<p>A respectable veteran is going to be hanging around the Mile High City for at least another season.</p>



<p>On Thursday, the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/colorado-avalanche/line-combinations/">Colorado Avalanche</a> announced that the team has signed goaltender Scott Wedgewood to a one-year contract extension. The deal will have a cap hit of $2.5 million for the 2026-27 season.</p>



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More lumber more yards – Scott Wedgewood <a href="https://t.co/pPMXaLksyU">pic.twitter.com/pPMXaLksyU</a></p>— Colorado Avalanche (@Avalanche) <a href="https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/1989035360962347189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>



<p>Wedgewood is currently in the final season of a two-year deal that he signed with the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/nashville-predators/line-combinations/">Nashville Predators</a> in July 2024. That contract has an AAV of $1.5 million. A little less than a year ago, the Brampton, Ont. native was <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/avalanche-acquire-scott-wedgewood-from-predators-for-justus-annunen-draft-pick">traded by the Predators to Colorado</a> in exchange for Justus Annunen and a sixth-round pick.</p>



<p>In backing up Mackenzie Blackwood, Wedgewood helped the Avs turn things around after a sluggish start to their 2024-25 campaign, finishing <a href="https://bettercollective.slack.com/archives/C09B0QUAXAM/p1762462947076559">third in the Central Division</a>. However, the team’s run in the Stanley Cup Playoffs was brief, as Colorado fell to the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/dallas-stars/line-combinations/">Dallas Stars</a> in a thrilling seven-game, first-round series.</p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="165"></div>



<p>The 33-year-old has had to come up big in the <a href="https://bettercollective.slack.com/archives/C09B0QUAXAM/p1762462947076559">first month of the 2025-26 season</a>. With <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/colorado-avalanche-send-mackenzie-blackwood-ahl-conditioning-loan-eagles">Blackwood recovering from injury</a> to start the new year, Wedgewood has taken the reins as the No. 1 netminder. The former <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/new-jersey-devils/line-combinations/">New Jersey Devil</a> has flourished in the role, going 10-1-2 thus far, being the first, and so far only, goaltender in the NHL to have hit double digits in victories. He also has a 2.26 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage. Wedgewood is just five games away from matching the number of appearances he had all of last season.</p>



<p>Since losing to the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/boston-bruins/line-combinations">Boston Bruins </a>on Oct. 23, the team’s only regulation loss thus far, Wedgewood has won each of his past five starts, including posting a 36-save performance against the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/anaheim-ducks/line-combinations/">Anaheim Ducks</a> on Tuesday night.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="135"></div>



<p>In 168 games across eight NHL seasons, Wedgewood has a record of 72-55-26, with a 2.82 GAA, a .907 SV% and eight shutouts.</p>



<p>The Avalanche (11-1-5) are scheduled to host the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/">Buffalo Sabres</a> on Thursday night.</p>
