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COLORADO AVALANCHE POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 3, ST. LOUIS BLUES 2 FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2021 | BALL ARENA TEAM STATS TEAM NOTES Avalanche Colorado has points in 13 straight games (11-0-2), the longest streak in the NHL this season the third-longest point streak in franchise history. The 2000-01 club (16 games, 12-0-4) and 2002-03 Avs (14 games, 11-0-3) Shots: 39 are the only Avalanche teams to have a point streak of 13 or more games. Power Play: 2-6 Colorado is 15-2-3 (33 points) in its last 20 games, the second-best 20-game stretch in franchise history. The Avs went 16-1-1-2 (35 points) from Jan. 23-March 5, 2003. Penalty Kill: 4-5 The Avs are 16-4-2 at home this season, the most points (34) by any NHL team at home this season and tied for the most wins (Pittsburgh). Colorado is 10-0-1 in its last 11 at Ball Arena, the club’s longest stretch of home Faceoffs: 51% games with a point since 2002-03 (17 games). St. Louis Colorado scored the first goal of the game for a league-leading 26th time this season and is 21-3-2 when scoring first, the most wins in the NHL when lighting the lamp first. The Avalanche has scored within the first five Shots: 27 minutes of the game in four straight contests and in six of its last 10. Power Play: 1-5 Colorado finished 2-for-6 on the power play, the second straight game it has notched multiple power-play goals in a game. The Avs have scored two or more goals with the man advantage six times this season and are 11- for-36 (30.6%) over their last 10 outings. Penalty Kill: 4-6 The Avs are playing their sixth back-to-back set this season and are now 5-1-0 in the first contest of con- Faceoffs: 49% secutive night sets. THREE STARS First Star INDIVIDUAL NOTES Brandon Saad picked up his 20th point of season, the 10th Avalanche player with at least 20 points this year, Nathan MacKinnon the most of any NHL team. 2 points (2g/0a) Nathan MacKinnon recorded his first multi-goal game of the season and 25th of his career. MacKinnon reg- Second Star istered his second game-winning goal of the campaign and 41st of his career. Since entering the league in Gabriel Landeskog 2013-14, MacKinnon’s 41 game winners are tied for sixth in the NHL. 2 points (0g/2a) Jonas Johansson finished with 25 saves to pick up his first win in an Avalanche sweater and first victory since Third Star Feb. 23, 2020 vs. Winnipeg. David Perron Jacob MacDonald has a point in consecutive games for the first time in his career. 2 points (1g/1a) Gabriel Landeskog (0g/2a) recorded his second straight multi-point game and ninth of the season. Six of those nine multi-point performances have come in the last nine games and he has totaled 19 points (7g/12a) over his last 11 outings..