The Colorado Avalanche kicked off the regular season in L.A. last Wednesday to face the Kings. The Avs jumped out to a 1 – 0 lead in the first period. The Kings were more active in the second scoring 2 while the Avs also added two of their own leading 3 – 2 heading into the third. Colorado wrapped up game one against the Kings with a 5 – 2 win.
Colorado’s ring winger Mikko Rantanen had a career night leading the Avs for shots on goal with 5, and chalked up 4 points with 2 goals, and 2 assists. Nathan MacKinnon ended the night with 3 points, on one goal and two assists.
Over the weekend the Colorado Avalanche remained on the road in Northern California to face the San Jose Sharks. The Sharks were coming off of a 4 – 1 loss to the Las Vegas Golden Knights from last Thursday before Saturday night’s game against the Avs. Colorado trailed the Sharks 1 – 0 through most of three periods until Colorado defenseman Cale Makar scored with 1:26 to go in regulation.
After a scoreless overtime both teams headed for a shootout where Rantanen scored the only goal giving the Avs the 2 – 1 win on the road. Colorado has one last game on the road in Seattle before returning home for their home opener against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday at 8:30 p.m. (Results of the Colorado Avalanche vs. the Seattle Kraken not available at the time of this writing). This Saturday the Avs will host the Carolina Hurricanes at 7 p.m.
The Denver Nuggets have two remaining preseason games before the NBA Champs kick off their regular season at home against the L.A. Lakers (Tuesday, October 24th at 5:30 p.m.).
The Nuggets are 2 -1 in the preseason after defeating the Phoenix Suns last Tuesday and on Sunday at home against the Chicago Bulls. The Nuggets had previously lost their game to the Bulls on Thursday night in overtime 133 – 124. The Nuggets only remaining opponent for their last two games of the preseason is the L.A. Clippers, which kicked off Tuesday night (Results of the Denver Nuggets vs. L.A. Clippers not available at the time of this writing).
In other sports the Denver Broncos lost to the divisional opponents the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night, the same Chiefs who have won every game against the Broncos since the Broncos 2015 season when they won the Super Bowl. Although the Broncos defense has been the worst fans have seen in recent years, they did manage to hold the Chiefs high-powered offense to just one touchdown.
The Broncos are back at home this Sunday to host the Green Bay Packers. Trade rumors have the Broncos looking to trade wide receiver Jerry Jeudy before the October 31st trade deadline. The team that Denver is rumored to be in talks with include the Green Bay Packers which could make for an interesting game if that trade were to take place before this Sunday. The Broncos are last in the Division again at 1 – 5 behind the 2 – 3 L.A. Chargers and the 3 – 3 Las Vegas Raiders.
The CU Buffs coughed up a 29 – 0 lead at halftime over the Stanford Cardinal’s on Saturday after holding the Stanford’s offense to no points in the first half. Stanford came out in the second half a completely different offense moving the ball on the Buffs defense with ease. The Buffs were outscored 17 – 46 in the second half losing to the Stanford Cardinals 43-46. Colorado will enjoy a bye week before facing the UCLA Bruins on October 28th at 5:30 p.m.
