When the Colorado Avalanche and Edmonton Oilers play, fans get to witness the four best players in the world on the ice at the same time. The ones wearing white on Saturday evening had far better nights than the ones wearing blue.

Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon, Jack Drury and Parker Kelly all scored twice to lead the Avalanche to a very convincing 9-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. With the win, the Avalanche stay atop the NHL standings with 23 points.

Here are five takeaways from Colorado’s dominant performance:

1. It’s a bold decision to leave Cale Makar wide open in the offensive zone. It’s even bolder to do it twice in a span of just 66 seconds. Makar got the party started for the Avalanche over halfway through the first period when he was able to walk in and label a puck off the post and in to give the Avalanche the 1-0 lead. Fans who stepped away to grab a beer might have thought they were watching a replay when the exact same goal was scored moments later by Makar, who became the first defenseman in the league to hit 20 points. Of course, no other defenseman has 15 years, so he might be waiting a little while before he gets some company.
2. The patented Brent Burns slap-pass was on full display Saturday evening. His first attempt at it saw Stuart Skinner stop Brock Nelson’s deflection in the first period, but Skinner wasn’t ready for Burns to do it again a little while later, as Jack Drury was the beneficiary of a great look from the veteran to make it 4-0. As nice as those plays were, his best play of the evening came in the defensive zone, as a diving poke-check by the 40-year-old stopped what looked to be a clear breakaway for Oilers superstar Leon Draisaitl.
3. A good fourth line can do wonders for any team, and Colorado’s fourth line chipped in with three goals against the Oilers. Gavin Brindley, returning to the lineup after missing two games from concussion-like symptoms, chipped in his second goal of the year in the second period, then assisted on a Parker Kelly goal just a few minutes later. Kelly added a shorthanded goal before the middle period ended, while Zakhar Bardakov picked up two assists of his own.
4. For the second time this season, Gabriel Landeskog had his first goal of the year taken off the board due to an offside challenge by the opposition. This one was a bit more clear than the previous one, as Drury looked like he entered the zone before bringing the puck in, but tough luck for the Avalanche captain, who is still searching for his first regular-season goal in over three years.
5. Thus far, no team has shown they’re capable of keeping up with the Avalanche at 5-on-5. They’ve got to figure out how to get the power play going, but they’re scoring goals at will at even strength and not giving their opponents anything at the other end. That’s a deadly combination.