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2007-08 regular season

Oilers at Blue Jackets

🗓 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🔁 Season series tied 1–1

Blue Jackets beat Oilers 4–2 at Nationwide Arena on December 31, 2007.

EDM – CBJ
28–33
Shots on goal
0/4–1/3
Power play
14–14
Hits
13–10
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Rick Nash
3 G
6 shots · 19:58 TOI
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Jiri Novotny
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 21:29 TOI
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Nikolay Zherdev
2 A
3 shots · 18:49 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Jiri Novotny Go-ahead 1st · 08:15
Assists: Nikolay Zherdev, Jason Chimera · beat Dwayne Roloson
0–1
2nd period
🛢️ Ethan Moreau Tying 2nd · 07:23
Assists: Fernando Pisani, Andrew Cogliano · beat Pascal Leclaire
1–1
🧥 Rick Nash SH Go-ahead 2nd · 10:36
Assists: Ron Hainsey, Jiri Novotny · beat Dwayne Roloson
1–2
🛢️ Steve Staios Tying 2nd · 13:18
Assists: Ethan Moreau, Sheldon Souray · beat Pascal Leclaire
2–2
3rd period
🧥 Rick Nash PP Go-ahead 3rd · 16:39
Assists: Duvie Westcott, Joakim Lindstrom · beat Dwayne Roloson
2–3
🧥 Rick Nash Empty net 3rd · 19:51
Assists: Nikolay Zherdev, Adam Foote
2–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🛢️Oilers
L1 Penner · Moreau · Horcoff 19:18
L2 Stoll · Reasoner · Pisani 17:11
L3 Nilsson · Cogliano · Gagner 13:33
L4 Thoresen · Brodziak · Stortini 7:40
D1 Souray · Gilbert 24:08
D2 Staios · Smid 19:36
D3 Grebeshkov · Tarnstrom 14:17
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Chimera · Nash · Novotny 20:26
L2 Fedorov · Beech · Zherdev 17:03
L3 Glencross · Fritsche · Vyborny 12:14
L4 Shelley · Lindstrom · Boll 7:44
D1 Klesla · Foote 25:08
D2 Hejda · Hainsey 20:40
D3 Westcott · Russell 14:23

Team stats

Away left · home right
🛢️EDM CBJ🧥
28 Shots on goal 33
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
14 Hits 14
13 Blocked shots 10
3 Takeaways 5
4 Giveaways 6
6 Penalty minutes 8
EDM shooting 7.1% (2/28) CBJ shooting 12.1% (4/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🛢️Oilers
Dwayne Roloson
29/32
.906 SV% · 3 GA · 59:22 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Pascal Leclaire
26/28
.929 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Oilers
Oilers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-5-1 (14% win rate, 7 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 8-1-2 (73% win rate, 11 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Oilers
Oilers — tied after 2nd: 7-5-1 (54% win rate, 13 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 2nd: 3-4-3 (30% win rate, 10 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 1–1
Nov 262007 🧥CBJ @ 🛢️EDM 1–3 Feb 222007 🛢️EDM @ 🧥CBJ 4–0 Jan 312007 🧥CBJ @ 🛢️EDM 2–5 Dec 22006 🧥CBJ @ 🛢️EDM 4–0 Nov 102006 🛢️EDM @ 🧥CBJ 4–1
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Who won Oilers vs Blue Jackets on December 31, 2007?

Blue Jackets won 4–2. The final score was Oilers 2, Blue Jackets 4.

Who scored for Oilers?

Ethan Moreau, Steve Staios.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Rick Nash (3), Jiri Novotny.

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Dwayne Roloson made 29 saves on 32 shots (.906 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Pascal Leclaire made 26 saves on 28 shots (.929 save percentage).

Where is Oilers vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Oilers vs Blue Jackets season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeDec 29 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 4–5 AfterJan 2 🛢️EDM @ 🎵STL 3–2
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeDec 29 🌪️CAR @ 🧥CBJ 1–4 AfterJan 2 🧥CBJ @ 🦆ANA 1–2
Also on December 31
🐦ATL 2–5 🐻BOS 🎵STL 2–0 🐙DET 🦈SJS 3–2 🌲MIN 🏔️COL 3–4 🌵PHX 🏝️NYI 4–1 🌪️CAR 🐯NSH 1–0 ⭐DAL 🐋VAN 1–2 🔥CGY
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