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Feeling much better after a recent bout with swine flu, Peter Budaj made his long-awaited season debut.
The Colorado Avalanche confirm that backup goalie Peter Budaj has the swine flu.
Mike Ribeiro resorted to some trickery in the final shootout attempt, skating in backward and then flipping a shot into the net off Peter Budaj to lift the Dallas Stars to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night.
T.J Galiardi scored twice, Peter Budaj made 20 saves, and the Colorado Avalanche snapped an eight-game losing streak with a surprising 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday night.
Marek Zidlicky scored the shootout winner over Peter Budaj's glove, and Nick Schultz scored the tying goal with less than two minutes left in regulation in the Minnesota Wild 's 3-2 shootout victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.
Milan Hejduk and Wojtek Wolski scored shootout goals, and Peter Budaj stopped both of Minnesota's attempts in the tiebreaker in the Colorado Avalanche's 2-1 victory over the Wild on Thursday night.
Peter Budaj made 24 saves and Marek Svatos and Ryan Smyth each had a goal and an assist to help the Colorado Avalanche beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Sunday and end a six-game losing streak.
Marek Svatos scored twice, Peter Budaj stopped 36 shots and the Colorado Avalanche ended a four-game slide with a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames on Monday night.
Alexander Frolov scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings chased struggling goalie Peter Budaj with a three-goal onslaught in the second period before holding off the Colorado Avalanche 6-5 on Wednesday night.
Peter Budaj stopped all three shots in the shootout, and Wojtek Wolski scored the lone goal in the tiebreaker, lifting the Colorado Avalanche to a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night.
Colorado's No. 1 goaltender Peter Budaj contributed to a victory over the rival Red Wings without even playing.
Milan Hejduk loves to play against the Vancouver Canucks. The rest of his Colorado Avalanche teammates are enjoying it, too.
Rene Bourque, Adrian Aucoin, Jarome Iginla and David Moss scored for the Calgary Flames, who blitzed Peter Budaj and the Colorado Avalanche with 51 shots in a 4-1 victory Tuesday night.
Wojtek Wolski and Marek Svatos scored in a shootout and Peter Budaj made 31 saves in regulation and overtime in the Colorado Avalanche's 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday night.
Peter Budaj posted his first shutout in more than a year, Darcy Tucker scored his 200th NHL goal, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 1-0 on Saturday night to end a five-game losing streak.
Ryan Smyth, Milan Hejduk and Wojtek Wolski scored shootout goals for Colorado, and goalie Peter Budaj stopped Clarke MacArthur on Buffalo's last chance in the shootout to give the Avalanche a 2-1 win over the Sabres on Saturday night.
Ian Laperriere scored his first goal of the season, Peter Budaj stopped 25 shots, and the Colorado Avalanche won their fourth straight, beating the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Thursday night.
Radim Vrbata scored late in the third period then added the winner with 1:37 left in overtime to give the Phoenix Coyotes a 4-3, come-from-behind win over the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night.
Cody McCormick and Andrew Brunette scored in a 1:34 span of the third period, and Peter Budaj made 21 saves to help the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1 on Sunday night.
A magnificent March means the Colorado Avalanche will have something to play for in April. Colorado kept its thin playoff hopes alive Saturday, beating the Minnesota Wild 2-1 behind Peter Budaj's record-tying 10th win in March.
Left for also-ran status just a week ago, the Colorado Avalanche are suddenly back in the Western Conference playoff picture. And the Boston Bruins' postseason hopes took a jolt.
The Colorado Avalanche got the breaks and calls to go their way in a 6-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.
For 58 minutes, Peter Budaj was perfect — then things got interesting. "What is it you Americans say?" quipped the Slovakian-born goalie. "It's not over until the lady, the fat lady sings."
One goal won't get Colorado Avalanche forward Marek Svatos out of coach Joel Quenneville's doghouse. But it's a start. Svatos scored the winning goal 1:24 into the third period and Paul Stastny had two goals and an assist in the Avalanche's 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
Avalanche agree to terms with G BudajThe Colorado Avalanche agreed to terms on a new three-year contract with goaltender Peter Budaj on Thursday.
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