The Winnipeg Jets face the Colorado Avalanche in Game 4 of the first round of the NHL playoffs at Ball Arena in Denver, Colo. on Sunday, April 28, 2024 (4/28/24). Fans can watch the game for FREE via a trial of DirecTV Stream and fuboTV. You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV, which is 50% off the first month ..read more

In the hours after the Colorado Avalanche traded for Casey Mittelstadt, NHL Network analyst Brian Boyle made a pretty profound point when analyzing one of the most fascinating young-player-for-young-player swaps in recent league history. Boyle said that when the Avalanche practice, Nathan MacKinnon is going to be the first center in every drill, and then Mittelstadt is going to be up next. It turns out Mittelstadt thought of the same thing almost immediately after processing the news that he was leaving the Buffalo Sabres, a team that drafted him No. 8 overall in the 2017 NHL draft but never ..read more

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Brenden Dillon has dodged disaster after suffering a gruesome skate cut to his hand. The injury, which occurred at the end of Friday's 6-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche, ended up looking a lot worse than it was. “It's a big sigh of relief there wasn't any damage done,” coach Rick Bowness said following Saturday's practice at Ball Arena. “Our doctors did a fantastic job of stitching him up,” said Bowness ..read more

The Jets went the opposite way, holding a full-team regular practice as they look to rebound from a third period and Game 3 loss they'd like to forget. Colorado scored five times in the final stanza — including three goals over a six-minute stretch — for a 6-2 win and 2-1 series lead. “We have these five-, six-, seven-minute lapses that are really slipping away from us,” said Jets defenceman Neal Pionk. Colorado's big guns — anchored by superstar forward Nathan MacKinnon and all-world defenceman Cale Makar — have delivered in the first-round series ..read more

Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin scored on the power play during a five-goal, third-period outburst and the Colorado Avalanche rallied for a 6-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets in Game 3 on Friday night ..read more

The Colorado Avalanche was 20 minutes from a different kind of frustrating defeat Friday night against the Winnipeg Jets. Colorado steamrolled its way to five third-period goals in Game 3, collecting a 6-2 win and a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven opening-round playoff series. The Avalanche has scored 15 goals in three games against Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck, and a significant portion of them have come because Colorado is creating chances in the “home-plate area” in front of the Winnipeg net ..read more

Nine players have already scored for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers, 10 for the Colorado Avalanche. “You're going to need that more throughout the course of the playoffs,” said Rangers coach Peter Laviolette, whose team could next face Carolina 18 years since guiding the Hurricanes to the Stanley Cup. Meanwhile, Nashville is trying to get something — anything — going offensively in Game 4 after falling behind 2-1 to Vancouver despite outshooting the Canucks 30-12 ..read more

Winnipeg Jets (52-24-6, second in the Central Division) vs. Colorado Avalanche (50-25-7, third in the Central Division) Denver; Sunday, 2:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Avalanche -163, Jets +138; over/under is 6.5 NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Avalanche lead series 2-1 BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Avalanche host the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of the NHL Playoffs with a 2-1 lead in the series. The teams meet Friday for the seventh time this season. The Avalanche won the last meeting 6-2. Colorado is 50-25-7 overall with an 18-9-2 record against the Central Division. The Avalanche have a ..read more

1. Stick in the face wakes Avs up: The Avs had knotted the game at 2-2 on a Nathan MacKinnon laser 2:11 into the third stanza when Winnipeg's Gabriel Vilardi rearranged Devon Toews' face. Vilardi hoisted his stick into Toews' mug at the 2:37 mark, and a video review confirmed a double-minor for high-sticking ..read more

A few weeks ago, it was hard to find a place for Joel Kiviranta in the postseason lineup for the Colorado Avalanche. A few days into this opening-round series with the Winnipeg Jets, it's hard to see Jared Bednar filling out one without him in it. Kiviranta was probably going to be the 13th forward for the Avs, but a lower-body injury to Jonathan Drouin created an opportunity for him, and he's taken full advantage. “I wouldn't say he's exceeded expectations, even though I love what he's doing so far,” Bednar said ..read more