The Colorado Avalanche bounce back Monday night after getting thumped by a red hot Florida Panthers over the weekend, 8 – 4. On Monday night the Avalanche hosted the leader of the Atlantic Division, the Boston Bruins after falling to second in the Central Division after the loss to Florida.
The Avs and Bruins fought it out for three periods and overtime with Colorado scoring one in the first period and two in the second. Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman kept the Avs puck out of the net for the third period and all of overtime until the last shot of the shootout.
Colorado right-winger put the game away on the final shot of the shootout sneaking the puck under the glove of Swayman for the win.
Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon now has a 22-point home streak (16 goals, 29 assists) and is just one game away from ocktying Joe Sakic’s record for longest home point streak in Avalanche history. MacKinnon is in yet another battle for the Hart award (MVP) with Edmonton Oilers center, Connor McDavid who is almost 11 points behind MacKinnon.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets defeated the Detroit Pistons 131-114 after losing to the Orlando Magic at home last Friday. The Nuggets are sitting in third in the Western Conference behind the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Denver is on the road this week to face the Utah Jazz before returning to Ball Arena for a two home-game stretch before heading out to Philadelphia to face the Joell Embiid and the 76ers.
The Nuggets will host the New Orleans Pelicans this Friday at 8 p.m. and the Indiana Pacers on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
The Denver Broncos season is finally over and too much relief of fans. The Broncos had a great opportunity to make the post-season this season by winning three of their last four games but ended up losing three of those games.
The future of quarterback Russell Wilson in Denver is bleak after getting benched shortly after Denver’s loss to the New England Patriots at home. While many have shown their displeasure of Wilson’s benching, it’s clear that coach Sean Payton has already moved on from him.
As we discussed last week, the Broncos are on the hook for a ton of dead money, which complicates future contracts of key players for the next couple seasons.
On Sunday the Broncos were beat by the Las Vegas Raiders for the eighth consecutive time. The stat may not mean much to coach Payton but it means a lot to Denver Broncos fans.
