Darcy Kuemper Injured In Avalanche Win

Colorado Avalanche goalie Darcy Kuemper suffered an injury in an 8-6 victory over the Edmonton Oilers Tuesday. Kuemper went down with an upper-body injury in the second period after surrendering three goals on 16 shots. Pavel Francouz stepped in for Kuemper, giving up three goals on 21 shots. The former Minnesota Wild netminder hasn't been […]

Darcy Kuemper Carries A Great Career Record Against Edmonton

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Darcy Kuemper will face one of his favorite opponents in the Western Conference Finals. He has gone 10-2-4 against the Oilers in his career, having won more games only against Vancouver (11). Kuemper has registered a 2.20 goals-against average against Edmonton with an outstanding .926 save percentage and one shutout. Colorado's No. […]

J.T. Compher Scores Twice In Series-Clincher

Colorado Avalanche forward J.T. Compher popped up with two goals in Friday's Game 6 against the Blues to help the team finish off the series with a 3-2 win. He produced a pair of game-tying goals before Darren Helm grabbed the winner just six seconds from the end of regulation. Compher was very efficient with […]

Andre Burakovsky Rejoins Avalanche Lineup Friday

Colorado Avalanche winger Andre Burakovsky will be back in the lineup on Friday against St. Louis. He returns following a two-game stint as a healthy scratch. Burakovsky had a superb regular-season campaign with a career-high 61 points, but he's gone scoreless in six of his seven playoff appearances, which explains his absence from the past […]

Bowen Byram Heating Up For Colorado

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram recorded his second consecutive two-point outing on Wednesday, finishing a 5-4 overtime loss against St. Louis with two assists. He picked up both of his helpers on even-strength tallies by Nathan MacKinnon. Bryam has been awfully quiet during the postseason, but he has stepped up following Samuel Girard's season-ending sternum […]

Nathan MacKinnon Puts Up Four Points In Game 5

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon exploded for a four-point performance Wednesday in Game 5 against St. Louis with three goals and an assist. The Avalanche grabbed a 2-0 first-period lead with MacKinnon's goals and even went 3-0 up, but they ended up dropping the game 5-4 in overtime. MacKinnon completed his hat trick with the […]

Andre Burakovsky Set To Sit Again Wednesday

Colorado Avalanche winger Andre Burakovsky looks set to be a healthy scratch for a second consecutive game on Wednesday. He was left out of the lineup for Game 4 against St. Louis after he had started the series by going scoreless in the first three games, and it looks like head coach Jared Bednar is […]

Mikko Rantanen Finally Gets His First Postseason Goal

Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen finally netted his first postseason goal of the year on Monday, wrapping up a 6-3 win over St. Louis with an empty-netter two seconds before the buzzer. This was his eighth playoff game of the season and he needed 19 shots on goal to light the lamp for the first […]

Nazem Kadri Produces His First Playoff Hat Trick

Colorado Avalanche center Nazem Kadri came up with his first career playoff hat trick and added an assist as the team rolled to a 3-1 series lead against St. Louis with a 6-3 victory in Game 4. He scored twice in the second period to help turn a 1-0 deficit into a comfortable lead and […]

Bowen Byram Replaces Samuel Girard On Power Play

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram is set to replace Samuel Girard (sternum) on the second power-play unit. Girard has been ruled out for the rest of the playoffs, which gives Byram an opportunity to step into a more significant role. The 20-year-old has shown a lot of upside and will hope to have a much […]

Samuel Girard Done For Playoffs After Game 3 Injury

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard broke his sternum in Saturday's Game 3 win over St. Louis and will miss the rest of the playoffs. The versatile blue-liner managed to soak in just 56 seconds of action before getting hurt on a check by Ivan Barbashev. Girard was taken to straight to a hospital, and Colorado's […]

Artturi Lehkonen Scores Two Goals In Game 3 Victory

Colorado Avalanche winger Artturi Lehkonen had his best game of the playoffs on Saturday against St. Louis, scoring twice in a 5-2 victory. He ended up with the game-winning goal and also grabbed an empty-netter inside the final minute of play. This is Lehkonen's first career multi-goal game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Finnish […]

Nathan MacKinnon Stretches Point Streak To Six Games

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon picked up a power-play assist in Thursday's 4-1 loss to St. Louis, extending his point streak to six games. The 26-year-old superstar started the postseason with a three-point effort and he's yet to go pointless in this year's playoffs, tallying five goals and three assists. Five of his points have […]

Darcy Kuemper Returns To Action Tuesday

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Darcy Kuemper (eye) will be back in the crease for Tuesday's Game 1 against St. Louis. He hurt his right eye in Game 3 of the first-round series against Nashville and missed the fourth game of the matchup as Colorado completed a sweep. Kuemper made a fine start to the postseason, registering […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (5/11/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

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Cale Makar Makes History With Another Three-Point Outing

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar helped the team to complete a first-round sweep with a 5-3 win against Nashville on Monday and made history with a three-point performance. He picked up a goal and two assists to finish the series with 10 points, which marks the most points in NHL history a defenseman has recorded […]

Darcy Kuemper Misses Game 4

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Darcy Kuemper (eye) won't play in Monday's Game 4 against Nashville. He took a stick to his right eye in Game 3, and whilst there were hopes of him being able to play on Monday, it won't happen because the eye is too swollen. Pavel Francouz will make his first postseason start […]

Cale Makar Named Norris Trophy Finalist

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar has been named one of the finalists for the Norris Trophy award on Monday as the NHL's best all-around defenseman for the 2021-22 season. Makar led all NHL defensemen with 28 goals on the season, while finishing second at the position with 86 points through 77 games. Makar was the […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (5/9/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

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Darcy Kuemper Could Play In Game 4 Despite Eye Injury

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Darcy Kuemper had to leave Saturday's Game 3 against Nashville with an eye injury, but it's possible that he will play in Monday's Game 4. Kuemper hurt his eye near the end of the first period when Ryan Johansen's stick got through into his mask. The Avalanche No. 1 left after saving […]

Gabriel Landeskog Has Four-Point Outing In Game 3

Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog recorded a playoff career-high four points in Saturday's 7-3 victory over Nashville. He had two goals and two assists, with half of the points coming with the man advantage. Landeskog finished with six shots in total and produced three blocks and three hits as well. The Avalanche captain has started […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (5/7/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

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Cale Makar Gets Game-Winner, Has 12 Shots On Goal

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar provided the game-winning goal in Thursday's 2-1 overtime victory against Nashville and set a franchise record for the most shots on goal registered in a playoff game. Makar found the net with his 12th effort 8:31 into overtime. Claude Lemieux was the previous franchise record holder with 11 shots. Makar […]

Andrew Cogliano Unavailable Thursday

Colorado Avalanche left wing Andrew Cogliano (upper body) won't be able to suit up for the team Thursday against Nashville. He left Tuesday's Game 1 victory over the Predators in the third period with an upper-body injury and isn't feeling good enough to play, although the veteran winger took part in the morning skate. The […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (5/5/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

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Gabriel Landeskog Returns For Start Of The Playoffs

Colorado Avalanche forward Gabriel Landeskog (knee) will return to action on Tuesday in the team's playoff opener against Nashville. Colorado's captain has missed 22 games after undergoing knee surgery on Mar. 14. Landeskog was killing it with 59 points in 51 games before going under the knife. He's lived through a lot of playoff disappointment […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (5/3/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

Welcome, RotoBallers! If you do not know me, my name is Brandon and I write both The First-Serve and The Kick-Off for Tennis and Soccer respectively. If you have not checked those out, make sure you do! It is the return of the NHL season which means it's time to sharpen our MLB skills and […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (4/29/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

Welcome, RotoBallers! If you are playing NHL DFS congrats on being one of those hardcore NHL fans! This is a challenging slate with the playoffs set and a majority of the seeding figured out, it isn't going to be clear on who is in or out but that's what makes it fun. This was supposed […]

Mikko Rantanen Will Play Thursday

Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen (illness) will return from a four-game absence on Thursday against Nashville. With two games to go, the Avalanche are still in contention to win the Presidents' Trophy, and getting back their top scorer should be a great boost for the team. Rantanen has had an outstanding season with 36 goals […]

Today's NHL DFS Lineup Picks for DraftKings, FanDuel (4/28/22): Daily Fantasy Hockey

Welcome, RotoBallers! If you do not know me, my name is Mark and I write NFL, MLB, and NHL on Rotoballer. I play NHL DFS almost daily, and am excited to bring you my thoughts on today's slate! This is the last week of the NHL regular season so let's make it a profitable one […]