Devon Toews has already doubled his goal total from last year as the Avs start to roll

Colorado Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews looks like an offensive machine to begin the season.

Toews has been a great player during his lengthy tenure with the Avs — but that’s not generally how he’s described.

Toews scored his sixth goal of the year on Tuesday night, a 6-3 Colorado win over Toronto. That’s already doubled his output from last season in which Toews had three goals in 68 games.

This uptick in offense has been a big (and pleasant) surprise.

Devon Toews from the point!

He puts the Avs up 3-1 early in the second. pic.twitter.com/RcirAISA9H

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) November 11, 2026

Overall, Devon Toews has 18 points in 19 games (six goals, 12 assists) and that’s trailing only Nathan MacKinnon (30 points), Martin Necas (24 points) and Cale Makar (23 points) for the team lead.

He’s also tied with Artturi Lehkonen at 18 points, so Toews is right there with all the Avalanche’s superstars. He hasn’t registered a 50-point campaign since 2023-24, something Toews is easily on track to do.

In fact, he could certainly challenge his career-high 57 points from the 2021-22 season. Of course, the Avs hoisted the Stanley Cup that summer.

And speaking of that, don’t look now but Colorado is finally getting hot. They’ve won five of their last seven games and have an 11-6-2 record. That puts the Avalanche in second place in the Central Division with 24 points, trailing only the Wild who have 30.

Colorado has scored 78 goals, which is tied for the most in the NHL with the defending champion Hurricanes and the loaded Oilers.

Devon Toews and the rest of the Avs will be back at it on Thursday night in Ottawa before a Saturday tilt with Montreal.

Let’s hope the goals and points keep coming as the Avalanche look more like the squad we all expected.

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