Star defenseman Cale Makar embodied that mindset in his postgame TV interview with ESPN’s Emily Kaplan on Saturday. ... Valeri Nichushkin registered another two goals Saturday night, ...

Cale Makar and Valeri Nichushkin each had a goal and three assists to help the Colorado Avalanche snap a three-game slide with a 6-0 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

Valeri Nichushkin’s absence from the final five games of last season became a dominant storyline as the Avalanche’s title defense fizzled with a first-round loss to the Seattle Kraken.

Cale Makar leads trio of breakout efforts to help Avalanche win wild Game 6 Makar, Valeri Nichushkin and Martin Necas all helped Colorado stave off elimination against Dallas Stars.

Cale Makar and Valeri Nichushkin each had a goal and three assists to help the Colorado Avalanche snap a three-game slide with a 6-0 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night ...

Cale Makar leads trio of breakout efforts to help Avalanche win wild Game 6 Makar, Valeri Nichushkin and Martin Necas all helped Colorado stave off elimination against Dallas Stars.

In the second, Makar would dish out his second helper, this time the secondary assist on Valeri Nichushkin's strike. In overtime, Makar would power Colorado to the victory as he found the back of ...

Colorado Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin was the team's lone goal-scorer in Monday's 3-1 ... Mikko Rantanen and Cale Makar picked up the assists. Nichushkin already has five goals for the ...

Valeri Nichushkin’s dominance, Cale Makar numbers, more While playing, the Avalanche look like a team that feels free on the ice, especially in a 7-0 Game 2 rout that saw them skate circles ...

Nathan MacKinnon had an empty-net goal and two assists, Valeri Nichushkin also scored and the Avalanche picked up where they left off after scoring twice on the power play in a 4-2 win at San Jose ...

Valeri Nichushkin had two goals after scoring once in the first five games. Martin Necas scored his first playoff goal in a Colorado uniform. And a still snake-bitten Cale Makar scored his first of ...