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Who will win the NHL's top awards this season? Here are AP's predictions

Apr. 17, 2024 12:39 PM EDT

Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon, Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov, Edmonton's Connor McDavid and Toronto's Auston Matthews are all in the running to win the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP. MacKinnon has carried the top-heavy Avalanche into the playoffs, Kucherov has played a role in half the...

Tomas Hertl's power-play goal in OT rallies Golden Knights from 3 goals down to beat Avalanche 4-3

Apr. 14, 2024 20:12 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tomas Hertl, who earlier had a goal wiped out because of goaltender interference, scored on a power play 1:23 into overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from three goals down to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Sunday. “Maybe it was karma," Hertl said....

McDavid and Vasilevskiy remain tops in the latest NHLPA player poll

Apr. 10, 2024 15:31 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — NHL players still think Edmonton's Connor McDavid is the best skater, Tampa Bay's Andrei Vasilevskiy is the top goaltender and Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby the most well-rounded player in the league, according to the union's annual survey released Wednesday. McDavid,...

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...

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...

Rantanen scores twice, MacKinnon extends home points streak as Avalanche beat Blue Jackets 6-1

Mar. 23, 2024 00:34 AM EDT

DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had two goals and an assist, Nathan MacKinnon extended his home points streak to 33 games with a third-period score and the Colorado Avalanche routed the Columbus Blue Jackets 6-1 on Friday night. Cale Makar, Ross Colton and Valeri Nichushkin added...

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 extends home point streak to 30 games with 2 goals and 2 assists, Avs beat Blackhawks 5-0

Mar. 05, 2024 01:00 AM EST

DENVER (AP) — Justus Annunen saves his best for the Chicago Blackhawks. Nathan MacKinnon is at his best against just about anyone, and especially at home. MacKinnon extended his home point streak to 30 games with two goals and two assists, and the Colorado Avalanche beat 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...