Joel Kiviranta is making the coach's decision to dress him an easy one. With the return of Valeri Nichushkin and the acquisitions of Brock Nelson, Charlie Coyle and Jimmy Vesey, the Avalanche ...

DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin completed a hat trick ... goals for Colorado after trailing 4-2 in the second period. Joel Kiviranta also scored and MacKinnon closed it out with an empty-netter ...

Valeri Nichushkin sealed the win and completed ... play goal at 12:45 of the second after another feed from Matthews. Joel Kiviranta scored for the second time in as many games to get Colorado ...

DENVER (AP) — Valeri Nichushkin returns to the Colorado Avalanche lineup Wednesday night for the first time in nearly two months after recovering from a lower-body injury. The Russian forward ...