Jared Bednar did not hold back Thursday night.

This Colorado Avalanche team is mortal, after all.

As the Front Range obsesses over a 10-2 Broncos team and the Nuggets’ sudden indifference to defense, Nathan MacKinnon is quietly painting his professional masterpiece across Ball Arena’s frozen canvas.

The Avs continued to mash their way through the early part of this schedule with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night against the Vancouver Canucks at Ball Arena.

In a season full of superlatives, here’s another one: The Colorado Avalanche has passed the Valeri Nichushkin test.

Shots on goal are becoming a tougher commodity to collect in the NHL, except for the Colorado Avalanche.