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At a quick glance, the Nashville Predators leading the NHL with 24 standings points makes total sense. In defeating the Colorado Avalanche 4-1 to close out Wednesday’s NBCSN doubleheader, the Predators displayed a mix of the unexpected (Colton Sissons generating a hat trick) with what’s becoming run-of-the-mill (an explosive offense going cold against Pekka Rinne). Nashville’s show has been traveling better than the circus so far in 2018-19, as their 12-3-0 overall record is buoyed by a perfect 7-0-0 mark on the road. Continue to Article

November 08, 2018 6:38:pm EST

Colton Sissons put an exclamation point on his run of success against the Colorado Avalanche. The fifth-year center got his second career hat trick and Colorado had two apparent goals nullified by replay reviews as the Nashville Predators beat the Avalanche 4-1 Wednesday night. ''Everybody has a team or two they have success against and feel good against and fortunately for me, it's a team in our division,'' said Sissons, who has scored eight of his 26 career goals against Colorado. Continue to Article

November 08, 2018 3:35:am EST

The Chicago Blackhawks have fired head coach Joel Quenneville and named Jeremy Colliton as his replacement, the NHL team announced on Tuesday. Assistant coaches Kevin Dineen and Ulf Samuelsson have also departed the franchise, with Barry Smith becoming part of Colliton's staff. Quenneville, 60, sits second on the list of wins for a coach in the NHL, amassing 884 in a career that also included spells with the Colorado Avalanche and the St. Louis Blues. Continue to Article

November 06, 2018 10:45:am EST

Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson did their best impersonation of the Sedin twins on Friday night. If you were watching the Vancouver Canucks battle the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night and thought Daniel and Henrik Sedin were still playing for the ‘Nucks, I wouldn’t blame you. Similar thoughts crossed my mind when current members of the team, Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson, teamed up to score this Sedins-style goal early in the second period. Continue to Article

November 03, 2018 12:56:am EST

The Colorado Avalanche star met the Pittsburgh Penguins captain through trainer Andy O’Brien when he was 15. “We have a good thing going,” MacKinnon said. As part of one the best lines in hockey this season, MacKinnon is tied for third in NHL scoring with nine goals and 18 points. Continue to Article

November 02, 2018 11:21:am EST