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 O Connor 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 Avalanche s 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 faster were Harry Cameron (88 games in 1921-22), Mark Howe (94 games in 1980-81), Brian Leetch (102 games in 1989-90), Larry Murphy (105 games in 1981-82) and Phil Housley (106 games in 1983-84).
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.Nathan MacKinnon factored on all three Avalanche goals in regulation while Landeskog had a multi-point effort and the third member of that forward trio, Mikko Rantanen, also found the back of the net. However, it wasn t just the top line that helped Colorado pick up the win.
The Colorado Avalanche battled all season long to try and put itself in the best position for success in the postseason, but the team s 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."What s 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 they are working and just to come up short, it just hurts," said head coach Jared Bednar. "Guys put a long year in of work and commitment and dedication to the team and you don t get to where you want to go, so it s disappointing."It is not easy to win, and we are learning that. It s just disappointing. Some guys have been working for it here for multiple years together and just trying to keep taking steps forward. You got to tip your hat to Vegas, it s a great hockey team and th
Colorado had five different goal scorers in win by Callie Parmele @CallieParmele / ColoradoAvalanche.com
The Colorado Avalanche s top line got the team started but the squad s 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 scored 18 seconds into the second period and three other Avs found the back of the net in the frame. In total, Colorado had five different skaters from three different lines hit twine before the final buzzer on Monday at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.