COLORADO AVALANCHE POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 5, ST. LOUIS BLUES 1 COLORADO LEADS SERIES 3-0 FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2021 | ENTERPRISE CENTER

THREE STARS TEAM NOTES First Star Colorado leads the Honda West Division first-round series against the Blues 3-0. The Avalanche/Nordiques Ryan Graves franchise is 5-0 all-time in playoff series when winning the first three games and 4-0 since moving to Denver. 3 points (1g/2a) The Avs have outscored the Blues by a combined 15-5 through three games, and Colorado’s 15 goals and Second Star 5.00 goals-per-game are the most in the playoffs so far. Tyler Bozak 1 point (1g/0a) INDIVIDUAL NOTES Alex Newhook scored his first NHL goal, the third player in franchise history to score his first NHL goal in the Third Star Stanley Cup Playoffs. He joins Cale Makar, who did it in Game 3 of the 2019 R1 vs. Calgary (April 15, 2019) Philipp Grubauer and Quebec’s Janne Laukkanen in Game 2 of the 1995 CQF vs. NY Rangers (May 8, 1995). 31 saves At 20 years and 113 days of age, Newhook is the sixth youngest player in Quebec/Colorado history to score his first career Stanley Cup Playoff goal behind Nathan MacKinnon (18 years, 230 days), Ryan O’Reilly (19 TEAM STATS years, 70 days), Randy Moller (19 years, 229 days), Wojtek Wolski (20 years, 57 days) and Bruce Bell (20 Avalanche years, 67 days). Ryan Graves, who turned 26 today, became the third player in franchise history to score a playoff goal on his Shots: 26 birthday, joining Michel Goulet (Game 2 of 1985 Division Finals) and Bob Bassen (Game 1 of 1995 Conference Quarterfinal). He’s the first to do it since the team moved to Denver. Power Play: 0-4 Graves recorded his first career multi-point outing in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and his goal was his second Penalty Kill: 3-3 career postseason marker and first since Aug. 2, 2020 -- in his playoff debut against St. Louis in Edmonton. Graves’s three points (1g/2a) and +4 rating are both career bests, regular season or playoffs. Faceoffs: 52% Mikko Rantanen extended his playoff point/assist streak to three games and had totaled five points (0g/5a) so Blues far in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. He has tallied a point in 13 straight playoff contests dating back to the 2020 postseason, registering 21 points (6g/15a) in that span. Shots: 32 Gabriel Landeskog extended his postseason point streak to three games. He has notched six points (1g/5a)

through Colorado’s three contests of the playoffs so far. Power Play: 0-3 Brandon Saad scored his second goal of the playoffs, tied with Joonas Donskoi for second on the team. Penalty Kill: 4-4

Faceoffs: 48%