Super Bowl Flurries: Avs stay on top

Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Colorado Avalanche won’t play their next NHL game until Sunday, February 14th.

By the time they next hit the ice, some teams will have already played in as many as 18 games — leaving the Avalanche, who have only played 11 games, to eventually scramble to catch up.

But for now, at least, they’re still sitting pretty. They remain in first in the Honda West Division as North America heads into Super Bowl Sunday, boasting a 7-3-1 record that’s only beat in points percentage by eight other teams. Considering that four of those teams have only played in eight games due to extra pauses for their own covid-related precautionary game postponements, and…