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Colorado Avalanche leave no doubt they’re NHL’s best after destroying Oilers

The Colorado Avalanche's utter destruction of the Edmonton Oilers left little doubt as to who is the NHL's best club this season.

The Colorado Avalanche are the NHL's top team, following a 9-1 demolishing of the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. | Thearon W. Henderson/GettyImages

The Colorado Avalanche are number one in the NHL with a bullet. Saturday night’s annihilation of the Edmonton Oilers left little doubt that the Avalanche are the team to beat this season.

The win put the Avs one point ahead of the New Jersey Devils for first overall in the NHL.