Outplayed most of the game, the Edmonton Oilers won their season opener thanks to Dustin Penner and Mathieu Garon. Penner scored his second goal of the game with just 5.4 seconds left to give the Oilers a 3-2 victory against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night. "It felt great to get a start like that to the season," Penner said.

The Boston Bruins made Patrice Bergeron's return memorable. Not so for Tony Granato. Bergeron, out for nearly a year with a serious concussion, had an assist and David Krejci scored the game-winner with 2:36 remaining, lifting the Bruins to a 5-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night in the season opener for both teams.

Ryan Smyth's power-play tip-in at 3:07 of overtime lifted the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 preseason win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. Smyth, at the left edge of the crease, redirected Paul Stastny's cross-ice feed past Cristobal Huet. Chicago's Martin Havlat scored a power-play goal with less than one second remaining in regulation to force the extra session.

Dustin Byfuglien and Martin Havlat both scored two goals, and Patrick Kane added three assists as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-4 on Friday night in a preseason game. Dave Bolland, Brent Seabrook and Patrick Sharp also scored for the Blackhawks. Cristobal Huet stopped 16 shots. David Jones and Paul Stastny scored two goals each for Colorado (3-1-1).

Ryan Smyth, T.J. Hensick and David Jones each scored for Colorado, and the Avalanche beat the Dallas Stars 3-1 in a preseason game Wednesday night. Steve Ott scored his second goal of the preseason for Dallas. Smyth took a cross-ice pass from Paul Stastny and beat Stars goalie Matt Climie at the right post with 1:22 left in the second period to break a scoreless tie.