Postgame Wraps

VANCOUVER — Avs play well but lose 1-0 to goalie Cory Schneider (43 saves) and the Canucks tonight at Rogers Arena. Colorado falls to 0-5-1 (or 0-4-2 depending on how you look at overtime losses) against Vancouver, which — unquestionably...

Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo did it again. He held the Canucks together with some magnificent play and watched as his teammates rally to beat the Avalanche at the Pepsi Center. Luongo made 44 saves in a 3-2 shootout win on Feb. 4 and produced 38 s...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Ryan O’Reilly and Paul Stastny scored third-period goals but the Avs couldn’t get a third to force overtime tonight in a 3-2 loss at Phoenix. The Coyotes were on a 5-on-4 disadvantage in the final minute, after Sta...

Look for a double dose of Gabriel Landeskog in Tuesday’s paper and online. The overtime hero was sick with the flu Sunday and today, but managed to further cement his candidacy as a Calder Trophy frontrunner in the Avs’ 3-2 victory over t...

Anyone watching tonight’s game at Phoenix, where San Jose visits the Coyotes? Avalanche and Coyotes are now tied with 76 points, currently the seventh playoff seed. But Phoenix has played two fewer games, so technically Colorado is in the eight...

We have a decent running game story here. As always, a more in-depth story will be Tuesday’s paper and online. Long day here at the Pepsi Center. Was here at 10:15 a.m., drove to Highlands Ranch and back to shower only, and pretty much non-stop...

Avalanche forward Mark Olver played in his 21st NHL game Wednesday night and scored his fourth career goal, and second this season in just three games. He is establishing himself as a responsible and effective two-way center. Which is why he was upse...

Remarkable performance by Ryan O’Reilly in a very entertaining hockey game tonight at the Pepsi Center, where the Avalanche wins 4-3 on O’Reilly’s blast with 1.2 seconds remaining in overtime. I have an early flight to cover Saturda...

Tough shootout loss for the Avalanche, which gains a point for the first time in five games but falls 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks at the Pepsi Center. Ryan O’Reilly (missed shootout bid) and TJ Galiardi (two errant attempts on an empty-net in...

PHOENIX — Part of why I love covering hockey full-time is because I don’t have to put up with the NFL and NBA locker-room crud, the huge egos and “I’m holier than thou” attitudes. Avs goalie Semyon Varlamov reminded me o...

DALLAS — Avs rookie Gabriel Landeskog made the open-ice check of the game today when he crushed Dallas captain Brenden Morrow on the blue line during the second period. Morrow went flying. I thought to myself, “Ooohh, Mr. Morrow is going...

A point is a point, but the Avalanche lost more ground to Nashville in the Western Conference standings with tonight’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Predators. The Preds have now come back to win SIX times after trailing by two goals. The Avs domina...