The Edmonton Oilers were routed 9-1 by the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night, matching the franchise’s worst margin of defeat on home ice. Nathan MacKinnon led the way for Colorado with two goals and two assists. Cale Makar and Jack Drury also scored twice, while Parker Kelly added two goals and an assist.

The question of how close the Oilers think they are to the Avalanche after that kind of result was thrown around in the aftermath. Colorado now improved to 9-1-5, to the top of the NHL standings, while Edmonton fell to 6-6-4, and now sits second-to-last in the Pacific Division.

Edmonton Oilers endured a humiliating 9-1 defeat to the Colorado Avalanche, a stark wake-up call for a team aiming for the Stanley Cup. Captain Connor

“We’re not even close,” Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said. “There’s a team that’s playing really well, and we’re not. That’s just not one game. If you look at the last five weeks, they’ve been going pretty well. We haven’t. Right now, we’ve got a lot of work to do.”

The Oilers got decimated by the Avalanche by a score of 9-1 on Saturday night, but it wasn't the worst game in franchise history.

The Edmonton Oilers suffered their most embarrassing loss in recent memory, dropping a contest to the Colorado Avalanche by a final score of 9-1. It was the fir

The Edmonton Oilers were on the receiving end of a 9-1 walloping at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday night at Rogers Place. The game was relatively close after 20 minutes.

Nathan MacKinnon has two goals & two assists as one of eight different Avalanche players to record multiple points on Saturday night in a 9-1 victory over the Oilers at Rogers Place

The Avalanche exposed the Oilers' flaws, not just a loss, but a harsh lesson on what it takes tobe a contender.