Veteran goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 38 shots in his Colorado Avalanche debut, and his new team held off a late Nashville Predators surge to post a 5-2 victory on Saturday night. Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and an assist,

Blackwood was outstanding, particularly in the opening half of this one, and eventually Colorado’s high-end offensive players helped him out in a 5-2 victory Saturday night against the

DENVER - In his first start in a Colorado Avalanche uniform, Mackenzie Blackwood was, as the kids say, ill, while the team in front of him just physically ill.