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Avalanche takeaways: Can this excellent road team bring that magic back to the Pepsi Center?

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — The NHL grind will ease up for the Avalanche in the finishing stretch. Colorado plays 16 of its  final 28 regular-season games at home, including Saturday at the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Stadium. The thing is, the Avs need to rediscover their home-ice dominance and, oddly, play as well as they
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Jamal Murray’s 36 points powers Nuggets past Suns on the road

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PHOENIX — Had Jamal Murray kept his masterpiece into the end, it might’ve been enough for the Nuggets to win. Instead, it was his defense which served as one of the defining plays of Denver’s 117-108 win within the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night. Murray got his hands on a Ricky Rubio effort late in
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Avalanche beats Wild in Minnesota, extends winning streak to four games

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ST. PAUL, Minn. — It was an exhaustively successful work. The Avalanche, completing a rocky road excursion and playing on successive nights employed all its available energy Sunday night in the Xcel Energy Center. Colorado got targets in all three scenarios — shorthanded, power play and even-strength — and goaltending from Pavel Francouz at a
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Nuggets lock up Damian Lillard, pound Blazers to stay undefeated in division

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Few teams have been in a position to fix the Damian Lillard riddle. Portland’s all-star shield had laid waste to all in his path before Nuggets wings Gary Harris and Torrey Craig got ahold of him. On Tuesday night at the Pepsi Centerthey swarmed and stifled Lillard into a rare off night. It was part
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Meet the new Nuggets: Keita Bates-Diop, Gerald Green, Shabazz Napier and Noah Vonleh added in four-team trade

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The Nuggets roster failed an overnight makeover in a blockbuster trade that will bring four gamers into the Mile High City. But, don’t dictate those new jerseys just. Denver’s competitive approach may not be over with fluid roster structure until Friday’s trade deadline. However, Malik Beasley and Juancho Hernangomez were near being coped late Tuesday
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Boz Scaggs, Zeds Dead, Kaleo, Yo-Yo Ma and more are coming to Denver

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Boz Scaggs and his renowned pipes will serenade buffs in Grand Junction (June 11 at the Amphitheatre at Las Colonias Park) and Colorado Springs (June 13 at Pikes Peak Center) that summer, with tickets for the latter on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 7. ($40-$90, axs.com) Zeds Dead, an electronic act that takes over Red Rocks,
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Avalanche skates past Blues with big second period

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Unexpectedly , this five-game homestand that takes the Avalanche to an 11-day split between games has turned into a affair. The Avs, who began the homestand prolonged their points streak Saturday by beating the finest in the company in the Pepsi Center. At a tight defensive game that featured just 43 joined shots, Cale Makar
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Nuggets injury bug opens door for extended bench minutes: “I know I’ll be playing a lot”

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The doors into the Nuggets’ auxiliary gym at the Pepsi Center remained closed Saturday afternoon, and rather than allowing reporters to see the last minutes of exercise, the group required prolonged secrecy to run setup plays before the final whistle. This was extra preparation time made mandatory with a unfortunate Nuggets injury bug as rsquo
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Dallas Stars “cheat” on faceoffs, Avalanche coach says

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The Dallas Stars’ top forwards are cheaters, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said. “They’ve got veteran centermen in (Joe) Pavelski, (Jamie) Benn, (Tyler) Seguin and they cheat. They cheat on the faceoffs,” Bednar said Wednesday, the day after Dallas used a questionable faceoff to beat the Avs 3-2 in overtime at the Pepsi Center. To be
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Conor McGregor’s next opponent could be another fighter from Colorado

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John Locher, The Associated PressConor McGregor celebrates after beating Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone during a UFC 246 welterweight mixed martial arts bout, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at Las Vegas. Conor McGregor made brief work of Colorado’s own Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone in UFC 246 on Saturday. He could be on the path of confronting another of the
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