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Avalanche On The Brink After Shockingly Bad Performance, Fall 5-1 To Stars

In a must-win game, the Colorado Avalanche laid an egg. A really big one. Hours after learning that the team had lost Valeri Nichushkin to a six month suspension, the Avalanche, as their head coach described it, looked “frozen” in the first period, getting outshot 16-2 in front of their home crowd and generally looking awful.

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Avalanche Game One Plus/Minus: Zooming Walker, Overtime Georgiev

t’s time for playoff plus/minus! As with every game, you take the good with the bad, so time to take a look at the pluses and the minuses in Game One against the Dallas Stars for the Colorado Avalanche.

Colorado Avalanche News / Colorado Hockey Now / May 6

Avalanche Blog: Georgiev Absent, Potential Lineup Change For Game One

The Colorado Avalanche finally know who their opponent will be in round two, although they’ve been ready if it was going to be the Stars for a few days now.

Colorado Avalanche News / Mile High Sports / May 1

LISTEN: Avalanche’s Round 1 series recap

Aarif Deen breaks down the Avs’ five-game series victory over the Winnipeg Jets. He touches on the bounceback from Alexandar Georgiev, Valeri Nichushkin’s scoring, Artturi Lehkonen’s importance and roster depth.

Colorado Avalanche News / The Rink / May 1

Avalanche move on to second round in playoffs

The Winnipeg Jets were facing elimination for the first time in the series against the Colorado Avalanche. It was time that they had to step up and Colorado did not step back at all themselves.

Colorado Avalanche News / Mile High Sports / May 1

Strike 2: The Colorado Avalanche are getting a little defensive

Strike 2: Would you ask a sports car to pull around a trailer? That must have been what it was like for the Braintrust of the high flying, offensive-minded Colorado Avalanche to convince the team to start to play defensive-minded hockey, just in time for the playoffs.

Colorado Avalanche News / Colorado Hockey Now / May 1

Avalanche Room: Team Never Panicked, Georgiev ‘Shut Up All The Haters’

Yakov Trenin has been a quote machine since coming to the Avalanche, and gave us another great one after Game Five. There were a lot of questions surrounding Alexandar Georgiev after Game One, where he gave up seven goals.

Colorado Avalanche News / Mile High Hockey / May 1

Game Five Recap: Colorado completes Gentleman’s Sweep

The Avalanche finish off the Jets with excellent team defense and goals from all over the lineup. The big question in this series was can Alexandar Georgiev keep up with presumed Vezina winner Connor Hellebuyck in the opposite net?

NHL News / Field Level Media / April 25

Goalie issues swing outcomes for Jets-Avalanche series

The Winnipeg Jets dominated Colorado during the regular season, outscoring the Avalanche 17-4 in sweeping the three games. That gave them home-ice advantage for their Western Conference first-round series, but that lasted just two games.

NHL News / The Hockey Writers / April 25

Jets’ Goaltending Advantage Against Avalanche Hasn’t Materialized

The Winnipeg Jets’ on-paper advantage in net over the Colorado Avalanche has not materialized on the ice so far in the first-round series. Through the first two games of the series, which is tied 1-1 heading to Colorado, Connor Hellebuyck has not outplayed Alexandar Georgiev.

Colorado Avalanche News / Daily Faceoff / April 24

The Colorado Avalanche needed Alexandar Georgiev to step up, and he did just that in Game 2

In the Stanley Cup Playoffs, you need your goaltender to come up with key saves at the most crucial moments of the game. In the first game of the Central Division Semifinals between the Winnipeg Jets and Colorado Avalanche, Avs netminder Alexandar Georgiev did not rise to the occasion, surrendering seven goals and on 23 shots in a 7-6 loss.

Colorado Avalanche News / The Hockey Writers / April 24

Avalanche Are Good Enough to Win Without Quality Goaltending

The Colorado Avalanche were the laughingstock of the hockey world as they fell to the Winnipeg Jets by a score of 7-6 in their opening game of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Colorado Avalanche News / ClutchPoints / April 24

Avalanche’s Alex Georgiev shares perfect reaction to clutch Game 2 performance

The Colorado Avalanche needed a bounce-back game from Alexandar Georgiev in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round series against the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday night — and that’s exactly what they got.

Colorado Avalanche News / The Avs Report / April 24

Georgiev bounces back, Avalanche even series 1-1 in Winnipeg

The Colorado Avalanche tied their first-round series with the Winnipeg Jets in Game 2 Tuesday night. There were doubts about starting Alexandar Georgiev in Game 2 after his poor performance in Game 1.

Colorado Avalanche News / Colorado Hockey Now / April 24

Avalanche Room: Bench ‘Calm’ During Hectic Second, Praise For Their Goaltender

If you’re starting on the road in the postseason, the ultimate goal is to walk away with a split. Sure, a sweep in Winnipeg would have been nice for the Avalanche, and they probably deserved it with how they played in Game One, but they’ll take a 1-1 series heading back to Denver.

Colorado Avalanche News / Colorado Hockey Now / April 24

Rapid Reaction: All The Credit Goes To Georgiev

If this was the most important game of Alexandar Georgiev’s Avalanche career (and I said it was), he answered the bell. In a big way. Things didn’t exactly start swimmingly.

NHL News / Yardbarker / April 24

Second-period goal flurry helps Avalanche beat Jets in Game 2, tie series

The Avalanche scored four unanswered goals in the second and third periods.

Avalanche get even with Jets in Game 2

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NHL News / Field Level Media / April 24

Avalanche get even with Jets in Game 2

Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves and the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series on Tuesday.

Colorado Avalanche News / ClutchPoints / April 23

Avalanche’s Alex Georgiev reveals how he’ll bounce back in Game 2

Colorado Avalanche netminder Alexandar Georgiev finished Game 1’s loss to the Winnipeg Jets with a .696 save percentage, allowing seven goals on just 23 shots in the opener of the team’s Western Conference first-round series.

Colorado Avalanche News / Pro Hockey Rumors / April 22

Avalanche make third-string goalkeeper swap

The Colorado Avalanche have swapped third-string goaltenders, recalling one and assigning the other.

Watch: Jets take Game 1 against Avalanche by the thinnest of margins

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Colorado Avalanche News / Daily Faceoff / April 22

Goaltending could be what sinks the Colorado Avalanche’s playoff run

The Colorado Avalanche have a goaltending problem. Where have we heard that before? Alexandar Georgiev is the starting goalie for Colorado. Despite being pulled and not playing well late in the season, Georgiev was the starter for Game 1.

Colorado Avalanche News / The Avs Report / April 22

Avalanche net six goals, Georgiev falters in Game 1 against Jets

Despite scoring six times on the presumed Vezina Trophy-winner Connor Hellebuyck, the Colorado Avalanche could not keep the puck out of their own net in the team’s 7-6 loss in Game 1.

NHL News / Yardbarker / April 21

Watch: Jets take Game 1 against Avs by the thinnest of margins

Watch: Jets take Game 1 against Avalanche by the thinnest of margins

The Jets took 1-0 series lead against the Avalanche on Sunday night thanks to a wild 7-6 win.

The Avalanche have a goalie problem, and it might cost them

Colorado rules out this crucial winger for entire series against Jets

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Colorado Avalanche News / Yardbarker / April 21

The Avalanche have a goalie problem, and it might cost them

The Avalanche only have one clear flaw on their roster, and it was on full display in a 7-6 loss to the Jets on Sunday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference first round series.

Avalanche rule out crucial winger for entire series against Jets

Rangers' Matt Rempe continues to become cult hero with first playoff goal

Carter Verhaeghe nets another clutch goal for Panthers in playoffs

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Colorado Avalanche News / The Avs Report / April 15

Avalanche Collapse in Overtime Against Golden Knights

For two periods, it certainly looked like the Colorado Avalanche had a bounce-back game in store against the Golden Knights. Colorado’s second half of a back-to-back was going well in Las Vegas.

Colorado Avalanche News / Daily Faceoff / January 17

Avalanche worried about Alexandar Georgiev’s workload, seeking backup goalie on trade market

The Colorado Avalanche gave the league leader in minutes played a well-earned rest on Tuesday. Goaltender Alexandar Georgiev was scratched from the Avs’ lineup in Ottawa with Colorado giving prospect Justus Annunen a moment to shine in Canada’s capital, allowing for a complete day off for Georgiev.