BOTTOM LINE: The San Jose Sharks enter the matchup with the Colorado Avalanche as losers of three in a row. Colorado is 20-3-4 in home games and 36-9-9 overall. The Avalanche are 11-0-4 when scoring a power-play goal. San Jose has gone 13-14-1 in road games and 27-23-4 overall. The Sharks have a 13-5-3 record in one-goal games.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - The Colorado Avalanche has eight players from five different countries competing in the Olympics. With the Winter Olympics opening ceremony taking place on Friday in Milan, Italy, many Avs players are gearing up, but not just for Team USA.

The Colorado Avalanche struggled in all phases Thursday night and got blown out, 7-3, by the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre.

The organization got the party started on January 20th by moving out one of our targeted trade chips in depth defenseman Ilya Solovyov. Can the Avalanche sneak one more transaction in before the February 4th trade freeze?

The Colorado Avalanche are taking care of one of their breakout stars, signing Sam Malinski to a $19 million contract extension.

This Colorado Avalanche season was nearly fissure-free during the first half. After this road trip through Eastern Canada, however, it might be all hands on deck.

Avalanche conditions have improved since last weekend's storm, but officials say dangerous terrain still exists, especially on wind-loaded slopes.

It was evident the game would unfold in a very different manner less than one minute into the game as Detroit got on the board quickly taking advantage of a 2-on-1 and a rusty Devon Toews in the process.