Wojtek Wolski put Colorado scored twice, his first goal putting Colorado in front to stay Thursday, leading the Avalanche to a 5-2 decision over San Jose. The season-opening victory came after Colorado had honored longtime captain Joe Sakic by retiring his sweater No. 19 in a pre-game ceremony.

Cody McLeod scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:11 to play Thursday, giving Colorado a 3-2 victory over Dallas and ending the Stars' five-game winning streak. The Dallas streak had been the longest active one in the NHL, but McLeod halted it by putting a wrist shot past Marty Turco. Colorado took a 2-1 lead 42 seconds into the third period on Marek Svatos' power-play goal, but Loui Eriksson tied it with his 25th goal of the season.

T.J. Oshie blunted a Colorado comeback bid by scoring on the power play with 5:08 to play Thursday, boosting the St.

Cody McLeod had two goals and Peter Budaj stopped 25 shots Monday night in the Colorado Avalanche's 5-1 win over Nashville. John-Michael Liles had a goal and an assist, and Chris Stewart and David Jones each scored a goal in the Avalanche's third straight win and fourth in the last five games. Jason

Peter Budaj bounced back from a struggling effort to make 21 saves Wednesday and lift Colorado over St. Louis 3-1. Budaj gave up three goals on 19 shots over two periods Monday and was removed from the game in a loss to Anaheim.