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• Recap: Avs score four in first period, defeat Senators 5-1

John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images Colorado’s depth was on display and Cale Makar made more history. The Colorado Avalanche snowed in the Ottawa Senators on their own ice Thursday night at Canadian Tire Centre. Brock Nelson scored his first and second goals in an Avalanche uniform, while Nathan MacKinnon and Joel Kiviranta each added insurance to help the Avalanche defeat the Senators 5-1. It...2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs (5:00 p.m.)

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images It’s a Colorado Avalanche gameday! Following a strong performance in an emotional overtime victory over Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche will embark on their final Eastern Conference road trip of the season, which will take them through Eastern Canada. The Avs will face the Maple Leafs in Toronto to star...2025
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• Preview: Avs look to keep rolling into Ontario as road trip begins against Maple Leafs

Photo by Andrew Lahodynskyj/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs enter this trip with a nine-game point streak. Following a strong performance in an emotional overtime victory over Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas Stars Sunday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche will embark on their final Eastern Conference road trip of the season, which will take them through Eastern Canada. The Avs will face the Map...2025
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• Recap: Colorado falls to Minnesota 2-1 in shootout

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images And just like that, Colorado’s six-game win streak is snapped. After going a perfect 6-0 on a homestand going into this game, the Colorado Avalanche saw their win streak finally came to an end on the road as they lost 2-1 to the Minnesota Wild in the shootout. Let’s take a look at how it all happened tonight. First Period This game was very low event fro...2025
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• Recap: Nathan MacKinnon makes history, Wedgewood shines in 3-0 shutout over Blackhawks

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Wedgewood continues to have the best season of his career. It was a night to remember for Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche. MacKinnon became the 100th player in NHL history to secure his 1,000th career point, and the Avalanche completed a perfect six-game homestand with a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks Monday evening at Ball Arena. Scott Wedgewo...2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado vs. Toronto (5:00 p.m. MT)

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images It’s another Colorado Avalanche gameday! As the dust settles from the NHL trade deadline, the Colorado Avalanche gear up for a big Saturday evening match with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Colorado has enjoyed a strong homestand winning four in a row meanwhile Toronto is hoping to find success in the west after dropping a game in Vegas. Colorado Avala...2025
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• Recap: Avs score four in first period, defeat Senators 5-1
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• Recap: Nathan MacKinnon makes history, Wedgewood shines in 3-0 shutout over Blackhawks
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• Where has Colorado’s scoring gone?

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Can this group generate more goals? Following a disappointing loss to the St. Louis Blues, the bulk of the conversation surrounding the Colorado Avalanche and their latest woes has centered around the lack of scoring. Head coach Jared Bednar is even acknowledging concerns after producing just two goals in a pair of weekend games. Bednar admitted he'...2025
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• Recap: Avs sluggish in loss to St. Louis

Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images Not much to write home about when it comes to that performance. It was another disappointing night for the Colorado Avalanche out of the gate. After scoring the opening goal, Colorado gave up three unanswered goals in a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues. They end this quick two-game road trip with back-to-back games with losses. The Avalanche still sit i...2025
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• Preview: Avalanche look to ramp it up as NHL returns from Four Nations break

Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs return to action to visit the division rival Nashville Predators. After the remarkable success of the Four Nations Faceoff, which captivated the sports world in North America for the last 10 days, the National Hockey League is back in action Saturday, with 14 games occurring across the league. The Colorado Avalanche return to play with s...2025
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• Recap: Avalanche fight tooth and nail for exhilarating Edmonton win

Photo by Leila Devlin/Getty Images Back-and-forth hockey at its finest between two high-scoring teams! Might as well leave it all out there despite playing 24 hours ago, eh? That’s what the Colorado Avalanche did in its Friday night matchup against the Edmonton Oilers. After playing last night against the Calgary Flames in a 4-2 win, Colorado had its work cut out for them against Connor Mc...2025
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• Preview: Avalanche look to build on shutout against new look Flyers

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Flyers are playing their first game since a big trade on Thursday. Following mornings skate on Friday, Avalanche Head Coach Jared Bednar stated that the team was treating the next five home games as playoff games. The Colorado Avalanche matched the intensity of the statement, dismantling the St. Louis Blues 5-0 on the back of a four goal first perio...2025
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• Preview: Saturday showdown with the Stars

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Another day, another big Avalanche game. The run of important games continues for the Colorado Avalanche, who welcome the Dallas Stars to Ball Arena on Saturday afternoon for a matinee affair. It comes in a run where six of eight games are against Central Division opponents, such as this one. Dallas has the season advantage over Colorado, wher...2025
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• Saturday Stats: What will the Avs do during the Four Nations break?

Perry Nelson-Imagn Images Two weeks off? I’m about to get so much done! It’s here, it’s really happening - the Four Nations break is upon us and I’m about to have so much more time for activities. I’m finally going to build that plant stand my girlfriend has been bugging me about since pre-season! She’s going to be so happy! Obviously we know what Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Devon Toews...2025
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• Weekly Grades: Guest Edition!

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Colorado Avalanche won two tough games this week but were they any good? With the weekly grades specialist Erza on vacation I will do my best to depict the week that was as your guest evaluator. We saw the Colorado Avalanche go 2-1-0 in their last home stand before the start of a long road trip, which began with a disappointing ...2024
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"Brock Nelson scored his first and second goals in an Avalanche uniform, while Nathan MacKinnon and Joel Kiviranta each added insurance to help the Avalanche defeat the Senators 5-1."

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"Joel Kiviranta scored a hat-trick and is having by far the best year of his young career with 10 goals and 2 assists."

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"This time, it belongs to Joel Kiviranta, who was a member of the Dallas Stars."

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"FORWARDS Jason Robertson - Roope Hintz - Joe Pavelski Jamie Benn - Tyler Seguin - Denis Gurianov Michael Raffl - Luke Glendening - Joel Kiviranta Tanner Kero - Jacob Peterson - Alexander Radulov DEFENDERS Ryan Sutter - Miro Heiskanen Esa Lindell - Jani Hakanpaa Thomas Harley - Joel Hanley GOALTENDERS Dallas will likely go with Jake Oettinger, who has looked good so far in his young career."

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"942 (9) Raffl & Heiskanen, 2 G Leader Boone Jenner, 4 Miro Heiskanen, 4 A Leader BJORKSTRAND & Voracek, 5 Miro Heiskanen, 6 P Leader Oliver BJORKSTRAND, 7 Jani Hakanpaa, 21 PIM Leader Sean Kuraly, 9 2-2-0 Home / Road 3-1-0 3-2-0 Last 10 3-2-0 Projected Lineups Columbus Blue Jackets Patrik Laine Boone Jenner Jakub Voracek Gregory Hofmann Jack Roslovic Oliver BJORKSTRAND Gustav Nyquist Cole Sillinger Yegor Chinakhov Eric Robinson Sean Kuraly Alexandre Texier Zach Werenski Jake Bean Vladislav Gavrikov Adam Boqist Gabriel Carlsson Andrew Peeke Elvis Merzlikins Joonas Korpisalo Dallas Stars Denis Gurianov Roope Hintz Joe Pavelski Michael Raffl Radek Faksa Tyler Seguin Jacob Peterson Jamie Benn Alexander Radulov Joel Kiviranta Luke Glendening Tanner Kero Ryan Suter John Klingberg Esa Lindell Miro Heiskanen Andrej Sekera Jani Hakanpaa Braden Holtby Anton Khudobin"

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"Stars rookie Joel Kiviranta completed a hat trick with a series-clinching goal in overtime Friday to lift his team to a 5-4 win over the Avs in Game 7."

• Recap: Avs score four in first period, defeat Senators 5-1
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Toronto Maple Leafs (5:00 p.m.)
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• Recap: Nathan MacKinnon makes history, Wedgewood shines in 3-0 shutout over Blackhawks
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• Open Thread: Colorado vs. Toronto (5:00 p.m. MT)
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• Preview: Remade Avalanche face Maple Leafs

Photo by Kevin Sousa/NHLI via Getty Images Who will win the first post-deadline battle? As the dust settles from the NHL trade deadline, the Colorado Avalanche gear up for a big Saturday evening match with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Colorado has enjoyed a strong homestand winning four in a row meanwhile Toronto is hoping to find success in the west after dropping a game in Vegas. Colorado ...2025
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• Preview: Avalanche look to build on shutout against new look Flyers
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• Recap: Colorado falls to Minnesota 2-1 in shootout
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• Recap: Nathan MacKinnon makes history, Wedgewood shines in 3-0 shutout over Blackhawks
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• Recap: Avs rout the Sharks in fourth straight win at home

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Colorado remains perfect on the homestand so far! Talk about a hectic night. Colorado is officially halfway through their current homestand and are perfect throughout this stretch, as they won against the San Jose Sharks by a final score of 7-3. The Avs also made a huge splash while the game was still going on and acquired Brock Nelson from the...2025
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues (4:00 p.m.)

Photo by Rick Ulreich/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images It’s another Colorado Avalanche gameday! Despite a respectable effort from the Avs last night in Nashville, it was not enough to produce more than one goal against the lowly Predators. To add to the sting of the loss, The Avs had to watch both Dallas and Minnesota come out of their respective matchups with two points, as well as watch...2025
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• Recap: Nathan MacKinnon makes history, Wedgewood shines in 3-0 shutout over Blackhawks
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• Recap: Avs rout the Sharks in fourth straight win at home
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• Recap: Avs sluggish in loss to St. Louis
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs Nashville Predators (4:00 p.m.)

Photo by John Russell/NHLI via Getty Images It’s finally a Colorado Avalanche game day! We're back! It's the first of a back-to-back starting away to the Nashville Predators! #GoAvsGo pic.twitter.com/9dPqZx7w9f— Mile High Hockey (@MileHighHockey) February 22, 2025 After the remarkable success of the Four Nations Faceoff, which captivated the sports world in North America for the last...2025
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• Stars' 'secret weapon' Kiviranta hero in Game 7
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• Colorado Avalanche Game Day: Seeing Stars on Division Rivalry Night
Photo by Glenn James/NHLI via Getty Images Avalanche and Stars rematch; Avs look to double down on dominance. The Dallas Stars come to Ball Arena for a Central Division showdown with the Colorado Avalanche tonight. These two clubs just met on Sunday for a matinee contest, and Colorado dominated most of the action and secured a 4-0 shutout. Colorado is 17-0-2 in their last nineteen games a...2022
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• Avs sign Joel Kiviranta to a PTO

Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Another forward could end up being depth down the line. Another day, another professional tryout. During the dog days of summer this August, the Colorado Avalanche have brought on their second PTO of the summer. This time, it belongs to Joel Kiviranta, who was a member of the Dallas Stars. The name may sound familiar. In case you forgot for very obvious ...2023
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• Another wave of cuts before game in Dallas

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images 41 players remain for preseason game five. On practice day Tuesday there was small announcement of cuts before putting several on waivers in anticipation of more cuts prior to the road game against the Dallas Stars. The Colorado Avalanche are getting closer to their opening night roster with a couple tough decisions ahead. We have announced...2023
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• Avalanche cut three prior to game in Minnesota

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images The regular season is getting closer. It was a quick practice in Denver prior to tonight’s game group packing up and heading to Minnesota to face the Wild tonight for preseason game number three. The expected lineup is definitely the “B Squad” as only Jack Johnson is the only sure NHL regular on the list. It will be a good test to see those fi...2023
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• Avs have gone from pretenders to elite contenders

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The Colorado Avalanche have rediscovered who they are. If we had told you a few months ago that the Colorado Avalanche would be one of the hottest teams in the NHL by Christmas, we would have been dismissed as delirious. Well, this is now the reality. Colorado has transformed from pretenders to elite contenders practically overnight. WE’RE BACK It all starte...2024
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• Recap: Avs score four in first period, defeat Senators 5-1
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• Kiviranta scores 2 3rd-period goals to lift Avalanche past Sharks
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Joel Kiviranta had two third-period goals, and Mackenzie Blackwood made 32 saves as the Colorado Avalanche rallied past the San Jose Sharks 4-2 at SAP Center on Thursday. Blackwood returned to San Jose for the first time since being traded to … Continue reading → The post Kiviranta scores 2 3rd-period goals to lift Avalanche past Sharks first appeared on Pro Ho...2024
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• Open Thread: Colorado Avalanche vs St. Louis Blues (4:00 p.m.)
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• Preview: Avalanche look to shake off frustrating return to play against Blues

Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Avs and Blues square off for the second time this season. Despite a respectable effort from the Avs last night in Nashville, it was not enough to produce more than one goal against the lowly Predators. To add to the sting of the loss, The Avs had to watch both Dallas and Minnesota come out of their respective matchups with two po...2025
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• Avalanche add veteran Zach Parise on one year deal

Photo by Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty Images Parise appeared in all 82 games for the New York Islanders last season. Can you call this the first “big” move of the 2024 NHL Trade Deadline? After a couple of days of excitement and speculation following a report from longtime Minnesota Wild reporter, Michael Russo, the Colorado Avalanche announced on Friday that they would be signing veteran Le...2024
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• Weekly Grades: MacKinnon Nichushkin Domination Edition

Photo by Bruce Kluckhohn/NHLI via Getty Images The Avs went 2-2 this week. But were they any good? We’re back with the Colorado Avalanche weekly report card! This week Colorado couldn’t get their engines going against the Jets, swallowed the Sharks, got goalied in Chicago, and rode a career night from Nathan MacKinnon to victory over the Senators. But were they any good? THE GAMES Satur...2023
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• Recap: Avs give up two at the buzzer to lose a heartbreaker in Nashville

Photo by Danny Murphy/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Just when it looked like the Avs would sneak out with two points, disaster struck, and they leave Nashville with zero The Colorado Avalanche hoped to extend their winning streak to four games against the Nashville Predators on Monday night, and just when it looked like that would happen...it didn’t. The game had some positive takeaways...2023
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