Hockey has a sense of humour sometimes. And on Saturday night, the Avalanche got the first and last laugh in a 5-1 road victory.

DALLAS -- The Colorado Avalanche combined for 1,177 games of experience in the Stanley Cup Playoffs entering Game 1 of the ...

The first taste of playoff hockey for Mackenzie Blackwood was nearly perfect. The Avalanche’s starting netminder was the star ...

Dallas’ Oettinger was the more experienced goalie, but Colorado’s Blackwood outshined his counterpart in Game 1.

Instead, the Stars lost the sort of game they were winning for a lot of the second half, in which an opportunistic team ...

The first round of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs is officially underway. The Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues were a minute ...

Stanley Cup playoffs opened on Saturday with two Western Conference games. The Winnipeg Jets took Game 1 of their series over ...

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice in a three-point performance and goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood won his Stanley Cup playoffs ...

Blackwood stopped 23 of 24 shots in Saturday's 5-1 win over the Stars in Game 1.

Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood was nearly perfect in the Avs' 5-1 victory in Game 1 of their first-round series with the ...

Blackwood is expected to start on the road against Dallas for Game 1 on Saturday, Jesse Montano of Guerilla Sports reports. Blackwood finished the regular season with a 28-21-6 record, 2.55 GAA and ...

The Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche are meeting in the playoffs again, this time in the opening round with Mikko Rantanen on a different side.