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The Colorado Avalanche are struggling, so coach Jared Bednar decided to try to spread the wealth. Bednar's experimented before, but in the last instance, it just meant moving Gabriel Landeskog off of the team's explosive first line, giving Tyson Jost and others opportunities to stick with stars Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen. This time around, Bednar is making a bolder move: Rantanen's going with Landeskog to Carl Soderberg's line, with MacKinnon centering Alex Kerfoot and Colin Wilson. Continue to Article

February 01, 2019 6:23:pm EST

While most National Hockey League players and goaltenders were enjoying some time off this weekend, American Hockey League goalie Spencer Martin earned himself a much-needed break too. On Friday, Martin's Colorado Eagles – the AHL affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche – defeated the Ontario Reign by a score of 4-0, but his performance went above and beyond that relatively normal score. The 23-year old netminder turned aside 68 shots in the contest. Continue to Article

January 27, 2019 12:07:pm EST

Eric Staal and the Minnesota Wild have their timing down. Staal had two goals, including the tiebreaker on a second-period power play, Devan Dubnyk made 20 saves and the Wild rolled into the All-Star break by beating the slumping Colorado Avalanche 5-2 on Wednesday night. ''You certainly wish you could keep playing if they're going to play like that,'' Wild coach Bruce Boudreau said. Continue to Article

January 24, 2019 1:26:am EST

Pekka Rinne stopped a penalty shot in making 35 saves and the Nashville Predators knocked off the reeling Colorado Avalanche 4-1 on Monday to help Peter Laviolette capture win No. 600 of his NHL coaching career. Nick Bonino and Viktor Arvidsson scored 1:34 apart in the second period, while Roman Josi added another and Ryan Ellis contributed a late empty-netter from deep in his zone. The Predators maintained their mastery of the Avalanche, beating their Central Division rivals for a 12th time over the last 13 regular-season meetings. Continue to Article

January 21, 2019 5:51:pm EST

The success on the ice quickly returned and so will Mikko Rantanen. Another score - along with a big exhale - for the struggling Colorado Avalanche. Rantanen scored two of Colorado's franchise record-tying six second-period goals, Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots and the Avalanche routed the Los Angeles Kings 7-1 on Saturday. Continue to Article

January 19, 2019 7:02:pm EST