The top three teams in the NHL reside in the Central Division, and two of them face off Sunday when the Minnesota Wild host the Colorado Avalanche in Saint Paul, Minn.

Welcome to the NHL On Tap. Three NHL.com writers will share what they are most looking forward to on the schedule each day. Today, their choices from the seven games Monday.

Nathan MacKinnon is still the top candidate for the Hart Trophy, but the gap between him and the rest of the field has ...

The Avs (26-2-7) came to the Twin Cities and put at least a temporary halt to the Minnesota Wild’s surge with a dominant 5-1 ...

The Colorado Avalanche began Week 13 with a pair of victories that gave them their second 10-game winning streak of the ...

SAINT PAUL – This doesn’t look like a Colorado Avalanche team that needs any extra motivation, but Jesper Wallstedt may have made a rookie mistake in giving them some. “It kind of says that we’re a ...

Avalanche defenseman Brent Burns in the current NHL Iron Man, but moving closer to becoming the all-time NHL Iron Man record ...

At the midway point of the NHL regular season, the Minnesota Wild are in the middle of a heated race for the Central Division ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Nathan MacKinnon scored twice, Cale Makar and Brock Nelson each had a goal and two assists, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1 on Sunday night. Martin Necas also ...

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There's one team in the NHL that is separating itself from the rest of the NHL, and it's obviously the Colorado Avalanche.