POSTGAME NOTES & QUOTES 4, 3 MARCH 27, 2019

First Star TEAM NOTES Tyson Barrie (1g, 2a) Colorado’s win was the 500th regular-season win at home since mov- ing to Denver in 1995 and the 800th home victory for the Nordiques/ Second Star Avalanche franchise. Nathan MacKinnon (1g, 1a) The Avalanche has scored the first in seven straight games (5-1-1 Third Star record) and is 27-5-6 when scoring first this season. Alex Tuch (1g, 1a) The Avs concluded their season series against Vegas, finishing 2-1-0 versus the Knights. Colorado is 3-0-0 all-time against Vegas at Pepsi TEAM STATS Center. Avalanche Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar picked up his 100th career NHL Shots: 30 coaching victory.

Power Play: 1-2 INDIVIDUAL NOTES Tyson Barrie scored the 73rd goal of his career, taking sole possession Kill: 3-3 of first place on franchise’s all-time list of goals by a defenseman (San- dis Ozolinsh, 72). Barrie is now Quebec/Colorado’s all-time defensive Faceoffs: 51% leader in goals (73), assists (231) and points (304).

Vegas Barrie finished with two assists to bring his season total to 44, a new career high (43 in 2017-18). It’s the most assists by an Avalanche de- Shots: 37 fenseman since had 52 in 2000-01.

Power Play: 0-3 Barrie now has 56 points (12g, 44a) this season, moving into a tie for sixth (Pittsburgh’s Kris Letang) among NHL blueliners in scoring. He Penalty Kill: 1-2 has registered 12 points (6g, 6a) in the month of March, ranked second on the team (Nathan MacKinnon: 5-8-13) for scoring this month. Faceoffs: 49% Matt Calvert’s first-period goal was his 25th point of the season, a new career high. Calvert surpassed his previous career best of 24 points, which he achieved three times (2013-14, 2015-16 nad 2017-18 with Avalanche Schedule Columbus). Thursday March 28, 2019 — 12:30 p.m. Tyson Jost notched an assist to register his 23rd point of the season Practice at Family Sports and eclipse his point total (22) from his rookie campaign in 2017-18. POSTGAME NOTES & QUOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 4, VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3 MARCH 27, 2019

Nathan MacKinnon registered two points (1g, 1a) and now has 94 points (38g, 56a) in 2018-19, tied for sixth in the NHL (Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby). He is one goal shy of matching his career high of 39 markers in 2017-18.

Philipp Grubauer earned his career-best 16th win of the season (15 in 2017-18) and made his sixth consecutive start of the season, a career long that surpasses his previous career high of consecutive starts (five games: Dec. 23, 2013-Jan. 2, 2014). Grubauer is 5-0-1 over his last six outings.

Gabriel Bourque scored his first game-winning goal of the season and the sixth of his career (last: Feb. 11, 2018 at Buffalo).

QUOTES Colorado C Colin Wilson On Getting The Win: “It’s a race right now, a race to the finish. You know, five games left now. It was an intense game. They managed to get within one goal, but it’s a huge two points for us.”

On Goaltending And Secondary Scoring: “It’s fantastic. I mean it’s helping us win games. Grubi’s (Colo- rado G Philipp Grubauer) been amazing in net. A lot of guys are chipping in for goals. I was excited for Bourquey (Colorado LW Gabriel Bourque) tonight, Calvy (Colorado LW Matt Calvert) as well, so keep rolling from here.”

Colorado D Tyson Barrie On Setting The Record For Most Goals By An Avs’ Defenseman: “It’s great. I was a huge fan of the Avs growing up and was my favorite player. It’s the reason I wear No. 4 and it’s kind of been a dream come true to get up there with some of those guys. You know, to have a couple of these records is a great feeling, but the best part right now is to be playing meaningful hockey with five games left. It’s a lot of fun and I think the guys are embracing it and we’re trying everything we can to get into the playoffs.”

On The End Of The Game: “They’ve been playing some really good hockey lately. They got a good team. You know, we kind of knew they were going to make a push and it was nice to see us hold it off and get those two points. It was a bit nerve-racking. You know, I don’t think we’d want to give one up with 3:30 left. It was a grind-out win. The guys showed a lot of character and it was nice to see.”

Colorado G Philipp Grubauer On The First Period: “Two quick goals and a couple shots before they even got a on our net. It makes it a lot easier to play. Not that we played loosely, but it was just nice to have that start for sure.”

On Colorado LW Gabriel Bourque’s Goal: “[It was] huge. [I am] happy for him. With the history he has, not playing too many times, and then being in the lineup consistently in the last few couple of weeks, really, really happy for him. It was a huge goal tonight. It was good.” POSTGAME NOTES & QUOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 4, VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS 3 MARCH 27, 2019

Vegas RW Reilly Smith On Tonight’s Game: “I think we were the better team tonight, but we put ourselves in a hole in the first period and didn’t have enough to dig ourself out.”

On Vegas’ Performance: “I think we were a little slow in the first period. I think we just had to do a better job coming in with a little bit more effort in the first period and sometimes the legs aren’t there. You just got to be a little smarter with the puck and a couple costly plays put us behind 2-0 early.”

Vegas RW Alex Tuch On Vegas C Jonathan Marchessault’s Fight: “He dropped them, he was fired up and he got the rest of the team fired up. So, I thought that a lot of guys kind of opened their eyes a little bit and said, you know what, we got to play better. We got to put as much effort on the ice as Marchy (Vegas C Jonathan Marchessault) did in a scruffle, fight, however you want to call it. So, it’s a little energy boost and making the guy bloody a little bit gave us a little more energy boost, too. It was a good play by a veteran guy, coming out, stepping up and trying to turn the game around.”

On Matching Colorado’s Intensity: “I thought we did that in the last little bit of the second period and the entire third period I thought we were pretty dominant. Just bad start, terrible start left Subby (Vegas G Malcolm Subban) hanging couple too many times. He’s been really good for us lately, but he’s not go- ing to stop a guy coming down the slot with no one on him every time. He bailed us out a couple times tonight and we weren’t able to capitalize on all our opportunities. But, going forward, especially playing a team on the road, a team that’s this desperate and playing playoff hockey right now, we have to have better starts.”