SALT LAKE CITY — The Colorado Avalanche didn’t need very long to decide Mackenzie Blackwood is the guy in net for this franchise. Blackwood signed a five-year contract Friday, the club announced.

As Mackenzie Blackwood’s first playoff adversity arrives, Avalanche needs him to lead the comeback Colorado goaltender’s hot start through four games was undone by a quirky, tough Game 5 loss ...

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood (39) before overtime against the Dallas Stars for Game 3 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs at Ball Arena in Denver on Wednesday ...

Mackenzie Blackwood is already fitting right in with the Colorado Avalanche in their eighth consecutive postseason, and a roster filled with playoff experience that includes 10 players who were ...

For Mackenzie Blackwood, boring is better. Blackwood is one of the best athletes in the NHL, regardless of position. His athleticism allows him to make jaw-dropping, how-did-he-get-that-one saves.

Mackenzie Blackwood needed all three of those things by the time his five years were done in New Jersey. In many ways, while it felt like a low point in his career, ...

Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin (91) looks for the rebound off of Colorado Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood (39) during the first period of Game 1 of an opening round playoff game at the ...

Dallas Stars center Roope Hintz (24) shoots against Colorado Avalanche goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood (39) during a first-round NHL hockey playoff game in Dallas, Saturday, April 19, 2025.

DALLAS (AP) — Mackenzie Blackwood is already fitting right in with these Colorado Avalanche in their eighth consecutive postseason, and a roster filled with playoff experience that includes 10 ...

DALLAS (AP) — Mackenzie Blackwood is already fitting right in with these Colorado Avalanche in their eighth consecutive postseason, and a roster filled with playoff experience that includes 10 players ...