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MacKinnon's hat trick lifts Avalanche to a 5-2 win over the Wild

Apr. 10, 2024 01:28 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon notched his seventh career hat trick as part of a four-point performance, and the Colorado Avalanche broke out of a two-game funk with a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night. The speedy MacKinnon has scored 51 times this season, eclipsing...

Stars score 3 power-play goals in 2nd period, hold on for 7-4 win over Avalanche

Apr. 08, 2024 01:34 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Tyler Seguin scored twice, Thomas Harley had an assist on all three of Dallas’ power-play goals in the second period and the Western Conference-leading Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-4 on Sunday night. Dallas now has 107 points, which is five ahead of both...

MacKinnon and Drouin each get 3 points as Avalanche beat Wild 5-2

Apr. 04, 2024 23:56 PM EDT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists, Justus Annunen made a career-high 44 saves and the Colorado Avalanche moved closer to first place with a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. Jonathan Drouin scored twice and added an assist as the...

MacKinnon, Trenin help Avalanche rally past Predators 7-4 to clinch playoff berth

Mar. 30, 2024 22:05 PM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists,, Yakov Trenin got the go-ahead goal against his former team, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the penalty-prone Nashville Predators 7-4 Saturday night to clinch a playoff spot. Cale Makar had a...

Lehkonen scores last-second goal to lift Avalanche over Oilers 3-2 in OT

Mar. 17, 2024 02:08 AM EDT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored with half a second remaining in overtime and the Colorado Avalanche battled their way to their sixth straight win, 3-2 over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Nathan MacKinnon sent the puck across to a hard-charging Lehkonen, who...

Nichushkin scores OT winner in return to lineup, Avalanche beat Wild 2-1

Mar. 09, 2024 01:09 AM EST

DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin parked himself in front of the net in overtime and started whacking at a loose puck until it went in, setting off a roar from the crowd. How's that for a return? Nichushkin knocked in a power-play goal 2:32 into overtime in his return...

Avalanche fine-tune roster by bringing in 4 new players to gear up for playoff race

Mar. 07, 2024 17:57 PM EST

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon sauntered across the room in his skates after an optional practice to introduce himself to Casey Mittelstadt, the team's newest center. One introduction down, several more to go. MacKinnon and his Colorado Avalanche teammates...

Makar has hat trick, MacKinnon extends home points streak to 31 in Avs' 7-2 win over Red Wings

Mar. 07, 2024 02:01 AM EST

DENVER (AP) — Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon said farewell Wednesday to a good friend who was traded away. Then, they went to work. Makar had his first career hat trick, MacKinnon extended his home points streak to 31 games with a goal and three assists and the...

MacKinnon has goal and assist to extend home point streak, Avalanche cruise to 5-1 win over Stars

Feb. 28, 2024 01:13 AM EST

DENVER (AP) — Andrew Cogliano and Nathan MacKinnon scored 49 seconds apart to help Colorado pull away in the second period, Alexandar Georgiev stopped 33 shots and the Avalanche cruised to a 5-1 win over the Dallas Stars on Tuesday night. MacKinnon also had an assist to give him at...

Tyler Bertuzzi records hat trick on his birthday as Maple Leafs beat Avalanche 4-3

Feb. 24, 2024 22:58 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — Tyler Bertuzzi became the first Toronto Maple Leafs player in the franchise's storied history to record a hat trick on their birthday. Now that's worth celebrating. Bertuzzi scored three times, including a go-ahead, power-play goal with 2:51 remaining,...