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Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard made an important personal decision on Friday. Girard entered the NHL’s player assistance program seeking help for alcohol abuse. It’s an incredibly powerful decision on his part, and thankfully, he has a support system around him within the Colorado organization. The Avalanche played a game Friday night, defeating the Minnesota […]

That was good on the power play. It is a Central Division battle as the Colorado Avalanche faces the Minnesota Wild.  It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Wild prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Avalanche come into the game at 12-6-0 on the year. Last time out, they entered the game […]

Two of the top teams in the Western Conference face off as the Vancouver Canucks face the Colorado Avalanche. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Canucks-Avalanche prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Canucks enter the game sitting at 13-5-1 on the year. Last time out, they faced the San Jose Sharks. […]

The Colorado Avalanche had all the momentum late in their game on Monday. In fact, they had the lead with less than a minute left to go. However, they fell to the Nashville Predators on the road. Filip Forsberg and Yakov Trenin found the back of the net to end Colorado’s three-game winning streak. After […]

The Colorado Avalanche’s epic meltdown against the Nashville Predators set off a flurry of fan reactions on social media on Monday. It seemed the Avs had the game in the bag when they had a 3-2 lead with 38 seconds left. To their dismay, the Predators’ Filip Forsberg and Yakov Trenin scored just 16 seconds […]

William Nylander concluded a phenomenal 2023 NHL Global Series in style on Sunday afternoon, becoming the first European player to score an overtime winning goal in his home country to help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota Wild in Stockholm. There were no shortage of storylines in Sweden over the last week, but it […]

It is a Central Divison battle as the Colorado Avalanche and Nashville Predators face off. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Predators prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Avalanche enter this game at 11-5-0 on the season and one a three-game winning streak. Last time out they faced the Dallas Stars. […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been as up-and-down as any National Hockey League team in the early going of the 2023-24 campaign. After a roaring start, in which the team won six straight games to begin the season, the Avs are 4-5 since. Exacerbating the somewhat cold stretch is the fact that this club was shut […]

The Anaheim Ducks will quickly turn around and head to Ball Arena to face the Colorado Avalanche. We’re here to share our NHL odds series, make a Ducks-Avalanche prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. The Ducks rallied from behind to stun the Nashville Predators 3-2 at Bridgestone Arena. Initially, it was 2-0 […]

The Colorado Avalanche look to avenge their loss from Thursday as they face the Seattle Kraken. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with an Avalanche-Kraken prediction, pick, and how-to watch. The Avalanche come into the game sitting at 8-5-0 year. They are coming off two straight losses as well, including to the […]

Pavel Francouz has proved that he is worthy of his fairly high contract valuation. He won the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche in 2022, which helps out any team’s goalie corps in their hopes of notching a title in the NHL. But, teams might be a little more hesitant in giving him a chance […]

The Colorado Avalanche have had a roller coaster start to the 2023-24 NHL season. The Avalanche have lost four of their last six games, but are still one of the top two teams in the Central Division. Colorado got hit with a scare during their November 9th matchup against the Seattle Kraken. Artturi Lehkonen was […]

The Colorado Avalanche lost another hockey game to the Seattle Kraken on Thursday night — and they may have lost Artturi Lehkonen long-term after the forward went head-first into the boards and was transported to the hospital following a 4-3 loss. Lehkonen was on the receiving end of a heavy hit from Kraken defenseman Jamie […]

It’s a rematch of last season’s Western Conference quarter-finals on Thursday night as the Seattle Kraken battle the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche took their first meeting of the season 4-1. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Kraken-Avalanche prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Kraken haven’t replicated their success from last season, […]

The first of two meetings between two of the NHL’s best teams takes place on Tuesday Night. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Devils-Avalanche prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Devils have their final game of a four-game road trip against the Avalanche. The Devils beat the Minnesota Wild 5-3 to […]

The Colorado Avalanche are off to a scorching start to 2023-24, and the team added an impressive franchise milestone after beating the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Wednesday night. The Avs earned their 900th home victory in franchise history, including the 600th since relocating from Quebec back in 1995, according to Associated Press. Colorado improved […]

The Colorado Avalanche look to bounce back as they host the St. Louis Blues. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Blues-Avalanche prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. The Blues enter the season at 3-3-1 on the year, trading wins and losses all year long. They opened with an overtime loss, before getting […]

The Colorado Avalanche are off to a fantastic start to 2023-24, their 6-2 record good enough for first place in the Central Division. The Avs started the season with six consecutive wins before miraculously failing to score a single goal in matching 4-0 shutout losses to the Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres last week. Still, […]

The National Hockey League wrapped up its third week of 2023-24 with the campaign’s first outdoor game. The sellout crowd of 55,411 spectators at Commonwealth Stadium in Alberta were treated to a Heritage Classic featuring the then 1-5-1 Edmonton Oilers and 2-5-1 Calgary Flames. Connor McDavid returned from injury, which is great news for all […]

Patrick Kane is getting closer and closer to a long-awaited National Hockey League return. The greatest American player ever, who is just a year removed from a 92-point campaign with the Chicago Blackhawks, remains a free agent and has made it clear he is preparing to sign with an NHL club. That’s music to the […]

Gabriel Landeskog’s return to the NHL ice remains cloudy, but the Colorado Avalanche captain is doing his best to make sure his hockey career is not over. After missing the entire 2022-23 season, Landeskog opted to have knee cartilage transplant surgery, the likes of which no NHL player has ever come back from. Expected to […]

Storming out of the gates to a 5-0 start, the red-hot Colorado Avalanche will head to the East Coast to take on the New York Islanders. Let’s check out our NHL odds series where our Avalanche-Islanders prediction and pick will be revealed. So far, so good. Only two years removed from hoisting Lord Stanley Cup, the […]

It’s been exactly two weeks since the 2023-24 National Hockey League campaign kicked off in Tampa Bay on Oct. 24, and although it’s still extremely early, there has been a ton of movement in Week 3 of our NHL Power Rankings. Who expected the Philadelphia Flyers to be leading the Metropolitan Division at any time […]

The Colorado Avalanche have been on fire to start the 2023-24 campaign, winning their first three games of the season, with their latest victory being a 4-1 thrashing of the Seattle Kraken. Unsurprisingly, the Avalanche have gotten a ton of production from star defenseman Cale Makar, who recently made an impressive bit of history in […]

The Colorado Avalanche are the undisputed road warriors of the NHL. The Avalanche’s 4-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday extended their road-winning streak to 14 games. In so doing, Colorado tied the Buffalo Sabres’ 14-regular-season game road winning streak from April to November 2006, per NHL.com. There's no place like the road? You […]

The rematch we’ve all been waiting for will be at the front and center of the hockey universe as the Colorado Avalanche take on the Seattle Kraken. Join us for our NHL odds series where our Avalanche-Kraken prediction and pick will be revealed. Already off to a fast 2-0 start to begin the season, there’s no […]

Fresh off a season-opening win Wednesday night, the Colorado Avalanche signed defenseman Devon Toews to a seven-year, $50.75 million contract extension that runs through the 2030-31 season, the team announced on Friday. Toews, 29, is in his sixth NHL season and fourth with the Avalanche. Wednesday’s game was his 200th with Colorado. He has 139 […]

The Central Division sent four teams to the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, but a back-to-back Stanley Cup champion from the division was not in the cards. The Colorado Avalanche were shockingly upset by the Seattle Kraken in Round 1, the Dallas Stars beat them but couldn’t overcome the Vegas Golden Knights in the West Final, […]

The Colorado Avalanche start their season in SoCal as they take on the Los Angeles Kings! This game will continue our NHL odds series as we hand out an Avalanche-Kings prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game. The Avalanche made an early exit in the playoffs last season, […]

Hockey fans, we finally made it to opening night. Exactly 124 days since the Vegas Golden Knights manhandled the Florida Panthers to win their first Stanley Cup, regular season National Hockey League play will resume in Tampa Bay, Pittsburgh, and Las Vegas on Tuesday night. For the first time, ClutchPoints will be compiling a weekly […]

The Colorado Avalanche boast a strong defensive core, and Devon Toews made a firm claim, saying that they are the best defensive team in the league ahead of the start of the season. “I don’t even think it’s a question,” Devon Toews said, according to Kayla Douglas of theScore. “I feel like no one can […]

The Colorado Avalanche finally found themselves atop the hockey world in the summer of 2022. After years of coming close to the Stanley Cup Final, they managed to punch their ticket. What’s more, they managed to take down a Tampa Bay Lightning team gunning for their third Stanley Cup in a row. Many expected the […]

The Colorado Avalanche sorely missed Valeri Nichushkin for the final five games of their Round 1 series against the Seattle Kraken in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The talented winger was away from the team after an incident at a Seattle hotel that resulted in the 28-year-old going back to his home country of Russia. […]

The Colorado Avalanche entered the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs with the full expectation of returning to the Finals for the second straight year. But after a shocking seven-game exit at the hands of the Seattle Kraken in Round 1, it’s been a longer offseason than anyone in Denver anticipated. Still, the possibility of a three-peat in […]

It seems the Colorado Avalanche’s stellar defensive duo of Devon Toews and Cale Makar will  remain together for the foreseeable future. Toews hopes he will agree to a contract extension with the Avalanche before the 2023-24 NHL season kicks off next month. “My intent is to stay here the rest of my career,” Devon Toews […]

Colorado Avalanche backup goalie Pavel Francouz is still recovering from abductor surgery and might not be an option to start the season, Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli reported on Thursday. “[Avs] appear to be examining options on the goalie market,” he wrote. “Sounds like Pavel Francouz has not completely recovered from his offseason abductor surgery and […]

Tomas Tatar has found a new home in free agency. The Colorado Avalanche are adding the veteran on a one-year, $1.5 million contract for the 2023-24 season, the team announced on Tuesday. At first glance, it looks like a great signing for both player and club; Tatar should make the top-nine, and third line in […]

The Colorado Avalanche navigated through a full season without their captain Gabriel Landeskog last year. After helping the Avalanche to its third Stanley Cup in June 2022, Landeskog has not seen the ice and instead underwent a pair of surgeries to fix a nagging knee injury. Landeskog is expected to miss the entire 2023-24 regular […]

The Colorado Avalanche are approaching the end of a longer offseason than usual after a shocking Round 1 loss at the hand of the Seattle Kraken in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. After dominating the 2021-22 season and winning the franchise’s third Stanley Cup against the Tampa Bay Lightning, the Avs were once again the […]