EVAN RODRIGUES NEWS

Sustains upper-body injury Rodrigues suffered an upper-body injury versus Chicago on Monday, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports.

Impact Rodrigues had found himself playing in a first-line role of late in addition to featuring with the No. 2 power-play unit. In his last 10 contests, the 29-year-old natural center managed three goals, three assists and 22 shots. If Rodrigues does miss any time, Valeri Nichushkin could be in line to step into a first-line role.

MARCH 21, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Logs assist in win Rodrigues had an assist, one shot on net and one blocked shot over 17:53 of ice time in Saturday's 5-1 win over Detroit.

Impact Rodrigues and Nathan MacKinnon executed pinpoint passing to set up Mikko Rantanen's tally in the third period. Rodrigues has bounced around the lines this season but recently was given a plum assignment on the top line. He's responded to it with three goals and three assists over the last nine games.

MARCH 19, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Lights lamp in win Rodrigues scored a goal on four shots with two hits and three blocked shots over 15:22 of ice time in Thursday's 5-4 win over the Senators.

Impact Rodrigues buried a wrister off a feed from Nathan MacKinnon for his 14th tally of the season. He's getting top line TOI of late and registered three goals and two assists over the last eight games.

MARCH 17, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Avalanche hold off Senators 5-4 for 4th straight victory

Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists, Lars Eller scored a strange deciding goal and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Thursday night for their fourth stra...

MARCH 17, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Skates on top line Rodrigues had two shots on goal over 17:25 of ice time in Saturday's 3-2 overtime win over the Coyotes.

Impact The TOI was the most in three weeks for Rodrigues, who swapped roles with Artturi Lehkonen during five-on-five play. Colorado head coach Jared Bednar moved Rodrigues to the top line and Lehkonen to the second unit. The coach told Evan Rawal of Colorado Hockey Now that the second unit of Lehkonen, J.T. Compher and Valeri Nichushkin did a great job against the Coyotes' top line, so perhaps Rodrigues will remain on the first line with Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen when the Avalanche play the Canadiens in Montreal on Monday.

MARCH 12, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Kempe, Danault each score twice as Kings roll by Avs 5-2

Adrian Kempe and Phillip Danault each scored twice as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-2 for their fifth straight win

MARCH 10, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Slips helper in overtime loss Rodrigues provided an assist and two shots on goal in Sunday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Kraken.

Impact Rodrigues was back in a bottom-six role as expected with Valeri Nichushkin (illness) returning to the fold. Rodrigues was credited with the helper after winning a board battle that led to Denis Malgin's second-period marker. With a goal and an assist in his last two games, Rodrigues may be heating up a bit, but it'll be tough to sustain if he remains on the fourth line. The 29-year-old has 29 points, 150 shots on net and a minus-1 rating through 50 appearances.

MARCH 6, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Moves to top line, snaps drought Rodrigues scored a power-play goal and had two shots on goal in Saturday's 7-3 loss to Dallas. He added one hit and one blocked shot over 12:24 of ice time.

Impact Rodrigues opened the game on the top line, filling in for Valeri Nichushkin (illness), but he lasted just four shifts with Nathan MacKinnon and Artturi Lehkonen. On his second shift, he checked off a puck in his own end that led to the Stars' first goal. He made amends later in the third period, finishing on the power play for the Avalanche's final goal, his first tally in 12 games. If Nichushkin returns for Sunday's game against Seattle, Rodrigues should be back in a bottom-six role.

MARCH 5, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Marchment, Pavelski end droughts as Stars dominate Avs 7-3

Mason Marchment and Joe Pavelski ended career-long goal droughts as the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 7-3 on Saturday

MARCH 4, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Manages assist Friday Rodrigues posted an assist in Friday's 5-1 win over the Jets.

Impact Rodrigues set up Mikko Rantanen's first-period marker, which ended up being the game-winner. Prior to Friday, Rodrigues had no points in February -- he's taken a noticeable step back as the Avalanche have gotten their forward group closer to full health. The 29-year-old has 11 goals, 16 assists, 136 shots on goal and a minus-1 rating through 45 appearances.

FEBRUARY 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Exits Thursday's contest Rodrigues (face) didn't return to Thursday's contest after exiting in the third period, and head coach Jared Bednar didn't provide an update on his status following the game, Peter...

Impact Rodrigues took a puck to the face, and the lack of an update from the coach suggests there's an injury risk here. The 29-year-old can be considered day-to-day ahead of Saturday's game versus the Panthers.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Newhook scores on birthday, Avalanche beat Blues 4-2

Alex Newhook scored on his birthday for the second straight season, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2 for their seventh win in eight games

JANUARY 28, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

MacKinnon lifts Avalanche past Kraken 2-1 in SO

Nathan MacKinnon scored the only goal of the shootout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 2-1 for their season-high fifth straight win

JANUARY 22, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

How Evan Rodrigues' bet on himself is paying off for the Avalanche Rodrigues signed a one-year deal with Colorado and has so far been one of their better players. This could lead to a bigger future payday.

JANUARY 18, 2023 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Makar, MacKinnon each score twice as Avs beat Red Wings 6-3

Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon each scored twice as the Colorado Avalanche notched their ninth straight win over Detroit by beating the Red Wings 6-3 on Monday

JANUARY 16, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Panthers squander 3-goal lead, regroup for 5-4 win over Avs

Matthew Tkachuk scored his second goal of the game with 3:30 remaining and the Florida Panthers beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-4 after blowing a three-goal lead in the third period

JANUARY 11, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Avalanche take losing streak into game against the Oilers

The Colorado Avalanche enter the matchup with the Edmonton Oilers after losing five in a row

JANUARY 6, 2023 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Carcone scores in debut, Coyotes end Avs' 4-game win streak

Michael Carcone scored in his first NHL game, Nick Schmaltz had his second power-play goal in two games and the Arizona Coyotes beat Colorado 6-3 on Tuesday night to end the Avalan...

DECEMBER 28, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Girard scores in OT to lead Avalanche over Predators 3-2

Samuel Girard scored at 4:17 of overtime to give the Colorado Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators on Friday night

DECEMBER 24, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Avalanche beat Islanders on Evan Rodrigues' shootout goal against unflappable Ilya Sorokin The Avs’ Evan Rodrigues scored the lone shootout goal, and Alexandar Georgiev kept the Islanders from scoring on all three attempts in the A...

DECEMBER 20, 2022 • DENVERPOST.COM

Georgiev stops 26 shots, Avs beat Isles 1-0 in shootout

Alexandar Georgiev had 26 saves through overtime and stopped two more in the shootout to lift the Colorado Avalanche to a 1-0 win over the New York Islanders

DECEMBER 20, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Thompson, Luukkonen lead Sabres over Avalanche, 4-2

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 40 saves, Tage Thompson had a goal and two assists and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Thursday night

DECEMBER 16, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

MacKinnon sidelined about a month with upper-body injury

The injury-riddled Colorado Avalanche will be without leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon for about a month after he suffered an upper-body injury on Monday night in a loss to Philadel...

DECEMBER 7, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Avalanche host the Bruins after Newhook's 2-goal game

The Colorado Avalanche host the Boston Bruins after Alexander Newhook's two-goal game against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Avalanche's 5-3 loss

DECEMBER 6, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS