Avalanche Notes Central Division Standings EXTRA EFFORT: Colorado's shootout victory over the Blues on Friday night Team GP W L OT PTS improved the club's record to 7-3 when playing beyond 60 minutes this season, 6-2 in and 1-1 in shootouts. Friday's shootout was the z- Blackhawks 79 50 22 7 107 second of the season for the Avs, tied with for the fewest in the x- 79 46 25 8 100 NHL. x-St. Louis Blues 78 43 28 7 93 x- 79 40 28 11 91 JOST MAKES NHL DEBUT: Tyson Jost made his NHL debut in Friday night's 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues at Pepsi Center and finished Jets 79 37 35 7 81 with two shots, one hit, one takeaway and one blocked in 13:25 of 79 32 36 11 75 ice time. 78 21 54 3 45 x-clinched playoff spot z-clinched conference RANTANEN TAKES TEAM LEAD: scored his 18th of the season at Minnesota on Sunday, taking over the team lead in goals in Avalanche Leaders 2016-17. His 36 points on the season rank third on the Avalanche. Category Player Upcoming Games Goals Mikko Rantanen 18 Tuesday, April 4 vs. Assists Nathan MacKinnon 35 Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude 2, Radio: 92.5 The Wolf Points Nathan MacKinnon 51 The Avalanche and the Blackhawks meet for the fifth and final Power-Play Goals 5 time this season, the second matchup between the Central-Division Penalty Minutes 73 foes at Pepsi Center. The Blackhawks lead the division with 107 Time on Ice/Game 23:16 points and are 3-1-0 against Colorado this season. GWG Nathan MacKinnon 4 Thursday, April 6 vs. Minnesota Wild SHG Nathan MacKinnon 2 Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Goals Against Avg. Calvin Pickard 2.95 Colorado plays its last home game of the 2016-17 campaign on Save Percentage Calvin Pickard .906 Thursday, closing out a five-game season series against Minnesota, the second tilt between the division rivals at Pepsi Center and the Prospect Update first since Nov. 5. Minnesota won the last meeting 5-2 on Sunday University of Will Butcher was to even the season series at two games apiece. named one of three Hobey Hat Trick finalists for the 2017 Hobey Baker Memorial Award. Saturday, April 8 at Dallas Stars He is the first defenseman to be named a , 6 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM finalist since Hobey winner Matt Gilroy in The Avalanche continues a six-game Central-Division stretch 2009. Butcher, 22, has helped lead the against the Dallas Stars on Saturday, the first game of a back-to- Pioneers to the 2017 NCAA Frozen Four, back set that will close out the 2016-17 campaign. Colorado is 1- where they will meet Notre Dame on April 6 at 3-0 against the Stars this season. . Colorado's fifth-round pick (123rd overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft, Sunday, April 9 at St. Louis Blues Butcher ranks second in the nation in scoring Scottrade Center, 4 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude 2, Radio: 92.5 The Wolf by a defenseman with 36 points (7g/29a) in The Avalanche closes out the 2016-17 campaign at the St. Louis 41 games. Blues, the fourth time these Central-Division opponents will have faced each other since March 5 and the second in less than 10 Cam Morrison (Notre Dame) will also compete days. Colorado won 2-1 in a shootout on March 31. in the 2017 NCAA Frozen Four. Morrison, 18, scored two goals for the Fighting Irish in their Avs in the Community 3-2 overtime victory over UMass Lowell in the Last week, J.T. Compher joined 60 sixth graders at Rocky Heights Middle Northeast Regional final. A second-round pick School for a Future Goals Hockey Scholar demonstration. Future Goals is (40th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft, the left an NHL program that takes students on an educational journey, helping has 23 points (11g/12a) in 39 games concepts learned in school come to life through real hockey examples and during his freshman campaign. demonstrations. Practice Schedule Quotable Day Date Location Time Tuesday April 4 Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m. “It was awesome. It was nice to get that win too, in the shootout. It was a great game, and Game #79 vs. Chicago Blackhawks 7 p.m. it was everything that I expected. It was a Wednesday April 5 TBD TBD pretty surreal experience. It was great to come Thursday April 6 Game #80 vs. Minnesota Wild 7 p.m. up with these guys and get used to everything Friday April 7 TBD TBD and also to have my family in the crowd, too. It Saturday April 8 Game #81 at Dallas Stars 6 p.m. was everything I dreamed of, even more.” —Avalanche center Tyson Jost on making his Sunday April 9 Game #82 at St. Louis Blues 4 p.m. NHL debut on March 31 against the St. Louis *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times Mountain Blues