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Avalanche push Oilers down in Western Conference standings with loss

Associated Press

Saturday, March 14, 2009

EDMONTON, Alberta -- The Colorado Avalanche played the spoiler role to perfection, though that's not the way they look at it. John-Michael Liles scored 42 seconds into overtime to give the Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. "We're not looking at it as being spoilers right now, we're just looking to win as many games as we can," Colorado coach Tony Granato said. Darcy Tucker and Paul Stastny also scored for the Avalanche, coming off a win over the playoff-con ...

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