Jared Bednar doesn’t really want to hear the Ball Arena crowd chanting his goaltender’s name as much as it did Thursday night.

The Avs beat Utah, 2-1, in Colorado’s 2025-26 home opener and the first game the visitors used their Mammoth moniker. MacKinnon had the game-winning goal early in the third period, while Scott Wedgewood played outstanding in net.

Zakhar Bardakov has a lot to learn in a short amount of time, but like anyone else moving to Denver one part of the process was unique.

The Colorado Avalanche spent all of training camp talking about how why this season can be different than the last.

The Colorado Avalanche has already collected an easy victory at the start of this season — best birthday present for Gavin Brindley.

Gabriel Landeskog’s Avs were young, and they were strong, running against the wind. Only those winds blow even harder now, and they’re not so young anymore