The Colorado Avalanche are on fire, winning six of their last seven games including their overtime win over the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Saturday night.
Colorado was outshot by the Oilers on Saturday night 4-3 but walked away with the win after Nathan MacKinnon connected with Artturi Lehkonen with less than 3 seconds left in overtime for the game-winning goal over the number two team in the Pacific Division.
This week the Avalanche are in St. Louis (results of game not available at the time of this writing) before returning home this Friday to host the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday afternoon.
The Avs are in a three-way tie for first in the Central Division at 91 points each with the Winnipeg Jets holding a slight advantage and the Dallas Stars right on Colorado’s heels. The Avs on the other hand are riding a six game winning streak with five home games on the schedule after returning from St. Louis this week.
In other sports the Denver Nuggets are reeling from their last second loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving accounted for 61 of Dallas’ 107 points for the night with each of them playing 40 minutes. The Nuggets are tied for second in the Western Conference behind the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The Nuggets are on the road this week in Minnesota to face the Timberwolves at key game for Denver’s placement in the postseason, before returning home to host the New York Knicks on Thursday.
After a busy start to free agency the Denver Broncos are mum on their next step, with holes remaining at both quarterback and cornerback. Rumors have Denver picking up Bo Nix in the draft or moving up to take J.J. McCarthy. Some rumors also have Jarrett Stidham remaining Denver’s number one while a rookie quarterback is developed. Whatever the plan is, Denver fans are anxious to see what George Paton and Sean Payton have planned for the upcoming season.
Draft day is a little over a month away and mock drafts have the Broncos picking up several different quarterbacks while others rumors are swirling that Denver is willing to trade down and pick one up a quarterback in the second or third rounds.
The Broncos have officially signed linebacker (LB) Cody Barton (1 year), safety Brandon Jones (3 years, $12M guaranteed) and defensive lineman (DL) Malcolm Roach (2 years).
