Game #66, #67, #68, #69, #70

Game #66 - Colorado Avalanche 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from Colorado) - The Avs improved to 43-18-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 38-14-14. 

Goals:

COL - Brad Malone (1) - from Tyson Barrie and Semyon Varlamov (18:24 1ST)

COL - Matt Duchene (22) - from Jamie McGinn and Ryan O'Reilly (0:19 2ND)

CHI - Patrick Kane (29) - from Patrick Sharp and Niklas Hjalmarsson (8:23 2ND)

COL - Ryan O'Reilly PPG (25) - from Matt Duchene and Erik Johnson (10:53 3RD) *GWG*

CHI - Brandon Saad (19) - from Andrew Shaw and Duncan Keith (17:43 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (37 saves on 39 shots: 33-12-5) LG - Antti Raanta (26 saves on 29 shots: 12-3-3)

Three Stars:

3. Semyon Varlamov (37 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Colorado

2. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado

1. Matt Duchene (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

Game #67 - Anaheim Ducks 6, Colorado Avalanche 4 (from Colorado) - The Ducks improved to 44-16-7 on the season thanks to a 6-4 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 43-19-5.

Goals:

COL - John Mitchell (8) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Nate Guenin (12:25 1ST)

ANA - Daniel Winnik (4) - from Nick Bonino and Bryan Allen (3:08 2ND)

COL - Jamie McGinn PPG (16) - from Ryan O'Reilly and Nick Holden (5:21 2ND)

ANA - Kyle Palmieri (10) - from Pat Maroon and Ryan Getzlaf (7:47 2ND)

ANA - Kyle Palmieri (11) - from Hampus Lindholm and Nick Bonino (8:34 2ND)

ANA - Corey Perry (36) - from Teemu Selanne and Cam Fowler (9:40 2ND)

ANA - Ben Lovejoy (4) - from Cam Fowler and Ryan Getzlaf (11:53 2ND) *GWG*

COL - Jamie McGinn PPG (17) - from Erik Johnson and Ryan O'Reilly (18:08 2ND)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog (20) - from John Mitchell and Jan Hejda (18:41 2ND)

ANA - Mathieu Perreault (13) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Luca Sbisa (19:11 2ND)

Goalies:

WG - Jonas Hiller (34 saves on 38 shots: 27-10-6) LG - Semyon Varlamov (19 saves on 24 shots: 33-13-5), J.S. Giguere (8 saves on 9 shots in relief of Varlamov

Three Stars:

3. Ryan Getzlaf (2 assists) - Anaheim

2. Jamie McGinn (2 goals) - Colorado

1. Kyle Palmieri (2 goals) - Anaheim

Game #68 - Colorado Avalanche 3, Ottawa Senators 1 (from Ottawa) - The Avalanche improved to 44-19-5 on the season thanks to a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 28-26-13.

Goals:

COL - Andre Benoit (6) - from Patrick Bordeleau and Matt Duchene (15:49 2ND)
COL - Nick Holden PPG (7) - from Jamie McGinn and Matt Duchene (3:10 3RD) *GWG*
COL - John Mitchell (9) - from Gabriel Landeskog and Nathan MacKinnon (17:02 3RD)
OTT - Mika Zibanejad (12) - from Erik Karlsson and Bobby Ryan (19:54 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Semyon Varlamov (38 saves on 39 shots: 34-13-5) LG - Robin Lehner (19 saves on 22 shots: 7-12-5)

Three Stars:

3. Nick Holden (1 goal, GWG) - Colorado

2. Matt Duchene (2 assists) - Colorado

1. Semyon Varlamov (38 savesv on 39 shots for the win) - Colorado

Game #69 - Montreal Canadiens 6, Colorado Avalanche 3 (from Montreal) - The Canadiens improved to 38-25-7 on the season thanks to a 6-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 44-20-5.

Goals:

COL - Nathan MacKinnon (23) - from Paul Stastny and Erik Johnson (18:03 1ST)

MTL - Thomas Vanek (22) - from David Desharnais (7:44 2ND)

COL - Max Talbot (8) - from Matt Duchene and Jamie McGinn (9:33 2ND)

MTL - Travis Moen (2) - from Brandon Prust and Mike Weaver (10:21 2ND)

MTL - Brandon Prust (6) - from Andrei Markov and Alexei Emelin (3:33 3RD)

COL - Jamie McGinn (18) - from Matt Duchene and Ryan O'Reilly (10:05 3RD)

MTL - Thomas Vanek PPG (23) - from Max Pacioretty and David Desharnais (14:45 3RD) *GWG*

MTL - Thomas Vanek PPG (24 - Hat Trick) - from Alexei Emelin and Max Pacioretty (17:40 3RD)

MTL - Dale Weise EN (5) - from Tomas Plekanec (19:00 3RD)

Goalies:

WG - Carey Price (25 saves on 28 shots: 28-17-5) LG - J.S. Giguere (30 saves on 35 shots: 10-6-0) 

Three Stars:

3. Nathan MacKinnon (1 goal) - Colorado

2. Brandon Prust (1 goal, 1 assist) - Montreal

1. Thomas Vanek (3 goals, GWG) - Montreal

Game #70 - Winnipeg Jets 5, Colorado Avalanche 4 (OT) - (from Winnipeg) - The Jets improved to 32-30-9 on the season thanks to a 5-4 OT win over the Colorado Avalanche, dropping them to 44-20-6.

Goals:

COL - Ryan O'Reilly (26) - fron Matt Duchene and Jamie McGinn (0:20 1ST)

WPG - Andrew Ladd (20) - from Bryan Little and Jacob Trouba (3:15 1ST)

WPG - Eric Tangradi (2) - from Blake Wheeler and Olli Jokinen (12:08 1ST)

COL - Gabriel Landeskog (21) - from Andre Benoit and Nathan MacKinnon (17:47 1ST)

WPG - Evander Kane (17) - from Devin Setoguchi and Paul Postma (12:02 2ND)

COL - Nick Holden (8) - from Tyson Barrie and Max Talbot(19:29 2ND)
WPG - Andrew Ladd PPG (21) - from Blake Wheeler and Tobias Enstrom (4:58 3RD)
COL - Cody McLeod (3) - from Max Talbot and Nate Guenin (10:23 3RD)
WPG - Blake Wheeler (24) - from Paul Postma and Tobias Enstrom (1:42 OT) *GWG*

Goalies:

WG - Al Montoya (23 saves on 27 shots: 12-6-3) LG - Reto Berra (22 saves on 27 shots: 9-17-3) 

Three Stars:

3. Max Talbot (2 assists) - Colorado

2. Andrew Ladd (2 goals) - Winnipeg

1. Blake Wheeler (1 goal, 2 assists, OT winner) - Winnipeg

Game #71 - The Avs head home for a game against the Boston Bruins on Friday night (@9PM ET)

-Joel Forman - Colorado Avalanche News