DENVER (AP) — Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen tied his career high with 40 saves, Tage Thompson had a goal and two assists and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Thursday night.

The 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs are here. And they're weird. The Florida Panthers, back-to-back Stanley Cup champions, aren't ...

We assembled a nine-person, anonymous panel to sort all 16 playoff teams into five tiers and tallied the average votes.

Congratulations are in order for Avalanche centerman Brock Nelson, who dressed in his 1,000th career NHL game on Monday night ...

The Boston Bruins are back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and the team has plenty of confidence in its group. “I think based on what people were saying about us at the beginning of the year, it’s been a ...

Nichushkin scored two goals on six shots in Tuesday's 3-1 win over the Blues. Nichushkin made an impact after missing Sunday's loss to St. Louis due to an upper-body injury. It was the first time he ...

The Boston Bruins traded for forward Casey Mittelstadt with prospect Will Zellers and a conditional 2025 second-round pick attached at the end of the 2024-25 season. The team sent Charlie Coyle and a ...

Blues goaltender Joel Hofer watches as Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin's shot glides into the net in the second period of a game Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at Enterprise Center. The barometer wore ...

Calgary Flames (32-36-9, in the Pacific Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (51-16-10, in the Central Division) Denver; Thursday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche host the Calgary Flames ...

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche host the Calgary Flames after Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals in the Avalanche's 3-1 win against the St. Louis Blues. Colorado has a 51-16-10 record overall and ...

April 8 - Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals as the Colorado Avalanche locked up the top spot in the Western Conference with a 3-1 road victory over the deflated St. Louis Blues on Tuesday. Scott ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin scored twice and Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Tuesday night to clinch the Central Division and the top seed in the Western Conference. It is ...