LAS VEGAS – J.T. Compher will play wing with center Nathan MacKinnon and left wing Gabe Landeskog in even-strength Friday afternoon against the Vegas Golden Knights. Compher replaces Mikko Rantanen, who’s diagnosed with a lower-body injury. “I enjoy the way our traces played on that road trip and we all had a success this past
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The Boston Bruins got a deal Thursday — like this injustice absorbed by the Avalanche in Game 7 of its playoff series in San Jose. The NHL’s no offside review stinks. It was introduced to fix negligence but has come to be a unneeded portion of the game. In the third period of a 2-2
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SUNRISE, Fla. — Star center Nathan MacKinnon will be a game-time choice Friday as soon as the Avalanche plays the Florida Panthers. MacKinnon endured a deep bruise on his leg/hip at Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime loss at Pittsburgh and didn’t take part in Friday’s morning skate. “His leg’s sore. He got struck there the other night
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Fourth-year Avalanche trainer Jared Bednar no more admits his starting goaltender the afternoon before a match, but on Friday he stated there is a “excellent possibility” Pavel Francouz is likely to make his first career NHL start Saturday when Colorado sponsor the Arizona Coyotes to finish a four-game homestand. Clear-cut No. 1 goalie Philipp Grubauer
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The Avalanche confronted its first real hardship of a NHL season Thursday night using a second-period home shortage against the Boston Bruins. Colorado’s reply proved many think this team has the DNA of a Stanley Cup contender. The Avs conquered the Bruins 4-2 at the Pepsi Center to stay ideal for the entire season and
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Avalanche captain Gabe Landeskog is nearing his franchise’s biggest moment in a decade, just two successive wins shy of a berth in the Western Conference Finals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with zero room for error. Game 6 against the Sharks on Monday night inside Pepsi Center, trailing the series 3-2, helps decide whether the
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Feed the crowd off. The Avalanche has won its last eight games at the Pepsi Center, finishing 6-0 in the regular season and going 2-0 in Round 1 against the Calgary Flames. The Avs will play in front of a boisterous, sellout crowd, and the more they feed off the energy, the better they’ll playwith.
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The Avalanche on Thursday night begins its run at the Stanley Cup as it opens the playoffs at Calgary. Colorado hasn’t won a playoff series since 2008, when it topped the Minnesota Wild 4-2 in the Western Conference quarterfinals. Will this be the year the Avs break their streak of bad luck? Its opinion is
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According to how Tyson Barrie is playing of late, adding like-minded defenseman Cale Makar to the Avalanche lineup isn’t a priority. Given Barrie’s giant offensive contributions in the past six games, the Avs can manage to wait patiently for Makar — the Hockey East player of the year and the favorite to collect the Hobey
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Its unstructured lineup become a polished parade for the Avalanche on Sunday, meaning the beer-league look might get another try Tuesday night at Minnesota. The Avs used one less forward (11) and an extra defenseman (seven) in defeating the New Jersey Devils 3-0 at the Pepsi Center, together with the line combinations and defensive pairings
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