The puck went off Alexandar Georgiev and into the net behind him. Instead of sunken shoulders from the Colorado Avalanche, there were celebrations.

Nikolai Kovalenko showed plenty of promise in his rookie NHL season.

Alexandar Georgiev could face the Avs with his new team Thursday night in San Jose.

The Colorado Avalanche have collected Miles Wood, Scott Wedgewood and Mackenzie Blackwood in the past 18 months, but maybe the lumber-adjacent hoarding shouldn’t be done yet.

Mackenzie Blackwood was nearly perfect in his Colorado Avalanche debut, both on and off the ice.