The Colorado Avalanche desperately needed a save, and Alexandar Georgiev delivered the biggest one of his season to date. Colorado trailed 2-1 in Game 2 at Canada Life Centre. The Avs had just squandered a four-minute power play, missed on a Grade-A scoring chance and allowed the go-ahead goal on a fantastic one-handed tip-in by Winnipeg Jets center Mark Scheifele. Given the way Game 1 had gone, it's not that much of a stretch to say that Game 2 and clear control of the series hung breathlessly in the balance Tuesday night when Josh Manson and Jack Johnson had a miscommunication, and Manson's ..read more

The Colorado Avalanche are content after splitting the first two games of the Western Conference First Round series against the Winnipeg Jets, and are hoping to take the series lead at home in Game 3 on Friday (10 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT, ALT, TVAS, CBC). The 5-2 victory in Game 2 of the best-of-7 series on Tuesday proved to Colorado that it could defeat Winnipeg after getting swept by the Jets in three games during regular-season series and losing 7-6 in Game 1 on Sunday ..read more

The Jets took Game 1, 7-6, despite being out-shot (46-23) and out-chanced (17-9 in high-danger looks) by significant margins. Game 2 was a more tightly-contested affair despite the final score. The Avalanche scored four goals in the second period – including three unanswered – and capped off the 5-2 win with an empty-net goal by Valeri Nichushkin. The shots were 32-30 in favor of Colorado, and they also accrued 19 high-danger chances to the Jets' 13 in all situations ..read more

The Colorado Avalanche were the laughingstock of the hockey world as they fell to the Winnipeg Jets by a score of 7-6 in their opening game of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. This also marked the first game all season long that Jets netminder Connor Hellebuyck allowed six goals, yet somehow his team still managed to jump out to a 1-0 series lead in front of the picturesque Winnipeg White-Out. Georgiev rebounded for Game 2, as he stopped 28 of 30 in a 5-2 victory on the road ..read more

After teasing their excited fans with Game 1 victories, both the Vancouver Canucks and Winnipeg Jets were playoff losers at home last night. The Colorado Avalanche rolled the Jets 5-2, while the Nashville Predators pounced on the Canucks 4-1. Canada's two other playoff teams, the Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple Leafs, will try not to let their fans down tonight ..read more

1. Tip of the cap to Georgie (and to the defense): We've got a series again, and it's thanks to the eternal verities of the postseason — goaltending, defense and plain, old-fashioned hard work. Avalanche defenders threw their bodies around their defensive zone with fearless disregard. Georgie, who was tagged for seven goals in Game 1, stopped 28 of the first 30 shots that came his way in Game 2 ..read more

Alexandar Georgiev had his focus, knew what he wanted to accomplish when he got in the net on Tuesday. “I tried to imagine that feeling, winning the first game of the series for us,” the Colorado Avalanche goaltender said after a 5-2 win against the Winnipeg Jets in Game 2 of the Western Conference First Round at Canada Life Centre. It was certainly redemption for Georgiev, whose rough outing in Game 1, when he allowed seven goals in a 7-6 loss to the Jets in Game 1, prompted questions on whether he would start Game 2 ..read more

Artturi Lehkonen had a goal and assist as the Colorado Avalanche scored three unanswered second-period goals en route to a 5-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets Tuesday that tied their first-round NHL playoff series at a game apiece. Miles Wood, Zach Parise, Josh Manson and Valeri Nichushkin, with an empty-netter, also scored for the Avalanche ..read more

As the opening-round series between the Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche continues, a quick look under the hood supports the aforementioned theory. Much like when the Vegas Golden Knights reached the top of the mountain last spring with Jack Eichel, Chandler Stephenson, William Karlsson and Nicolas Roy taking the majority of the reps at centre, the Jets and Avalanche feature the type of four-line depth that is required to go on a deep run ..read more

Tomas Hertl, who earlier had a goal wiped out because of goaltender interference, scored on a power play 1:23 into overtime as the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from three goals down to defeat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 on Sunday ..read more