Josh Manson and Jonathan Drouin each had two assists for Colorado ... and we didn’t capitalize on the ones we had.” O’Connor made it 1-0 Colorado at 3:46 of the first period, beating ...

Logan O'Connor, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, and Josh Manson each had a two-point night. The boys laid their latest win on thick after being upset by the Chicago Blackhawks, the last-place team in the league, 3-1 on Wednesday.

The Colorado Avalanche (25-15-1, 51 points) face the NHL’s last-place team, the Chicago Blackhawks (13-25-2, 28 points), at the United Center on Wednesday night. The puck is scheduled to drop at 5:37 p.

But Colorado’s NHL team has long had a reputation for being a quiet bunch in the locker room, even when this group reached the top of the mountain in 2022. The 2024-25 edition started the season slow, bogged down by injuries and poor goaltending. It weighed on everyone. A generally quiet room seemed even more so at times.

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

The run of important games continues for the Colorado Avalanche, who welcome the Dallas Stars to Ball Arena on Saturday afternoon for a matinee affair. It comes in a run where six of eight games are against Central Division opponents,