Cale Makar returned to Colorado with an upper-body injury, and Bo Byram was scratched with an upper-body injury. All Rights Reserved. The teams meet for the fourth time this season Wednesday night in San Jose. Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) shoots over Los Angeles Lakers center Marc Gasol (14) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Denver. "We all feel like we're pretty good skaters, so we just needed to constantly hound the D-men and be all over them and create turnovers.". ... Nashville Predators (10-14-0, sixth in the Central Division) vs. Dallas Stars … Nico Sturm led a balanced Minnesota scoring attack with two goals, Kaapo Kahkonen was sharp in making 30 saves and the Wild earned their fourth straight win by beating the Colorado Avalanche 6-2 on Wednesday night. Rudolfs Balcers broke a tie early in the third, John Leonard scored on a breakaway and Evander Kane added an empty-netter as the Sharks pulled away to beat the Avalanche for the first time in three tries this season. Colorado is playing its second of seven back-to-back sets of the season and is now 1-1-0 in the first game of consecutive night sets. Local or International? 10,772 were here. If they have more guys testing positive, then it's probably in doubt. We'll have to see what happens with them the next few days. Joe Sakic has the most with 391. The Avs controlled the play under the sun, getting an early goal from Girard and outshooting Vegas 17-8 in the first 20 minutes. "You know what I know," Bednar said of Johnson. Toews did not travel with the team to Minnesota and Bednar said more will be known about his status in the coming days. The Avs will go on as scheduled. Both teams are slightly profitable to the over, with the Stars 7-6 and Panthers 9-8. The Avs rallied from a two-goal deficit and gained a point in a 5-4 loss in overtime to the Anaheim Ducks on Saturday. Alex Tuch added a spinning goalwith 5:35 to go to cut Colorado’s lead to 3-2. The Stars are 1-3-1 on the road this season while the Panthers are 6-2-1 at home. Erik Johnson suffered an upper-body injury midway through the first period and didn't finish the contest. The points are nice, and they make you feel good, but it's really game-by-game. In-Game Trades. The Avs controlled the play under the sun, getting an … Ron Knabenbauer, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children's Honorary Stick Kid. Colorado's penalty kill unit is 30-for-33 (90.9 percent) this season, the top PK percentage in the NHL. Nathan MacKinnon extended his point streak to four games (five assists), while Andre Burakovsky (one goal, four assists), Joonas Donskoi (two goals, one assist), Cale Makar (five assists) and Brandon Saad (three goals, three assists) are on three-game point streaks. Come join the discussion about home audio/video, TVs, projectors, screens, receivers, speakers, projects, DIY’s, product reviews, accessories, classifieds, and more! Simek converted the first off a pass from Marc-Edouard Vlasic to become the first Sharks defenseman other than Brent Burns with a goal this season. We built off our first period and kept it going throughout the game, so hopefully we can continue to do that going forward.". All of them had huge roles, especially Josty with the penalty kill tonight. PART 1. 9 p.m. âYou have to move past it. It still stings right now,â Sharks captain Logan Couture said. Balcers got the puck in the offensive zone and sent a centering pass to a driving Meier. Fleury made 36 saves for Vegas and fell to 0-3 in three career outdoor game starts. O'Connor was called up from the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League to join the Avs' taxi squad on Wednesday and entered the lineup on Saturday beside Tyson Jost and Kiefer Sherwood following recent injuries to Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Matt Calvert. Copyright © 1999-2018 Colorado Avalanche Hockey Team, Inc. and the National Hockey League. NHL, the NHL Shield, the word mark and image of the Stanley Cup and NHL Conference logos are registered trademarks of the National Hockey League. Bellemare got hurt in the first period of Thursday's win versus San Jose, while Toews's injury came from when he blocked a shot off his foot in the third period of that contest. Kevin Fiala was penalized for boarding Kings defenseman Matt Roy during Thursday night's game, and the Wild forward will miss three games vs. Colorado. The trio played roughly 10 minutes together and made a positive impact when they took the ice. âWe kind of gave this one to them,â forward Mikko Rantanen said. Jokic has been selected to start this year’s NBA All-Star Game for the Western Conference. Get a recap of the Colorado Avalanche vs. San Jose Sharks hockey game. The Avalanche's new fourth line is made up of young players looking to prove that they belong. Video: COL@MIN: O'Connor wires home wrist shot. Leonard added his goal on a breakaway midway through the third to put the game away. Saad, 28, had the primary assist on Joonas Donskoi's power-play goal late in the first period that made it a 2-1 game and then found the back of the net himself with 7:43 left in regulation on a one-time snap shot to finish a pass from Nathan MacKinnon. Samuel Girard and Gabriel Landeskog scored for the Avalanche. "I think points aside, you just want to keep improving all year long," Saad said. Landeskog has a ways to go to get to second place, which is held by Milan Hejduk (375 goals). San Jose made that lead stand up and got a needed win on this seven-game homestand. & Let's Go, Eevee! âIt seems like he's got a good reset. Dallas is 0-5 as a dog and Florida is 8-3 as a favorite. Fleury made 36 saves for Vegas and fell to 0-3 in three career outdoor game starts. âThatâs the Erik weâre used to seeing.â. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks as well as all other proprietary materials depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective NHL teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. It was part of a strong start to Colorado's game, as the Avs outshot the Wild 7-1 in the first six and a half minutes and held a 14-6 edge in the category by the first intermission. Landeskogâs goal on a power play in the second period on a play started by Nathan MacKinnon was the 203rd of his career. Joonas Donskoi's first-period marker stood as the game winner, his first game-winning goal of the season and the 10th of his career.