There is a reason 33-year-old Carl Soderberg is playing the best hockey of his NHL career.
The Avalanche second-line center tipped the puck past Los Angelesw Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick in the first period Saturday. It opened the floodgates for a 7-1 victory and notched Soderberg’s 16th goal of the season, tying a career high set last year. Soderberg now has 34 more games to extend it starting Monday against the Nashville Predators at the Pepsi Center.
Soderberg, the Avs’ oldest player, is a decade-plus ahead of teammates like defenseman Sam Girard (20) and winger Mikko Rantanen (22).