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Star assessments: Evaluating the Avalanche’s top players in 2019-20

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Avalanche superstar Nathan MacKinnon is beyond a three-star player. If there were a fourth star, he would have it. And teammates Cale Makar and Ryan Graves, among others, are perhaps equally as important to a club that flirted with the Western Conference regular-season championship before the coronavirus pandemic halted the season. To help fill the
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Czech Republic natives, J.T. Compher, lead the Avalanche to 3-2 win over Buffalo Sabres

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Czech, please. Czech Republic natives Martin Kaut and Pavel Francouz had yet another memorable night Wednesday in the Avalanche’s 3-2 triumph over the Buffalo Sabres at the Pepsi Center. Kaut, a newcomer forward, scored his first career goal, also Francouz, a goalie in his first full NHL season, closed the door with 13 third-period saves.
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Nathan MacKinnon reaches milestone as Avalanche defeats Islanders 3-1

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In winning trend Wednesday night, Nathan MacKinnon attained a Hall of Fame-backed milestone with his 50th point of the season, becoming just the third Avalanche participant to produce 50 points in 3 consecutive seasons. Merely club legends Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg had done this before, together using Sakic (1998-2002) and Forsberg (1995-99) — both
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Avs blow another third-period lead, fall 3-2 to Stars in overtime

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In case the NHL Plays had opened Tuesday, the Dallas Stars and Avalanche would have started a first-round show involving the Central Division’s Nos. 2 and 3 seeds. But, no, we’re three months away from the postseason and Tuesday’s tilt was the fourth and closing assembly between the competitions. Overtime was required, and also in
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Reeling Avalanche falls short in overtime loss to Penguins

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The relatively healthy Avalanche was a better team when it was injury-depleted — much like the current banged-up Pittsburgh Penguins. Minus superstar Sidney Crosby and a handful of other regulars Friday night, the Pens rallied from a third-period deficit and defeated the Avs 4-3 in overtime at the Pepsi Center. Center Jared McCann scored with
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Avalanche breaks out of slump, routs Stanley Cup champion Blues

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The Avalanche’s chilly spell may be over. The Avs, who entered Thursday to some three-game winless skid and having dropped four straight at home, put a major damage over the defending Stanley Cup champions at the Pepsi Center. In a showdown involving Central Division rivals and a couple of the greatest clubs from the Western
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Minus Cale Makar, the Avalanche loses 5-4 in OT to the Calgary Flames

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Life with No Cale Makar was a Tumultuous experience for the Avalanche on Monday night. Playing without its precious rookie defenseman for first time this year, along with also the very first time in 40 games dating to last year’s Gravity, Colorado gave up too many goals and didn’t score sufficient at a 5-4 overtime
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Avalanche uses big third period to defeat Oilers and snap two-game skid

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This was an offensive explosion, sans of the group ’s most explosive players. The Avalanche, tied 1-1 after two periods Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center, erupted for 50 shots and three goals inside a 2:32 period of the next period to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 and snap a losing series. Colorado outshot the
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Avalanche gameday: Still no sign of Mikko Rantanen

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DALLAS — It appears that Mikko Rantanen, initially listed as “week-to-week” with the injury to his left leg, could miss an whole month since the Avalanche proceeds to wade through significant losses to its own forward corps. Rantanen, a 2019 NHL All-Star who will make a team-high $12 million salary this season, is starting his
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Avalanche falls to Stars 2-1 to finish a disappointing homestand 0-2-1

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Avalanche trainer Jared Bednar smashed his team after yet another performance in the home. Dallas Stars goalie Anton Khudobin made 38 saves Friday night in a 2-1 victory in the Pepsi Center, where the Avs finished 0-2-1 on their homestand after coming in with the NHL-best 8-1-1 record. Even the Stars’ game-winning target came through
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