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This isn't cause for Mayor John Hickenlooper to start planning a parade, but it at least helped get Avalanche coach Joe Sacco in a good enough mood to call off practice Tuesday.

With their fast start to the season long behind them, the Colorado Avalanche will close out a five-game road trip in a city where they have struggled as of late.

Wojtek Wolski had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche held on for a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night when a tying goal was disallowed in the final seconds.

The Avalanche didn't practice Sunday before traveling to Florida, where it will face the Tampa Bay Lightning tonight to open a five-game road trip.

Colorado, which fell to 14-8-5 for the season and two points behind Calgary in the Northwest Division, got worse news about 45 minutes after the game ended, well after Avalanche coach Joe Sacco and the players had talked to the media and, in most cases, left the building.

Matt Duchene had two goals and Craig Anderson made 33 saves to lead the Colorado Avalanche past the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 on Monday night.

Chuck Kobasew recorded his second career hat trick, lifting Minnesota to a 5-3 victory over Colorado in the opener of a home-and-home series between the Northwest Division foes.

The Predators and Colorado Avalanche are tied 3-3 after the second period. The Preds led 2-0 after the first period, but Colorado cut that lead in half with 16:21 left in the second.

Chris Stewart's game-winning shot against the Blackhawks during Friday's game raises the Avalanche's record to 2-2 in shootouts this season.

The Colorado Avalanche may get a boost with the expected return of gritty forward Darcy Tucker when the team travels to Chicago on Wednesday.

This season, it's almost as if former Broncos guard Keith Bishop pops onto the Avalanche bench every time Colorado falls behind 2-0 and repeats his famous pronouncement as Denver was about to embark on the late 98-yard drive against Cleveland in the 1987 AFC championship game: "We got 'em right where we want 'em." On Friday night at the Pepsi ...

The Blackhawks have become a feel-good story around the NHL, but coach Joel Quenneville isn't about to let them rest on their early-season laurels.

The Colorado extended their winning run at home to six games with a 4-3 shoot-out victory against the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.

The Blackhawks and Colorado Avalanche appear destined to play long games. They went nine rounds into a shootout in the Hawks' first game at the United Center this season before the Hawks pulled out a victory, and Friday the shootout went eight tension-packed rounds.

CHI COL 6:27 1 0 10:36 2 0 18:38 2 1 CHI COL 7:43 2 2 8:42 2 3 16:40 3 3 CHI COL 3 3 OT CHI COL 3 3 Shootout Summary Start of Shootout period Shootout attempt by Wojtek Wolski SAVED by Antti Niemi Shootout GOAL scored by Patrick Kane on Craig Anderson Shootout attempt by Milan Hejduk SAVED by Antti Niemi Shootout attempt by Kris Versteeg SAVED by ...

Chris Stewart scored in the eighth round of the shootout, helping the NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche remain unbeaten at home with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night.

Matt Duchene's base salary with the Avalanche is $900,000, but his "hit" to the team's salary cap is a hefty $3.4 million.

Vancouver Canucks goalie Andrew Raycroft makes a save on Colorado Avalanche Chris Stewart as Canucks' Edler Alexandre ties up Avalanche's David Jones during the first period period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Sunday, Nov.

The Avalanche will be without the services of rookie T.J. Galiardi for four to six weeks.

The Colorado Avalanche will try to extend the best start in franchise history tonight against the San Jose Sharks at HP Pavilion.