{"id":321404,"date":"2025-10-21T14:51:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/321404\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:51:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:51:13","slug":"deens-daily-avs-are-best-in-the-nhl-blackwood-update-hill-hurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/321404\/","title":{"rendered":"Deen&#8217;s Daily: Avs Are Best in the NHL; Blackwood Update; Hill Hurt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Avs have the best points percentage in the NHL. Mackenzie Blackwood isn\u2019t traveling to Utah but the updates are getting promising. Speaking of goalies, is Vegas in trouble?<\/p>\n<p>All that and more on this edition of Deen\u2019s Daily \u2014 October 21.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Hockey Now<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche are in Utah tonight for the second of four matchups against the Mammoth this season. They\u2019ll put their NHL-leading points percentage on the side, and look to capture their sixth win of the year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradohockeynow.com\/2025\/10\/20\/blackwood-wont-travel-with-avalanche-to-utah\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blackwood Won\u2019t Travel With Avalanche to Utah<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around The NHL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vegas Hockey Now:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vegashockeynow.com\/2025\/10\/20\/golden-knights-goaltender-hill-leaves-game-against-hurricanes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adin Hill left the game<\/a> with an injury, which doesn\u2019t bode well for the Golden Knights. But the Knights still won, defeating the Hurricanes to give the Avalanche the best record in the NHL through six games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Carolina losing in regulation to Vegas tonight means the  Avs now have the best points percentage in the league <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HkwBY36lrk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/HkwBY36lrk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aarif Deen (@runwriteAarif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/runwriteAarif\/status\/1980501094758510865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Philly Hockey Now:\u00a0<\/strong>Ever since being involved in the Scott Laughton trade, Nikita Grebenkin was a shoo-in to eventually be a Flyers fan favorite. <a href=\"https:\/\/phillyhockeynow.com\/2025\/10\/21\/flyers-locker-room-grebenkins-fight-displays-flyers-culture\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">He took a big step<\/a> towards that on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Detroit Hockey Now:\u00a0<\/strong>The Red Wings <a href=\"https:\/\/detroithockeynow.com\/2025\/10\/21\/centennial-fanfest-celebrate-100-years-red-wings-hockey-zette\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanFest for their centennial season<\/a> is going to include some legendary names participating in the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Jersey Hockey Now:<\/strong> The Devils are 4-1-0 through five games, and it sounds like <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyhockeynow.com\/2025\/10\/20\/new-jersey-devils-news-notebook-connor-brown-jack-hughes-stefan-noesen-return\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Brown<\/a> might get a change to play with Jack Hughes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pittsburgh Hockey Now:\u00a0<\/strong>Slow start for Sidney Crosby? It\u2019s never happened before, <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghhockeynow.com\/pittsburgh-penguins-sidney-crosby-slow-start\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s not happening<\/a> this season either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/colhockeynow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CHNS-Tip-Jar.png\" alt=\"Contribute to CHN's travel and support local journalism!\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Avs have the best points percentage in the NHL. 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