Head coach Jared Bednar said Thursday that Nichushkin (lower body ... while Juuso Parssinen or Joel Kiviranta could get a look at the top six.

Jared Bednar has been known to rely heavily on his top forwards, often overplaying the top line to the point where some ...

Joel Kiviranta notched his first hat trick, Cale Makar had a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 5-2 in Denver on Sunday night. Valeri Nichushkin also scored ...

Joel Kiviranta scored two third-period goals to help the visiting Colorado Avalanche earn a 4-2 come-from-behind victory against the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. Valeri Nichushkin scored the ...

Miles Wood has more history with Mackenzie Blackwood than any other member of the Colorado Avalanche. They were teammates for ...

Given how much Bednar has liked a new-look third line, with Parker Kelly and Joel Kiviranta joining ... Gives us a couple of extra killers with (Valeri Nichushkin) out of the lineup.

The recent injuries to Valeri Nichushkin and Ivan Ivan opened ... Unfortunately, it didn’t last all game. Joel Kiviranta ended up taking over. 5. The irony of Colton getting shoved into the ...

Before he got hurt, he was often playing on the fourth line behind Joel ... Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen, Andre Burakovsky, Ryan Graves, and Devon Toews. Perhaps Blackwood and Kiviranta ...

What do Juuso Parssinen, Jere Innala, Mikko Rantanen, Artturi Lehkonen, and Joel Kiviranta have in common ... He’s figured out how to get to Valeri Nichushkin. The two are stall neighbors in the Avs’ ...

Instead, the 25-year-old found himself lining up on the new-look third line with wingers Joel Kiviranta and Logan O’Connor ... Especially given the fact that the returns of Valeri Nichushkin and ...

The Avalanche were without Samuel Girard, Scott Wedgewood, Valeri Nichushkin ... as Parker Kelly beat Gustavsson and was assisted by Joel Kiviranta and O’Connor to make it 4-1.