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Rapid Recap: Avalanche - 5 | Islanders - 4The Colorado Avalanche faced the New York Islanders the for the second time this season, first time on the road. Logan OConnor played in his 100th NHL game.

Cale Makar continues to put his name toward the top of many National Hockey League records, this time scoring his 100th career point in his 108th game.Makar had two points to reach the milestone, recording a goal and adding an assist in the Colorado Avalanches 4-3 win against the St. Louis Blues on Thursday at Enterprise Center.He tied Sergei Zubov (108 games in 1993-94) for the sixth-fewest games by a defenseman in NHL history to record 100 career points. The only other blueliners to do it fast...

On its first trip to the East Coast in over a year and a half, the Colorado Avalanche battled in its final outing of a three-game journey to go 1-2-0 on the road swing.Colorado finished the trip with a 4-3 shootout win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on Saturday. Gabriel Landeskog netted the first goal of the game and after that, the Avs and Bolts alternated markers and were tied three different times during the contest before Cale Makar scored the decisive marker in the shootout...

The Colorado Avalanche battled all season long to try and put itself in the best position for success in the postseason, but the teams run in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs has come to an end.The Avs dropped their Round 2 matchup 4-2 against the Vegas Golden Knights following a 6-3 loss in Game 6 at T-Mobile Arena on Thursday night."Whats going through my head right now is just disappointment. You see the look on our guys faces and how much they want it and how hard they care and how hard th...

Colorado had five different goal scorers in win by Callie Parmele @CallieParmele / ColoradoAvalanche.com The Colorado Avalanches top line got the team started but the squads depth used that as momentum as the Avs went on to pick up a 5-4 victory against the Minnesota Wild. Down 1-0 at the first intermission, Nathan MacKinnon scor...

Avs Gaining Confidence After Sweeping Blues Players say the tight games should help them in the stretch run and beyond by Ron Knabenbauer @RonKnab / ColoradoAvalanche.com The Colorado Avalanche might be on a 14-game point streak, but the teams recent success hasnt been as easy as it might appear. The squad has had to show its ver...

Strong Defensive Effort Displayed in Series Against Coyotes Colorado held Arizona to 14 shots on goal for the second straight game by Callie Parmele @CallieParmele / ColoradoAvalanche.com The Colorado Avalanche placed an emphasis on improving its play on the defensive side of the puck prior to the start of the season and that foc...

After not finding the back of the net as frequently as the players would have liked, six members of the Colorado Avalanche broke through and hit twine on Saturday.Jacob MacDonald tallied his first goal as a member of the Avs while Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog, Joonas Donskoi and Tyson Jost all scored before Pierre-Edouard Bellemare sealed the victory with an empty-net marker in the final minutes of play. Colorado won 6-2 against the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena to sweep the back-to...

Hunter Miska won his first career NHL game and did so against his former team.The goaltender made 16-of-18 saves on Friday night to help the Colorado Avalanche break a two-game losing streak and earn a 3-2 win versus the Arizona Coyotes at Gila River Arena.

Along the south shore of picturesque Lake Tahoe, the Colorado Avalanche was set to play an outdoor afternoon affair at the foot of snow-capped mountains and beside North Americas largest alpine lake.The beautiful, bluebird day turned out to be to much for the manmade rink too handle, and the contest against the Vegas Golden Knights was interrupted due to challenging ice conditions resulting from extreme sun.Colorado rolled with the punches though and earned a 3-2 victory against Vegas on Saturda...