POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 6, ST. LOUIS BLUES 3 COLORADO LEADS SERIES 2-0 WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2021 | BALL ARENA

THREE STARS TEAM NOTES First Star Colorado leads the Honda West Division first-round series against the Blues 2-0. The Avalanche is 13-3 all- Nathan MacKinnon time in a best-of-seven series when winning the first two games and 13-1 since moving to Denver. 4 points (3g/1a) The Avalanche have outscored St. Louis 10-4 through the first two contests of the series and have an 85-58 Second Star advantage in shots. Joonas Donskoi 3 points (2g/1a) Joonas Donskoi’s 35 seconds into the opening period was the second-fastest goal from the start of a playoff contest in franchise history. The fastest was Wilf Paiement for Quebec in Game 2 of the 1982 Division Finals (29 seconds). Third Star Mike Hoffman Colorado finished 2-for-2 on the power play and is 3-for-5 (60%) through the first two games, tops in the 1 (1g/0a) league in power-play percentage in the postseason.

TEAM STATS INDIVIDUAL NOTES Avalanche Nathan MacKinnon recorded his first career hat trick in the Playoffs and the first Avalanche player with a hat trick in the postseason since Valeri Kamensky on April 24, 1997 vs. Chicago (Game 5 of WCQF). It’s the 10th hat trick in franchise playoff history and the fourth since the team moved to Denver. Shots: 35 With a four-point night (3g/1a), including the game winner, MacKinnon ascends the franchise annals in career Power Play: 2-2 postseason points, goals, assists and game-winning goals as follows:

Penalty Kill: 1-2 - 61 points: moves past Valeri Kamensky (60) to seventh all-time in points - 25 goals: moves past Peter Stastny and Claude Lemieux (24) into a tie with Valeri Kamensky for sixth all- Faceoffs: 64% time in goals - 7 game-winning goals: moves past Alex Tanguay to take over fourth place in playoff game winners Blues - 36 assists: moves past Kamensky and Adam Foote (35) into sixth place in franchise history. MacKinnon’s four points matches his career best (3x - last: Aug. 19, 2020 vs. Arizona, Game 5 FR) and his Shots: 35 seven points (5g/2a) through two games is the most by any player in the postseason so far.

Power Play: 1-2 MacKinnon, along with linemates Gabriel Landeskog (1g/4a in 2GP) and Mikko Rantanen (0g/4a in 2GP) are three of the top four scorers in the Stanley Cup Playoffs so far. Kill: 0-2 Donskoi’s two goals matches his career best in the postseason (also: April 22, 2016 at Los Angeles) and his Faceoffs: 36% three points also equals his career best (April 16, 2018 vs. Anaheim).

Mikko Rantanen recorded two assists for his second straight multi-point contest, extending his playoff point streak to 12 games dating back to Game 3 of the first round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Arizona Coyotes (Aug. 15).

Devon Toews recorded two points (0g/2a) to equal his career best in the postseason (May 3, 2019 at Carolina).