With the win, the Avs are knotted with the Wild in the Central Division at 72 points.

Compared with the disjointed jumble they were the night before, the Wild debuted like a jigsaw against the Avalanche. They were cohesive and competitive, skating night-and-day better than when they ...

Read the recent NHL news and rumors about Jared Spurgeon for fantasy hockey. Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon (illness) was unable to practice on ...

L'Heureux was called for a slew-foot on Wild defenseman Jared Spurgeon, who suffered an injury on the play and has missed the past eight games. L'Heureux was suspended three games for the play ...

And the Avs look fantastic, with four wins in five games — all with Mackenzie Blackwood between ... to life without their superstar. Captain Jared Spurgeon returning to the lineup is enormous ...

At 0:49 of the third, Vinnie Hinostroza tipped in a Jared Spurgeon shot to make ... It was a goalie duel between Sam Ersson and MacKenzie Blackwood. Ersson was good. But Blackwood was perfect.

Defenseman Jared Spurgeon had two assists and Filip Gustavsson made 31 saves. Kyle Palmieri and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist and Anders Lee also scored for New York, which played its ...

February 3 - Mackenzie Blackwood made 24 saves for his second straight shutout, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-0 on Sunday in Denver. Blackwood got his third shutout of ...

TORONTO (AP) — Jared Spurgeon and Marat Khusnutdinov scored in the first period, Filip Gustavsson stopped 31 shots, and the Minnesota Wild beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 on Wednesday night.