Sunday, November 8, 2020
The Avs started a five game all Canadian road trip in Winnipeg. After three nights off the Avs came out of the gate slow and Winnipeg blitzed them. Midway through the 1st Landeskog took a hooking penalty and Winnipeg capitalized on the powerplay via Mathieu Perreault for a 1-0 lead. Winnipeg continued to smother the Avs and doubled their lead late in the period on a nice Ehlers shot off a feed from former Av Paul Stastny. The Avs turned it around to start the second period and started to get a better grip on the game. The breakthrough finally came when MacKinnon hit Rantanen with a long stretch pass and the Finnish winger beat Hellebuyck short side on a mini breakaway. The Avs continued to control possession into the third, working hard to find an equalizer. It finally came with under 5 minutes to play when Bellemare and Toews won a puck battle along the boards, the defenseman finding Nichushkin in the low slot to tie the game on a shot that deflected off a skate. Just as the game look destined for overtime, Sam Girard found space in the high slot with 13 seconds left in regulation and fired a wrister that Hellebuyck got a piece of but couldn't keep out of the net. It was a great comeback win for the Avs, who return to the ice tomorrow night in Calgary.
Rantanen Goal:
Nichushkin Goal:
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Box Score:
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The Avs concluded their holiday season home stand against original six foe New York Rangers. The Rangers have been a gritty team this season and they showed it tonight. They were aggressive in the neutral zone and the forecheck all night and made it extremely difficult for the Avalanche to generate sustained offensive pressure. The first period ended scoreless and with both teams having less than ten shots apiece. The Avs began the second on the PK and despite the Rangers best efforts they were able to keep the game scoreless. Midway through the period the Avs took the lead against the run of play. Burakovsky gathered a loose puck at the top of the circle and fired a wrist shot through traffic for his 20th of the season. The secondary scoring provided by players like Burakovsky to supplement the consistent output from the top line is a big reason the Avs have the best record in the NHL. The Rangers kept checking aggressively and outshooting Colorado, but couldn't find a way to beat Grubauer, who was outstanding all night. With less than 2 minutes to go in the middle frame it was the Avs big guns who executed a nice passing play finished off by Rantanen to double their lead. The Rangers threw the kitchen sink at the Avs in the third period but Grubauer stood firm and finished with the shutout. The Avs hit the road for a 5 game all Canadian road trip.
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Rantanen Goal:
Box Score:
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The Avs took on the Sharks in Denver for their first game in 2021. The Sharks started the game swarming the Avalanche offensively and defensively. Colorado had a tough time generating any offense for the entire first period. San Jose's opportunistic play was awarded as they took the lead on a rebound goal by Marcus Sorensen. The Avs continued to find it difficult to generate offense into the second period. They finally got the chance they needed late in the frame when San Jose's aggressive stick checking eventually landed them in the box. Colorado, who has been hot on the powerplay as of late, tied the game on Brandon Saad's 7th of the season. The third period began with the score tied at 1 but just 34 seconds in Devon Toews intercepted a pass in the neutral zone and rushed forward to beat Dubnyk on a breakaway for a Colorado lead. The Sharks bounced right back and tied the game again on another rebound goal, this time by Ryan Donato. Both teams traded chances for the remainder of the third but the game would head to OT. One minute into the extra period, San Jose handed the Avs a golden opportunity by taking another penalty but they stood strong and killed it off. With just over a minute and a half to go before a shootout, Kadri found Makar wide open in the neutral zone for a breakaway and the young defenseman put the puck past Dubnyk for an Avalanche win.
Saad Goal:
Toews Goal:
Makar Game Winner:
Box Score:
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| Colorado Avalanche December 2020 Schedule | ||||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | ||
| Dec 2 | at Detroit Red Wings | Won, 4-1 | ||
| Dec 4 | at Pittsburgh Penguins | Lost, 5-2 | ||
| Dec 6 | at Florida Panthers | Won, 1-0 | ||
| Dec 8 | at Tampa Bay Lightning | Won, 3-2 | ||
| Dec 11 | vs Edmonton Oilers | Won, 3-1 | ||
| Dec 14 | at St. Louis Blues | Won, 6-1 | ||
| Dec 15 | vs Dallas Stars | Won, 3-2 | ||
| Dec 17 | vs New York Islanders | Won, 3-0 | ||
| Dec 19 | vs Montreal Canadiens | Won, 6-4 | ||
| Dec 21 | vs Chicago Blackhawks | Won, 3-2 | ||
| Dec 22 | at Arizona Coyotes | Lost, 3-1 | ||
| Dec 27 | at Vegas Golden Knights | Lost, 3-2 | ||
| Dec 29 | vs Chicago Blackhawks | Won, 4-3 | ||
| Dec 31 | vs Los Angeles Kings | Won, 5-2 | ||
Standings:
| NHL Standings - Updated: Jan 2, 2021 | ||||||
| ATLANTIC | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 25 | 11 | 3 | 53 | 109 | 87 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 22 | 15 | 3 | 47 | 89 | 87 |
| Boston Bruins | 22 | 16 | 2 | 46 | 94 | 101 |
| Florida Panthers | 19 | 15 | 4 | 42 | 87 | 80 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 19 | 17 | 4 | 42 | 105 | 96 |
| Detroit Red Wings | 18 | 17 | 6 | 42 | 108 | 120 |
| METROPOLITAN | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| Washington Capitals | 24 | 11 | 3 | 51 | 107 | 97 |
| Pittsburgh Penguins | 22 | 15 | 2 | 46 | 103 | 107 |
| Philadelphia Flyers | 20 | 14 | 5 | 45 | 99 | 94 |
| New Jersey Devils (WC1) | 20 | 15 | 3 | 43 | 94 | 86 |
| New York Rangers (WC2) | 19 | 14 | 5 | 43 | 85 | 95 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 20 | 16 | 3 | 43 | 87 | 92 |
| Carolina Hurricanes | 17 | 19 | 2 | 36 | 111 | 108 |
| New York Islanders | 14 | 18 | 6 | 34 | 86 | 97 |
| CENTRAL | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| Colorado Avalanche | 30 | 7 | 3 | 63 | 132 | 82 |
| Nashville Predators | 21 | 12 | 8 | 50 | 104 | 99 |
| Dallas Stars | 20 | 16 | 4 | 44 | 91 | 85 |
| Winnipeg Jets | 18 | 15 | 6 | 42 | 87 | 97 |
| Minnesota Wild | 18 | 15 | 5 | 41 | 85 | 96 |
| St. Louis Blues | 17 | 14 | 6 | 40 | 83 | 96 |
| Chicago Blackhawks | 16 | 18 | 8 | 40 | 105 | 116 |
| PACIFIC | W | L | OTL | PTS | GF | GA |
| Anaheim Ducks | 23 | 14 | 4 | 50 | 111 | 101 |
| Arizona Coyotes | 21 | 12 | 6 | 48 | 95 | 96 |
| Vegas Golden Knights | 22 | 17 | 4 | 48 | 98 | 106 |
| Edmonton Oilers (WC1) | 18 | 12 | 9 | 45 | 97 | 97 |
| Vancouver Canucks (WC2) | 20 | 18 | 4 | 44 | 103 | 104 |
| San Jose Sharks | 19 | 19 | 3 | 41 | 95 | 103 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 15 | 19 | 7 | 37 | 88 | 111 |
Calgary is 16-21-3 with 35 Pts 87GF 99GA
League Leaders:
| NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 2, 2021 | |||||
| Points | PTS | Goals | G | ||
 | 1. Gabriel Landeskog | 41 |  | 1. Tyler Seguin | 21 |
| 2. Brayden Point | 41 | 2. Alex Ovechkin | 21 | ||
| 3. Mitchell Marner | 41 | 3. Sebastian Aho | 20 | ||
| 4. Tyler Seguin | 40 | 4. Nathan MacKinnon | 20 | ||
| 5. Nathan MacKinnon | 40 | 5. Gabriel Landeskog | 20 | ||
| Assists | A | Shots | SOG | ||
 | 1. Mitchell Marner | 30 |  | 1. Alex Ovechkin | 182 |
| 2. Mark Scheifele | 28 | 2. Max Pacioretty | 153 | ||
| 3. Alex Pietrangelo | 27 | 3. Nathan MacKinnon | 148 | ||
| 4. Brayden Point | 26 | 4. Brock Boeser | 145 | ||
| 5. J.T. Miller | 25 | 5. Mikko Rantanen | 142 | ||
| Wins | W | Shutouts | SO | ||
| 1. Frederik Andersen | 23 | | 1. Ben Bishop | 9 |
| 2. Philipp Grubauer | 21 | 2. Sergei Bobrovsky | 6 | ||
| 3. Henrik Lundqvist | 20 | 3. Philipp Grubauer | 5 | ||
| 4. John Gibson | 20 | 4. Linus Ullmark | 4 | ||
| 5. Carter Hart | 20 | 5. Carey Price | 4 | ||
| Save Percentage (Min 5 Games) | SV% | Goals Against Average (Min 5 Games) | GAA | ||
| 1. Ben Bishop | .938 | | 1. Aaron Dell | 1.81 |
| 2. Anders Nilsson | .936 | 2. Ben Bishop | 1.84 | ||
| 3. Matt Murray | .936 | 3. Pavel Francouz | 1.86 | ||
| 4. Connor Hellebuyck | .934 | 4. Matt Murray | 1.90 | ||
| 5. Mikko Koskinen | .934 | 5. Cal Perersen | 1.92 | ||
The Avs rounded out 2020 by welcoming the Los Angeles Kings to Denver on New Year's Eve. After a couple of slow starts coming off the Christmas break, the Avs finally came out of the gates firing on all cylinders. Just over a minute into the game, Landeskog found Rantanen in front to put the Avs ahead early. The Kings wasted no time answering back, former Avalanche Carl Soderberg doing damage against his old team. The remainder of the 1st was back and forth and the game was tied at 1 going into the first intermission. The Avs started to dominate puck possession and took the lead again just under 5 minutes into the middle frame. Bellemare corralled a rebound in front and slid the puck past Quick for his 8th tally of the season. Once again the Kings would answer right back, veteran Jeff Carter finishing off a nice passing sequence by LA. Less than a minute later the Avs found themselves on the only powerplay of the game, and MacKinnon was able to take advantage and put the Avs back in the lead. Leading to start the 3rd period, the Avalanche were determined to see out another win, and dominated the Kings for the final 20 minutes. Midway through Landeskog capped off a dominant night for the Avs top line, burying his 20th goal of the season, the 500th point of his career. The Avs added a late empty netter to send the fans home happy and looking forward to 2021.
Rantanen Goal:
Bellemare Goal:
MacKinnon Goal:
Landeskog Goal:
Box Score:
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Saturday, November 7, 2020
The Avs returned to the Ball Arena ice against the Blackhawks looking to bounce back from two consecutive losses. Colorado started slow again like they did against Vegas. Chicago dominated the first period, heavily outshooting Colorado and taking a 1-0 lead thanks to Mattias Janmark's 10th of the season. Colorado started the second shorthanded, and Chicago took advantage on the powerplay to extend their lead to 2-0 on a Dominik Kubalik shot from the low slot. Beind down by two sparked a little life into the Avs, and they got a goal back on when MacKinnon deflected a Graves wrister from the point past Subban. With less than 5 minutes to play in the middle frame the Avs tied the game when Landeskog controlled the puck in a netfront scrum and fired home his 19th goal of the season. Chicago broke the 2-2 tie early into the 3rd period on a Jonathan Toews goal after Zack Smith won a puck battle in the corner. The Avs would fight back once again, this time Galchenyuk scoring on the rush. The Avs would take their first lead of the game 3 minutes later on a Joonas Donskoi goal. They protected the lead the rest of the way to snap the losing streak and hand Grubauer his 100th career win in net. The Avs take the ice again in two nights time to play the Kings to round out 2020.
MacKinnon Goal:
Landeskog Goal:
Galchenyuk Goal:
Donskoi Goal:
Box Score:
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The Avs returned from Christmas break in Sin City to take on Vegas for the first time this season. Vegas came into the game as one of the hottest teams in the league with points in 9 of their last 10. Vegas started the game flying, and took the lead less than three minutes in with a goal from Cody Glass. The Avs still couldn't pick up the pace and Vegas doubled their lead a few minutes later on a powerplay goal from William Karlsson. The Avs woke up after the intermission and got a goal back less than 2 minutes into the second period on the powerplay. Andre Burakovsky finished from close range to continue his blistering scoring run. The rest of the period tightened up and featured a lot of neutral zone play. Still trailing by a goal in the 3rd, the Avs started to dominate the shots and scoring chances and midway through they tied the game on Burakovsky's second goal of the game, the 100th of his career. Neither team could break the deadlock and the game headed to OT. The Avs controlled the overtime period early, but a turnover high in the offensive zone led to an easy zone entry for Vegas and a slick passing play finished off by Reilly Smith sent the Avs to their 3rd overtime loss of the season.
Burakovsky First Goal:
Box Score:
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The Avs traveled down do the desert to take on the Coyotes in the second night of a back. The Avs knew they would face a strong defensive system and a strong netminder no matter who Arizona went with in net. The Avs jumped out to an early lead thanks to yet another goal by Burakovsky. He was able to one time a Kadri pass from a bad angle to beat Raanta off the blocker for what would end up being Colorado's only goal of the night. Arizona would answer back a few minutes later with John Hayden's 4th goal of the season when their 4th line outworked the Avs in front of the net. The middle frame saw the Avs lose their discipline a little bit, taking 3 penalties in the period. The Coyotes took advatnage of one of them, a Phil Kessel snipe from the slot. The Coyotes would hunker down in the 3rd and seal the win with a Derek Stepan empty netter. The Avs hit the ice in Vegas after a 4 night Christmas break.
Burakovsky Goal:
Box Score:
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The Avalanche rounded out their four game homestand against Central Division opponent Chicago. Chicago started the game on the front foot, generating more shots and chances than the Avs. Grubauer looked sharp early despite his rough go last time out. Midway through the first Chicago would capitalize on an Avs penalty, Kubalik scoring his 9th of the season on the powerplay. The Avs entered the second period trailing but answered back right away. MacKinnon won the draw back to Devon Toews. Toews gained the line and dumped the puck in for Rantanen to retrieve. Rantanen played a slick pass in front for MacKinnon to bury his 18th of the season and continue the red hot offense coming from the Avalanche top line. The teams went back and forth for the rest of the period, but neither were able to find a go ahead goal. The third period continued to be a battle, and Chicago would find the breakthrough just under three minutes in, courtesy of free agent signing Mattias Janmark. The Avs wouldn't go away and answered right back on the next shift, something they have made a habit of lately. Red hot Andre Burakovsky gathered a rebound in front of Delia and fired past the out of position Chicago goalie to tie the game. Both teams fought hard to find a winner but the game would end up going to overtime. Rather than seeing the blistering pace of 3 on 3 hockey in overtime, much of it was played on special teams with both teams taking penalties and neither being able to find a game winner. The game went into a shootout and Nazem Kadri scored the only goal to hand the Avs a 3-2 win.
MacKinnon Goal:
Burakovsky Goal:
Box Score:
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Friday, November 6, 2020
The Avs welcomed Montreal to town for a Quebec Nordiques throwback night. Hockey coaches couldn't dream up a game they hate more than this one. A lot of penalties and a lot of goals. The first period was back and forth as both teams traded goals. The Avs struck first when Burakovsky beat Price from close range. The Canadiens would answer right back with a Kotkanieme goal off the rebound. With the score tied heading the second period, the Avalanche blitzed the Canadiens in the opening minutes of the frame with 3 unanswered goals. The first came on a Burakovsky blast from the high slot with the man advantage. Just a minute later, Erik Johnson doubled the lead with his 1st of the season on a flukey play. With the Canadiens getting aggressive to get back in the game, the Avs took advantage and scored another goal, this time Donskoi on an odd man rush. Montreal would answer with 1:30 left in the second, a nice Drouin snipe from the right circle. The third period continued on in the same vein, and the Avs added two more powerplay goals from Galchenyuk and MacKinnon. This was the first game all season that Colorado finished perfect on the powerplay. Montreal would fight back late with a powerplay goal from Gallagher and Jost with the extra skater out. It's safe to say both goalies would rather forget this one. The Avs finish their homestand Monday night when the Blackhawks come to town for the first time this season.
Burakovsky First Goal:
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Donskoi Goal:
Galchenyuk Goal:
Box Score:
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The Avs finally have somewhat of a homestand for what feels like the first time this season. The Islanders came to Denver for the second of four straight at home for Colorado. The game began with the type of play you would expect in a game involving the Islanders. Lots of tight checking and neutral zone play, not many shots on net or scoring chances. The Avs were able to enjoy the lion's share of what chances did come around, and finally took the lead with just over a minute remaining in the opening period. The Islanders took over for most of the second, playing much of it in the Avalanche zone. Colorado's penalty killers played well throughout, killing off 2 New York powerplays in the period. The third period was more back and forth than the first two frames. The Avs found themselves in penalty trouble late though, but the killers and Grubauer answered the call again to kill off two more Islander man advantages. Shortly after the second PK, Mikko Rantanen finished off a nice passing play between him and MacKinnon to get the Avs an insurance goal with less than a minute to go in the game. The Islanders won the ensuing faceoff and immediately pulled former Avs netminder Varlamov. The red hot MacKinnon grabbed an empty net goal to send the Avs fans home happy with a 3-0 shutout win. Up next is Montreal on Saturday night, when the Avs will wear Nordiques jerseys to throwback to the origins of the franchise.
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Rantanen Goal:
Box Score:
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Thursday, November 5, 2020
The Avs take to the ice for the second of a back to back against Central Division opposition, this time against Dallas. The last time these teams met the Avs won 6-5 in an absolute thriller. The first period featured back and forth action, with both teams getting powerplay opportunities. It was the Stars who were able to take advantage with Radek Faksa beating backup goalie Francouz for a 1-0 Dallas lead. Dallas seemed to be content with sitting on a narrow lead, allowing the Avs to put a high volume of shots on the towering Ben Bishop. He stood strong most of the night, but the Avs finally found the tying goal in the final minute of the 2nd period on a MacKinnon breakaway. The Avs broke it open in the first half of the third, taking a lead on MacKinnon's second of the night. They doubled their lead just 5 minutes later when Mikko Rantanen beat Bishop short side off the rebound of a Cale Makar shot. Dallas would add a late goal from Esa Lindell with the extra attacker out, but the Avs held on to win 3-2 on the back of MacKinnon's second consecutive 3 point game.
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Box Score:
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Colorado headed East to take on division rival St. Louis at the Enterprise Center. It was the second matchup between the teams this season. St. Louis had a good start, slowing down the pace and clogging the neutral zone to try and slow the game down to fit their style. Colorado started to impose themselves as the period wore on, and with just under 5 minutes to play in the opening stanza Burakovsky found Galchenyuk in front to open the scoring. Colorado kept up the pressure and just over 2 minutes later they doubled their lead on Martin Kaut's 4th of the season. The rookie has put in some solid performances since being slotted in the fourth line. Colorado continued to control the game into the second period, and grabbed a 3rd goal with Mikko Rantanen finishing off a slick passing play by the top line. Several minutes later the top line struck again, this time captain Gabe Landeskog beating Binnington at the near post after some powerful skating down the right hand side and into the slot. St. Louis frustration started to boil and they took a slashing penalty to end the middle frame. The night would get worse for the Blues as Colorado would extend the lead to five with MacKinnon cashing in on the powerplay. The Blues would finally yank Binnington after he gave up a 6th goal, Galchenyuk's second of the game on a 2 on 1 rush. The Blues would get a late consolation through Tyler Bozak. The Avs get right back to work tomorrow night, returning home to face NHL leading goal scorer Tyler Seguin and the Dallas Stars.
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Monday, November 2, 2020
The Avs returned to home ice after a successful road trip out East. Tonight they took on old Northwest division rival Edmonton in a matchup between electric centers McDavid and MacKinnon. The first period was evenly contested. Edmonton outshot Colorado but neither team was able to get on the board. The second period continued in the same fashion. Exactly halfway through the game, Bellemare found Saad in front with a nice pass, and the former Chicago winger beat Mike Smith with a backhand to give Colorado the lead. A few minutes later Colorado was able to get the puck out of the defensive zone to a streaking Donskoi, who caught the Oilers D in a line change and beat Smith five hole to double the Avs lead. The Avs would give Edmonton an early powerplay in the third, they killed the penalty but with the puck still in the d zone, Kyle Turris tipped in an Adam Larsson shot to half the defecit. The Avs quickly regained their lead when MacKinnon won the ensuing faceoff back to Makar. The young defenseman, returning from injury, found Mikko Rantanen who pulled up on the right side and fired a wrist shot that deflected off a skate and in for a 3-1 Colorado lead. The Avs rode a stellar performance by Grubauer the rest of the way to secure their 23rd win of the season.
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Colorado traveled to Tampa Bay for the final game of their four game road trip. The Avs stayed with Francouz in net, trying to ride the hot hand as he shutout the Panthers in the previous game. The early going was all Tampa Bay, they generated most of the early shots and suffocated any offensive attempts by Colorado. The early pressure payed off and Tampa took the lead midway through the first on captain Steven Stamkos 7th goal of the campaign. The Avs grew into the game in the middle period and started to get more shots, but the Lightning doubled their advantage after Cal Foote, son of former Avalanche stalwart Adam Foote, would take advantage of a neutral zone turnover and score his first NHL goal. Colorado would keep fighting, and were able to get a goal back when Burakovsky retrieved a dump in and found Galchenyuk on the back door with just over 30 seconds remaining in the second. Colorado would continue their positive play when the puck dropped to start the third. Just under two minutes in, Landeskog skated the puck in down the right side and beat Vasilevskiy with a quick wrister to tie it up at two apiece. The play continued with both squads fighting hard to find the potential game winner,and it was Nazem Kadri who came up with the goods on an opportunistic shot after a faceoff scrum to beat the all star Russian netminder and give the Avs the lead. Colorado soaked up the additional pressure put on by the Lightning and killed a late penalty to escape with a 3-2 victory and a 3-1-0 record on the road trip.
Galchenyuk Goal:
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