Despite a strong effort and offensive chances, Predators credit the league-leading Avalanche for finding a way to secure the win.

The Colorado Avalanche honored the Stanley Cup champions from 30 years ago, then the current club worked over the two-time defending champs.

After last weekend's snowstorm, avalanche conditions are slowly improving across Colorado. Most mountain zones are now reporting moderate to low danger, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

In a report published by the Denver Business Journal in November uncovered first hints at a possible reality for a new practice facility for the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets due to construction details surrounding Ball Arena. In recent plans submitted by KSE there has been a new addition to the project called “Arena Expansion”.

The Colorado Avalanche have been the best team in the NHL so far, and that's all because of this player's prolific scoring.

The Stanley Cup was in the building as part of the pregame celebration to honor the 1995-96 Colorado Avalanche squad. It could be in the building again later this season, too.

Brock Nelson, Sam Malinski, and Gavin Brindley also each had a goal and had an assist, and Artturi Lehkonen and Gabriel Landeskog each scored a goal for the Avalanche (22-2-7), who have won 10 straight games on home ice. Josh Manson had two assists and Mackenzie Blackwood made 23 saves.

In the backcountry near Cooke City, Montana, a snowmobiler was fully buried for between 12 and 15 minutes after being caught by a “very large” avalanche, but survived, according to local avalanche forecasters.