Whether or not the Colorado Avalanche wanted to make a change on their coaching staff over the summer, they had to. So far, it’s worked out just fine. Shawn Allard, who was a fantastic skills coach for the organization from 2018 to 2023, decided to leave the team one his contract expired, looking to spend more time with his family.
After a less-than-ideal start to the playoffs for the Colorado Avalanche, they now are in control of a first-round Western Conference series against the Winnipeg Jets.
With the first three games of their first-round series in the books, the Colorado Avalanche finish their first home game and now look to take the crucial 3-1 lead over the Winnipeg Jets before returning to Winnipeg.
The Colorado Avalanche stole home-ice advantage from the Winnipeg Jets after winning Game 2 in Manitoba, but they needed to capture Game 3 at Ball Arena on Friday night to keep it.
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.
The Colorado Avalanche took a 2-1 series lead over the Winnipeg Jets Friday night at Ball Arena. The first two periods were a defensive struggle. Colorado led 1-0 at the first intermission, and Winnipeg led 2-1 at the second.
You can’t give this Colorado Avalanche team an inch, because they’ll take a mile. That’s exactly what happened in the third period of Game Three. It’s a far cry from the team the Avalanche put on the ice against the Seattle Kraken in the postseason last year.
It sure will be nice to not have to talk about who is going to be the second line center for the Colorado Avalanche next season and beyond. Chris MacFarland’s aggressive deadline solved that problem two months ago.
DENVER — Already having multiple periods with three and four goals against the Winnipeg Jets, the Avalanche managed to one-up their own scoring prowess with a five-goal explosion in the third period on Friday.
You cannot come unglued against the Colorado Avalanche, especially on their home-ice. That’s exactly what the Winnipeg Jets did in the third period, and they paid dearly for it.
Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin scored power-play goals 2:28 apart early in a five-goal third period, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied to beat the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 in Game 3 of their first-round series in Denver on Friday night.
Winnipeg’s penalty kill imploded and Colorado took advantage. After the critical series-tying win in Winnipeg, the Colorado Avalanche headed home for Game 3.
On Sunday night at the end of Game 1, it looked as though the Winnipeg Jets just might have what it takes to oust the Colorado Avalanche in their first round series.
The Avalanche defeated the Jets 6-2 at Ball Arena in Colorado. Game 4 is Sunday at Ball Arena at 2:30 p.m.
The Colorado Avalanche are getting a little depth fortification at goaltender ahead of Friday's pivotal Game 3 matchup with the Winnipeg Jets.
They’ll provide significant reinforcements for AHL Colorado, which begins its best-of-three first-round series against the Abbotsford Canucks soon.
In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, you need your goaltender to come up with key saves at the most crucial moments of the game. In the first game of the Central Division Semifinals between the Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche, Avs netminder Alexandar Georgiev did not rise to the occasion, surrendering seven goals and on 23 shots in a 7-6 loss.
The Colorado Avalanche have swapped third-string goaltenders, recalling one and assigning the other.
The Avalanche only have one clear flaw on their roster, and it was on full display in a 7-6 loss to the Jets on Sunday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference first round series.
The Colorado Avalanche winger Jonathan Drouin was injured in a meaningless game to end the regular season and will now miss the whole of his team's first-round series against the Winnipeg Jets.
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