Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, including a brilliant power-play goal to complete a Colorado Avalanche comeback in a 7-4 victory Saturday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs at a raucous Ball Arena.

When the Montreal Canadiens traded Mikhail Sergachev to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Jonathan Drouin, fans and management alike thought the search for a number one center was over. The Habs brass was so convinced that it immediately signed Drouin to a six-year pact worth $33 M.

Valeri Nichushkin completed a hat trick with an empty-net score after Nathan MacKinnon knocked in the go-ahead goal with 4:15 remaining and the Colorado Avalanche rallied from two goals down to beat t

Valeri Nichushkin had three goals for his first career regular-season hat trick, Nathan MacKinnon had two goals to reach 100 points for the season, and the Colorado Avalanche rallied in the third period to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-4 in Denver on Saturday night.

Both teams featured new-look lineups following Friday’s trade deadline, with the Maple Leafs bringing in defenceman Brandon Carlo and forward Scott Laughton

Necas scored 40 seconds into the second period, and just three seconds after a San Jose penalty. MacKinnon won the faceoff back to Makar, and then Necas blasted a one-timer from him into the net for his fifth goal with the Avs and 21st of the season.

Without a handful of veteran players, the San Jose Sharks were no match for the Colorado Avalanche, who scored four first-period goals and never looked back in a 7-3 win on Thursday at Ball Arena.

Here is a summary. 1. Jonathan Drouin scores a beautiful goal to reach the 25-point plateau Since he signed with the Colorado Avalanche, Jonathan Drouin is […] We had the right to a quiet evening last night in the National Hockey League, as only three ...

DENVER (AP) — Jonathan Drouin and Jack Drury scored 52 seconds apart in a three-goal second period and the Colorado Avalanche beat weary Minnesota 5-2 on Friday night to pull even with the third-place Wild in the Central Division.

MacKinnon scores 2, Nelson, Coyle each gets assist in debut for Colorado; Matthews pushes point streak to 12 in loss

Cale Makar had two goals and four assists for the first six-point game by a defenseman in franchise history and Nathan MacKinnon added two goals and three assists to extend his home points streak to 1