The Dallas Stars had more wins on the road than any other team in the Western Conference during the regular season. On Saturday night, they proved why they're so tough away from home.
The Colorado Avalanche felt pretty good about how they played in Game One. Even though they were down 3-0 in the first period, it didn’t feel that way.
We folks here at Last Word provide all the latest and greatest from the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. Now is time for our preview and prediction of the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars second round series.
Last night, four teams were facing elimination. Let’s see if these teams saw their seasons come to an end. Here are the results and highlights: Patrick Roy and the Islanders eliminated When Patrick Roy was hired, the Islanders were going nowhere.
Mikko Rantanen had two goals and an assist as the visiting Colorado Avalanche eliminated the Winnipeg Jets with a 6-3 win in Game 5 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series on Tuesday night.
Everyone was waiting for Colorado Avalanche star Mikko Rantanen to make his mark on this series. He just wanted to make everyone sweat a little bit. Rantanen scored his first two goals of the series in the third period, giving the Avalanche a lead they were never in danger of giving up.
The Colorado Avalanche have the Winnipeg Jets on the brink of elimination, but the way they’ve done it has been fascinating. Colorado’s top line, while they’ve been good, have not been the dominant line that you would come to expect when you throw out a trio of Nathan MacKinnon, Valeri Nichushkin, and Mikko Rantanen.
It’s time for playoff plus/minus! As with every game, you take the good with the bad, so time to take a look at the pluses and the minuses in Game Two against the Winnipeg Jets for the Colorado Avalanche.
These days, the NHL is a lot like the DC Comics Universe, powered by the strength of dynamic duos. In the past, the sport of hockey was all about lines.
The Colorado Avalanche have been without superstar Mikko Rantanen for the last two games after the Finn was concussed on a hit from Edmonton Oilers D-man Mattias Ekholm back on April 5.
I can’t remember the last time the Colorado Avalanche had a full practice where they could work on a little bit of everything, but the small break in the schedule allowed for that to happen on Friday.
While Rantanen has been out for the team’s last two games due to a concussion, Wagner has been with the team for the better part of two weeks.
Juraj Slafkovsky continued his fine form last night, enjoying himself against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Slovakian scored his first career hat trick, giving him 48 points (19 goals) in 78 games this season.
We split our plus-money prop looks yesterday, and we'll aim to do one better with two more looks on the ice tonight. There's plenty of action, but we've aimed to follow a pair of home teams in games that matter.
The Colorado Avalanche will play without Mikko Rantanen again on Tuesday night against the Minnesota Wild, but there were signs of progress. Rantanen skated by himself for about 30 minutes today, mostly doing stick-handling and shooting work.
We’re officially in the homestretch of the 2023-24 NHL Regular season! Following this Power Rankings, there are less than two weeks left on the docket before we kick off the most exciting time of the year for fans of hockey, the playoffs.
Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar announced that forward Mikko Rantanen has been placed in concussion protocol and will be out day-to-day. He has been skating on his own and will not be out of the lineup for long.
I’m stuck at an airport en route back to Denver for the game between the Avalanche and Stars tonight, so I missed morning skate. However, there is some pretty big news to report.
The Colorado Avalanche are facing a near-must-win game if they want to capture the Central Division title, but that isn't the most important issue for them.
Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen left Friday night’s 6-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers following a massive hit from Oilers defenseman Mattias Ekholm in the second period.
The Colorado Avalanche look like they’re about to lose to the Edmonton Oilers, but they’re probably a lot more concerned about the health of one of their star players.
Mattias Ekholm certainly made his presence felt Friday night as he landed a massive hit on Mikko Rantanen. About four minutes into the second period, Rantanen was trying to get the puck out of his own zone to start a breakout when Ekholm caught him puck watching and delivered a big check along the boards.
We're keeping it simple on this fine Friday in the NHL, backing a player with a 100% hit rate against his opponent, and jumping on a game prop that seems to be a number or two too low.
The Colorado Avalanche continue to roll, ending their March roadtrip a perfect 4-0 with a win in St.Louis over the Blues on Tuesday. Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick, including the game-winning goal, and the new additions from the deadline kept showing their worth.
Mikko Rantanen scored a hat trick to lead the visiting Colorado Avalanche past the St. Louis Blues 4-3 on Tuesday night to extend their winning streak to seven games.
Much has been made about the ridiculous point streaks Nathan MacKinnon has put together for the Colorado Avalanche this season. Don’t look now, but one of the other Avs superstars is in the midst of a pretty impressive streak of his own.
Switzerland, France, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Slovakia and Finland hung on for wins on the second day of play. Nikolaj Ehlers ended up scoring twice to help the Danes to an important win, while Mikko Rantanen was the catalyst for Finland's game-winner.
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