Matt Duchene had a goal and an assist on Wednesday. Duchene has 16 goals and 22 assists this season. He now has 10 more points than he recorded in 58 contests in 2011-12. He might not be able to maintain his nearly point-per-game pace in 2013-14, but he's a good candidate to surpass the 70-point marker next season.

Matt Duchene was very supportive Jean-Sebastien Giguere's public attack on his teammates. Giguere said that "some guys are more worried about their Vegas trip at the end of the season than playing the games." Duchene hopes everyone heard that. "Obviously he let his emotions get the best of him, but sometimes that's a good thing. I was a fan of it," Duchene said. "If there's any guy in here who can say that, it's him. It's good that he's upset. There's other guys in here who are upset as well. This is not fun." All the same, Giguere did apologize to his teammates for his recent comments.

Matt Duchene doesn't think the Colorado Avalanche will simply give up on the season. At this point, from a franchise standpoint, they're almost incentivized to lose because it will give them a better shot of obtaining the first overall pick. That doesn't mean the players have nothing left to play for though. "A top pick would be great, but I think a positive feeling going into the summer from a great finish would be even better for us," said Duchene. "People are playing for future jobs and contracts, and these last 12 games may be meaningless for the playoffs, but for each one of us in here they all mean something. We need to help each other. That's how we have to finish here." Colorado is currently last in the NHL with a 12-20-4 record.

Matt Duchene generated Colorado's only goal in a 3-1 loss to Nashville on Tuesday night. His 15th of the year was assisted by P.A. Parenteau and Matt Hunwick. Duchene has 35 points in 35 games this season.

Matt Duchene scored a goal in Colorado's 3-2 loss Monday. Duchene has bounced back nicely from his rough 2011-12 campaign with 14 goals and 34 points in 34 games this season. When evaluating Duchene for the 2013-14 campaign, it might be best just to forget that the 2011-12 season happened. It's not a good representation of what he can do.

In failing to beat the Vancouver Canucks for the 20th consecutive time in regulation Thursday night, the Avalanche drew closer to winning the Seth Jones sweepstakes - but Colorado star Matt Duchene doesn't want to talk about the promising defenseman at this point. Jones, the son of former Nuggets player and assistant coach Popeye Jones, is considered the No. 1 prospect available in the NHL draft this year. And given his family's basketball background, the 6-foot-4 player might even be considered a popular guy to the seemingly basketball-first Avalanche ownership that is Kroenke Sports Enterprises, which also owns the Nuggets. After the Avalanche's 4-1 loss to the Canucks at Rogers Arena, selecting Jones with the first overall pick is looking like it's a two-team race between Colorado and the Florida Panthers. "He's a good player, but I'm not going to talk about him. It's not like he's part of our team," said Avs center Matt Duchene, who skated with Jones last summer. "That's not what we're going for. We're trying to get as high in the standings as we can."

Matt Duchene took responsibility for Vancouver Canucks forward Daniel Sedin's game-winning goal on Thursday. Sedin's goal marked a turning point in Vancouver's 4-1 win against Colorado. "I didn't do a good enough of identifying our coverage and they got a good shot off, had a good screen. It's disappointing. That's the way it's going right now," Duchene said. "We may do that play 10 times in a game and they're hitting skates instead of squeaking through. I take full responsibility for that goal. I don't accept breakdowns like that, especially late in the game like that. It's not good enough on my part." Duchene also scored Colorado's only goal in that contest.

Matt Duchene scored his 13th goal of the season in the Avalanche's 4-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. Duchene and PA Parenteau have been the lone bright spots in the Avalanche's forgetable season. If there's one thing that we can take away from this abreviated season, it's that Duchene is definitely a first line player and worth his 3rd overall draft status. The speedster is one of the few good fantasy options the Avalanche have so keep throwing him out there, despite being a +/- risk.

Matt Duchene tallied twice, including the overtime winner, for the Avalanche in a 3-2 victory over San Jose. Duchene has been leading the way for the Avs on most nights this season, but perhaps the bug win over Chicago on Friday will propel some of his teammates to come along for the ride. Ryan O'Reilly also scored his second goal of the season in the victory.

Colorado's 6-2 dismantling of the 21-0-3 Chicago Blackhawks would not have been possible without Matt Duchene, who scored and added three assists in Friday night's victory. Duchene's big night pushes him over a point-per-game pace with nine goals and 15 assists in 22 games. If this were an 82-game season, Duchene would be on pace for career highs in goals, assists, penalty minutes, plus-minus and game winning goals.