Compared with the disjointed jumble they were the night before, the Wild debuted like a jigsaw against the Avalanche. They were cohesive and competitive, skating night-and-day better than when they ...

Jared Bednar has trust in Brock Nelson after the Avalanche picked him up in a trade with the Islanders late Thursday night.

Artturi Lehkonen and Martin Necas scored in the third period, Nathan MacKinnon topped 1,000 points for his career, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Monday night for their ...