Blackwood made 27 saves and excelled in one of his toughest battles since joining the Avs. The 28-year-old goaltender has faced three 30-plus shots- and four 25-plus shots- games and has not ...

The Avalanche have not been able to score on Connor Hellebuyck this season until Wednesday night. Colorado got two past the Winnipeg Jets netminder but it wasn’t enough in the 3-2 overtime loss.

Yet again, the Avs’ depth comes up big on the game’s biggest stage. 2. Andre Vasilevskiy, G, Lightning — The Avs rode the adrenaline of the home crowd early to blitz the Lightning’s all ...

The Avs collected five of six points during a three games in four nights stretch. But the shootout on Monday was uninspiring ...

Also on Bednar's praiseworthy list was the penalty-kill unit, which weathered Mikko Rantanen's interference call early in OT. “That’s the thing — those guys that were on the ice, they worked ...

With the win, the Avs are knotted with the Wild in the Central Division at 72 points.

The Avs continued to struggle on the power play and did not convert in a scoreless first period. Hellebuyck made nine saves while Mackenzie Blackwood stopped eight shots. Nathan MacKinnon got the ...