DENVER -- Brock Boeser scored a hat trick and had an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks ended a six-game losing streak with an 8-6 victory against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena on Wednesday.

Since arriving in Colorado, there have been five 50-goal seasons for the Avalanche. Make that six. On Wednesday night, Nathan MacKinnon scored his 50th goal of the season against the Vancouver Canucks,

Two nights after a resounding performance, the Avalanche offered up its most inexplicable outing of the season.

Yes, you read that right — the 32nd-place Vancouver Canucks took down the first-place Colorado Avalanche by a score of 8–6 tonight. Brock Boeser registered his first hat trick of the season, while Teddy Blueger scored twice.

Cole Perfetti scored with 5:11 left in the third period and that was the game winning goal in a 4-2 decision over the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena. Gabriel Vilardi, Cole Koepke and Kyle Connor also scored for the Jets who saw their record improve to 31-30-12.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored his 47th and 48th goals of the season to propel the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. Jack Drury scored his career-high ninth goal of the season for the NHL-leading Avalanche,

It was inevitable after getting a big win in Winnipeg that the rematch two nights later wouldn’t be as easy. The Colorado Avalanche fell to the Winnipeg Jets back home at Ball Arena by a score of 4-2.