"We weren't floundering in our zone as much because we played the body a lot more and helped out when the time was right," Anderson said. "Forwards were collapsing in front the net, all the little things that add up. I just thought our concerted effort was much better tonight."

Defensemen Tobias Enstrom and Ron Hainsey forced overtime with third-period goals, and Rich Peverley and Slava Kozlov scored in a shoot-out to give the Thrashers a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues last night.

Marty Reasoner set up both third-period goals to help Atlanta (7-6-1) snap a four-game home losing streak and two-game slide overall.

St. Louis earned a point for the third straight game, but is winless in five.

Ty Conklin stopped the first 27 shots he faced for St. Louis (5-6-4) before Enstrom scored to cut it to 2-1 with 7 minutes, 1 second left in regulation.

The Blues have lost their last two in shoot-outs, but coach Andy Murray didn't regret his decision to keep his team aggressive with a 2-0 lead.

"We didn't want to play shutdown in the third," Murray said. "We wanted to play attack-oriented hockey. You don't sit on a lead. We made a mistake. They scored."

Andy McDonald opened the scoring at 6:55 of the second period, and David Perron gave the Blues a two-goal lead on a power play at 7:08 of the third.

St. Louis 0 1 1 0 – 2

Atlanta 0 0 2 0 – 3

Atlanta won shoot-out, 2-0.

First period: None. Penalties: Perron, StL (hooking), 4:22; Crombeen, StL (slashing), 8:33; Schubert, Atl (interference), 15:31; Bogosian, Atl (holding), 19:43.

Second period: 1, St. Louis, McDonald 5 (Perron, Johnson), 6:55. Penalties: Kubina, Atl (interference), :40; Eller, StL (hooking), 9:10; Oshie, StL (goaltender interference), 12:47; Winchester, StL (holding), 17:00.

Third period: 2, St. Louis, Perron 4 (Brewer, Pietrangelo), 7:08 (pp). 3, Atlanta, Enstrom 2 (C. Armstrong, Reasoner), 12:59. 4, Atlanta, Hainsey 2 (Reasoner), 16:29. Penalties: Kubina, Atl (tripping), 5:44; Johnson, StL (cross-checking), 14:03.

Overtime: None. Penalties: None.

Shootout: St. Louis 0 (McDonald NG, Boyes NG), Atlanta 2 (Peverley G, Kozlov G).

Shots on Goal: St. Louis 7-8-13-4–32. Atlanta 8-9-20-3–40.

Power-play opportunities: St. Louis 1 of 4; Atlanta 0 of 6.

Goalies: St. Louis, Conklin 2-2-1 (40 shots-38 saves). Atlanta, Hedberg 2-1-0 (32-30).

A: 10,904 (18,545). T: 2:33.

Referees: Chris Rooney, Bill McCreary. Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Mark Shewchyk.

Oilers 5, Avalanche 3

DENVER, - Ryan Potulny and Dustin Penner scored two of Edmonton's four power-play goals and also had assists, and the Oilers handed Colorado its first home loss of the season.

Patrick O'Sullivan and Tom Gilbert added power-play goals, Andrew Cogliano also scored, and Nikolai Khabibulin (7-7-1) made 34 saves to help Edmonton end a three-game losing streak.

The Oilers were 4 for 7 on the power play.

Marek Svatos, T.J. Hensick, and David Jones scored for Colorado, and Craig Anderson made 27 saves. The Avalanche had opened the season with six straight home wins.

Colorado 1 1 1 – 3

First period: 1, Edmonton, Comrie 5 (Gagner, Penner), 4:47 (pp). 2, Colorado, Svatos 4 (Quincey, Stastny), 8:00. 3, Edmonton, Gilbert 1 (Nilsson, Potulny), 14:48 (pp). 4, Edmonton, Penner 10 (O'Sullivan, Visnovsky), 19:02 (pp). Penalties: Svatos, Col (boarding), 4:24; O'Sullivan, Edm (slashing), 5:35; Strudwick, Edm (roughing), 6:39; McLeod, Col (roughing), 6:39; Wilson, Col (delay of game), 13:40; Stewart, Col (interference), 18:41; Colorado bench, served by Svatos (too many men), 19:48.

Second period: 5, Colorado, Hensick 1 (Clark, Wolski), 4:56. Penalties: Grebeshkov, Edm (hooking), 1:58; Comrie, Edm (cross-checking), 9:09; Stortini, Edm (slashing), 16:48.

Third period: 6, Edmonton, Potulny 1 (Grebeshkov, Gilbert), 4:44 (pp). 7, Colorado, Jones 6 (McLeod, Stastny), 7:27. 8, Edmonton, Cogliano 3 (Reddox, Staios), 16:40. Penalties: McLeod, Col (hooking), 4:03; Dupuis, Col (charging), 10:42; Colorado bench, served by Svatos (too many men), 14:31; Foote, Col, game misconduct, 20:00.

Shots on Goal: Edmonton 14-7-11–32. Colorado 13-20-4–37.

Power-play opportunities: Edmonton 4 of 7; Colorado 0 of 4.

Goalies: Edmonton, Khabibulin 7-7-1 (37 shots-34 saves). Colorado, Anderson 11-4-2 (32-27).

A: 12,118 (18,007). T: 2:24.

Referees: Steve Kozari, Justin St. Pierre. Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Brad Lazarowich.