By SANTOSH VENKATARAMAN
STATS Senior Writer

Edmonton (7-8-1) at Colorado (12-3-2), 8:00 p.m. EDT

The Colorado Avalanche have matched a franchise record for
consecutive home wins to start a season, and they have a good
chance to break that mark given the Edmonton Oilers' play on the
road.

The Avalanche and goaltender Craig Anderson look to hand the
Oilers a sixth straight road loss Sunday when the Northwest
division rivals meet for the second time this season.

Colorado (12-3-2) improved to 6-0 at the Pepsi Center with a 4-3
shootout victory over Chicago on Friday. Ryan O'Reilly scored
twice for the Avalanche, David Jones added a short-handed goal
and Chris Stewart had the winning goal in the shootout.

Anderson continued his outstanding season with 29 saves, and he
made seven stops in the shootout. The free agent acquisition is
11-3-2 with a 2.15 goals-against average.

"He gives us a chance to win every night and he did it again
tonight," Avalanche coach Joe Sacco said.

The Avalanche also started 6-0 at home two seasons ago and in
1994-95 in their final season in Quebec.

Anderson has shut out the Oilers (7-8-1) in his last two starts
against them, including a 3-0 victory Oct. 27. Wojtek Wolski
scored twice for Colorado and Anderson made 25 saves.

The Avalanche have been one of the league's biggest surprises so
far with 26 points to lead the Northwest. They had a Western
Conference-low 69 last season.

"It is still early but you would rather be here now then at the
end of the year," Stewart said. "We have to compete every game,
and it is a long season."

Edmonton has scored a total of three goals in losing three
straight as it begins a five-game road trip. The Oilers haven't
outshot an opponent since the first game of the season, and were
outshot 39-28 against the Rangers in a 4-2 loss Thursday.

"We've got guys who are supposed to be scorers that don't put
the puck anywhere near the net. That's the disappointing part,"
coach Pat Quinn said. "You don't get many goals if you don't
shoot it."

The Oilers won their first road game, 6-1 at Nashville on Oct.
12 before losing the next five. They have scored one goal in
their last three road contests.

"Sometimes it works in your favor when you get on the road. When
you can get the guys together and get more of a positive energy
surrounding our team," captain Ethan Moreau told the Oilers'
official Web site. "It's worked to our advantage in the past and
hopefully that's the case."

The Oilers have won their last two games in Denver, including an
8-1 win March 19 in their last visit. That was the Avalanche's
most-lopsided regular-season home loss since moving from Quebec
to Colorado in 1995.