Tag: Gabriel Landeskog
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Colorado Avalanche start strong in troublesome second round
Baby-step goals aren’t lost on the Colorado Avalanche, who were pleased with the Presidents’ Cup and the home ice it afforded them. A 7-1 takedown of the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday was another item off the list. Colorado dropped Game 1 of the second round the previous two seasons, both of which ended in…
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Eyes on Colorado Avalanche top line of MacKinnon, Landeskog and Rantanen in 2021 postseason
There’s no widely used nickname for the Colorado Avalanche’s well-established and well-known top line. One wears the ‘C,’ two others an ‘A.’ They’re the top three in team scoring, the ones casual fans and those outside Colorado have most likely heard of. They’re a major reason the Avalanche enter the 2020-21 postseason as the top…
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Colorado Avalanche rally past San Jose Sharks in OT
The Colorado Avalanche charmed their way out of trouble on Monday night in San Jose. The Avalanche trailed 3-1 and 4-2, the latter nearly nine minutes into the third period. Gabriel Landeskog started the comeback, Nazem Kadri ended a 19-game goal drought to tie it up and Andre Burakovsky scored 41 seconds into overtime for…
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Ryan O’Reilly’s hat trick sends St. Louis Blues past Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche became the last team in the NHL to hit double-digit losses Saturday in St. Louis. Less than 48 hours after clinching a playoff spot at Enterprise Center, the Avalanche fell behind during a third period 5-on-3 and lost, appropriately, 5-3. Former teammate Ryan O’Reilly scored a hat trick for the Blues. Nathan…
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NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche climb past Anaheim Ducks
The Colorado Avalanche are sitting at the top of the NHL, having worked their way past the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 on Sunday. Coach Jared Bednar decided Saturday that goaltender Jonas Johansson would get a second straight start in Anaheim. He was backed up by Devan Dubnyk, who was acquired in a trade with the San…
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Colorado Avalanche ride four-goal second period to road win over Minnesota Wild
One can never safely assume that the Colorado Avalanche have finally hit a wall. Nathan MacKinnon fired up the formerly sluggish visitors 18 seconds into the second period when he collected a long pass from Samuel Girard, then blew past the defense alone. He beat Cam Talbot glove side and tied the game at 1.…
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Joonas Donskoi hat trick just the beginning of Colorado Avalanche romp past Arizona Coyotes
DENVER — Authentic crowd noise, a skate blade bouncing down the ice, a helmet thrown angrily back at its owner’s face, a water bottle thrown in jest at another face, and the second-fastest hat trick in franchise history. Oh, and nine goals for. Wednesday’s Colorado Avalanche game was memorable. Joonas Donskoi scored a hat trick in…
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Colorado Avalanche cap home stand with thrashing of Minnesota Wild
DENVER – Sixty minutes of first-rate hockey closed a home stand in which the Avalanche seemed to come into their own. Colorado cruised to a sixth straight victory Saturday afternoon, 6-0, and finished a nine-game stretch at Ball Arena 7-1-1. “We’re starting to put real strong performances together here in the course of this home…
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Colorado Avalanche erase another lead, but Arizona Coyotes get the bounces
DENVER – The final horn Monday was accompanied by a crack — Mikko Rantanen snapping his stick over his knee in apparent frustration. The Arizona Coyotes’ Johan Larsson’s early third-period goal stood up as the winner in a 3-2 decision at Ball Arena. A furious final 2:14 that included a Colorado Avalanche power play didn’t produce…
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Colorado Avalanche head into nine-game homestand with pieces, but yet not full picture
Consistency is a work in progress, but bouncing back is something the Colorado Avalanche have shown they can do. The team returned home Thursday for a critical nine-game homestand. Twenty games into a 56-game schedule, coach Jared Bednar said, “I feel like we’re still sort of finding ourselves.” In the books is a 3-1 road…