It was no secret heading into this season that the Avalanche would be a little bit without to kick things off. Having roughly 20M dollars worth of players on the mend and not on the ice, it was all anyone could talk about, significantly when the Avalanche dropped their first four games. What have they done since then? Win five in a row while revealing some unlikely and affordable talent that could prove Avalanche mainstays and core pieces down the line.
Nikolai Kovalenko gets his first NHL goal, joining the list of fathers and sons who've both scored in the NHL pic.