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The Colorado Avalanche defeated the New York Islanders 1-0 on Monday night - but star defenseman Cale Makar stole the show as he showed off his sportsmanship to reverse a poor penalty call

The Avalanche’s season series with the Islanders was a story of opposites.

DENVER — They had seen this before at Ball Arena. The Avs were knocking on the door, slowly establishing more offensive zone time. A scoring chance here and there. Once Colorado gets one, a second sometimes feels inevitable, especially for an underdog nursing a two-goal lead.

What goes around doesn’t always come around in the divine art of puck luck, but redemption worked in eerily parallel ways for Artturi Lehkonen on Tuesday night.

Walters was a finalist for this year’s Broyles Award, which goes to the Bowl Subdivision’s top assistant coach.

Something unexpected popped into my mind last week when Deion Sanders was named the new Colorado football coach: Donald Trump. Think of the parallels.

ST. LOUIS — Monday’s tussle between Nashville and St. Louis was about as close to playoff hockey as you’re going to get. Tight defense. Intense checks. Hard hits. And two teams that really don’t like it each other.

Plus, more draft notes on players skipping bowl games and a former coach ready to return to the NFL.

ST. LOUIS — Pavel Francouz and the Blues are a lot alike. If the Avalanche backup goalie had to be compared to any team this season, it would probably be St. Louis.