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Florida Panthers’ Huberdeau deals Colorado Avalanche 4-3 overtime loss

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Jonathan Huberdeau rocked the Avalanche on Wednesday night, sending Colorado to the first blown third-period lead of the year since the club relinquished the top spot from the Western Conference. The Florida Panthers’ Huberdeau forced overtime with a goal late in law in the Pepsi Center, then sent the crowd home frustrated by scoring 29
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Kiszla: Cute Avs play soft, get eaten alive by Sharks and really irk coach Jared Bednar in 4-2 playoff loss

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Dude, hey. This hairy, 4-2 decrease the Avalanche endured against San Jose in the NHL playoffs reminded me of something a wiser fella than myself said in “The Big Lebowski. ” Sometimes you eat the bear. And occasionally Logan Couture, well, he eats you. Too often on Tuesday night, the Avs were “adorable ” and
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Logan Couture’s hat trick leads Sharks past Avalanche in Game 3

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The tide turned for the Sharks. Both teams hit an extraordinary number of goalposts and crossbars Tuesday night, but the San Jose Sharks had two more pucks hit on the back of the net in defeating the Avalanche 4-2 in Game 3 of their Western Conference semifinal playoff series at the Pepsi Center. The Avalanche
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Avalanche goalie Philipp Grubauer is in that special place: “The zone”

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Avalanche Trainer Jared Bednar and standout defenseman Tyson Barrie used the same Term to describe goalie Philipp Grubauer after Wednesday morning’s skate at the Pepsi Center. “He’s at a zone,” they said. “It’s really helpful to get into a rhythm, for sure,” Grubauer said of his busiest stretch of the season. Semyon Varlamov, who started
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Chambers: Avalanche trade for Derick Brassard didn’t help playoff chances much, but Colorado was smart at the deadline

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Based on the last four games, it s hard to criticize the Avalanche for doing little Monday’s NHL trade deadline. After outscoring four opponents by a combined 20-4 — including 5-0 at Nashville on Saturday — that the Avs are playing their best hockey of the season and believe they have what it takes to
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Avalanche’s OT curse continues with 4-3 loss despite late goal from new addition Brassard

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Derick Brassard, acquired from the Florida Panthers before Monday’s 1 p.m. trade deadline, helped the Avalanche earn a point against the Panthers on Monday night in a strange 12 hours for the veteran forward. Brassard, 31, awoke at his Denver resort for a member of the Panthers. But he had been pulled off the ice
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Avalanche in playoff picture after another victory over Central Division-leading Winnipeg

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The Avalanche is devouring everything in its course and alive. In response to an eight-game losing skid, the Avs have climbed back in the Western Conference playoff picture by producing factors in six of their last eight games — a stretch capped by Wednesday night’s 7-1 triumph over the Central Division-leading Winnipeg Jets in the
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Avalanche keeping MacKinnon, Landeskog and Rantanen’s line broken up vs. Winnipeg

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The Avalanche’s lines at Wednesday night’s match against the Winnipeg Jets will again look like trainer Jared Bednar drew names from a hat. There is a method to his madness, nonetheless, and Bednar would like to stick to what helped deliver a 3-0 success over the Vegas Golden Knights on Monday. Scorers Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko
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Avalanche snaps six-game losing skid at Pepsi Center with shutout win over Vegas

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After performing apparently everything wrong in the previous six home matches, the Avalanche merged up its own lines Monday night and finally discovered a winning recipe facing a near-sellout audience of 17,808 at the Pepsi Center. The Avs, who’d been outscored 28-9 throughout their six-game losing streak in front of faces, got plenty of scoring,
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Avalanche splitting up Nathan MacKinnon, Gabe Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen line

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Avalanche coach Jared Bednar had the NHL All-Star break and the team’s designated bye week to reflect on its 3-7 slide in the last ten matches and float about the rest 32 regular-season games. Changes were expected and, so, the Avs will have a look Saturday night when they play their very first game. Against
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