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Valeri Nichushkin returns to Avalanche lineup
It will be Nichushkin’s first game since Jan. 10. The Russian was the second Colorado player to take part in the joint NHLPA/NHL program this season after defenseman Samuel Girard. Nichushkin, 29, has 22 goals and 20 assists in 40 games this season. “It’s nice to have him back,” Bednar said after the morning skate. […]
Continue readingMacKinnon continues scoring spree with 4 goals as Avalanche win
MacKinnon, the NHL scoring leader with 82 points, had his second four-goal game of the season and eighth career hat trick. He ran his home points streak to 24 to break a tie with Joe Sakic for the franchise record. “He’s always been the most dedicated guy off the ice since I’ve been here but […]
Continue readingFlorida Panthers score 8 goals en route to 7th straight win
Reinhart has 10 goals during Florida’s win streak, including three multigoal games. Sergei Bobrovsky made 23 saves for his sixth straight win during the streak. The Panthers have defeated the past two Stanley Cup champions in the past three days and haven’t lost since Dec. 21. “When you can get on a roll like this […]
Continue readingNHL superstar poll: Must-see players, rule changes and more
ESPN’s Kristen Shilton and Greg Wyshynski caught up with dozens of star players at the NHL Player Media Tour near Las Vegas last week and asked all the pertinent questions: What team or player are they most excited to watch? Which current or former teammate will one day make a great coach or GM? What’s […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Can these disappointing starters turn it around?
Injuries don’t count, so Zach Werenski and Josh Norris get a pass. Rookies don’t count either, so we aren’t bothering with Marco Rossi and Shane Wright. This is about established NHLers with a reliable baseline coming well short of expectations. They are arranged by how much they are missing the preseason projections I assigned to […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: Why these two Coyotes can keep scoring
Jakob Chychrun and Nick Schmaltz returned to the lineup for the Arizona Coyotes for the first time this season (basically, as Schmaltz was hurt two minutes into the opener and Chychrun hadn’t yet played in 2022-23). In four games since then, the upstart Coyotes have earned four of a possible eight points (great by their […]
Continue readingFantasy hockey rankings: What’s behind Mikhail Sergachev’s rise?
Since the change, the Bolts advantage has gone six-for-19 on the advantage (31.6%). On the surface and certainly by the statistics, Sergachev is beating Hedman when it comes to fantasy value. But don’t be so hasty now. Sergachev deserves to push up these rankings. His offense off the power play has leveled up, with 10 […]
Continue readingAvalanche top Rangers as Alexandar Georgiev stifles former team
Georgiev made 44 saves and stopped three of four shootout attempts to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the New York Rangers. Georgiev spent the first five years of his NHL career with the Rangers before being traded to the Stanley Cup-champion Avalanche in July. “Pretty special. It doesn’t get much better […]
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How Nathan MacKinnon molded the Colorado Avalanche into Stanley Cup champions
The Colorado Avalanche, a team he dreamed of playing for as a child, were champions for the first time since 2001. MacKinnon, their 26-year-old superstar, had a goal and an assist in their 2-1 Game 6 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning to earn that championship. As he raised the Cup again, there was something […]
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