Colorado Avalanche winger Valeri Nichushkin (lower body ... might be reunited on the first line due to Nichushkin's absence. Jonathan Drouin, who returned to the lineup with a two-assist ...

DENVER -- The Colorado Avalanche will be without playmaking forward Valeri Nichushkin for an indefinite ... recently got back ...

Valeri Nichushkin is getting close to returning, but head coach Jared Bednar could not give a specific game date. On Sunday, ...

Jonathan Drouin, who has played in five games this ... But this will be the first game that Drouin, Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen and Ross Colton play together all season.

Valeri Nichushkin was cleared to practice ... In addition to confirmation on Lehkonen's season debut, he was asked about Jonathan Drouin. "He's close. I don't know what game it's going to be ...

Valeri Nichushkin left the game late in the second ... Head coach Jared Bednar had to shift his top six, putting Mittelstadt between Jonathan Drouin and Ross Colton on the second line.

Valeri Nichushkin scored two goals and got help ... on the power play with 14 seconds left in the opening frame. Jonathan Drouin earned his 22nd point with the secondary assist.

The Colorado Avalanche (25-15-1, 51 points) face the NHL’s last-place team, the Chicago Blackhawks (13-25-2, 28 points), at ...

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche will be without playmaking forward Valeri Nichushkin ... Josh Manson and forward Jonathan Drouin before losing Nichushkin, who left a New Year's Eve win ...

DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche will be without playmaking forward Valeri Nichushkin ... Josh Manson and forward Jonathan Drouin before losing Nichushkin, who left a New Year's Eve win over ...

DENVER -- The Colorado Avalanche will be without playmaking forward Valeri Nichushkin for ... Josh Manson and forward Jonathan Drouin before losing Nichushkin, who left a New Year's Eve win ...