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SI:AM | NBA’s Best Are Still in the West After Hard-Fought First Round for East Teams

The Eastern Conference playoffs have been more entertaining, which just reinforces that the West’s two favorites are in a different league.

Sports Illustrated · May 4

Ivan Demidov Records First NHL Goal, Assist in First Period of Canadiens Debut

Ivan Demidov made an instant impact for the Canadiens in his NHL debut.

Sports Illustrated · Apr 14, 2025

Avalanche depth players rise to occasion with division lead in peril, leading Colorado to 4-3 win at Kings

LOS ANGELES — The Colorado Avalanche cracked the code of the Los Angeles Kings exactly as expected: without a point for Nathan MacKinnon or Mikko Rantanen, and without Cale Makar or Bo Byram even in the lineup.

The Denver Post · Apr 9, 2023

Needing a win, Avs suffer catastrophic 3-2 loss to league-worst Chicago Blackhawks

For a second consecutive game, a late Colorado Avalanche game-tying goal was reviewed and overturned. This time, there was no swift make-up goal to make the pain go away.

The Denver Post · Jan 13, 2023

Goalie Carter Hart rebounds and the Flyers defeat the injury-plagued Colorado Avalanche, 5-3

PHILADELPHIA — No captain Gabriel Landeskog, no winger Valeri Nichushkin, no winger Artturi Lehkonen for the reigning Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche, due to injury. That was (almost) no problem for the Flyers, who have been decimated by injuries of their own for the last two seasons.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Dec 6, 2022

Avalanche stay hot, escaping Dallas on Mikko Rantanen’s shootout goal

Alexandar Georgiev broke out the same celebration.

The Denver Post · Nov 22, 2022

Hurricanes take Avalanche to overtime but fall, 3-2, on Lehkonen goal

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Colorado Avalanche made it two wins over the Carolina Hurricanes in less than a week Thursday, coming away with a 3-2 overtime victory at PNC Arena.

Tribune News Service · Nov 18, 2022

Slow start continues for Avalanche in blown 3-0 lead to New York Islanders

ELMONT, N.Y. — Just when one problem seemed to be solved for the Colorado Avalanche, the headache multiplied instead.

The Denver Post · Oct 30, 2022

Karson Kuhlman comes up big in third period to give Kraken much-needed win

DENVER — There were moments throughout this hard-fought contest against the defending Stanley Cup champions when the Seattle Kraken showed signs of “lapses” that coach Dave Hakstol warned had cost his team a couple of nights before.

Tribune News Service · Oct 22, 2022

Avalanche allows 3 goals with fewer than 5 men on ice in overtime loss to Winnipeg Jets

DENVER — So maybe Colorado has some experimenting to do with its second, third and fourth lines. Maybe the penalty kill needs intense self-evaluation. Maybe the Avalanche lacks depth.

The Denver Post · Oct 20, 2022