Tag: Dallas Stars
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Avalanche setting the pace among familiar list of contenders at midway point of season | NHL Insider
With back-to-back regulation losses, it is time to ask the question. What is wrong with the Colorado Avalanche? Actually, it’s not. The Avalanche have just been so good this season that back-to-back losses is uncharted territory for them. And at the halfway point of the NHL season, they’ve dug such a chasm between themselves and…
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The Stanley Cup is there for the taking for the Avalanche | NHL Insider
Gary Bettman wanted parity in the NHL. He got it. And this is the year for the Avalanche to take advantage. Let’s call the NHL what it is right now: mid. The amount of truly average teams in the league this season is astonishing. Fifty-six percent of the league owns a negative goal differential. Only six teams have scored 10 more goals than they’ve given up. At…
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‘Exactly what we want’: Avalanche openly chase home-ice advantage after win over Predators, 4-2
Is it too early for the Avalanche to talk about having home-ice advantage in the postseason? Not at all. The Avalanche have apparently been talking about it for months. With a 4-2 win on Saturday night over the Nashville Predators and a Dallas Stars loss, the Avalanche extended their lead to six points in the…
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Why a tight Central Division race with the Dallas Stars isn’t a bad thing for the Avalanche | Evan’s take
The Colorado Avalanche are off to an historic start. Their reward? A whopping three-point lead on the second-place Dallas Stars. Such is life in the NHL’s Central Division. The Avalanche recently became the second team in NHL history to go beyond the first 25 games of a season with just one regulation loss. Through 29…
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‘Truly happy to be here’: Ilya Solovyov makes Avalanche debut against Stars
In a perfect world, the Colorado Avalanche would have loved to give Ilya Solovyov some time to settle into his new surroundings before throwing him in a game. We live in an imperfect world, unfortunately. Solovyov was claimed on Oct. 3 from the Calgary Flames but has been dealing with visa issues, so he’s been…
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Colorado Avalanche will face Tampa Bay Lightning in Stanley Cup Finals
The Stanley Cup Finals will start Wednesday. The Colorado Avalanche will host back-to-back champion Tampa Bay at 6 p.m. at Ball Arena. The Lightning defeated the New York Rangers on Saturday night in the Eastern Conference finals. Colorado started its Stanley Cup playoff run by sweeping the Nashville Predators, outscoring them 21-9. The Avalanche’s second-round…
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Dallas Stars hand Colorado Avalanche first home regulation loss since October
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DENVER – Joe Pavelski scored a pair of power-play goals, Jakob Oettinger made 46 saves and the Dallas Stars handed the Colorado Avalanche their first home regulation loss, 4-1, since Oct. 26 – game 6 of the season. Tuesday featured game 47. The Avalanche went 22 home games without a regulation loss. Dallas is the…
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Road-heavy month ahead for Colorado Avalanche
DENVER – If it’s postseason simulation they want, there should be chances ahead. Twelve of the next 17 Colorado Avalanche games are away from the friendly confines of Ball Arena and roughly half are against teams in or just outside a playoff spot. “Early on in the season, (there) could be some lopsided victories and…
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Cale Makar sets franchise mark but Colorado Avalanche can’t overcome poor start in Dallas
After six high-scoring wins, the letdown came for the Avalanche. Joe Pavelski scored twice in 19 seconds to boost the Dallas Stars 1:31 into the game and visiting Colorado never recovered in a 3-1 loss Friday night. Cale Makar’s third-period shot with Darcy Kuemper (19 saves) pulled for the extra attacker finally beat Jake Oettinger…
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Colorado Avalanche set to open preseason against Vegas Golden Knights
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The Colorado Avalanche’s upcoming six-game exhibition slate includes two games each against the Dallas Stars, Minnesota Wild and Vegas Golden Knights. The Avalanche will open the preseason in the same building where their postseason ended in 2020-21 – T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. There were no preseason games in 2020-21. The regular season opened Jan.…