Avalanche Notes Central Division Standings DUCHENE TAKES OVER SCORING LEAD: scored his team- Team GP W L OT PTS leading 11th and 12th goals of the in Colorado’s 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night. With an assist on Colorado’s lone 34 22 8 4 48 in a 4-1 loss to Winnipeg on Sunday, Duchene has recorded eight 30 18 8 4 40 points (five goals, three assists) in his last seven outings and now leads St. Louis Blues 33 17 11 5 39 the Avalanche with 22 points. 31 14 12 5 33

Winnipeg Jets 34 15 16 3 33 Upcoming Games 33 13 14 6 32 Tuesday, December 20 at Minnesota Wild 30 11 18 1 23 Xcel Energy Center, 6 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude 2, Radio: 950 AM The Avs and the Wild meet for the third of five matchups this season and the second of three in Minnesota. Colorado is 2-0-0 Avalanche Leaders against their Central Division rival this season with a 1-0 win at Category Player Number home on Nov. 5 and a 3-2 road victory on Nov. 19. This is the last Goals Matt Duchene 12 tilt between the two teams until April 2 at Minnesota. Assists Nathan MacKinnon 13

Thursday, December 22 vs. Points Matt Duchene 22 Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Power-Play Goals Joe Colborne 2 Colorado closes out a two-game season series with the Maple Leafs 2 on Thursday night, just 11 days after beating Toronto on the road Rene Bourque 2 3-1. Semyon Varlamov carried the Avalanche to victory in the first Blake Comeau 2 meeting, making 51 saves, the third 50+ save game of his career. Matt Duchene 2 Friday, December 23 at Chicago Blackhawks Mikko Rantanen 2 United Center, 6:30 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM 2 The Avalanche plays the second half of a back-to-back on Friday Minutes Cody McLeod 38 against the Chicago Blackhawks. It’s the fifth back-to-back set for Time on Ice/Game 23:14 the Avs this season and their final game before the holiday break. Colorado is 2-2-0 in the first game of a back-to-back this year and GWG Matt Duchene 3 2-2-0 in the second. This will be the second of five games against Goals Against Avg. Calvin Pickard 2.90 the Blackhawks. Colorado lost 4-0 in Chicago on Nov. 3. Save Percentage Semyon Varlamov .904

Community Highlights Prospect Spotlight A.J. Greer had a five-point weekend, as the earned three of a possible four points in a weekend back-to-back set against the Tucson Roadrunners. Greer registered two goals and an assist in a 5-4 overtime loss to Tucson on Friday night, and he helped the Rampage to a 4-2 victory in the second game of the weekend, recording a goal and an assist.

J.T. Compher returned after missing 14 games The Avs Better Halves hosted their annual Holiday Tree Auction at Friday’s with an injury and also recorded a goal and an game against the . Each tree was individually decorated assist in the win. It was his first appearance by the Avs Better Halves and featured a different theme. The auction since Nov. 9. raised $23,000 with proceeds benefitting the community programs of the Quotable Avs Better Halves. "I was proud of him. I thought especially the Practice Schedule second half of the first period when we had our Day Date Location Time breakdowns there, he was big in goal for us. The Tuesday December 20 Xcel Energy Center TBD chances we gave up, I don't know how many Game #31 at Minnesota 6 p.m. there were, but we gave up too many good ones, and he came up big on a lot of them." Wednesday December 21 TBD TBD —Head coach on Calvin Pickard's Thursday December 22 Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m. performance in his first NHL start in his Game #32 vs. Toronto 7 p.m. hometown of Winnipeg Friday December 23 Game #33 at Chicago 6:30 p.m. Saturday December 24 Holiday Break Sunday December 25 Holiday Break *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times Mountain