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Avalanche acquire D Brett Kulak from Penguins
The Colorado Avalanche acquired Brett Kulak from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday in exchange for fellow defenseman Samuel Girard and a second-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft.,The trade was the second of the season for Kulak, who was acquired by the Penguins from the Edmonton Oilers on Dec. 12 in...
Nathan MacKinnon guides Avs to 5-0 win over Red Wings
Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals to become the first player in the NHL with 40, Mackenzie Blackwood turned away 27 shots and the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-0 on Saturday.,MacKinnon added an assist, while Blackwood delivered his third shutout of the season and the 16th ...
Avalanche eager to regain footing in encounter vs. Red Wings
After beginning January on a historic pace, the Colorado Avalanche find themselves stumbling as they wrap up the month at the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday afternoon.,Colorado had just two regulation losses one game into the 2026 calendar year before losing eight of its next 12 games (4-6-2). The ru...
Canadiens crush struggling Avalanche
Nick Suzuki scored a pair of special-team goals in the first period in a three-point outing to lead the host Montreal Canadiens to a 7-3 beatdown of the struggling Colorado Avalanche on Thursday., ,Kirby Dach and Juraj Slafkovsky both collected one goal and one assist while Noah Dobson and Jake Evan...
Facing adversity, Avalanche aim to regain form vs. Canadiens
The Colorado Avalanche visit the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday on the heels of arguably their most disappointing performance in what has been a standout season.,The Avalanche sit atop the league standings, nine points ahead of their closest competitors, but are looking to rebound after a dismal 5-2...
Brock Nelson's hat trick carries Avalanche past Maple Leafs
Brock Nelson scored two of his three goals in the first period Sunday afternoon and the visiting Colorado Avalanche went on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1.,It marked the fifth hat trick of Nelson's career and his first for Colorado. Jack Drury also scored for the Avalanche, who had lost their...
Lukas Dostal stands tall vs. Avs as Ducks win in shootout
Lukas Dostal made 40 saves through regulation and overtime and two more in the shootout, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Mikael Granlund and Cutter Gauthier had shootout goals and Jeffrey Viel scored in regulation for Anaheim in Alex Killorn's 1,00...
Lukas Dostal stands tall vs. Avs as Ducks win in SO
Lukas Dostal made 40 saves through overtime and two more in the shootout, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Colorado Avalanche 2-1 in Denver on Wednesday night.,Mikael Granlund and Cutter Gauthier had shootout goals and Jeffrey Viel scored in regulation for Anaheim in Alex Killorn's 1,000th career game...
High-flying Ducks ready for challenge of league-leading Avalanche
The Anaheim Ducks have followed their worst stretch of the season with one of their best. They will try to keep the momentum going when they visit the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night.,Anaheim brings a four-game winning streak into its second game of the season against the top team in the NHL a...
Nathan MacKinnon gets Avalanche back on track in win over Caps
Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist to reach 1,100 career points, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 in Denver on Monday.,MacKinnon leads the NHL with 38 goals and is tied with Oilers star Connor McDavid for the scoring lead with 85 points.,Victor Olofsson had a goa...
Avalanche concerned with rare lull as slumping Capitals visit
Every team experiences lulls throughout an 82-game season, but the Colorado Avalanche seemed immune to that in the first half of the schedule.,Finally, a lull has hit Colorado, which dropped four of its last six games and suffered its first loss in regulation on home ice. The Avalanche will try to b...
Trent Miner, Avalanche blank Blue Jackets to run home win streak to 17
Trent Miner made 29 saves to record a shutout in his first career victory, Brent Burns had a season-high two goals and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-0 in Denver on Saturday.,Ilya Solovyov scored his first NHL goal, Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist, and Parker Kelly ...
Seemingly invincible at home, Avs welcome East-worst Blue Jackets
The Colorado Avalanche capitalized on shaky goaltending to rout the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night.,They face another team with questions in net when they welcome the Columbus Blue Jackets to Denver on Saturday.,Colorado brings a 16-game home winning streak into Saturday's matinee matchup and has...
Avalanche return to comforts of home vs. Senators
The Colorado Avalanche had two regulation losses in the first 40 games of the season. They doubled that total in the last two games to find themselves mired in their first losing streak since late October.,After being thwarted in the Sunshine State, the Avalanche return to Denver for the next seven ...
Avalanche F Gabriel Landeskog, D Devon Toews out weeks
The Colorado Avalanche expect forward Gabriel Landeskog and defenseman Devon Toews to miss numerous weeks with upper-body injuries.,Landeskog will probably return after Toews, who has been ruled out for at least two weeks, coach Jared Bednar said Tuesday ahead of the Avalanche's road game against th...
Coming off rare regulation loss, Avalanche visit sizzling Lightning
The matchup Tuesday night on Florida's Gulf Coast comes down to this: It's the NHL's best, the Colorado Avalanche, versus its hottest, the Tampa Bay Lightning.,Colorado will be playing its third game in four nights, but nothing has seemed to hamper coach Jared Bednar's dynamic club and its race to t...
Panthers stop Avalanche's 10-game win streak
Aaron Ekblad scored the eventual game-winner at 18:12 of the second period as the Florida Panthers edged Colorado 2-1 on Sunday in Sunrise, Fla., to end the Avalanche's 10-game winning streak and send the NHL's top team to only its third loss of the season.,Sam Bennett also scored for the Panthers, ...
Blues seek consistency, face another red-hot team in NHL-best Avs
The Colorado Avalanche battle the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night in Denver with a chance to extend their already scorching start to the 2025-26 season.,Colorado has won eight in a row overall and 14 straight at home -- where it is 16-0-2 this season -- and has just two regulation losses through ...
Avalanche firing on all cylinders ahead of Kings matchup
The Colorado Avalanche went into the holiday hiatus with a low-scoring victory and came out of it with a shootout in Las Vegas.,Colorado has won games in a variety of ways -- now seven in a row -- and will try to extend the winning streak to eight when it plays the Los Angeles Kings on Monday night ...
Nathan MacKinnon's clutch effort lifts Avs past Knights in shootout
Nathan MacKinnon scored his league-leading 31st goal to go with two assists and also scored the game-winner in the fourth round of the shootout as the Colorado Avalanche edged the Vegas Golden Knights 6-5 on Saturday night in Las Vegas.,MacKinnon skated down the slot and ripped a wrist shot past the...