Colorado Avalanche — St. Louis Blues: 6:1, NHL

Colorado Avalanche put St. Louis Blues away with a 6-1 scoreline at home on Sunday night, and the result fits what we'd been expecting all along. We'd called for the hosts to win at 63% confidence in our preview, and they've now delivered on that assessment.

The Avalanche were running hot coming into this fixture, having beaten Winnipeg 5-2 in their previous outing before dropping a narrow 4-1 loss to Utah. St. Louis, meanwhile, had rallied from a 2-3 defeat to Chicago with a convincing 4-0 shutout of Dallas on their last trip.

That margin of victory tells you everything about how the match played out—Colorado controlled territory and created chances at will, while the Blues struggled to find any foothold. Six goals against one suggests a complete mismatch, and the result settled any doubt about who would come out on top.

Both sides now sit level on zero points with one game played each, so this doesn't shift the table much at this early stage. What matters more is the statement Colorado made with a performance that felt like they'd turned it on from the first whistle.

The gap between the two teams was never really in question once the Avalanche started clicking, and St. Louis had nothing to show for their efforts.