Wild west.
The Colorado Avalanche emerged from the chaos in Game 1, taking the opener of the 2022 Western Conference Final with an unruly and immensely entertaining 8-6 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night in Denver.
Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon were the early catalysts and helped represent the superior collection of superstars in the high-profile, high-talent matchup — at least on this night — combining for two goals and five points. J.T. Compher, meanwhile, was the single multi-goal man in a contest that featured 13 different goal scorers.
Game 1s continue to be unkind to the Oilers, a team proven seemingly incompatible with these series ice-breakers.