An avalanche has hit a group of five skiers in Italy's northern Piedmont region on Sunday, killing three of them, rescuers said.

Three skiers died after their group was hit by an avalanche on the Alps in the Piedmont region of northern Italy. An additional two skiers survived and were airlifted to hospital by helicopter.

Three skiers died when an avalanche hit their group in Italy’s northern Piedmont region. A group of five people were heading up the eastern face of the 9,373ft Punta Valgrande, on the Swiss border, when a mass of snow swept down the slope around midday.

This is the obvious one. Nathan MacKinnon leads the NHL with 68 points, seven more than Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl in second place. Also of note, he’s first in points per game at 1.58, narrowly ahead of the Art Ross winner last season, Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov at 1.57.

- Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar is shown in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Denver. Makar is back in concussion protocol after taking contact to his head for the second time in under two weeks,

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Hellebuyck has earned a shutout in three straight regular season meetings with Colorado. The two-time Vezina Trophy winner had 35 saves in a 1-0 win on Nov. 7 and 30 saves in a 7-0 win on April 13. He is 15-7-4 with five shutouts in 26 regular-season games against the Avalanche, including 8-1-0 in his past nine.

Connor Hellebuyck stopped 22 shots for his sixth shutout of the season as the Winnipeg Jets beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-0

Connor Hellebuyck made 22 saves to register his sixth shutout of the season and 43rd of his career in the Winnipeg Jets' 3-0 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday.