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Mikko Rantanen’s hat trick completes Avalanche’s first 50-goal season in 20 years, as Avs beat Sharks

Mikko Rantanen has reiterated for weeks that the individual achievements don’t matter to him. Not true, said Jared Bednar. The Colorado Avalanche coach noticed Rantanen has been “squeezing his stick a little tight” in recent games.

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Nathan MacKinnon’s 100th point, an overtime goal, gives Avalanche Central Division lead in San Jose

Bo Byram stopped himself. Marveling at Nathan MacKinnon’s season, he didn’t want to go so far as to jinx anything.

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Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen lead Avalanche to crucial 5-2 win over Stars

DENVER — The only passengers Saturday night were the thousands of Avalanche fans buckled into Ball Arena seats for the ride Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen were taking them on.

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Avs crush Anaheim Ducks, stay hot on Minnesota Wild’s heels in Central standings

No sweating it out this time for the Avalanche.

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Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon earn three points each in Avalanche’s 3-1 win over Coyotes

DENVER — Cale Makar was due.

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Sidney Crosby dangles, Jeff Carter scores twice in Avalanche’s 5-2 loss to Pittsburgh Penguins

DENVER — Sidney Crosby and the Penguins don’t need extra motivation at this stage of their season, but Crosby says he finds more fuel anyway whenever he gets to face his Halifax buddy Nathan MacKinnon.

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Stanley Cup champion Avalanche toy with Red Wings en route to 5-1 victory

DETROIT — There remains a sizeble talent gap between the Red Wings and Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche.

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Avs beat Maple Leafs in shootout in Toronto after riveting test of defenses

TORONTO — A few of the newest relics in the Hockey Hall of Fame include a jersey worn by Nathan MacKinnon in the 2022 Stanley Cup-clinching game, a prestigious trophy with a spot reserved for Cale Makar’s engraved name and a burgundy-bejeweled ring.

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Artturi Lehkonen breaks finger in return to Montreal, will require surgery after Avalanche’s 8-4 win over Canadiens

MONTREAL — Artturi Lehkonen was standing at the same end of the ice where he scored the Canadiens’ most important goal of this century. That goal, the Game 6 overtime winner that sent Montreal to the Stanley Cup Final in 2021, played above him on the Bell Centre jumbotron.

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Cale Makar overtime goal for Avalanche finally dispatches pesky Coyotes

DENVER — The Avs seem to encounter few obstacles more mystifying than a Coyotes team with nothing to lose.

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Los Angeles Kings cling to early lead, beat Avalanche in Colorado second straight time

DENVER — Playoff contenders are getting in the Colorado Avalanche’s way as the home stretch arrives.

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Avs snap winless streak with lopsided 6-0 shutout of weakened San Jose Sharks

The Avalanche did not need a bigger boat.

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Mark Kiszla: It would be crying shame if hard-fighting Avs don’t get big boost at NHL trade deadline

The Avs won’t hoist the Stanley Cup in June if they wave the white flag at the trade deadline in March.

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Avs continue first-period dominance in 4-1 win over Calgary Flames in Nazem Kadri’s return

DENVER — In front of increasingly optimistic fans, it would be difficult for the Colorado Avalanche to live up to the precedent set by their explosive start Friday night in Winnipeg, when four of their first shots found the back of the net.

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Avalanche closing in on Jets in Central division after 5-1 rout in Winnipeg

Blink and the Avalanche might be in first place.

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Mikko Rantanen scores in overtime to complete Avalanche’s stunning 6-5 comeback vs. Oilers

DENVER — Arguably the two most talented teams in a weak Western Conference, the Avalanche and Oilers have nonetheless been thwarted by inconsistency and injury this season.

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4 things we learned from Lightning’s latest triumph against Avalanche

DENVER — The only way the Lightning will see the Avalanche again after Tuesday night will be in the Stanley Cup final, but the two teams have gotten familiar with each other over the past week.

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Avs kill four penalties, hold on for 5-3 win at Panthers to salvage road trip

The Avalanche penalty kill deserved a lucky break, and it got one.

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Penguins squeeze two points out of game vs. Avalanche with 2-1 OT win

PITTSBURGH — In their first game in 10 days, the Penguins were absolutely dominated by Nathan MacKinnon and the defending Stanley Cup champs at PPG Paints Arena.

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Nathan MacKinnon’s milestone helps Jared Bednar reach his in Avalanche’s 3-2 win over Capitals

DENVER — Seven years can take a toll on a relationship, but the spark is still there between Nathan MacKinnon and Jared Bednar.

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Kraken fall out of first place after shootout loss to Avalanche

SEATTLE — Two teams striving to make the playoffs for vastly different reasons collided on Saturday night looking like they had quite a lot to prove.

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Alexandar Georgiev shines, Mikko Rantanen breaks another Joe Sakic record in Avalanche 4-1 win at Calgary

CALGARY, Alberta — Jared Bednar’s choice of goaltender the last three games was never meant to stir speculation about a competition, nor was it a show of distrust in his starter.

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Cale Makar, Nathan MacKinnon both score twice in Avalanche’s 6-3 rout of Red Wings

DENVER — It would have sounded ludicrous as recently as four days ago to credit the 2022-23 Avalanche with a feat of dominance equally impressive as the previous year’s team.

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Mikko Rantanen urges 'not too much time' for Avalanche, then scores twice to supply refreshing blowout over Senators

DENVER — Point to any number of shortcomings as a primary reason for the Avalanche’s dramatic malfunction toward the halfway point of the 2022-23 season: injuries, lack of organizational depth, a short offseason catching up in the form of fatigue.

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Needing a win, Avs suffer catastrophic 3-2 loss to league-worst Chicago Blackhawks

For a second consecutive game, a late Colorado Avalanche game-tying goal was reviewed and overturned. This time, there was no swift make-up goal to make the pain go away.

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