Oilers 4, Avalanche 3

Oilers beat Avs 4-3
The Edmonton Oilers won their season opener against the Colorado Avalanche and it didn't take overtime or a shootout, and get this, they never trailed in the game! Yea, yea I know, the Avalanche aren't exactly as good as they were at the end of the last season and they don't have Oiler killer Forestburg and this is only the first game of the season.
The Oilers carried most of the play, outshooting Colorado 31-17 and Ty Conkin played well enough (stopping 14 of 17) to get the win. Sean Horrcof played really well, and was the first star of the game, and hopefully it's a sign of thing to come from him, as he netted the first goal of the night and got the game winning goal. Horcoff's opening goal set a team record for fastest first goal of a season at 24 seconds. Ryan Smyth, who earned a second star, also played well notching a goal and adding 2 assists as he finished the night with a +2 rating. Stoll also played well and earned a 3rd star for his performance.
Ty Conklin's performance, wile good enough to win, wasn't exactly a game breaking performance, and hopefully with Jussi Markkannen being activated some time either today or tomorrow, it will give both of them the push they need to start performing better. If the Oilers have a weakness, and they have enough really, it the big, BIG, question is around goaltending. I really don't think the goal scoring one that everyone keeps bringing up is a really valid question mark. The Oilers have always been able to finish in the top 12 in goal scoring in the league, and the last season the finished 10th, so if the Oilers have a goal scoring problem, most of the teams in the NHL have a goal scoring problem.
You can't really ask for a better way to open the season then beating one of the best teams in your division. The Oiler's next game is this Saturday night against the Vancouver Canucks, which should provide another clue as to how the Oilers stack up against the rest of their division.