It was an optional skate for the team, but some missing faces made an appearance today: Nathan MacKinnon, Jonathan Drouin, Devon Toews, Cale Makar, Valeri Nichushkin, Artturi Lehkonen, Josh Manson.

And on Saturday night in Los Angeles, the Avs pulled key stars Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Devon Toews and Jonathan Drouin in a loss against the Kings. And the Avalanche were absolutely right to ...

The Stars still dominated the period from there — out-attempting the Avs 20-9 and out-chancing them 7-4 at five-on-five — but ...

It's the second consecutive game that Kevin Fiala has scored twice, while Quinton Byfield and Alex Laferriere had a goal and ...

Kevin Fiala scored two goals for the second straight game, and Quinton Byfield and Alex Laferriere had a goal and two assists ...

Devon Toews had a goal and Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves for the Avalanche in their final home game of the regular season ...

The Avalanche did not have stars Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and Devon Toews, who are resting this weekend and did not travel with the team. Colorado was also without Jonathan Drouin, Ross Colton ...

Colorado was locked into the No. 3 seed in the Central Division earlier this week, allowing the Avalanche to sit MacKinnon, Cole Makar, Devon Toews, Jonathan Drouin and others during their final ...

Things are going so well for the Colorado Avalanche right now that Devon Toews made as many saves ... while Cale Makar and Jonathan Drouin had multi-point games as well to help Avs cruise to ...

Colorado was missing at least eight players because of injury or rest, including their No. 1 center and top four defensemen: Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Jonathan Drouin, Josh Manson ...