Josh Manson and Jonathan Drouin each had two assists for Colorado ... and we didn’t capitalize on the ones we had.” O’Connor made it 1-0 Colorado at 3:46 of the first period, beating ...

Logan O'Connor, Mikko Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, and Josh Manson each had a two-point night. The boys laid their latest win on thick after being upset by the Chicago Blackhawks, the last-place team in the league, 3-1 on Wednesday.

The Colorado Avalanche (25-15-1, 51 points) face the NHL’s last-place team, the Chicago Blackhawks (13-25-2, 28 points), at the United Center on Wednesday night. The puck is scheduled to drop at 5:37 p.

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Pierre-Luc Dubois scored, Logan Thompson made 18 saves and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Saturday night for their fourth consecutive victory.

But Colorado’s NHL team has long had a reputation for being a quiet bunch in the locker room, even when this group reached the top of the mountain in 2022. The 2024-25 edition started the season slow, bogged down by injuries and poor goaltending. It weighed on everyone. A generally quiet room seemed even more so at times.

The run of important games continues for the Colorado Avalanche, who welcome the Dallas Stars to Ball Arena on Saturday afternoon for a matinee affair. It comes in a run where six of eight games are against Central Division opponents,