The Latest Breaking News from Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche will take on the Dallas Stars in NHL action on Saturday from the American Airlines Center.

The Avs won’t hoist the Stanley Cup in June if they wave the white flag at the trade deadline in March.

DENVER — The Avalanche traded for depth center Lars Eller from the Capitals, the team announced Wednesday before the Friday NHL trade deadline.

Right wing Mikko Rantanen scored twice, and the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Golden Knights 3-0 at Denver’s Ball Arena on Monday.

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Jack Johnson won a ring in Denver, and now he’s returning for more.

Johnson will get to chase another Stanley Cup in Colorado, while Englund — a 27-year-old defenseman who has made 36 NHL appearances this season — will fill his spot in the Hawks’ lineup.

DENVER — In front of increasingly optimistic fans, it would be difficult for the Colorado Avalanche to live up to the precedent set by their explosive start Friday night in Winnipeg, when four of their first shots found the back of the net.

Blink and the Avalanche might be in first place.

DENVER — Avalanche coach Jared Bednar is comfortable with how the team has handled the health of Cale Makar after the defenseman, on two separate occasions this month, was cleared to return to games in which he sustained head injuries that later turned out to be related concussions.

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Sharks got a peek at what their lineup looks like without Timo Meier — and Tomas Hertl, for that matter — on Monday as they continued a season-long homestand.