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DENVER — Carl Soderberg, a year after serving as a healthy scratch in the 2017-18 season opener, was one of the Avalanche's best players Thursday when the club began its 23rd season at the Pepsi Center.
In a 4-1 triumph over the visiting Minnesota Wild, the Avs' oldest player scored the team's first goal of the season and added an assist in logging 16:33 minutes, fourth-most among Colorado forwards. In addition to being a primary penalty killer, Soderberg, 32, is playing on the Avs' second power-play unit.
"I just came out, scored a big goal in the first period and you get a little confidence," Soderberg said Friday.