Jonathan Marchessault scored and Justus Annunen had 37 saves, but the Nashville Predators lost on the road to the Colorado Avalanche.

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In last week's NHL Power Rankings, I wrote about how the Colorado Avalanche and Dallas Stars are simply on another level than everyone else. Then the red-hot Minnesota Wild swung a blockbuster deal for Quinn Hughes, but was that enough to close the gap?

Now 30 and in his 13th NHL season, MacKinnon is hyper-focused on improvement and longevity: "I’m kind of getting started, to be honest."

Colorado is by far the best team in hockey, and my Avalanche vs. Kraken predictions and NHL picks expect that dominance to continue. The Colorado Avalanche are on pace for a historic season, as they have just two regulation losses through their first 32 games. Unsurprisingly, they rank first in the majority of statistics across the board.

The NHL-leading Colorado Avalanche (22-2-7, 51 points) have yet to lose in regulation at home this season as they host the Nashville Predators (12-14-4, 28 points), who come in with four wins in their last five games.

At 19-1-6 through 26 games, Colorado already is in rare company and on pace to set an NHL record for points in a season.

Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog's NHL success was significantly shaped by his father, Tony Landeskog, a former professional defenseman. Tony instilled a passion for hockey from a young age and provided crucial technical guidance.

It’s not a race, but Avalanche fans will always have one thing to brag about. Joe Sakic, Patrick Roy and Peter Forsberg beat John Elway to the punch. The 1995-96 Colorado Avalanche brought the state its first major professional sports championship when they took down the Florida Panthers in four games.

Throughout the generations, an unimaginable amount of hockey fans have admired professional athletes and dreamt of the chance to see them play in person — even if that meant sitting in the last row