 16:34
L3 Moreau · Hecht · Cleary 14:21
L4 Horcoff · Green · Laraque 10:03
D1 Niinimaa · Poti 27:20
D2 Brewer · Smith 22:18
D3 Brown · Staios 14:56

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 2–2 Full head-to-head →
Nov 24, 2001
🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL
0–2 · Avalanche won
Oct 18, 2001
🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL
4–1 · Oilers won
Oct 11, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM
3–5 · Oilers won
Apr 2, 2001
🛢️EDM @ 🏔️COL
3–5 · Avalanche won
Mar 28, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🛢️EDM
1–4 · Oilers won

❓ COL vs EDM, answered

Who won Avalanche vs Oilers on January 12, 2002?

Avalanche won 2–2 in overtime.

What was the final score of Avalanche vs Oilers?

The final score was Avalanche 2, Oilers 2, in overtime.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Milan Hejduk, Ville Nieminen.

Who scored for Oilers?

Georges Laraque, Mike Comrie.

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Tommy Salo made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 save percentage).

Where is Avalanche vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Avalanche vs Oilers season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Jan 9
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
3–7 · COL won
Next game · Jan 15
🦈SJS @ 🏔️COL
1–0 · SJS won
🛢️Oilers
Previous game · Jan 10
🌪️CAR @ 🛢️EDM
4–1 · CAR won
Next game · Jan 14
🛢️EDM @ 🪶CHI
1–2 · CHI won
Also on January 12, 2002
🗽NYR @ 🔔PHI
2–4 final
🎵STL @ 🐧PIT
4–1 final
⭐DAL @ 🐙DET
2–5 final
👑LAK @ 🦈SJS
3–2 final
🏝️NYI @ 🐻BOS
5–4 final
😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF
1–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
1–1 final
🪶CHI @ 🧥CBJ
4–5 final
Avalanche season page Oilers season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule