Injury concerns have again interrupted Mackenzie Blackwood’s stellar season, as the Avalanche placed the goaltender on injured reserve for the second time this season.

The Colorado Avalanche has been one of the healthiest NHL teams this season, but it’s run into a mini-injury crisis.

Nathan MacKinnon scored his 400th NHL goal in a commanding Colorado Avalanche win against the St. Louis Blues on New Year's Eve Wednesday. It came in the first period against goaltender Jordan Binnington and the visiting Blues at Ball Arena in Denver.

Cole Murphy, 30, died after an avalanche swept Lincoln Mountain during mitigation work at Mammoth Risk eased after heavy Sierra snowfall

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, including his 400th career goal, and Valeri Nichushkin netted his second NHL hat trick as the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 6-1 for their ninth straight win.

Coming off a blowout win over the Ducks, the Kings struggle to rediscover their scoring touch in a 5-2 loss to the first-place Colorado Avalanche.

It was so bad that at one point, the Avalanche were up 4-0 and outshooting the Blues 14-0 before the Blues even got their first shot – SHOT – on goal, and it was a Jimmy Snuggerud one-timer that needed a terrific Mackenzie Blackwood save.

Thirty-year-old Cole Murphy was conducting avalanche mitigation work for the safety of resort guests on Lincoln Mountain when disaster struck.

The Colorado Avalanche will be well represented in Italy at the Olympic Games. Center Brock Nelson was named to Team USA on Friday.