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Aided by new goalie tandem, Avs visit struggling Canucks
Buoyed by goaltending stability, the Colorado Avalanche visit Vancouver on Monday to face a Canucks team looking for some form of stability on home ice.,The Avalanche are 5-2-0 since acquiring Scott Wedgewood from the Nashville Predators on Nov. 30, with Wedgewood delivering a sterling .931 save per...
Mackenzie Blackwood (37 saves), Avs top slumping Predators
Mackenzie Blackwood had 37 saves in his Colorado debut and the Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 in Denver on Saturday night.,Blackwood, acquired from the San Jose Sharks on Monday, just missed a chance for his second shutout of the season. Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist, Artt...
Justus Annunen, recently with Avs, returns with Predators
With Alexandar Georgiev faltering, the Colorado Avalanche gave Justus Annunen a chance to be their goaltender, but inconsistent play led to his trade to Nashville on Nov. 30.,Two weeks later, Annunen may get a shot at beating his former team when the Predators visit the Avalanche on Saturday night i...
On a roll, Utah tries to contain Avalanche's dynamic duo
The Utah Hockey Club make their first visit to Denver since relocating from Arizona and will face a revamped Colorado Avalanche team on Thursday night.,At least part of the team.,Colorado recently turned over its goaltending position, with Justus Annunen and Alexandar Georgiev leaving in separate tr...
Mikko Rantanen (hat trick, 2 assists), Avs pound Penguins
Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick and had two assists for the Colorado Avalanche in a 6-2 win against the host Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.,Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and four assists and Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves for the Avalanche, who have won three straight and four of their past five.,Co...
Avalanche heating up, finish road trip at Penguins
Two teams on a roll will go head-to-head when the Colorado Avalanche visit the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.,The Avalanche have won three of four on their current five-game road trip, which concludes in Pittsburgh, after dropping three of their previous four outings. The trip kicked off with a ban...
Avalanche, Sharks swap goalies in four-player deal
The Colorado Avalanche traded goaltender Alexandar Georgiev, forward Nikolai Kovalenko and two draft picks to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood, forward Givani Smith and one draft selection on Monday.,Colorado's 2025 fifth-round draft pick and 2026 second-round pick ...
Scott Wedgewood, Avalanche shut out Devils
Scott Wedgewood made 25 saves and the visiting Colorado Avalanche shut out the New Jersey Devils 4-0 on Sunday night.,Ross Colton and Logan O'Connor scored first-period goals for the Avalanche, who are 3-1 on their five-game road trip. Casey Mittelstadt and Calvin de Haan each had two assists.,Wedge...
Alexandar Georgiev recovers in goal as Avalanche edge Wings
Alexandar Georgiev bounced back from his worst outing of the season by making 29 saves and the visiting Colorado Avalanche defeated the slumping Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Saturday night.,Georgiev was pulled from his previous start after giving up four goals in less than 12 minutes against the Buffalo...
Wings out to halt recent trend, keep Avs off their game
The one-goal losses are piling up on the Detroit Red Wings. They've dropped four straight games, all by a single goal, including two in overtime.,They are hoping to halt that agonizing trend when they host the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.,Detroit didn't even get a point in its latest defeat. The ...
Andrei Svechnikov's career night carries Canes past Avs
Andrei Svechnikov's empty-net goal combined with three earlier assists gave him the first four-point outing of his seven-year career in the Carolina Hurricanes' 5-3 victory against the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night in Raleigh, N.C.,NHL points leader Martin Necas provided a goal and a...
Avalanche erase 4-0 deficit to top Sabres
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice as the visiting Colorado Avalanche rattled off five unanswered goals for a come-from-behind 5-4 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night. ,MacKinnon added an assist for Colorado, which also got goals from Joel Kiviranta, Logan O'Connor and Artturi Lehkonen to ov...
Sabres look to reignite offense as they start five-game homestand vs. Avs
Both the Buffalo Sabres and the Colorado Avalanche are looking to rediscover their scoring touches when they face off on Tuesday in Buffalo.,The Sabres enter the matchup having been shut out in two of their previous three outings. Meanwhile, the Avalanche have been held to a combined eight goals ove...
Avalanche acquire G Scott Wedgewood from Predators
The Colorado Avalanche acquired Scott Wedgewood from the Nashville Predators on Saturday in exchange for fellow goaltender Justus Annunen and a sixth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft.,Wedgewood, 32, is 1-2-1 with a 3.69 goals-against average and an .878 save percentage in five games (four starts) th...
Oilers, Avalanche set to test mettle in Denver
A team usually is at a disadvantage playing the second night of a back-to-back set, but the Edmonton Oilers and Colorado Avalanche are on equal footing for their game in Denver on Saturday night.,Both teams played road games on Friday night, but the Oilers are the ones who experienced a pleasant fli...
Avs, Stars meet for first time since West semifinal series
Dallas and Colorado have forged a rivalry over the past 25 years, starting when Derian Hatcher and Joe Sakic were the respective captains in the late 1990s as they battled for NHL supremacy.,The Central Division rivals will renew acquaintances when the Stars host the Avalanche on Friday night.,The l...
Valeri Nichushkin, Avs post shootout win over Knights
Valeri Nichushkin had a goal in regulation and the only one in an extended shootout, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2-1 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Alexandar Georgiev turned away 18 shots through overtime and all five he faced in the shootout to give Colorado its fourth w...
Avs F Jonathan Drouin (upper body) is week-to-week
Colorado Avalanche forward Jonathan Drouin is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, coach Jared Bednar said Wednesday.,Drouin has not played since scoring his first two goals of the season in Saturday's 7-4 road win against the Florida Panthers. He missed Monday's 8-2 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightni...
Golden Knights strive to finish road trip strong, take on Avalanche
They may feel homesick, but the Vegas Golden Knights are rolling so far on their five-game road trip, which they'll wrap up against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night in Denver.,Vegas dropped the first game of the trip but has reeled off three straight wins, including a 5-4 shootout victory a...
Brandon Hagel racks up 5 assists as Lightning crush Avalanche
Anthony Cirelli scored in his sixth straight game and Brandon Hagel had four of his career-high five assists in Tampa Bay's five-goal first period as the Lightning buried the visiting Colorado Avalanche 8-2 on Monday night.,Cirelli set the NHL's longest goal streak this season with a quick score fro...