Maple Leafs Bury Avalanche on Powerful Power Play The Canadian Press | February 13, 2019 DENVER — Nazem Kadri and Kasperi Kapanen scored power-play goals 22 seconds apart in the second period, Frederik Andersen stopped 34 shots and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Colorado 5-2 on Tuesday night, extending the Avalanche’s winless streak to eight…
Avalanche Looking to Break out of Recent Funk The Canadian Press | February 12, 2019 DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche could point to obvious flaws for their prolonged losing streak: Erratic goaltenders, floundering special teams, inconsistent scoring from players not on their top line . Or just go with the more direct one. “We just have…
Marchand’s OT Goal Lifts Bruins Over Avalanche The Canadian Press | February 10, 2019 BOSTON — Brad Marchand scored 4:03 into overtime and the Boston Bruins extended their points streak to seven games with a 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday. Patrice Bergeron left the puck at the top of the right circle for Marchand, who ska…
Islanders Outlast Avalanche in Overtime The Canadian Press | February 9, 2019 NEW YORK — Ryan Pulock scored his second goal of the game 2:23 into overtime to lift the New York Islanders to a 4-3 victory over the struggling Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Jordan Eberle had a goal and an assist, Josh Bailey also scored and Brock N…
Capitals Hand Avalanche 5th Straight Loss The Canadian Press | February 8, 2019 WASHINGTON — Evgeny Kuznetsov scored the winning goal, backup Pheonix Copley made 34 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Avalanche 4-3 in overtime Thursday night to hand struggling Colorado its fifth consecutive loss. The Avalanche have lost 10 …
NHL News & Notes: Boyle Trade, Murray, McLeod & More Brandon Share-Cohen | February 6, 2019 In today’s News & Notes, Brian Boyle has been traded to the Nashville Predators, Matt Murray is being evaluated for an upper-body injury, the Predators acquired Cody McLeod and the…
Blue Jackets Bury Avalanche – Snap 5-Game Skid The Canadian Press | February 6, 2019 DENVER — Josh Anderson scored the tiebreaking goal with 9:31 remaining, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 27 shots and the Columbus Blue Jackets snapped a five-game skid by beating the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Tuesday night. Pierre-Luc Dubois scored twice for …
Jost Is Challenging the Avalanche Development Model J.D. Killian | January 31, 2019 Tyson Jost could very well become the poster boy for the Colorado Avalanche’s player development issues. Jost, the 20-year-old forward in his second full season with the Avalanche, was sent…
Avalanche Proved to Be True All-Star MVPs J.D. Killian | January 30, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche may be a smaller market team but they came up big at the NHL All-Star festivities. The players proved worthy of the recognition and the organization made…
NHL News & Notes: Player and Puck Tracking, Winter Classic & More Brandon Share-Cohen | January 25, 2019 In today’s News & Notes, Gary Bettman has announced a new puck and player tracking system, the NHL has announced that the Dallas Stars and Nashville Predators will face off…
Avalanche Should Target Kreider at Deadline Nathan Kanter | January 22, 2019 The Colorado Avalanche are in a funk right now. They have been for some time, so I’m not sure you can call 20 games a ‘funk’. Yes, it’s been that…
Avalanche Score 6 Goals in 2nd to Crown Kings The Canadian Press | January 20, 2019 DENVER — Mikko Rantanen scored two of Colorado’s franchise record-tying six second-period goals, Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots and the Avalanche routed the Los Angeles Kings 7-1 on Saturday. Colorado had six goals in a period for the first time sinc…