Brock Nelson scored 295 goals over 901 games for the New York Islanders, but the center is now wearing a Colorado Avalanche sweater.

Nelson will face the team he spent 11-plus seasons with when New York visits Denver to face surging Colorado on Sunday night.

Nelson was the most-coveted center at last year's trade deadline and the Avalanche pulled off the deal to bring him to Colorado. He was re-signed in the offseason and is a mainstay on the second line for a team that has won five in a row and seven of its last eight.

Nelson hasn't put up eye-popping offensive numbers -- he has four goals and three assists -- but the Avalanche's depth hasn't made that necessary. Nathan MacKinnon is the leading scorer in the NHL with 33 points (14 goals, 19 assists), Cale Makar tops all defensemen with

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