Max Pacioretty scores in OT, Knights beat Avalanche

DENVER – Max Pacioretty scored at 1:56 of overtime to give the Vegas Golden Knights a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday. Vegas rebounded from a 5-1 loss in the s...

Canada OK’s reduced quarantine for NHL

TORONTO – The Canadian government waived its mandatory 14-day quarantine period for players acquired by Canadian NHL teams from U.S. clubs “under national interest grounds” ahead of the leag...

Avalanche honor Boulder victims, then beat Golden Knights

DENVER – Cale Makar and Gabriel Landeskog both recorded a goal and an assist during a four-goal, second-period flurry to lead the Colorado Avalanche over the Vegas Golden Knights 5-1 in a We...

NHL referee’s career over after hot-microphone incident

‘Make-up’ calls in hockey spotlight

Coyotes rally, win shootout to stop Avalanche winning streak

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Phil Kessel and Lawson Crouse rallied Arizona with goals in the third period, Christian Dvorak got the shootout clincher and the Coyotes beat Colorado 5-4 Tuesday night, en...

Avalanche push winning streak to seven games

Colorado silences Coyotes, 5-1

Avalanche snag goalie Jonas Johansson in trade with Sabres

DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche acquired Jonas Johansson from the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in a bid to shore up their shaky backup goaltending. The Sabres received Colorado’s si...

Grubauer has 31 saves, Avalanche shut out Wild

DENVER – Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves, Gabriel Landeskog had a goal and two assists, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 6-0 on Saturday. Cale Makar had a goal an...

Colorado Avalanche use top line to run past Wild

DENVER – Colorado’s top line of Nathan MacKinnon, Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen combined for four goals, and the Avalanche beat Minnesota 5-1 Thursday night, snapping the Wild’s five-...

Philipp Grubauer has 27 saves, Avalanche beat Kings

DENVER – Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves, Andre Burakovsky and Nazem Kadri each had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Sunday. Nathan...

Grubauer earns shutout, Avalanche beat Kings

DENVER – Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, Philipp Grubauer stopped 18 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Los Angeles Kings 2-0 on Friday n...

NHL reaches deal to return to ESPN

The National Hockey League will return to ESPN beginning next season. The two sides have reached agreement on a seven-year contract that includes four Stanley Cup Finals, people f...