AVALANCHE NOTES CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS HOT START: The Avalanche is 5-0-0 to start the 2019-20 campaign, the TEAM GP W L OT PTS second-best start since the team moved to Denver (6-0-0. 2013-14) and Colorado Avalanche 5 5 0 0 10 tied for the third-best start in franchise history (7-0, 1985-86; 6-0, 2013- St. Louis Blues 6 3 1 2 8 14; 5-0, 1994-95). Colorado is the last remaining undefeated team in the league. Winnipeg Jets 7 4 3 0 8 Nashville Predators 5 3 2 0 6 MAKAR MAKING HISTORY: Cale Makar extended his season-opening Chicago Blackhawks 4 1 2 1 3 point streak to five games, the first defenseman in franchise history to open his career with points in each of his first five regular-season games Dallas Stars 7 1 5 1 3 and just the fifth defenseman in NHL history to record points in each of his Minnesota Wild 5 1 4 0 2 first five career contests.

“That was one of the weirdest starts, one of the craziest ones I’ve AVALANCHE LEADERS seen in a long time, but obviously a great start. We talked about Category Player No. how we haven’t come out too hot in the last four games, so we Goals Mikko Rantanen 4 wanted to make sure that we come out really strong, especially Assists Nathan MacKinnon 6 on the road.” Cale Makar 6 — Avalanche goaltender Philipp Grubauer on the team’s four- goal effort in the first period against Washington Monday Points Mikko Rantanen 9 Power-Play Goals Mikko Rantanen 3 Penalty Minutes Nikita Zadorov 15 UPCOMING GAMES Time on Ice/Game Erik Johnson 23:30 Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Pittsburgh Penguins Game-Winning Goals Andre Burakovsky 2 PPG Paints Arena, 5 p.m. MT, TV: NBCSN, Radio: 92.5 FM Colorado and Pittsburgh square off for the first of two contests Mikko Rantanen 2 during the 2019-20 campaign. The clubs split last season’s two- Goals-Against Average Pavel Francouz 1.90 game series with each team winning at home. Save Percentage Pavel Francouz .944

Friday, Oct. 18 at Florida Panthers BB&T Center, 5 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM The Avalanche plays the first half of its first back-to-back set of PLAYER SPOTLIGHT the season against the Florida Panthers on Friday night. Florida Andre Burakovsky will make its lone trip to Denver to complete the season series on Position: Left Wing Oct. 30. Height: 6’3” Weight: 201 lbs. Saturday, Oct. 19 at Tampa Bay Lightning Shoots: Left Amalie Arena, 5 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM Born: February 9, 1995 The Avs face Tampa Bay Saturday to close out the Eastern Con- Birthplace: Klagenfurt, Austria ferece portion of their season-long, six-game road trip. Colorado

lost both contests against the Lightning last season. Burakovsky has tallied five points (2g, 3a) through five Monday, Oct. 21 at St. Louis Blues games this season, ranked fifth on the team in scoring. Enterprise Center, 6 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM Colorado travels to St. Louis for their second Central Division mat- He notched the game-winning goal last Thursday against cup of the season and first of five meetings against the defending the Boston Bruins and scored in overtime on Saturday Stanley Cup Champions. The Avs will return to Denver before co- versus the Arizona Coyotes to lift the Avalanche to victory. pleting their six-game road trip at Vegas. Burakovsky’s overtime winner was the second such goal of his career, and the winger is the first Avalanche player UPCOMING SCHEDULE to register the game-winning goal in back-to-back outings since Gabriel Landeskog did it early last season (Oct. 18- Day Date Location Time 20, 2018 at New Jersey and Carolina). Wednesday Oct. 16 Morning skate at PPG Paints Arena 9:30 a.m. Game #6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 p.m. Thursday Oct. 17 Travel day Friday Oct. 18 Morning skate at BB&T Center 9:30 a.m. Game #7 at Florida Panthers 5 p.m. Saturday Oct. 19 Game #8 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 p.m Sunday Oct. 20 No practice Monday Oct. 21 Morning skate at Enterprise Center 10:30 a.m. Game #9 at St. Louis Blues 6 p.m. *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times mountain