Avalanche Notes Central Division Standings FACEOFF SUCCESS: The Avs won a -high 73.6 percent of their Team GP W L OT PTS faceoffs against Columbus on Dec. 1, the second-highest faceoff percentage in Avalanche history (since the NHL began tracking the stat in 27 16 8 3 35 1999-00), which is just short of the 74.1% success rate set on Dec. 23, St. Louis Blues 25 14 7 4 32 2011 vs. Tampa Bay. 24 12 8 4 28 Upcoming Games Winnipeg Jets 28 13 13 2 28 Tuesday, December 6 at Nashville Predators 24 11 9 4 26 Bridgestone Arena, 6 p.m. (MT), TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM 26 10 10 6 26 The Avs play the first of a four-game road trip against Nashville on 23 9 13 1 19 Tuesday, exactly a week after hosting the Predators at Pepsi Center. Colorado is 0-2-0 in the 2016-17 season series. Avalanche Leaders

Thursday, December 8 at Category Player Number TD Garden, 5 p.m. (MT), TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 The Wolf Goals Rene Bourque 8 Colorado and Boston will play the second and final meeting of the Assists Nathan MacKinnon 10 2016-17 season series on Thursday. The Bruins shut out the Avalanche 2-0 on Nov. 13. The Avalanche and Bruins split the Erik Johnson 10 season series in 2015-16, with each team winning on the road. Points Nathan MacKinnon 15 The Avalanche's last defeat in Boston was March 30, 1998. Power-Play Goals 2 Gabriel Landeskog 2 Saturday, December 10 at Rene Bourque 2 Bell Centre, 5 p.m. (MT), TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 The Wolf Blake Comeau 2 The Avs and the Canadiens square off in the first of two contests this season. The Habs lead the league with 35 points and are tied Minutes Cody McCleod 33 with the Rangers for the most wins (17). Montreal will make its Time on Ice/Game Tyson Barrie 22:56 only appearance in Denver on Feb. 7. GWG Matt Duchene 3 Plus/Minus 1 Sunday, December 11 at Goals Against Avg. Calvin Pickard 2.44 Air Centre, 5 p.m. (MT), TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Colorado closes out the road trip against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Save Percentage Calvin Pickard .920 its fourth back-to-back set of the season. Colorado is 2-1-0 in the first game and 1-2-0 in the second. Prospect Spotlight Community Highlights Avalanche prospect Tyson Jost was one of 32 On Friday, Andreas Martinsen and Joe players named to the preliminary roster for Colborne skated with kids from York Canada’s World Junior Championship team on International K-12 School at the Avs’ practice Tuesday and will take part in Hockey Canada’s facility as part of the Break the Ice Program. four-day camp that runs from Dec. 10-14 in Blainville, Quebec. Later that day, Mikko Rantanen and Nikita Zadorov (right) participated in the Playworks Adam Werner was named to Sweden’s 26-man Street Hockey Extravaganza, a clinic in World Junior Championship roster on Monday. conjunction with the NHL/NHLPA’s Industry He is one of three goalies expected to travel Growth Fund Grant Program. with the Swedish national team for the tournament, which begins on Dec. 26 and MOVEMBER FINISHES STRONG runs through Jan. 5. The Avs’ annual Movember campaign finished with more than $5,600 in donations, good for a national ranking of 278. Goaltender Calvin Pickard Quotable and left wing Cody McLeod were the top individual earners for the Avalanche, with donations of $632 and $587, respectively. “There’s so many different reasons why you set your lineup. You need penalty killers, you need Practice Schedule centermen. Cody has been good for us. He’s Day Date Location Time doing everything he can. He plays hard. He’s Tuesday December 6 Game #24 at Nashville 6:00 p.m. intense. When we need a pick-me-up, he’s out Wednesday December 7 TBD TBD there stirring it up. He’s competing to win, and that’s what he does. He’s physical. He’s been Thursday December 8 TD Garden TBD doing all those things in practice and in games. Game #25 at Boston 5:00 p.m. He’s working hard before and after practice.” Friday December 9 TBD TBD —Head Coach Jared Bednar on left wing Cody Saturday December 10 Bell Centre TBD McLeod returning to the lineup on Tuesday Game #26 at Montreal 5:00 p.m. Sunday December 11 Game #27 at Toronto 5:00 p.m. *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times Mountain