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Edmonton Oilers defenceman Andy Sutton celebrates his goal against the Colorado Avalanche in Friday's NHL game at Denver. Altitude and attitude.The dog-tired Edmonton Oilers amazingly moved to the top of the Western Conference ladder Friday night with a 3-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche in Mile High City.The Oilers continued to show off their first-month swagger that #39;s seen them win four g d3 football ames in a row; something they did only once last year.They didn #39;t get to their Denver hotel until 3: 20 am Friday morning after becoming the first team to beat the Washington Capitals on Thursday at Rexall Place, but if they needed some rest, there was no rust in their game as they ran their record to 6-2-2. That ties the Oilers with the Dallas Stars for No. 1 in the West at 14 points.The form d3 football ula for all these wins has stayed the same: Terrific goaltending, opportunistic scoring, getting outshot, hanging on, digging deep.-The message before this one was to make sure we mucked it out and made it a dirty game in the trenches,- said defenceman Andy Sutton(notes), who ended a 60-game drought with the eventual game-winner in the middle period, following on the heels of another score by fell d3 football ow blue-liner Cam Barker(notes), his first goal in almost 10 months. Instead of counting on the young guns - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins(notes), Taylor Hall(notes) and Jordan Eberle(notes), who didn #39;t get a shot as a line until late in the third period - the Oilers got some welcome production from some older folks.Ryan Smyth(notes) set up the goals by Barker and Sutton and scored from a goalmouth d3 football scramble 27 seconds after Ryan O #39;Reilly(notes) narrowed Colorado #39;s deficit to 2-1 with a powerplay goal on Devan Dubnyk(notes).It was the first power-play goal the Oilers have given up since the Vancouver Canucks scored twice with the man-advantage on Oct. 15. Otherwise, Dubnyk was tremendous, making 40 stops.-We gutted it out with great goaltending, again,- said Sutton.Smyth looked his a d3 football ge (35) against the Caps, but was very good here.-Leave it to King Muck to do that. He was pretty much on his belly swinging at it,- said Oilers coach Tom Renney, who is disturbed by his club #39;s continual large differential in shots for and against (41-19 in this one, 37-22 for the Capitals on Thursday), also their letdown in the back half of some games.The kids line was silent for one of the r d3 football are times this month - Hall had a fat lip after the referees missed a high-stick to his face - but Smyth had his best offensive night of his comeback with the Oilers and now has eight points.Barker, who had been very quiet offensively, got his first NHL goal since Jan. 2, 2011, off a nifty feed from Sam Gagner(notes).-I #39;ve been sniffing around (a goal) a couple of times, hit a post last game d3 football #8230; great pass by Sam,- said Barker.After Barker tucked one home, Sutton, 36, sashayed into the slot in front of Avs goalie Semyon Varlamov(notes) to tip Finnish winger Lennart Petrell #39;s(notes) long slapper. It was Sutton #39;s first goal celebration since March 16, 2010, a span of 60 games. .-Every now and then, I find myself in strange places,- said the six-footsix, 245-pound Sutton, who d3 football said the deflection drill isn #39;t part of his extensive repertoire. -Last year, I tried doing that and tipped the puck right into my face.-Barker #39;s and Sutton #39;s goals came in the second period, when the Oilers were outshot 14-5.While the Oilers were opportunistic around Varlamov - they had only 19 shots - Dubnyk was rock-solid in his first game in 10 days after a 2-1 loss to the Flames i d3 football n Calgary. After watching Nikolai Khabibulin(notes) win three games in a row and only give up three goals in 91 shots, Dubnyk had a tough act to follow.But he did well, facing 30 shots over the last 40 minutes.-Fine with me. I might as well get some work when I #39;m in there,- said Dubnyk. -I #39;ve got to see Khabby putting on a clinic #8230; and seeing that is motivation for me to keep it goin d3 football g.-- Thank goodness for our goaltending. It #39;s cleaned up whatever mistakes we make,- said Sutton, who clocked Avs rookie Gabriel Landeskog(notes) with an elbow in the third period, leading to a fight with Shane O #39;Brien(notes).The league might look at the hit. -They may look at it, they might not. I #39;d do it (that play) again,- said Sutton. Play Fantasy Hockey, now with Pro Leagues! A d3 football nd follow Yahoo! Sports' NHL coverage on Twitter. Updated Oct 29, 6:06 am EDT d3 football
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