Game #47 and #48

Colorado Avalanche 2, New Jersey Devils 1 (SO) - (from Colorado) - The Avalanche improved to 30-12-5 on the season thanks to a 2-1 shootout win over the New Jersey Devils, dropping them to 20-18-11.

Goals:

COL - Ryan O'Reilly (18) - from Patrick Bordeleau and Brad Malone (8:55 1ST)
NJD - Reid Boucher (2) - from Andrei Loktionov and Jon Merill (8:59 3RD)
Shootout winner - Matt Duchene (COL)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (33 saves on 34 shots: ) LG - Cory Schneider (37 saves on 38 shots: )

Three Stars:

3. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal) - Colorado

2. Cory Schneider (37 saves on 38 shots) - New Jersey

1. Semyon Varlamov (33 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Colorado

Colorado Avalanche 5, Nashville Predators 4 (from Nashville) - The Avalanche improved to 31-12-5 on the season thanks to a 5-4 win over the Nashville Predators, dropping them to 21-22-7.

Goals:

COL - Nick Holden (3) - from Nathan MacKinnon and Paul Stastny (6:21 1ST)
COL - Jan Hejda (6) - from John Mitchell and Max Talbot (11:27 1ST)
COL - Gabriel Landeskog (14) - from Paul Stastny and Nathan MacKinnon (12:05 1ST)
NSH - Patric Hornqvist PPG (10) - from Mike Fisher and David Legwand (14:36 2ND)
COL - Nick Holden (4) - from John Mitchell and Cody McLeod (2:31 3RD)
COL - Matt Duchene PPG (17) - from Nick Holden and Ryan O'Reilly (6:31 3RD) *GWG*
NSH - Craig Smith (15) - from Nick Spaling and Roman Josi (8:14 3RD)
NSH - Ryan Ellis (3) - unassisted (12:45 3RD)
NSH - Roman Josi (5) - from Viktor Stalberg and Ryan Ellis (17:03 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (27 saves on 31 shots: 24-8-5) LG - Devan Dubnyk (24 saves on 29 shots: 11-18-2)

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Ellis (1 goal, 1 assist) - Nashville

2. Nathan MacKinnon (2 assists) - Colorado

1. Nick Holden (2 goals, 1 assist) - Colorado

Game #49 - The Avs play next at home vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night (@9PM ET)

-Joel Forman - Colorado Avalanche News