Jonathan Drouin scored twice, Martin Necas got his first in an Avalanche uniform, and Cale Makar and Joel Kiviranta also ... Gabriel Landeskog, Nazem Kadri, Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen ...

Instead, the 25-year-old found himself lining up on the new-look third line with wingers Joel Kiviranta and Logan ... the fact that the returns of Valeri Nichushkin and Artturi Lehkonen were ...

Jared Bednar wanted the Avalanche to treat the last five games before the 4 Nations Faceoff like it’s the playoffs. The team ...

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

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.

Joel Kiviranta has one goal in his last 21 ... a picture that is troublesome for the Avalanche. Part of that is Valeri Nichushkin being absent from the lineup. Part of it has to do with Jonathan ...

Kiviranta scored a goal on two shots and added two PIM in Friday's 5-0 win over the Blues. Kiviranta snapped a 16-game goal drought, which began Dec. 27 after he had a hat trick versus the Kraken ...

Joel Embiid is back. The Philadelphia 76ers announced that their former MVP center is available Tuesday night against the Dallas Mavericks following a 15-game absence with foot and knee injuries ...