Ryan Smyth and Ales Hemsky scored shootout goals to lift the Edmonton Oilers over the San Jose Sharks 2-1 in the NHL on Monday.
Oilers rookie Mike Morrison stopped 21 shots and then turned aside Niko Dimitrakos, who shot wide of the net, and Jonathan Cheechoo in the shootout. Only Marco Sturm got a shot past him in the tiebreaker as the Sharks lost their sixth straight game, two in a row by shootout.
Patrick Marleau scored on a second-period power play for San Jose. Marty Reasoner tied it for the Oilers late in the period.
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FLAMES 3, AVALANCHE 2, SO
At Denver, Philippe Sauve stop-ped all three shots in a shootout, helping Calgary beat the team that traded him away last summer.
Tony Amonte beat Peter Budaj for the only goal of the shootout. Sauve stopped an impressive group -- Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk and, after Amonte's score, Alex Tanguay to preserve the victory.
Making a spot start in place of Miikka Kiprusoff, Sauve stopped 33 shots.
Budaj, meanwhile, fell to 0-3 in shootouts this season.
Fischer IN STABLE CONDITION
Red Wings defenseman Jiri Fischer collapsed on the Detroit bench during Monday's NHL game against the Nashville Predators and was hospitalized in stable condition.
The team announced to the crowd that the 25-year-old Czech had a seizure and was doing fine. But Red Wings coach Mike Babcock later said Fischer's heart had stopped and was restarted.
"They hooked up the auto defibrillator and shocked him," Babcock said.
Fischer was also given CPR at the bench by team physician. Tony Colucci before he was removed on a stretcher.
The game was called off with no makeup date immediately announced. As fans were still filing out, team spokesman John Hahn said Fischer was taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital and was stable, breathing on his own and responsive.
Fischer was diagnosed with a heart abnormality in September 2002.
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