Ryan O'Reilly can become a restricted free agent in July and the Avalanche will need to qualify him at $6.5 million to retain his rights. If that happens then O'Reilly would be the highest-paid player on the team. Colorado can agree to a different contract number with O'Reilly instead or they could decide to wait until Feb. 28 to try to trade him. His previous contract negotiations with the Avalanche were a messy situation and that might happen again. O'Reilly has 14 goals and 14 assists in 41 games this season.

Ryan O'Reilly had a goal in Colorado's 2-1 win over Philadelphia Thursday night. O'Reilly gave the Avalanche a 2-0 lead at 9:17 of the second period. He worked a give-and-go with Gabriel Landeskog and skated to the net. Steve Mason tried to poke the puck away with his stick, but O'Reilly managed to get off a shot and the puck bounced off Mason into the net. O'Reilly now has 14 goals and 14 assists in 40 games. Jamie McGinn scored the other goal for the Avalanche.

Ryan O'Reilly had a goal (the game-winner) and an assist as the Colorado Avalanche beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Tuesday. That's O'Reilly's two GWG of 2013-14. He has 27 points and 108 SOG in 39 games as his contract is set to expire.

Ryan O'Reilly will head into the Christmas break on a hot streak. He earned two assists in Monday's shootout loss to San Jose to give him eight points (two goals, six assists) in his past seven outings. O'Reilly has registered 25 points in 36 games.

Ryan O'Reilly earned a goal and an assist to help the Avalanche defeat Winnipeg in a shootout Thursday night. O'Reilly entered the contest with just one assist in his previous eight games. He now has 10 goals and 19 points in 30 matches.

Ryan O'Reilly hasn't posted a goal in his last eight contests. He has chipped in just one assist during that time. O'Reilly has registered four shots in each of his last two games, so he appears to pushing hard to end his current slump. He has 17 points in 29 outings.

Ryan O'Reilly records an assist in Colorado's 3-2 shootout win. That gives O'Reilly nine goals and 17 points in 25 games this season. He's in the final campaign of his two-year/$10 million contract. He held out as a restricted free agent last season and ended up signing with Calgary after missing the start of the shortened campaign. It was only the Avalanche's willingness to exercise their right to match O'Reilly's contract that kept him with them. With that in mind, it will be interesting to see what O'Reilly's demands are as a restricted free agent this summer now that he's more firmly established his offensive capabilities.

Ryan O'Reilly potted the game-winning goal for Colorado with just 48 seconds left in overtime Thursday night. His power-play marker gave the Avalanche a 4-3 win over Phoenix and it extended his point streak to four contests. O'Reilly has three goals and two assists during that span to give him 16 points in 21 matches.

Ryan O'Reilly netted a goal for the Avs, who fell 4-1 to the Panthers on Saturday night. The 22-year-old has goals in two straight and five over his last seven games, though he also finished a minus-two in the loss. P.A. Parenteau and Cory Sarich assisted on the goal.

Ryan O'Reilly scored a goal and added an assist for the Avalanche in a 7-3 loss to St. Louis Thursday night. The Avalanche were soundly beaten in this contest, but O'Reilly managed to pad his stats during garbage time, much to the delight of his fantasy owners. Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Duchene also tickled the twine for Colorado in the losing effort.