Avalanche use 3 goals in second period to beat Blues 4-3
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen and J.T. Compher each had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche won their fourth straight with a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Brandon Saad also scored, and Liam O’Brien had a pair of assists for Colorado, which improved […]
Rantanen scores twice, Avalanche beat Coyotes 4-2
DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had two goals and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 Monday night for their eighth victory in nine games. Brandon Saad and Nathan MacKinnon also scored as the Avalanche improved to 12-0-1 in their last 13 games at Ball Arena, the fourth longest home point streak in franchise […]
MacKinnon, Avalanche stay hot with 4-1 win over Ducks
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to nine games and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Sunday. Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and two assists to reach 500 career points for the Avalanche, who have won seven of eight. Jonas Johansson […]
Contenders make moves, get head start on NHL trade deadline
The defending Stanley Cup champions found a way to get better, the NHL’s top team solved a problem that has hurt it in the past, and another filled a major void created by an injury. Some of hockey’s best teams got a head start on the trade deadline Saturday by making important moves and scooping […]
Avalanche acquire goaltender Devan Dubnyk from Sharks
After injuries to their top two goaltenders derailed the Colorado Avalanche in the playoffs last year, they’re loading up on depth in net in hopes of making a deep run this season. Colorado acquired veteran goaltender Devan Dubynk from the San Jose Sharks on Saturday in exchange for defenseman Greg Pateryn and a fifth-round pick […]
Jonas Johansson gets 1st shutout, Avalanche edge Ducks 2-0
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jonas Johansson made 28 saves in his first career shutout, and Valeri Nichushkin scored in the Colorado Avalanche’s 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. Mikko Rantanen added an empty-net goal in the final minute as the West Division-leading Avalanche bounced back from an embarrassing 8-3 loss Wednesday to […]
Wild slow Avs’ surge as Fiala’s hat trick highlights 8-3 win
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — After several humbling losses to the West Division leader, the Minnesota Wild sent quite the message to the Colorado Avalanche in their last of eight regular season matchups. Eight was more than enough for the Wild to slow the surging Avalanche. Kevin Fiala notched his first career hat trick, Kirill […]
Avalanche extend point streak to 15 games, beat Wild 5-4
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon, Andre Burakovsky, Brandon Saad and J.T. Compher scored in a four-goal second period, and the Colorado Avalanche held off the Minnesota Wild 5-4 on Monday night to extend their league-best points streak to 15 games (13-0-2). The franchise record is 16 outings with a point from Dec. 27, […]
Makar scores late to lift Avalanche past Blues, 2-1
DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar scored with 40 seconds left to lift the Colorado Avalanche past the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Saturday night. Nathan MacKinnon also had a goal and Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 shots for Colorado. The Avalanche have won four in a row and are 12-0-2 over their last 14 games. Colorado […]
MacKinnon has 2 goals, Avalanche beat Blues, 3-2
DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals and Brandon Saad added another to lead the surging Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. Jonas Johansson had 25 saves for his first win for Colorado in his second start since coming over from Buffalo in a trade on […]