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Colorado Avalanche Postgame Notes Colorado Avalanche 4, Arizona Coyotes 2 Monday, April 12, 2021 | Ball Arena COLORADO AVALANCHE POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 4, ARIZONA COYOTES 2 MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021 | BALL ARENA TEAM STATS TEAM NOTES Avalanche The Avalanche is 18-4-2 (38 points) at home this season, tied with the New York Islanders (18-2-2) for first in the league in both wins and points at home. Shots: 20 The Avs are 12-0-1 in their last 13 games at Ball Arena, the fourth-longest home point streak in franchise history. Power Play: 1-4 HOME POINT STREAKS, FRANCHISE HISTORY 17 Jan. 20–Apr. 6, 2003 Penalty Kill: 3-4 15 Mar. 1–May 3, 1995 14 Nov. 19, 1983–Jan. 21, 1984 Faceoffs: 51% 13 Mar. 10, 2021 – present 12 Dec. 27, 1999–Feb. 3, 2000 Arizona The Avalanche wrapped up its seventh set of back-to-back games this season and is 4-0-3 in the second Shots: 37 half of such sets. Colorado also completed its eight-game season series against Arizona, finishing 6-1-1 against the Coyotes. Power Play: 1-4 INDIVIDUAL NOTES Penalty Kill: 3-4 Mikko Rantanen scored twice and has collected 25 goals this season, ranked second in the league only to Auston Matthews (32). He reached 300 points for his career, becoming the fifth player from the 2015 NHL Faceoffs: 49% Draft class to hit the milestone (Connor McDavid,538; Jack Eichel, 355; Mitch Marner, 344; Sebastian Aho, 301). It was also Rantanen’s fourth multi-goal performance of the season, which equals his most multi-goal outings in a campaign in his career (also 2018-19). THREE STARS First Star Rantanen’s first goal stood as the game winner, his seventh game-winning tally of the season. He ranks Nathan MacKinnon second on the team in game-winning markers (Gabriel Landeskog, 7) and is tied for fifth in the NHL (Leon 2 points (1g/1a) Draisaitl, Alex Ovechkin). Second Star Nathan MacKinnon extended his point streak to 10 games, the longest active streak in the NHL. He has Cale Makar produced 17 points (7g/10a) over that stretch and 30 points (12g/18a) in his last 18 contests (since March 2 points (0g/2a) 12). MacKinnon’s 1.37 points-per-game average ranks fourth in the NHL, and after finishing with a +2 rating tonight, he now ranks second in the league at +25. Third Star Since March 1, MacKinnon (12g/20a), Rantanen (17g/15a) and Gabriel Landeskog (12g/20a) have each Philipp Grubauer recorded 32 points, the top three scorers in the NHL during that time frame. 35 saves The Avalanche is one of three teams in the NHL to feature two 50-point scorers (MacKinnon, 52, Rantanen, 50). Edmonton (McDavid and Draisaitl) and Toronto (Matthews and Marner) are the other twol. Philipp Grubauer finished with 35 saves to earn his 25th win of the season, tied with Andrei Vasilevskiy for the league lead. Grubauer started his 102nd game in an Avalanche sweater, moving into a tie with Craig Anderson for fifth place in Avalanche history (since 1995) in starts by a goalie and 10th in franchise history. Tyson Jost notched an assist to extend his point streak to a season-high three games (0g/3a)..
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