Scott Wedgewood signed a one-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. Financial terms were not disclosed for the contract, which begins next season.
The 33-year-old goalie, who is in the final year of a two-year contract he signed with the Nashville Predators on July 1, 2024, could have become an unrestricted free agent after the season.
Wedgewood leads the NHL in wins (10-1-2) and ranks third in goals-against average (2.26) among goalies having played at least 10 games this season. He has a .913 save percentage in 14 games.
He began the season 5-0-2, which at the time, was the third-longest streak without a regulation loss to begin a season in Avalanche/Quebec Nordiques history and was one shy of a career-long for Wedgewood regardless of start date.
His current five-game winning streak dating to Oct. 28 is tied for the longest of his career.
Wedgewood is 23-5-5 with a 2.11 GAA, .915 save percentage and two shutouts in 33 games (32 starts) since he was acquired in a trade with the Predators on Nov. 30, 2024.
Selected by the New Jersey Devils in the third round (No. 84) of the 2010 NHL Draft, Wedgewood is 72-55-26 with a 2.82 GAA, .907 save percentage and eight shutouts in 168 NHL games (150 starts) during nine seasons with the Devils, Arizona Coyotes, Dallas Stars, Predators and Avalanche, and has appeared in four Stanley Cup Playoff games.
The Avalanche (11-1-5) are in first place in the NHL standings and have allowed the second-fewest goals-against per game this season (2.41).
Colorado hosts the Buffalo Sabres at Ball Arena on Thursday (9 p.m. ET; KUSA, KTVD, MSG-B, ALT).