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In this week's NHL Insider, the Colorado Avalanche and Jared Bednar have found their new face-off ace in Jack Drury.

Casey Mittelstadt scored the go-ahead goal on a power play with 4:09 remaining, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1.

Drury scored a goal on three shots and went plus-2 in Friday's 5-2 win over the Wild. Drury ended his eight-game point drought with the tally, which ended up being the game-winner. The 25-year-old center has been playing on the third line lately,

The Colorado Avalanche remain strong contenders for the Stanley Cup after trading Mikko Rantanen and acquiring Martin Necas and Jack Drury. With $4.76 million in cap space, GM Chris MacFarland is expected to make significant moves before the trade deadline,

Buoyed by a dominant second period, the Avs defeated the Minnesota Wild, 5-2, on Friday night at Ball Arena. Ross Colton had two goals and a three-point night, while Oliver Kylington added two assists as the Avs got multiple goals from depth scorers for a second straight contest.

DENVER -- Artturi Lehkonen scored twice for the Colorado Avalanche in a 4-1 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Ball Arena on Tuesday.

The Pittsburgh Penguins (24-30-10) narrowly avoided history in the first minute of the game. Penguins defenseman Matt Grzelcyk was walked at the blue line by Colorado Avalanche (36-24-2) winger Valeri Nichuskin,

On this edition of The Big Number, Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine take a look at every single front-runner for each of the NBA Awards: MVP, Most Improved Player, 6th Man of the Year, Coach of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.

Goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic unofficially made 21 saves on 23 shots for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 4-1 loss to the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena in Denver on Tuesday. The result dropped Nedeljkovic’s record to 12-13-5.