St. Louis Blues Playoff Game Notes
Fri, May 21, 2021 Round 1 Game 3
St. Louis Blues 0 - 2 Colorado Avalanche 2 - 0 Team Game: 3 0 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 3 2 - 0 (Home) Home Game: 1 0 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 1 0 - 0 (Road)
# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 35 Ville Husso ------31 Philipp Grubauer 2 2 0 0 2.00 .931 50 Jordan Binnington 2 0 2 0 3.56 .915 35 Jonas Johansson ------40 Devan Dubnyk ------
# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 6 D Marco Scandella 2 0 0 0 -3 0 2 D Dan Renouf ------9 L Sammy Blais 2 1 0 1 -1 2 7 D Devon Toews 2 0 2 2 4 0 10 C Brayden Schenn 2 1 0 1 -4 5 8 D Cale Makar 2 1 1 2 0 0 12 L Zach Sanford 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 D Dennis Gilbert ------13 L Kyle Clifford 2 0 1 1 1 0 12 C Jayson Megna ------17 L Jaden Schwartz 2 0 0 0 -3 0 13 R Valeri Nichushkin 2 0 0 0 -1 0 18 C Robert Thomas 2 0 2 2 1 2 17 C Tyson Jost 2 0 1 1 0 0 21 C Tyler Bozak 2 0 1 1 -1 0 18 C Alex Newhook 2 0 0 0 0 0 25 C Jordan Kyrou 2 1 0 1 -1 0 20 L Brandon Saad 2 1 0 1 0 0 28 L Mackenzie MacEachern ------22 D Conor Timmins 2 0 0 0 -1 0 29 D Vince Dunn ------24 D Patrik Nemeth 2 0 0 0 1 0 36 D Steven Santini ------26 D Jacob MacDonald ------37 C Klim Kostin ------27 D Ryan Graves 2 0 1 1 4 4 41 D Robert Bortuzzo 2 0 0 0 1 0 29 C Nathan MacKinnon 2 5 2 7 5 0 46 D Jake Walman ------34 C Carl Soderberg ------47 D Torey Krug 2 0 2 2 -3 0 37 C J.T. Compher 2 0 0 0 1 0 49 C Ivan Barbashev 2 0 1 1 1 2 38 C Liam O'Brien ------55 D Colton Parayko 2 0 0 0 -1 0 41 C Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 2 0 0 0 1 0 57 L David Perron ------44 L Kiefer Sherwood ------68 C Mike Hoffman 2 1 0 1 -1 0 49 D Samuel Girard 2 0 1 1 0 0 72 D Justin Faulk 2 0 0 0 -1 2 72 R Joonas Donskoi 2 2 1 3 0 0 75 D Tyler Tucker ------91 C Nazem Kadri 2 0 1 1 -1 10 77 D Niko Mikkola 2 0 1 1 2 0 92 L Gabriel Landeskog 2 1 4 5 5 5 90 C Ryan O'Reilly 2 0 0 0 -6 2 95 L Andre Burakovsky 2 0 0 0 -1 0 91 R Vladimir Tarasenko 2 0 0 0 -4 0 96 R Mikko Rantanen 2 0 4 4 3 0
President of Hockey Ops/GM Doug Armstrong President/Governor Josh Kroenke Assistant GM, Hockey Operations Ryan Miller Exec. VP / General Manager Joe Sakic Head Coach Craig Berube Assistant GM Craig Billington, Chris Assistant Coaches Jim Montgomery, Steve Ott, MacFarland Mike Van Ryn, Sean Ferrell Head Coach Jared Bednar (video) Assistant Coaches Ray Bennett, Nolan Pratt Goaltending Coach David Alexander Jussi Parkkila (goaltending) Brett Heimlich (video) Shawn Allard (skills)
Tonight's Officials Referees Chris Lee (28), Jean Hebert (15), Linesmen Devin Berg (87), Vaughan Rody (73) Peter MacDougall (38)* Supervisor Kay Whitmore Video Judge Ntl. Anthem * Denotes Standby Official.
Today's Schedule CAR @ NSH : 6:00 WSH @ BOS : 6:30 WPG @ EDM : 7:00 COL @ STL : 8:30 St. Louis Blues: Roster Active (27 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 6 Marco Scandella D 6' 3" 212 Feb 23, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN 9 Sammy Blais L 6' 2" 205 Jun 17, 1996 Montmagny, QC, CAN 10 Brayden Schenn C 6' 1" 200 Aug 22, 1991 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 12 Zach Sanford L 6' 4" 207 Nov 9, 1994 Salem, MA, USA 13 Kyle Clifford L 6' 2" 211 Jan 13, 1991 Ayr, ON, CAN 17 Jaden Schwartz L 5' 10" 190 Jun 25, 1992 Wilcox, SK, CAN 18 Robert Thomas C 6' 0" 188 Jul 2, 1999 Aurora, ON, CAN 21 Tyler Bozak C 6' 1" 199 Mar 19, 1986 Regina, SK, CAN 25 Jordan Kyrou C 6' 0" 195 May 5, 1998 Toronto, ON, CAN 28 Mackenzie MacEachern L 6' 2" 190 Mar 9, 1994 Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA 29 Vince Dunn D 6' 0" 203 Oct 29, 1996 Mississauga, ON, CAN 35 Ville Husso G 6' 3" 205 Feb 6, 1995 Helsinki, FIN 36 Steven Santini D 6' 2" 205 Mar 7, 1995 Bronxville, NY, USA 37 Klim Kostin C 6' 3" 212 May 5, 1999 Penza, RUS 41 Robert Bortuzzo D 6' 4" 216 Mar 18, 1989 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 46 Jake Walman D 6' 1" 210 Feb 20, 1996 Toronto, ON, CAN 47 Torey Krug D 5' 9" 186 Apr 12, 1991 Livonia, MI, USA 49 Ivan Barbashev C 6' 0" 187 Dec 14, 1995 Moscow, RUS 50 Jordan Binnington G 6' 1" 174 Jul 11, 1993 Richmond Hill, ON, CAN 55 Colton Parayko D 6' 6" 230 May 12, 1993 St. Albert, AB, CAN 57 David Perron L 6' 0" 200 May 28, 1988 Sherbrooke, QC, CAN 68 Mike Hoffman C 6' 0" 182 Nov 24, 1989 Kitchener, ON, CAN 72 Justin Faulk D 6' 0" 217 Mar 20, 1992 South St. Paul, MN, USA 75 Tyler Tucker D 6' 1" 203 Mar 1, 2000 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 77 Niko Mikkola D 6' 4" 185 Apr 27, 1996 null 90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 216 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 91 Vladimir Tarasenko R 6' 0" 225 Dec 13, 1991 Yaroslavl, RUS 27 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 201 Age: 27.6
Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks ROBERT THOMAS (2 / 2 Games) ROBERT THOMAS (0-2-2 / 2 Games)
Colorado Avalanche: Roster Active (28 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Dan Renouf D 6' 3" 198 Jun 1, 1994 Pickering, ON, CAN 7 Devon Toews D 6' 1" 191 Feb 21, 1994 Abbotsford, BC, CAN 8 Cale Makar D 5' 11" 187 Oct 30, 1998 Calgary, AB, CAN 9 Dennis Gilbert D 6' 2" 216 Oct 30, 1996 Buffalo, NY, USA 12 Jayson Megna C 6' 1" 195 Feb 1, 1990 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 13 Valeri Nichushkin R 6' 4" 210 Mar 4, 1995 Chelyabinsk, RUS 17 Tyson Jost C 5' 11" 187 Mar 14, 1998 St. Albert, AB, CAN 18 Alex Newhook C 5' 10" 190 Jan 28, 2001 St. John's, NL, CAN 20 Brandon Saad L 6' 1" 206 Oct 27, 1992 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 22 Conor Timmins D 6' 2" 185 Sep 18, 1998 St. Catharines, ON, CAN 24 Patrik Nemeth D 6' 3" 228 Feb 8, 1992 Stockholm, SWE 26 Jacob MacDonald D 6' 0" 204 Feb 26, 1993 Portland, OR, USA 27 Ryan Graves D 6' 5" 220 May 21, 1995 Yarmouth, NS, CAN 29 Nathan MacKinnon C 6' 0" 200 Sep 1, 1995 Halifax, NS, CAN 31 Philipp Grubauer G 6' 1" 188 Nov 25, 1991 Rosenheim, DEU 34 Carl Soderberg C 6' 3" 210 Oct 12, 1985 Malmö, SWE 35 Jonas Johansson G 6' 5" 220 Sep 19, 1995 Gävle, SWE 37 J.T. Compher C 6' 0" 190 Apr 8, 1995 Northbrook, IL, USA 38 Liam O'Brien C 6' 1" 213 Jul 29, 1994 Halifax, NS, CAN 40 Devan Dubnyk G 6' 6" 224 May 4, 1986 Regina, SK, CAN 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare C 6' 0" 198 Mar 6, 1985 Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA 44 Kiefer Sherwood L 6' 0" 194 Mar 31, 1995 Columbus, OH, USA 49 Samuel Girard D 5' 10" 170 May 12, 1998 Roberval, QC, CAN 72 Joonas Donskoi R 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1992 Raahe, FIN 91 Nazem Kadri C 6' 0" 192 Oct 6, 1990 London, ON, CAN 92 Gabriel Landeskog L 6' 1" 215 Nov 23, 1992 Stockholm, SWE 95 Andre Burakovsky L 6' 3" 201 Feb 9, 1995 Klagenfurt, AUT 96 Mikko Rantanen R 6' 4" 215 Oct 29, 1996 Nousiainen, FIN 28 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 201 Age: 27.4
Injured Reserve List (5 Players) 4 Bowen Byram D 6' 1" 190 Jun 13, 2001 Cranbrook, BC, CAN 6 Erik Johnson D 6' 4" 225 Mar 21, 1988 Bloomington, MN, USA 11 Matt Calvert L 5' 11" 186 Dec 24, 1989 Brandon, MB, CAN 25 Logan O'Connor R 6' 0" 175 Aug 14, 1996 Missouri City, TX, USA 39 Pavel Francouz G 6' 0" 179 Jun 3, 1990 Plzen, CZE Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks NATHAN MACKINNON (5 / 2 Games) GABRIEL LANDESKOG (4 / 2 Games) MIKKO RANTANEN (0-4-4 / 2 Games) MIKKO RANTANEN (4 / 2 Games) NATHAN MACKINNON (5-2-7 / 2 Games) NATHAN MACKINNON (2 / 2 Games) CALE MAKAR (1-1-2 / 2 Games) GABRIEL LANDESKOG (1-4-5 / 2 Games) St. Louis Blues: Playoff Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 18 Robert Thomas 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 14:35 38.46 1 2 D 47 Torey Krug 2 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 24:05 0.00 3 4 L 9 Sammy Blais 2 1 0 1 -1 2 0 0 0 2 50.0 10:46 0.00 4 0 C 10 Brayden Schenn 2 1 0 1 -4 5 1 0 0 3 33.3 19:59 33.33 7 1 C 25 Jordan Kyrou 2 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 14:45 0.00 0 1 C 68 Mike Hoffman 2 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 16:25 100.00 1 2 L 13 Kyle Clifford 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 08:16 0.00 2 0 C 21 Tyler Bozak 2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 17:06 44.11 1 2 C 49 Ivan Barbashev 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0.0 14:38 50.00 2 0 D 77 Niko Mikkola 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 12:57 0.00 2 5 D 6 Marco Scandella 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 18:40 0.00 4 1 L 12 Zach Sanford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 10:22 38.46 3 0 L 17 Jaden Schwartz 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 18:49 0.00 1 2 D 41 Robert Bortuzzo 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 12:42 0.00 7 5 D 55 Colton Parayko 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 24:45 0.00 3 3 D 72 Justin Faulk 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 5 0.0 20:38 0.00 4 1 C 90 Ryan O'Reilly 2 0 0 0 -6 2 0 0 0 6 0.0 21:09 48.98 2 2 R 91 Vladimir Tarasenko 2 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 17:12 0.00 0 2
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 35 Ville Husso ------50 Jordan Binnington 2 118 3.56 0 2 0 0 7 75 .915 0 0 0
Colorado Avalanche: Playoff Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 29 Nathan MacKinnon 2 5 2 7 5 0 1 0 2 10 50.0 20:29 47.82 7 0 L 92 Gabriel Landeskog 2 1 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 8 12.5 19:15 71.42 4 2 R 96 Mikko Rantanen 2 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 20:38 100.00 1 2 R 72 Joonas Donskoi 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 40.0 16:47 0.00 0 0 D 8 Cale Makar 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 20.0 22:41 0.00 1 2 D 7 Devon Toews 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 25:53 0.00 0 2 L 20 Brandon Saad 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 25.0 13:35 50.00 1 0 C 17 Tyson Jost 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 15:08 48.14 4 0 D 27 Ryan Graves 2 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 5 0.0 19:07 0.00 1 9 D 49 Samuel Girard 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 22:34 0.00 1 2 C 91 Nazem Kadri 2 0 1 1 -1 10 0 0 0 3 0.0 13:04 58.33 2 1 R 13 Valeri Nichushkin 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 14:11 0.00 2 4 C 18 Alex Newhook 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 06:54 0.00 1 0 D 22 Conor Timmins 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 09:57 0.00 0 0 D 24 Patrik Nemeth 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 17:48 0.00 6 5 C 37 J.T. Compher 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 13:27 30.76 1 2 C 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 10:30 66.66 2 1 L 95 Andre Burakovsky 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 13:29 0.00 1 0
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Philipp Grubauer 2 120 2.00 2 0 0 0 4 54 .931 0 0 0 35 Jonas Johansson ------Colorado Avalanche @ St. Louis Blues Team Records Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues Last game: Wednesday VS ST. LOUIS (6-3 W) Wednesday AT COLORADO (6-3 L) Next game: Friday AT ST. LOUIS Friday VS COLORADO Overall record/streak: 2 - 0 - 0 / Win 2 / Undef 2 0 - 2 - 0 / Lost 2 Home record/streak: 2 - 0 - 0 / Win 2 / Undef 2 0 - 0 - 0 / Lost 0 Road record/streak: 0 - 0 - 0 / Lost 0 0 - 2 - 0 / Lost 2 1-Goal Games: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2-Goal Games 0 - 0 0 - 0 3-Goal Games 2 - 0 0 - 2 Scoring first 2 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Opponent scoring first 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 Leading after 1 period 2 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Trailing after 1 period 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 Tied after 1 period 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Leading after 2 periods 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Trailing after 2 periods 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 Tied after 2 periods 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 OT Record - Playoffs: 0 - 0 0 - 0 Outshooting opponent: 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 Outshot by opponent: 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 Even shots: 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
Month by Month Record Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points January: 6-3-1 13 6-2-1 13 February: 5-3-0 10 5-6-1 11 March: 12-2-3 27 5-5-4 14 April: 9-4-0 18 7-6-0 14 May: 7-1-0 14 4-1-3 11 Totals: 39-13-4 82 27-20-9 63 Colorado Avalanche @ St. Louis Blues Situations Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Colorado Avalanche: 3 1 6 0 10 ( 5.0 avg.) Opponents: 0 2 2 0 4 ( 2.0 avg.)
St. Louis Blues: 0 2 2 0 4 ( 2.0 avg.) Opponents: 3 1 6 0 10 ( 5.0 avg.)
Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Colorado Avalanche: 37 23 25 0 85 (42.5 avg.) Opponents: 11 25 22 0 58 (29.0 avg.)
St. Louis Blues: 11 25 22 0 58 (29.0 avg.) Opponents: 37 23 25 0 85 (42.5 avg.)
Power Play Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues G Att % G Att % Overall: 3 5 60.0 (1st NHL) 1 4 25.0 (3rd NHL) Home: 3 5 60.0 (1st NHL) 0 0 0.0 Road: 0 0 0.0 1 4 25.0 (2nd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-1st NHL)
Penalty Killing Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues G Att % G Att % Overall: 1 4 75.0 (11th NHL) 3 5 40.0 (13th NHL) Home: 1 4 75.0 (6th NHL) 0 0 0.0 Road: 0 0 0.0 3 5 40.0 (8th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-2nd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-2nd NHL)
Penalties Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 2 19 9.5 (9th NHL) 2 15 7.5 (7th NHL)
Goal Situations Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues For Against For Against 6 on 5: 0 0 0 3 6 on 4: 0 0 0 0 6 on 3: 0 0 0 0 5 on 5: 4 3 3 4 5 on 4: 3 0 1 0 5 on 3: 0 0 0 0 4 on 4: 0 0 0 0 4 on 3: 0 0 0 0 3 on 3: 0 0 0 0 3 on 4: 0 0 0 0 3 on 5: 0 0 0 0 3 on 6: 0 0 0 0 4 on 5: 0 1 0 3 4 on 6: 0 0 0 0 5 on 6: 3 0 0 0 Empty Net: 3 0 0 3 Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 0 Total: 10 4 4 10 Colorado Avalanche @ St. Louis Blues Situations Individual Leaders Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues Points: N. MACKINNON (7),G. LANDESKOG (5),M. RANTANEN (4) T. KRUG (2),R. THOMAS (2),M. HOFFMAN (1) Goals: N. MACKINNON (5),J. DONSKOI (2),B. SAAD (1) M. HOFFMAN (1),B. SCHENN (1),S. BLAIS (1) Assists: G. LANDESKOG (4),M. RANTANEN (4),N. MACKINNON (2) T. KRUG (2),R. THOMAS (2),T. BOZAK (1) PP Goals: J. DONSKOI (1),N. MACKINNON (1),C. MAKAR (1) B. SCHENN (1) SH Goals: GW Goals: N. MACKINNON (2) 3+ Goals: N. MACKINNON(1) PIM: N. KADRI (10),G. LANDESKOG (5),R. GRAVES (4) B. SCHENN (5),R. O'REILLY (2),J. FAULK (2) Shots: N. MACKINNON (10),V. NICHUSHKIN (10),G. LANDESKOG (8) T. KRUG (8),J. KYROU (7),M. HOFFMAN (6) +/-: G. LANDESKOG (+5),N. MACKINNON (+5),R. GRAVES (+4) N. MIKKOLA (+2),R. BORTUZZO (+1),K. CLIFFORD (+1)
Power Play Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues Player G A P Player G A P Joonas Donskoi 1 1 2 Tyler Bozak 0 1 1 Nathan MacKinnon 1 1 2 Torey Krug 0 1 1 Cale Makar 1 1 2 Brayden Schenn 1 0 1 Mikko Rantanen 0 2 2
Short Handed Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues Player G A P Player G A P No players to display No players to display Colorado Avalanche (2-0) @ St. Louis Blues (0-2) Season Series
St. Louis Blues Avalanche Attend Goaltenders W. Goal May 21, 2021 0 0 0 / May 23, 2021 0 0 0 / Colorado Blues Avalanche Attend Goaltenders W. Goal May 17, 2021 1 4 7,741 Philipp Grubauer / Jordan Binnington Nathan MacKinnon May 19, 2021 3 6 7,739 Philipp Grubauer / Jordan Binnington Nathan MacKinnon
Avalanche Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Nathan MacKinnon 2 5 2 7 5 0 1 0 2 2 10 50.0 Gabriel Landeskog 2 1 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 8 12.5 Mikko Rantanen 2 0 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 Joonas Donskoi 2 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 40.0 Cale Makar 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 20.0 Devon Toews 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 Brandon Saad 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 25.0 Tyson Jost 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 Ryan Graves 2 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 Samuel Girard 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Nazem Kadri 2 0 1 1 -1 10 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 Valeri Nichushkin 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.0 Alex Newhook 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Conor Timmins 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 Patrik Nemeth 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 J.T. Compher 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Andre Burakovsky 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Philipp Grubauer 2 120 4 2.00 0 2 0 0 58 .931
Power play 3 - 5 (60%) Penalty Killing 1 - 4 (75%)
Blues Head To Head Stats Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW EN S % Robert Thomas 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Torey Krug 2 0 2 2 -3 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.0 Sammy Blais 2 1 0 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0 2 50.0 Brayden Schenn 2 1 0 1 -4 5 1 0 0 0 3 33.3 Jordan Kyrou 2 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 7 14.3 Mike Hoffman 2 1 0 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 6 16.7 Kyle Clifford 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 Tyler Bozak 2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Ivan Barbashev 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Niko Mikkola 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Marco Scandella 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Zach Sanford 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 Jaden Schwartz 2 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 Robert Bortuzzo 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Colton Parayko 2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 Justin Faulk 2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 5 0.0 Ryan O'Reilly 2 0 0 0 -6 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 Vladimir Tarasenko 2 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Goaltender GP Min GA GAA SO W L OT SA SV% Jordan Binnington 2 118 7 3.56 0 0 2 0 82 .915
Power play 1 - 4 (25%) Penalty Killing 3 - 5 (40%) St. Louis Blues: Media Notes
SERIES Avalanche lead 2-0
GAME RECAP: GAME 2 Blues, 3 at Avalanche, 6 -Torey Krug posted two assists for his 10th career multi-assist playoff game -Krug also led all skaters with 5 shots on goal and 26:22 of ice time -Brayden Schenn, Sammy Blais and Mike Hoffman each scored for the Blues -Jordan Binnington tied Curtis Joseph (33) for the 3rd-most postseason starts in team history -Jaden Schwartz dressed in his 86th career postseason game, passing Chris Pronger for 5th in Blues history -Robert Bortuzzo and Justin Faulk left the game due to upper-body injuries -The Blues outshot the Avs 29-16 over the final two periods -The Blues’ 15 3rd-period shots tied for the most the Avs have allowed in a game this season (reg + postseason)
BLUES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Ivan Barbashev (EYE-van, BAHR-buh-shev) Sammy Blais (BLAY) Robert Bortuzzo (bohr-TOOZ-oh) Tyler Bozak (BOH-zak) Justin Faulk (FALLK) Torey Krug (KROOG) Colton Parayko (pa-RAY-koh) David Perron (per-RAHN) Oskar Sundqvist (SUHND-qvihst) Vladimir Tarasenko (tear-uh-SEHN-koh) Niko Mikkola (KNEE-koh, MEE-koh-lah)
CURRENT INJURIES Oskar Sundqvist (torn left ACL – out for season) Carl Gunnarsson (right knee – out for season) Vince Dunn (day-to-day) 2020-21 Total Man Games Lost: 275
BLUES EARN 44TH PLAYOFF BERTH -The Blues have earned the franchise’s 44th playoff berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs (53 seasons) -They have now qualified 3 years in-a-row and 9 of the last 10 overall -The team has advanced past the first round in 3 of its last 4 playoff appearances, including 2019 when they captured the franchise’s first Stanley Cup -The Blues’ 2021 playoff roster boasts 15 Stanley Cup winners including 14 from the 2019 team (*not including Sundqvist and Gunnarsson – both out for season) -The Blues have qualified for the postseason the most of any team not included in the league’s original six Most Playoff Appearances Among 1967 Expansion Franchises (not including 2021) St. Louis, 43 Philadelphia, 40 Pittsburgh, 36
BLUES/AVS POSTSEASON HISTORY -The Blues and Avs have only clashed in one postseason series (2001) (*played once in EDM bubble in 2020 which was logged as a playoff game) -The Avs beat the Blues in five games in 2001 -In terms of experience, the Blues 2021 playoff roster has a combined 1,023 postseason games compared to 754 for Colorado (prior to start of the series)
GAME 3 QUICK HITS -Jordan Binnington is one win shy of tying Mike Liut and Greg Millen (17) for the most postseason wins in Blues history -Should Binnington start Game 3, it will be his 34th career playoff start which will tie Greg Millen for 2nd in team history -The Blues fell behind 2-0 to Vancouver in the 2020 postseason before coming back to tie the series 2-2 -Since 2019, the Blues are 9-5 following a loss in a postseason series (lost back-to-back games 4 times – 5/17, 5/19/21 vs. COL, 4/16, 4/18/19 vs. WPG / 5/1, 5/3/19 vs. DAL / 8/12, 8/14 vs. VAN)
BLUES/AVALANCHE REGULAR-SEASON SERIES RECAP -The Blues went 3-5-0 vs. the Avs in the regular season (2-2-0 at home / 1-3-0 on road) -Excluding empty-net goals, 5 of the 8 regular-season games were decided by one goal -St. Louis won the last two regular-season matchups, both at Enterprise Center, by a combined score of 9-4 -Ryan O’Reilly (4g, 3a) and David Perron (2g, 5a) paced the Blues with 7 points apiece vs. the Avs in the regular season -Jordan Binnington was 3-4-0 with a 2.89 GAA and .909 SV% vs. the Avs in the regular season
BLUES/AVS REGULAR-SEASON BREAKDOWN Overall STL / COL GF: 21 / 26 GA: 26 / 21 DIFF: -5 / +5 S: 219 / 258 PP opp: 29 / 38 PPG: 6 / 13 *(5 in one game, 1/15) PP%: 20.7 / 34.2 PIM: 83 / 65 FOW: 244 / 221
Goals For Period-by-Period STL / COL 1st: 11 / 8 2nd: 3 / 11 3rd: 7 / 7
Goals For By Strength STL 5 V 5: 14 4 V 4: 0 3 V 3: 0 5 V 4: 3 5 V 3: 1 *(1g 6v4, 1g 4v3, 1g 5v6)
COL 5 V 5: 12 4 V 4: 0 3 V 3: 0 5 V 4: 12 5 V 3: 1 *(1g 6v5)
Blues Wins / Losses GF/G: 4.33 / 1.60 GA/G: 1.67 / 4.20 PP: 25.0 / 19.1 Binnington: 1.67 GAA, .944 Sv% / 3.91 GAA, .882 Sv% Notes -The Blues trailed first in 2 of their 3 wins vs. the Avs -The Blues outscored the Avs 4-0 in the 3rd period of their wins -MacKinnon/Landeskog/Rantanen logged a combined 6 points in Blues wins compared to 23 points in COL wins -Ryan O’Reilly posted 6 points in Blues wins compared to 1 point in their losses
BLUES REGULAR-SEASON RECAP Quick Hits (2020-21 Reg-Season Stats) -David Perron (58 pts, 56 gms) became the first Blue to post a point-per-game average for a season since Pavol Demitra (1.19 pts/gm in 2002-03) -Perron shared 14th overall with 21 power-play points (1. McDavid, 37) -Ryan O’Reilly (54 pts, +26) is one of 2 centers to post at least 50 points and a +25 rating (Draisaitl) -O’Reilly ranked 5th overall in F/O win% (58.9%) and 2nd in total faceoffs with 1,196 (1. Crosby, 1,262) -O’Reilly shared 11th overall with 18 even-strength goals and 10th with 40 even-strength points (1. McDavid, 68) -From Apr. 1 to the end of the season, Mike Hoffman shared 2nd overall with 6 PPG (1. Oshie, 7) -Since joining the Blues (2017-18), Brayden Schenn (218, 503) is one of 4 players with at least 200 points and 500 hits (Ovechkin, Benn, Evander Kane) -Jordan Binnington (4/7 vs. Vegas) was one of 3 netminders to stop 50 shots in a game this season (Cam Talbot, Jonathan Bernier) -From Apr. 24 to the end of the season, Binnington led the NHL in wins (6-0-3, .918 sv%, 2.39 sv%) -Since 2013-14, Jaden Schwartz (369 pts, +77) is one of 16 players with at least 360 points and a +75 rating -Justin Faulk ranked 8th overall in total ice time (1,358) (1. Doughty, 1,477) -Faulk was one of 9 defensemen to post at least 25 points and average over 2:30 of shorthanded ice time per game -Torey Krug shared 10th amongst defensemen with 30 assists (1. Fox, 42) -Krug’s +11 rating was his best mark since logging a +13 in 2014-15, with BOS -Krug finished the season with exactly 300 career assists -Craig Berube became the 8th coach in Blues history to reach 100 wins on Apr. 24, vs. the Avs -Berube is the second fastest coach in team history to reach 100 wins (179 gms) (1. Hitchcock, 157 gms)
Home / Road Rec: 12-11-5 / 15-9-4 GA/G: 2.96 / 3.00 GF/G: 3.07 / 2.89 PP%: 22.1 / 24.6 PK%: 79.3 / 76.4 Goal Diff: +3 / -3
Blues at Even Strength 5 v 5 GF: 102 / GA: 111 (-9) 4 v 4 GF: 3 / GA: 0 (+3) 3 v 3 GF: 4 / GA: 5 (-1)
Blues by Period 1st GF: 54 / GA: 46 (+8) 2nd GF: 52 / GA: 63 (-11) 3rd GF: 55 / GA: 52 (+3)
BLUES FRANCHISE PERSPECTIVE (Playoffs) GP 1. Brett Hull, 102 3. Bernie Federko/Alexander Steen, 91 5. Jaden Schwartz, 86 7. Al MacInnis, 82 8. Vladimir Tarasenko, 76
Goals 1. Brett Hull, 67 2. Bernie Federko, 35 3. Vladimir Tarasenko, 33 4. Jaden Schwartz, 26
Assists 1. Bernie Federko, 66 7. Pierre Turgeon, 31 8. Jaden Schwartz/Jeff Brown, 28
Points 1. Brett Hull, 117 4. Doug Gilmour, 55 5. Jaden Schwartz, 54 6. Alex Pietrangelo/Chris Pronger, 51 8. Vladimir Tarasenko, 49
Starts 1. Mike Liut, 38 2. Greg Millen, 34 3. Curtis Joseph/Jordan Binnington, 33
Wins 1. Mike Liut/Greg Millen, 17 3. Jordan Binnington/Curtis Joseph, 16 St. Louis Blues: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 05/17/2021 @ Colorado Avalanche L 00-01-00 1-4 25 29 0-2 2-3 23-50 31 / 50 7741 2 05/19/2021 @ Colorado Avalanche L 00-02-00 3-6 9,10p,68 29 1-2 0-2 35-35 31 / 50 7739 3 05/21/2021 Colorado Avalanche 4 05/23/2021 Colorado Avalanche St. Louis Blues: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. SCANDELLA BLAIS SCHENN SANFORD CLIFFORD SCHWARTZ THOMAS # 6 # 9 # 10 # 12 # 13 # 17 # 18 May 17 @ COL 0-0,0/-1 20:05 0-0,0/0 10:15 0-0,1/-3 19:36 0-0,0/0 11:09 0-0,2/0 08:16 0-0,3/-2 18:58 0-1,1/1 14:40 May 19 @ COL 0-0,1/-2 17:16 1-0,2/-1 11:18 1-0,2/-1 20:22 0-0,1/0 09:36 0-1,2/1 08:17 0-0,2/-1 18:40 0-1,1/0 14:30
Date Opp. BOZAK KYROU BORTUZZO KRUG BARBASHEV PARAYKO HOFFMAN # 21 # 25 # 41 # 47 # 49 # 55 # 68 May 17 @ COL 0-0,0/0 15:25 1-0,3/1 13:32 0-0,0/1 15:29 0-0,3/-2 21:48 0-1,1/1 15:12 0-0,0/-1 23:56 0-0,3/-1 15:32 May 19 @ COL 0-1,2/-1 18:48 0-0,4/-2 15:58 0-0,0/0 09:56 0-2,5/-1 26:22 0-0,1/0 14:05 0-0,2/0 25:35 1-0,3/0 17:18
Date Opp. FAULK MIKKOLA O'REILLY TARASENKO HUSSO BINNINGTON # 72 # 77 # 90 # 91 # 35 # 50 May 17 @ COL 0-0,3/-1 21:51 0-0,0/1 11:31 0-0,2/-3 22:05 0-0,1/-2 16:21 DND 3/49 L 59:08 May 19 @ COL 0-0,2/0 19:26 0-1,1/1 14:23 0-0,4/-3 20:14 0-0,0/-2 18:03 DND 4/33 L 58:57 St. Louis Blues: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Craig Berube -Berube was named head coach of the Blues on June 25, 2019 after first serving as interim head coach beginning Nov. 19, 2018 -The Calahoo, Alberta native, led the Blues to the 2019 Stanley Cup Championship after guiding the team out of last place in the NHL standings on Jan. 1 (2019) -Berube led the Blues to a 16-10 record in the 2019 postseason, and became just the 7th head coach in NHL history to win the Stanley Cup after taking over head coaching duties midseason -On Dec. 21 at San Jose, posting his 61st w/ Blues, which set the franchise record for most wins in the first 100 games as the Blues head coach Blues record: 107-59-24 Blues playoff record: 18-19 Career record (STL &PHI): 182-117-52 Careeer playoff record: 21-23
#35: Ville Husso (G) 6' 3", 205 lbs. / Feb 6, 1995 (26 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Blues' 4th round pick, 94th overall, in 2014 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Last Win: MAY 12, 2021 vs MINNESOTA Playoffs ------Last SO: MAY 12, 2021 vs MINNESOTA Career Playoffs ------Season 17 9-6-1 1 3.20 .893 Career 17 9-6-1 1 3.20 .893 Career vs. Opp 2 0-1-0 0 4.53 .875 Playoff Highs: Shots Saves - - Regular Season Career as a Blue: 17 GP / 9-6-1 / .886 SV% / 3.43 GAA / 0 SO Playoff Career:
Notes -Notched his first career shutout on 5/12 vs. MIN -Played in 10 games in the 2017 Calder Cup Playoffs with the Chicago Wolves, posting a 4-6 record, with a 3.36 GAA and an .898 SV% -Improved from a .871 sv% to a .909 sv% from 2018-19 to 2019-20 with the AHL's San Antonio Rampage -Named to the AHL's All-Rookie Team during the 2017-18 season
#50: Jordan Binnington (G) 6' 1", 174 lbs. / Jul 11, 1993 (27 years and 10 months)
Drafted: Blues' 3rd round pick, 88th overall, in 2011 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Last Win: JUN 12, 2019 @ BOSTON (7) Playoffs 2 0-2 0 3.56 .915 Last SO: MAY 19, 2019 @ SAN JOSE (15) Career Playoffs 33 16-17 1 2.84 .905 Season 42 18-14-8 0 2.65 .910 Career 125 72-32-16 8 2.42 .915 Career vs. Opp 12 6-6-0 0 3.14 .895 Playoff Highs: Shots Saves 49 46 49 5/17 vs COL Regular Season Career as a Blue: 125 GP, 72-32-15 .916 SV% 2.42 GAA, 8 SO Playoff Career: 33 GP, 16-17-0, .905 SV%, 2.84 GAA, 1 SO
Notes -Posted a playoff career high 46 saves in Game 1 -1st rookie goaltender in NHL history to record all 16 of his team's wins en route to a Stanley Cup in 2019 -Won 8 games following a loss during the 2019 playoffs (8-2, 1.78 GAA, .937 SV%), tying the NHL record for a single postseason -Won 10 road games during the 2019 playoffs (10-3, 2.17 GAA, .925 SV%, 1 SO), tied the NHL record for a single postseason
#6: Marco Scandella (D) 6' 3", 212 lbs. / Feb 23, 1990 (31 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Wild's 2nd round pick, 55th overall, in 2008 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Montreal, in exchange for a second-round pick in 2020 and a Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -3 0 conditional fourth-round pick in 2021 on Feb. 18, 2020 Career Playoffs 50 6-3-9 -7 6 Last Goal: APR 16, 2016 @ DALLAS (20) Last Assist: APR 26, 2015 vs ST. LOUIS (26) Season 49 3-6-9 14 24 Career 629 45-101-146 -10 255 Career vs. Opp 34 0-5-5 11 12 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 20:05 1 3 --1 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 60 GP, 3-7-10, 28 PIM Playoff Career: 50 GP, 6-3-9, 6 PIM
Career Notes -Posted his first career 2-goal game on Feb. 27 at SJS -Helped MIN beat COL in 7 games in their first-round series in 2014 -His uncle, Sergio Momesso, spent played in parts of 4 seasons with the St. Louis Blues (1988-89 to 1990-91, &1996-97), recording 114 points (44g, 70a)
#9: Sammy Blais (L) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Jun 17, 1996 (24 years and 11 months)
Drafted: Blues' 6th round pick, 176th overall, in 2014 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAY 19, 2021 @ COLORADO Playoffs 2 1-0-1 -1 2 Last Assist: AUG 19, 2020 vs VANCOUVER (3) Career Playoffs 25 3-5-8 2 24 Season 36 8-7-15 0 12 Career 119 17-18-35 -2 44 Career vs. Opp 8 0-2-2 1 2 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 11:18 2 3 +0 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 119 GP, 17-19-36, 44 PIM Playoff Career: 25 GP, 3-5-8, 24 PIM
Notes -Has 2g and 3a over his last 8 postseason games -Posted 101 hits in 25 career playoff games -Scored his 1st career postseason goal in his postseason debut on May 5 at DAL (Game 6 of WCSF), becoming the 12th player in franchise history to score in their Stanley Cup Playoffs debut
#10: Brayden Schenn (C) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Aug 22, 1991 (29 years and 8 months)
Drafted: Kings' 1st round pick, 5th overall, in 2009 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: from Philadelphia, in exchange for Jori Lehtera, a 2017 first round pick Playoffs 2 1-0-1 -4 5 (Morgan Frost), and a conditional first round pick in 2018 on June 23, 2017 Career Playoffs 61 11-21-32 -11 48 Last Goal: MAY 19, 2021 @ COLORADO Last Assist: AUG 12, 2020 vs VANCOUVER (7) Season 56 16-20-36 -2 35 Career 714 195-271-466 -18 392 Career vs. Opp 30 8-11-19 -3 31 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 5 20:22 2 4 --1 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 281 GP, 86-130-216, 175 PIM Playoff Career: 61 GP, 11-21-32, 48 PIM
Notes -Has 14 points (7g, 7a) over his last 22 postseason games -Had a career -32 reg-season rating before joining Blues, +12 since -Brother, Luke, is a defenseman for the Tampa Bay Lightning #12: Zach Sanford (L) 6' 4", 207 lbs. / Nov 9, 1994 (26 years and 6 months)
Drafted: Capitals' 2nd round pick, 61st overall, in 2013 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: from Washington, along with a 2017 1st round pick (Traded to Philadelphia) Playoffs 2 0-0-0 0 0 and conditional 2nd round pick in exchange for Kevin Shattenkirk on Feb. 27, 2017 Career Playoffs 23 2-6-8 3 17 Last Goal: AUG 19, 2020 vs VANCOUVER (3) Last Assist: AUG 16, 2020 @ VANCOUVER (5) Season 52 10-6-16 -13 25 Career 209 38-36-74 10 84 Career vs. Opp 15 2-5-7 2 10 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 11:09 1 2 +0 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 2 times
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 183 GP, 36-35-71, 78 PIM Playoff Career: 23 GP, 2-6-8, 17 PIM
Notes -Led the NHL with 30 takeaways during the 2019 postseason -Has 3 career hat tricks (last: Dec. 5, 2017 at MTL) -Won a Silver Medal with Team Canada at the 2011 World Junior Championship
#13: Kyle Clifford (L) 6' 2", 211 lbs. / Jan 13, 1991 (30 years and 4 months)
Drafted: Kings' 2nd round pick, 35th overall, in 2009 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent on October 11, 2020 Playoffs 2 0-1-1 1 0 Last Goal: JUN 4, 2014 vs NY RANGERS (19) Career Playoffs 62 4-12-16 -6 62 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 @ COLORADO Season 50 4-3-7 -5 30 Career 726 65-74-139 -18 872 Career vs. Opp 30 6-1-7 -1 18 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 8:17 2 2 +1 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 50 GP, 4-2-6, 30 PIM Playoff Career: 62 GP, 4-12-16, 62 PIM
Notes -2-time Cup winner with Los Angeles (2012, 2014) -Scored in his Blues debut on 1-13-21 at COL -Had 17 points in 2019-20 - his second highest single-season total
#17: Jaden Schwartz (L) 5' 10", 190 lbs. / Jun 25, 1992 (28 years and 10 months)
Drafted: Blues' 1st round pick, 14th overall, in 2010 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: AUG 21, 2020 @ VANCOUVER (2) Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -3 0 Last Assist: JUN 12, 2019 @ BOSTON (11) Career Playoffs 86 26-28-54 -3 16 Season 40 8-13-21 2 20 Career 560 154-231-385 74 153 Career vs. Opp 37 11-13-24 -3 24 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 18:58 3 1 --1 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 560 GP, 154-231-385, 153 PIM Playoff Career: 86 GP, 26-28-54, 16 PIM
Notes -His 15 road points (7g, 8a) during the 2019 postseason, led the NHL and matched the franchise record for a single postseason (Doug Gilmour, 9g, 6a in 1986) -Became the 1st player in franchise history to record multiple hat tricks in a single postseason in 2019 -Won a Silver Medal with Team Canada at the 2011 WJC, as well as a Bronze Medal at the 2012 WJC #18: Robert Thomas (C) 6' 0", 188 lbs. / Jul 2, 1999 (21 years and 10 months)
Drafted: Blues' 1st round pick, 20th overall, in 2017 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: AUG 9, 2020 vs DALLAS (8) Playoffs 2 0-2-2 1 2 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 @ COLORADO Career Playoffs 31 2-9-11 -1 14 Season 33 3-9-12 1 10 Career 169 22-65-87 8 42 Career vs. Opp 13 3-2-5 1 4 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 14:40 1 1 +1 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/17 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 169 GP, 22-65-87, 42 PIM Playoff Career: 31 GP, 2-9-11, 14 PIM
Notes -Recorded 2 assists in Game 7 vs. DAL of the WCSF in 2019, including on Pat Maroon's double OT winner, becoming the 2nd teenager in NHL history to factor on a series-clinching overtime goal (Bep Guidolin, 17 yrs old, Game 5 of 1943 SF w/BOS) -Won a Gold Medal with Team Canada at the 2018 WJC, posting 6 points (1g, 5a) in 7 games
#21: Tyler Bozak (C) 6' 1", 199 lbs. / Mar 19, 1986 (35 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Undrafted GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2018 Playoffs 2 0-1-1 -1 0 Last Goal: MAY 21, 2019 vs SAN JOSE (17) Career Playoffs 54 10-16-26 -7 24 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 @ COLORADO Season 31 5-12-17 -3 10 Career 764 167-282-449 -84 222 Career vs. Opp 28 6-16-22 4 8 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 18:48 2 1 +0 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 170 GP, 31-53-84, 40 PIM Playoff Career: 54 GP, 10-16-26, 24 PIM
Notes -Recorded a career-high 13 points (5g, 8a) during the 2019 postseason -Among the 14 players to take at least 200 faceoffs during the 2019 postseason, he ranked 3rd with a 54.0 FOW% (1. Bergeron, 58.7%) -Has 2 career hat tricks (last: Dec. 21, 2015 vs. COL)
#25: Jordan Kyrou (C) 6' 0", 195 lbs. / May 5, 1998 (23 years)
Drafted: Blues' 2nd round pick, 35th overall, in 2016 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAY 17, 2021 @ COLORADO (1) Playoffs 2 1-0-1 -1 0 Last Assist: MAY 12, 2021 vs MINNESOTA (1) Career Playoffs 7 1-0-1 -2 0 Season 55 14-21-35 1 12 Career 99 19-28-47 1 24 Career vs. Opp 9 2-1-3 2 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 15:58 4 0 +1 5/17 vs COL 2 times 5/17 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/17 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 99 GP, 19-28-47, 24 PIM Playoff Career: 7 GP, 1-0-1, 0 PIM
Notes -Logged his first career playoff goal in Game 1 at COL -Posted 109 points (39g, 70a) in 56 games for the Sarnia Sting (OHL) in 2017-18, earning him the Red Tilson Trophy (OHL Most Outstanding Player) -Was named to the OHL First All-Star Team, lead the OHL with 70 assists, and won the Jim Mahon Trophy (OHL Top Scoring Right Winger) in 2017-18 #28: Mackenzie MacEachern (L) 6' 2", 190 lbs. / Mar 9, 1994 (27 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Blues' 3rd round pick, 67th overall, in 2012 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: FEB 27, 2021 @ SAN JOSE (11) Playoffs ------Last Assist: FEB 8, 2021 vs ARIZONA (19) Career Playoffs 5 0-0-0 -2 6 Season 21 1-1-2 3 8 Career 101 11-6-17 5 51 Career vs. Opp 5 0-0-0 1 6 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 101 GP, 11-6-17, 51 PIM Playoff Career: 5 GP, 0-0-0, 6 PIM
Notes -Recorded 68 points (33g, 35a) in 108 career games with Michigan State University (NCAA) from 2013 to 2016 -Won the 2011-12 USHS Michigan Mr. Hockey (Best Michigan High School Player)
#29: Vince Dunn (D) 6' 0", 203 lbs. / Oct 29, 1996 (24 years and 6 months)
Drafted: Blues' 2nd round pick, 56th overall, in 2015 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: APR 14, 2021 vs COLORADO (3) Playoffs ------Last Assist: APR 22, 2021 vs COLORADO (1) Career Playoffs 29 2-9-11 -7 16 Season 43 6-14-20 -8 18 Career 267 32-70-102 22 110 Career vs. Opp 20 3-7-10 -2 11 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 267 GP, 32-70-102, 110 PIM Playoff Career: 29 GP, 2-9-11, 16 PIM
Notes -Posted 8 points in his final 9 reg-season games of 2020-21 (1g, 7a) -Recorded his first career multi-goal game on Mar. 16, 2019 at PIT
#36: Steven Santini (D) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Mar 7, 1995 (26 years and 2 months)
Drafted: New Jersey's 2nd round pick, 42nd overall, in 2013 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent on Oct. 10, 2020 Playoffs ------Last Goal: FEB 21, 2019 vs OTTAWA (24) Career Playoffs ------Last Assist: MAY 13, 2021 vs MINNESOTA Season 3 0-1-1 1 0 Career 119 5-17-22 -8 55 Career vs. Opp 5 0-0-0 -1 2 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 3 GP, 0-1-1, 0 PIM Playoff Career:
Notes -Played 114 of his 116 NHL games with New Jersey -Signed a 2-year, 2-way extension on 5/3 -Appeared in 5 games with Utica (AHL) this season, logging a goal and an assist #37: Klim Kostin (C) 6' 3", 212 lbs. / May 5, 1999 (22 years)
Drafted: Blues' 1st round pick, 31st overall, in 2017 GP G-A-P +/- PIM 1st NHL Season / 1st with Blues Playoffs ------Last Goal: NOV 23, 2019 vs NASHVILLE (2) Career Playoffs ------Last Assist: MAY 13, 2021 vs MINNESOTA Season 2 0-1-1 -1 0 Career 6 1-1-2 0 0 Career vs. Opp 0 0-0-0 0 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 6 GP, 1-1-2, 0 PIM Playoff Career:
Notes -Spent the majority of the season with Avangard in the KHL and posted 9 points in 24 postseason games to help the team capture the Gagarin Cup -Made his NHL debut on Nov. 16 vs. ANA -Captained Team Russia at the 2019 World Junior Championship
#41: Robert Bortuzzo (D) 6' 4", 216 lbs. / Mar 18, 1989 (32 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Penguins' 3rd round pick, 78th overall, in 2007 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Pittsburgh along with a 2016 7th round pick (Filip Helt) in exchange Playoffs 2 0-0-0 1 0 for Ian Cole on March 2nd, 2015 Career Playoffs 45 2-2-4 2 40 Last Goal: MAY 29, 2019 @ BOSTON (8) Last Assist: MAY 9, 2016 vs DALLAS (33) Season 40 1-4-5 -3 47 Career 417 17-46-63 34 419 Career vs. Opp 24 1-2-3 2 21 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 15:29 0 4 +1 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 304 GP, 13-30-43, 248 PIM Playoff Career: 45 GP, 2-2-4, 40 PIM
Notes -Scored 2 goals in the 2019 postseason, including his 1st career postseason goal in Game 2 of the WCF at SJS, which turned out to be the game-winner -Won the 2008 OHL championship with the Kitchener Rangers, posting 8 assists and a +18 rating in 18 playoff games
#46: Jake Walman (D) 6' 1", 210 lbs. / Feb 20, 1996 (25 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Blues' 3rd round pick, 82nd overall, in 2014 GP G-A-P +/- PIM 1st NHL Season / 1st With Blues Playoffs ------Last Goal: APR 7, 2021 vs VEGAS (13) Career Playoffs ------Last Assist: APR 9, 2021 vs MINNESOTA (12) Season 24 1-1-2 -7 8 Career 25 1-1-2 -6 8 Career vs. Opp 6 0-0-0 -3 6 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 25 GP, 1-1-2, 20 PIM Playoff Career:
Notes -Scored his first career NHL goal on Apr. 7 vs. Vegas -At Providence, he was named to the Hockey East First All-Star Team (2016,2017) -Captured the NCAA Championship in 2015 #47: Torey Krug (D) 5' 9", 186 lbs. / Apr 12, 1991 (30 years and 1 month)
Drafted: Undrafted GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent on Oct. 9, 2020 Playoffs 2 0-2-2 -3 0 Last Goal: JUN 1, 2019 @ ST. LOUIS (19) Career Playoffs 77 11-43-54 -7 46 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 @ COLORADO Season 51 2-30-32 11 25 Career 574 69-300-369 34 245 Career vs. Opp 22 2-7-9 -6 12 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 0 26:22 5 2 --1 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 51 GP, 2-30-32, 25 PIM Playoff Career: 77 GP, 11-43-54, 46 PIM
Notes -Krug's teams have posted a 42-35 postseason record with him in the lineup in his career -Logged 1g and 8a in his final 7 reg-season games of 2020-21 -Spent his first full 7 seasons with the Bruins -Served as captain of Michigan State from 2010-12
#49: Ivan Barbashev (C) 6' 0", 187 lbs. / Dec 14, 1995 (25 years and 5 months)
Drafted: Blues' 2nd round pick, 33rd overall, in 2014 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: JUN 1, 2019 vs BOSTON (8) Playoffs 2 0-1-1 1 2 Last Assist: MAY 17, 2021 @ COLORADO (1) Career Playoffs 36 3-4-7 0 10 Season 38 5-7-12 5 6 Career 270 42-47-89 9 52 Career vs. Opp 22 3-4-7 -2 4 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 15:12 1 2 +1 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 270 GP, 42-47-89, 52 PIM Playoff Career: 36 GP, 3-4-7, 10 PIM
Notes -Led the NHL with 87 hits during the 2019 postseason -Scored his 1st career postseason goal in Game 4 of the WCF vs. SJS, scoring just 35 seconds into the game -Won a Silver Medal with Team Russia at the 2015 WJC, posting 6 points (3g, 3a) in 7 games
#55: Colton Parayko (D) 6' 6", 230 lbs. / May 12, 1993 (28 years)
Drafted: Blues' 3rd round pick, 86th overall, in 2012 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: AUG 6, 2020 vs VEGAS (9) Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Last Assist: MAY 21, 2019 vs SAN JOSE (18) Career Playoffs 68 8-18-26 8 18 Season 32 2-10-12 -2 14 Career 418 41-130-171 54 119 Career vs. Opp 27 4-6-10 13 11 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 25:35 2 2 +0 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 418 GP, 41-130-171, 115 PIM Playoff Career: 68 GP, 8-18-26, 18 PIM
Notes -Recorded 12 points (2g, 10a) during the 2019 postseason, joining Pietrangelo as the only pair of d- men in franchise history to each record at least 10 assists in the same postseason -Won a Silver Medal with Team Canada at the 2017 World Championships, leading all d-men with 3 goals and named to the All-Star Team -Named to the NHL's All-Rookie Team in 2015-16 #57: David Perron (L) 6' 0", 200 lbs. / May 28, 1988 (32 years and 11 months)
Drafted: Blues' 1st round pick, 26th overall, in 2007 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent on July 1, 2018 Playoffs ------Last Goal: MAY 13, 2021 vs MINNESOTA Career Playoffs 92 15-33-48 4 74 Last Assist: MAY 13, 2021 vs MINNESOTA Season 56 19-39-58 6 22 Career 906 242-366-608 13 670 Career vs. Opp 47 18-20-38 2 26 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 606 GP, 169-239-408, 406 PIM Playoff Career: 92 GP, 15-33-48, 74 PIM
Notes -(58 points, 56 gms) Became first Blue to finish a season with a point per game avg. since Pavol Demitra (2003) -Perron's 58 points were spread evenly between home and road this season (8g, 21a at home/ 11g, 18a on road) -Posted 9 points in (4g, 5a) in 9 2020 postseason games
#68: Mike Hoffman (C) 6' 0", 182 lbs. / Nov 24, 1989 (31 years and 5 months)
Drafted: Senators' 5th round pick, 130th overall, in 2009 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as a free agent on January 11, 2020 Playoffs 2 1-0-1 -1 0 Last Goal: MAY 19, 2021 @ COLORADO Career Playoffs 31 11-9-20 -2 16 Last Assist: AUG 5, 2020 vs NY ISLANDERS (3) Season 52 17-19-36 2 10 Career 545 189-206-395 -17 187 Career vs. Opp 19 9-10-19 2 8 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 17:18 3 1 +0 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 52 GP, 17-19-36, 10 PIM Playoff Career: 31 GP, 11-9-20, 16 PIM
Notes -Posted 3g and 2a in the first-round vs. NYI last season (w/FLA) -Captured a Calder Cup with Binghamton of the AHL in 2010-11
#72: Justin Faulk (D) 6' 0", 217 lbs. / Mar 20, 1992 (29 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Hurricanes' 2nd round pick, 37th overall, in 2010 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Carolina, along with a 2020 5th round draft pick, in exchange for Joel Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 2 Edmundson, Dominik Bokk, and a 2021 7th round draft pick Career Playoffs 26 2-7-9 3 8 9th NHL Season / 1st With Blues Last Goal: AUG 16, 2020 @ VANCOUVER (5) Season 56 7-18-25 11 35 Last Assist: MAY 14, 2019 vs BOSTON (12) Career 684 97-202-299 -92 332 Career vs. Opp 25 2-4-6 -2 12 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 21:51 3 3 +0 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 125 GP, 12-28-40, 67 PIM Playoff Career: 26 GP, 2-7-9, 6 PIM
Notes -Has a +3 career postseason rating -Finished the 2020-21 reg season ranked 8th in total ice time (1,358 / 1. Doughty 1,477) -Has won 2 Bronze Medals with Team USA at the World Championships (2013, 2015) -Won the NCAA Championship in 2010-11 with the University of Minnesota-Duluth, posting 33 points (8g, 25a) in 39 games #75: Tyler Tucker (D) 6' 1", 203 lbs. / Mar 1, 2000 (21 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Blues' 7th round pick, 200th overall, in 2018 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Playoffs ------Last Assist: - Career Playoffs ------Season ------Career ------Career vs. Opp ------Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 0 GP, 0-0-0, 0 PIM Playoff Career:
Notes -Posted 7 points (1g, 6a) in 27 games with Utica (AHL) this season -Spent majority of OHL career with Barrie...posted 152 points and 330 PIM in 244 games over
#77: Niko Mikkola (D) 6' 4", 185 lbs. / Apr 27, 1996 (25 years)
Drafted: Blues' 5th round pick, 127th overall, in 2015 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 8, 2021 @ SAN JOSE (14) Playoffs 2 0-1-1 2 0 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 @ COLORADO Career Playoffs 2 0-1-1 2 0 Season 30 1-2-3 -11 11 Career 35 1-3-4 -8 11 Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 14:23 1 1 +1 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 2 times 2 times
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 35 GP, 1-3-4, 11 PIM Playoff Career: 2 GP, 0-1-1, 0 PIM
Notes -Won a Gold Medal with Team Finland at the 2019 World Championship, posting 5 points (2g, 3a) in 10 games -Won a Gold Medal with Team Finland at the 2016 World Junior Championship, posting 1 assist and a +3 rating in 7 games
#90: Ryan O'Reilly (C) 6' 1", 216 lbs. / Feb 7, 1991 (30 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Avalanche's 2nd round pick, 33rd overall, in 2009 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Buffalo in exchange for Patrik Berglund, Vladimir Sobotka, Tage Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -6 2 Thompson, St. Louis' 1st round pick in 2019 and the Blues' 2nd round pick in 2021 Career Playoffs 50 15-26-41 2 8 Last Goal: AUG 19, 2020 vs VANCOUVER (3) Last Assist: AUG 21, 2020 @ VANCOUVER (2) Season 56 24-30-54 26 18 Career 860 219-395-614 6 124 Career vs. Opp 22 6-19-25 9 2 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 22:05 4 1 --3 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 5/19 vs COL 2 times 2 times
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 209 GP, 64-127-191, 40 PIM Playoff Career: 50 GP, 15-26-41, 8 PIM
Notes -Shared 10th overall, w/MacKinnon, with 40 even strength points in the reg season (1. McDavid, 68) -2019 Selke Winner was also nominated for 2020 Selke -2nd player in NHL history to win Conn Smythe and Selke Trophy in same season (Bob Gainey 1978-79) -Led NHL with 23 points (8g, 15a) during the 2019 postseason, which set club record for a single playoff #91: Vladimir Tarasenko (R) 6' 0", 225 lbs. / Dec 13, 1991 (29 years and 5 months)
Drafted: Blues' 1st round pick, 16th overall, in 2010 GP G-A-P +/- PIM 8th NHL Season / 8th with Blues Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -4 0 Last Goal: JUN 3, 2019 vs BOSTON (9) Career Playoffs 76 33-16-49 -16 6 Last Assist: JUN 12, 2019 @ BOSTON (6) Season 24 4-10-14 -7 0 Career 531 218-224-442 68 145 Career vs. Opp 37 13-16-29 11 6 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 18:03 1 0 --2 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/19 vs COL 5/17 vs COL 2 times 2 times
Regular Season Career as a Blue: 531 GP, 218-224-442, 145 PIM Playoff Career: 76 GP, 33-16-49, 6 PIM
Notes -Recorded an 8-game point streak (5g, 5a) (Game 1 at SJS to Game 2 at BOS) and a 4-game goal streak (4g) (Game 5 at SJS to Game 2 at BOS) during the 2019 postseason, both of which share the 2nd longest streaks in franchise history -3-time All-Star (2015-17) -2-time NHL Second-Team All-Star (2015-16) -Captured a World Championship Silver Medal with Russia in 2015 Colorado Avalanche: Media Notes
HONDA WEST DIVISION — FIRST ROUND SERIES
(1) COLORADO AVALANCHE vs (4) ST. LOUIS BLUES
Date Site Result / Time (MT) TV Radio Game 1 - Mon, May 17 ST. LOUIS W, 4-1 Game 2 - Wed, May 19 ST. LOUIS W, 6-3 Game 3 - Fri, May 21 @ St. Louis 7:30 p.m. Altitude / USA 92.5 Game 4 - Sun, May 23 @ St. Louis 3 p.m. Altitude / NBCSN 92.5 *Game 5 - Tue, May 25 ST. LOUIS *Game 6 - Thu, May 27 @ St. Louis *Game 7 - Sat, May 29 ST. LOUIS
GAME 2 - Colorado 6, St. Louis 3 Nathan MacKinnon scored a hat trick to lead the Avalanche to a 6-3 victory over the Blues in Game 2 of their First Round Playoff Series at Ball Arena. MacKinnon also had an assist and Joonas Donskoi added two goals and a helper as the Avs took a 2-0 series lead. Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Devon Toews all recorded three assists and Philipp Grubauer made 31 saves.
• MacKinnon's hat trick was the first by an Avalanche player in the postseason since Valeri Kamensky on April 24, 1997 vs Chicago (Game 5 of WCQF). It was the 10th hat trick in franchise playoff history and fourth since relocating to Denver. • MacKinnon's four points tied a playoff career high (third time). He surpassed the 60 career playoff point mark in his 42nd game, tied for the fifth-fastest player in NHL history to reach 60. • MacKinnon is the first player in franchise history to have five goals through the team's first two playoff contests. • MacKinnon has 21 points (11g/10a) in 10 games against the Blues this season. His 14 points (6g/8a) in the regular season were the most ever by a Quebec/Colorado player against St. Louis. • The Avs went 2-for-2 with the man advantage and are 3-for-5 in this series. The PP unit is clicking at a 37.2% rate (16-43) in 10 games against the Blues in 2020-21. • Donskoi scored 35 seconds into the first period, the second-fastest goal to begin a game in franchise playoff history and the fastest since the team relocated to Denver. The previous mark was 59 seconds by Peter Forsberg in Game 2 of 1996 WCQF vs Vancouver (April 18, 1996) and Rob Blake in Game 3 of 2002 WCSF at San Jose (May 6, 2002). • Donskoi's three points tied a playoff career high set April 16, 2018 vs. Anaheim (Game 3 of R1).
TONIGHT'S GAME COLORADO at ST. LOUIS GAME 3 - FIRST ROUND 8:45 p.m. CT / 7:45 p.m. MT Altitude, USA / 92.5 The 2021 first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series shifts to St. Louis as the Avs and Blues face off for Game 3 tonight at Enterprise Center. The Avs won the first two games in Denver.
BIRTHDAY WISHES Ryan Graves turns 26 today.
PLAYOFF TIME This is Colorado's 36th playoff series since relocating from Quebec in 1995-96. The Avs have gone 21-14 in the previous 35. Overall, this is the 51st playoff series in franchise history (27-23 record) and 45th best-of-seven series (24-20 record). The Nordiques/Avalanche own a 155-135-1 all-time record in 291 playoff games, which includes a 120-90-1 mark in 211 contests since moving to Denver. The Avalanche's 120 postseason wins since relocating trail only Detroit (145) and Pittsburgh (134).
PLAYOFF BOUND The Avalanche are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the fourth straight year, the third-longest run in franchise history. Quebec/Colorado made 11 straight trips to the postseason from 1995 to 2006 and the Nordiques made seven straight from 1981 to 1987. This is the 26th postseason appearance in franchise history and 17th since moving to Denver.
TRENDS Colorado/Quebec is 13-3 all-time in a best-of-seven playoff series when winning the first two games, 13-1 since relocating to Denver. The Avs will try and go up 3-0 tonight; the Avalanche/Nordiques are 5-0 all-time in playoff series when winning the first three games, 4-0 since moving to Denver.
GREAT NATE Nathan MacKinnon has a league-leading five goals and seven points through the first two games of the 2021 playoffs. He recorded a hat trick in Game 2 on Wednesday, the first by an Avalanche player in the postseason since Valeri Kamensky on April 24, 1997 vs Chicago (Game 5 of WCQF). MacKinnon surpassed the 60 career playoff point mark in his 42nd game on Wednesday, tied for the fifth-fastest skater in Stanley Cup Playoff history to reach 60.
26 GP Wayne Gretzky 34 GP Mario Lemieux 40 GP Peter Stastny 41 GP Joe Sakic 42 GP Nathan MacKinnon 42 GP Jari Kurri 42 GP Sidney Crosby
MacKinnon is the first player in franchise history to have five goals through the team's first two playoff contests. The only other Colorado/Quebec skater with multiple goals in each of the team's first two games in a postseason was Peter Forsberg in 1998. He has at least one point in 16 of his last 17 playoff games going back to last year, recording 32 points (14g/18a) during that stretch. MacKinnon's 25 career goals are tied with Kamensky for sixth all-time in franchise playoff history, one behind Chris Drury for fifth. He is sixth in assists, seventh in points and ranks fourth in game winners (7).
POSTSEASON PRODUCTION Nathan MacKinnon has 61 points (25g/36a) in 42 career playoff games, the highest points-per-game average (1.45) among active players and the fourth-highest in Stanley Cup Playoff history (min. 25 GP). Mikko Rantanen is eighth on this list at 1.22 (43 points in 35 games). Cale Makar (23 points in 27 games) leads all active defensemen in points/game at 0.85, the seventh-highest in postseason history.
HIGHEST CAREER PTS/GP STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS 1.84 Wayne Gretzky 1.61 Mario Lemieux 1.53 Barry Pederson 1.45 Nathan MacKinnon 1.25 Mark Messier 1.24 Bobby Orr 1.24 Mike Bossy 1.23 Mikko Rantanen 1.17 Jari Kurri
CAREER PTS/GP, DEFENSEMAN STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS 1.24 Bobby Orr 1.02 Brian Leetch 1.01 Paul Coffey 0.93 Paul Reinhart 0.90 Al MacInnis 0.89 Denis Potvin 0.85 Cale Makar 0.84 Doug Wilson 0.84 Ray Bourque
TOP OF THE LINE Colorado's top line of Gabriel Landeskog (1g/4a), Nathan MacKinnon (5g/2a) and Mikko Rantanen (0g/4a) have combined for 16 points and a +13 rating in the first two games of this series.
LEADING THE WAY Gabriel Landeskog tied his playoff career high with three points (1g/2a) and had a fighting major in Game 1 vs. St. Louis, the second Gordie Howe hat trick in Avalanche postseason history and the first since Mike Ricci on April 16, 1997 vs Chicago (Game 1 of WCQF) at McNichols Arena.
CUP WINNERS Three Avalanche players have won a Stanley Cup: Brandon Saad (2013, 2015 with Chicago), Andre Burakovsky and Philipp Grubauer (with the 2018 Capitals).
PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE 83 Saad 73 Burakovsky 61 Donskoi 48 Bellemare 42 MacKinnon 41 Soderberg 41 Landeskog 36 Kadri 35 Compher 35 Rantanen 34 Nichushkin 32 Calvert 32 Jost 32 Toews 29 Girard 28 Johnson 27 Makar 26 Dubnyk 25 Grubauer 20 Nemeth 17 Graves 6 Francouz 5 O'Connor 2 Megna 4 Timmins 2 Newhook
PLAYOFF OT The Avalanche/Nordiques are 40-31 all-time in playoff overtime, 30-22 since moving to Denver. Five current Avs players have scored a playoff OT goal, four active (Matt Calvert is not included).
2 - Nathan MacKinnon (2014 R1 Game 5 vs. MIN and 2019 R1 Game 2 at CGY) 1 - Joonas Donskoi (2016 F Game 3 vs. PIT) 1 - Gabriel Landeskog (2019 R2 Game 6 vs. SJS) 1 - Mikko Rantanen (2019 R1 Game 4 vs. CGY)
AVS & BLUES The Avs and Blues are meeting for just the second time in the postseason, as Colorado defeated St. Louis in five games during the 2001 Western Conference Final. They also faced off in one round robin game during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoff qualifiers, a 2-1 victory in Edmonton on Aug. 2. The Avs finished 5-3-0 against the Blues during the 2020-21 regular season, 3-1-0 at home. The five victories were Colorado's most ever versus St. Louis in a single season.
AVS WIN PRESIDENTS’ TROPHY, DIVISION TITLE The Avalanche finished the season 39-13-4 (82 points), winning the Honda West Division and Presidents’ Trophy for the best record in the league. Colorado finished with its highest points percentage in franchise history (.732), breaking the previous mark of .720 set in 2000-01. The Avs, who went 5- 0-0 over the final seven days of the season, were the first team to win the Presidents’ Trophy in their final game of the year since Vancouver in 2011-12. The Avs claimed their third Presidents’ Trophy (1996-97, 2000-01) and 10th division title since moving to Denver (12th in franchise history). The Avs overcame two COVID-related pauses, the only team to pause twice in 2020-21, and the second-most man-games lost to injury in the league with 313.
SOME LIKE IT HOT The Avs ended the regular season on a five-game win streak and went 8-1-0 in their last nine to secure home ice throughout the playoffs. Colorado was 18-5-0 in its last 23 games, 26-5-2 in its last 33 contests and 30-7-3 in its last 40 games. That was the NHL’s best record since March 29 (.783), March 10 (.818) and Feb. 26 (.788).
AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH, AIN’T NO VALLEY LOW Colorado’s first overall finish came just four years after finishing last overall in the standings in 2016-17. The Avs are the first NHL team to go from worst to first in four seasons or less since the Bruins in 1970-71. Boston finished last in the league just four years earlier in 1966-67.
HOME SWEET HOME The Avalanche are 2-0 at home this postseason and going back to the regular season have won 11 straight at Ball Arena and are 18-0-1 in their last 19 on home ice. The Avs finished 22-4-2 at home (.821), tied with Pittsburgh for the most wins and points (46) in the league. The .821 home points percentage was the club’s highest since relocating to Denver, topping the .768 by the 2000-01 squad. Colorado finished the season on a nine-game home winning streak and went 16-0-1 in its final 17 at Ball Arena, tying the franchise record for the longest home point streak set in 2002-03. The Avs out-scored their opponents 110-54 (+56) on home ice.
THIS DAY IN AVS HISTORY May 21, 2001 — Joe Sakic scored the series-clinching goal 24 seconds into overtime to send Colorado to the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-1 victory over the Blues in Game 5 of the 2001 Conference Final.
INJURIES Calvert (UBI) Dubnyk (returning from COVID protocol) Francouz (LBI) Johnson (UBI) O'Connor (LBI) Man Games Lost (playoffs): 10 Man Games Lost (2020-21): 313 - 2nd NHL Colorado Avalanche: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 05/17/2021 St. Louis Blues W 01-00-00 4-1 8p,29,92,29 29 1-3 2-2 50-23 31 / 50 7741 2 05/19/2021 St. Louis Blues W 02-00-00 6-3 72,29p,72p,29,20,29 29 2-2 1-2 35-35 31 / 50 7739 3 05/21/2021 @ St. Louis Blues 4 05/23/2021 @ St. Louis Blues Colorado Avalanche: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. TOEWS MAKAR NICHUSHKIN JOST NEWHOOK SAAD TIMMINS # 7 # 8 # 13 # 17 # 18 # 20 # 22 May 17 Vs STL 0-0,3/2 26:19 1-0,3/0 24:01 0-0,6/0 13:41 0-0,4/0 14:08 0-0,1/0 07:07 0-0,2/0 14:38 0-0,1/-1 08:44 May 19 Vs STL 0-2,2/2 25:28 0-1,2/0 21:21 0-0,4/-1 14:42 0-1,1/0 16:08 0-0,1/0 06:41 1-0,2/0 12:32 0-0,3/0 11:11
Date Opp. NEMETH GRAVES MACKINNON COMPHER BELLEMARE GIRARD DONSKOI # 24 # 27 # 29 # 37 # 41 # 49 # 72 May 17 Vs STL 0-0,3/1 18:43 0-0,3/2 16:30 2-1(W),6/3 21:14 0-0,1/1 13:50 0-0,1/0 10:03 0-1,1/0 22:41 0-0,2/-1 16:25 May 19 Vs STL 0-0,0/0 16:53 0-1,2/2 21:44 3-1(W),4/2 19:44 0-0,1/0 13:04 0-0,0/1 10:57 0-0,1/0 22:27 2-1,3/1 17:09
Date Opp. KADRI LANDESKOG BURAKOVSKY RANTANEN GRUBAUER JOHANSSON # 91 # 92 # 95 # 96 # 31 # 35 May 17 Vs STL 0-0,2/-1 14:09 1-2,4/3 18:16 0-0,1/-1 14:08 0-2,6/2 21:23 1/23 W 60:00 DND May 19 Vs STL 0-1,1/0 12:00 0-2,4/2 20:15 0-0,2/0 12:50 0-2,2/1 19:54 3/35 W 60:00 DND Colorado Avalanche: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Jared Bednar Led the Avalanche to the Presidents’ Trophy and Honda West Division championship during his fifth season behind the bench...The 2020-21 Avalanche posted their highest points percentage in franchise history (.732), while Bednar’s .732 winning percentage was by far the best of any Colorado/Quebec coach in a single season...Owns a 184-149-39 (.547) career record as an NHL head coach, which includes a 162-93-35 (.619) mark and four straight playoff appearances since the start of 2017-18...Bednar’s teams have improved from 30th overall in the league standings to 17th in both 2017-18 and 2018-19, to third and now first in 2020-21...The Avalanche became the first NHL club to go from worst to first in four seasons or less since the 1970-71 Bruins...Bednar, 49, coached his 360th career game on April 22 at St. Louis, passing Bob Hartley (359) for the most in Avalanche history (since 1995- 96)...Hired on Aug. 25, 2016, Bednar is the fifth-longest tendered coach in the NHL
#31: Philipp Grubauer (G) 6' 1", 188 lbs. / Nov 25, 1991 (29 years and 5 months)
groo-BAHW-uhr GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Washington's 3rd choice (4th round, 112th overall) in the 2010 NHL Playoffs 2 2-0 0 2.00 .931 Entry Draft Career Playoffs 25 15-6 2 2.41 .914 Acquired: Acquired by Colorado, along with Brooks Orpik, in exchange for a 2nd round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, June 22, 2018 Season 40 30-9-1 7 1.95 .922 Last Win: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Career 214 109-61-21 18 2.34 .920 Last SO: AUG 12, 2020 vs ARIZONA (6) Career vs. Opp 10 4-4-2 1 2.79 .898 Playoff Highs: Shots Saves 35 32 35 5/19 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is 14-5-1 in 21 career playoff games with Colorado, ranking third in franchise playoff history in wins (14) and is first in Sv% (.925) and GAA (2.13). - Went 5-0-1 with a league-best 1.87 GAA during the 2020 playoffs. - Won a Stanley Cup with Washington in 2018.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Tied for the league lead in shutouts (7), finished second in wins (30) and was third in goals-against average (1.95), all career bests...His seven shutouts equaled the second-most in a single season in franchise history, trailing only Patrick Roy’s nine in 2001-02...Was just the sixth different goaltender in franchise history to reach the 30-win plateau, joining Roy (7x), David Aebischer, Craig Anderson, Peter Budaj and Semyon Varlamov…His 1.95 GAA fell just short of Roy’s 1.94 mark in 2001-02 for the best in franchise annals...Finished second in the league in win percentage (.763), the second-highest in franchise history...Appeared in a career high 40 games (39 starts), fifth in the NHL.
#35: Jonas Johansson (G) 6' 5", 220 lbs. / Sep 19, 1995 (25 years and 8 months)
Drafted: Buffalo's 5th choice (3rd round, 61st overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: Acquired from Buffalo in exchange for a 6th round pick in the 2021 Playoffs ------NHL Draft, March 20, 2021 Career Playoffs ------Last Win: MAY 13, 2021 vs LOS ANGELES Last SO: APR 9, 2021 @ ANAHEIM (4) Season 15 5-6-2 1 2.86 .897 Career 21 6-9-3 1 2.89 .896 Career vs. Opp 2 1-1-0 0 3.00 .872 Playoff Highs: Shots Saves - -
2021 PLAYOFFS - Making his first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Joined the Avalanche via trade with Buffalo on March 20 and in seven starts with Colorado went 5-1-1 with a 1.98 goals-against average, .919 save percentage and one shutout...Got the start in the season finale on May 13 vs. Los Angeles and made 21 saves to help the Avalanche win the Presidents’ Trophy and Honda West Division title...He appeared in seven contests (six starts) for the Sabres (0-5-1, 3.79 GAA)...Started consecutive games, April 9-11 at Anaheim, winning both contests while allowing just one goal on 53 shots. #39: Pavel Francouz (G) (*Injured) 6' 0", 179 lbs. / Jun 3, 1990 (30 years and 11 months)
FRAN-sohs GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, May 2, 2018. Playoffs ------Last Win: AUG 26, 2020 @ DALLAS (1) Career Playoffs 6 2-4 1 3.23 .892 Last SO: AUG 5, 2020 @ DALLAS (5) Season ------Career 36 21-9-4 1 2.40 .923 Career vs. Opp ------Playoff Highs: Shots Saves - -
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is on Injured Reserve.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON - Backed up Philipp Grubauer in the first two games of the season before missing the remainder of the year with a lower-body injury.
#40: Devan Dubnyk (G) 6' 6", 224 lbs. / May 4, 1986 (35 years)
Drafted: Edmonton's 1st choice (1st round, 14th overall) in 2004 NHL Entry Draft GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Acquired: Acquired from San Jose for Greg Pateryn and 5th round selection in Playoffs ------2021 NHL Draft, April 10, 2021 Career Playoffs 26 8-18 2 2.72 .904 Last Win: MAY 1, 2021 vs SAN JOSE Last SO: MAR 12, 2021 @ ANAHEIM (9) Season 22 6-11-2 1 3.20 .895 Career 542 253-206-54 33 2.61 .914 Career vs. Opp 38 16-19-3 0 3.20 .891 Playoff Highs: Shots Saves - -
2021 PLAYOFFS - Has appeared in 26 career playoff games, all with the Wild.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Was acquired from San Jose on April 10 and started five games with Colorado (3-2-0, 3.26 GAA, .886 Sv%)...Made 31 saves to pick up the victory in his Avalanche debut on April 14 at St. Louis...Missed the final seven contests of the season due to a COVID protocol related absence...Appeared in 17 games with San Jose (3-9-2, 3.18 GAA, .898 Sv%).
#2: Dan Renouf (D) 6' 3", 198 lbs. / Jun 1, 1994 (26 years and 11 months)
Drafted: Undrafted GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent on July 1, 2019 Playoffs ------Last Goal: - Career Playoffs ------Last Assist: MAR 14, 2021 vs LOS ANGELES (9) Season 18 0-3-3 -1 16 Career 19 0-3-3 -1 16 Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 0 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is making his first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Skated in 18 games for the Avalanche, notching three assists (0g/3a)...Played five games for the Colorado Eagles (AHL), recording three points (1g/2a)...Dressed in 10 straight contests for the Avs, Feb. 27–March 16...Recorded his first career multi-point game with two assists on March 14 vs. Los Angeles...Tallied his first NHL point with an assist on March 5 vs. Anaheim...Made his Avalanche debut on Feb. 27 at Arizona, his second career NHL game (March 27, 2017 at Carolina with Detroit). #4: Bowen Byram (D) (*Injured) 6' 1", 190 lbs. / Jun 13, 2001 (19 years and 11 months)
Drafted: Colorado's 1st selection (1st round, 4th overall) in the 2019 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Playoffs ------Last Assist: FEB 16, 2021 @ VEGAS (9) Career Playoffs ------Season 19 0-2-2 1 23 Career 19 0-2-2 1 23 Career vs. Opp ------Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is on Injured Reserve
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Was limited to just 19 games due to separate injuries...Made his NHL debut on Jan. 21 at Los Angeles...Recorded his first NHL point (assist) on Jan. 22 at Anaheim...Prior to the start of the NHL season, he won a silver medal with Canada at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton…Ranked first among team defensemen with five points (1g/4a) during the tournament and led Canada in ice time (22:59).
#6: Erik Johnson (D) (*Injured) 6' 4", 225 lbs. / Mar 21, 1988 (33 years and 1 month)
Drafted: St. Louis' 1st pick (1st round, 1st overall) in the 2006 Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from St. Louis, along with Jay McClement and a 1st round pick Playoffs ------(Duncan Siemens) in 2011, in exchange for Kevin Shattenkirk, Chris Stewart and a Career Playoffs 28 3-4-7 -4 6 2nd round choice (Ty Rattie) in 2011, Feb. 18, 2011 Last Goal: MAR 6, 2020 @ VANCOUVER (7) Season 4 0-1-1 2 2 Last Assist: JAN 26, 2021 vs SAN JOSE (2) Career 780 80-224-304 -27 478 Career vs. Opp 32 5-3-8 -13 19 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is on Injured Reserve
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Left the Jan. 30th game at Minnesota (upper-body injury) and missed the remainder of the regular season...Placed on Injured Reserve, Feb. 12 (retroactive to Jan. 30)...13th NHL season and 11th with the Avalanche. #7: Devon Toews (D) 6' 1", 191 lbs. / Feb 21, 1994 (27 years and 2 months)
deh-VAHN TAYVS GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: NY Islanders’ 5th selection (4th round, 108th overall) in 2014 NHL Draft Playoffs 2 0-2-2 4 0 Acquired: Acquired from NY Islanders for 2nd round selection in 2021 NHL Draft and Career Playoffs 32 3-14-17 4 6 2nd round pick in 2022 NHL Draft, Oct. 12, 2020 Last Goal: SEP 17, 2020 vs TAMPA BAY (2) Season 53 9-22-31 29 16 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Career 169 20-57-77 37 36 Career vs. Opp 12 2-4-6 1 2 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 0 26:19 3 0 +2 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 2 times 2 times
2021 PLAYOFFS - Recorded his second career playoff multi-point game in Game 2 vs. St. Louis on May 19. - Appeared in 30 playoff games for the New York Islanders over the last two seasons. - Skated in all 22 of New York's postseason contests last season and tied for first among team defensemen with 10 points (2g/8a).
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Led all Colorado defensemen with a career-high nine goals and finished third among team blueliners with a career-best 31 points (9g/22a) in 53 games...His nine goals tied him for seventh among NHL defensemen...Led the Avalanche and ranked 10th in the NHL in average ice time (24:46)...Finished second on the team and tied for second in the NHL with a +29 plus/minus rating...Also finished second on the club in blocked shots (87) and shared the team lead in takeaways (32)...Scored the game-winning goal and had an assist in the NHL outdoor game on Feb. 20...Finished a league-best +20 in March, the highest monthly plus/minus by a defenseman in franchise history.
#8: Cale Makar (D) 5' 11", 187 lbs. / Oct 30, 1998 (22 years and 6 months)
mah-KAR GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Colorado's 1st selection (1st round, 4th overall) in the 2017 NHL Draft Playoffs 2 1-1-2 0 0 Last Goal: MAY 17, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS (1) Career Playoffs 27 6-17-23 15 0 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Season 44 8-36-44 17 12 Career 101 20-74-94 29 24 Career vs. Opp 11 4-10-14 -4 4 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 0 24:01 3 1 +0 5/17 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 2 times
2021 PLAYOFFS - His 0.85 career postseason points/game average is the seventh highest in playoff history. - Had 15 points (4g/11a) in 15 postseason games in 2020, the first rookie defenseman to average a point/game in a playoff year (min 15 GP). - Was the first defenseman ever to score a goal while making his NHL debut in the postseason (April 15, 2019 vs. Calgary).
2020-21 SEASON Recorded 44 points (8g/36a) in 44 games, the only NHL defenseman to average a point-per-game in 2020-21...Joined Steve Duchesne (82 points in 82 games with Quebec in 1992-93) as the only blueliners in franchise history to average a point-per-game in a single season (qualifiers)...Is the first defenseman to accomplish the feat at age 22 or younger since Brian Leetch in 1990-91 (1.10)...Makar’s 44 points tied for fifth among NHL defensemen, while his 36 assists tied for fourth...Ended the season with a 0.93 career points/game average, sixth-highest by a defenseman in NHL history. #9: Dennis Gilbert (D) 6' 2", 216 lbs. / Oct 30, 1996 (24 years and 6 months)
Drafted: Chicago's 2nd selection (3rd round, 91st overall) in the 2015 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Chicago, along with Brandon Saad, in exchange for Anton Playoffs ------Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov, Oct. 10, 2020 Career Playoffs ------Last Goal: DEC 27, 2019 vs NY ISLANDERS (9) Last Assist: DEC 21, 2019 @ COLORADO (11) Season 3 0-0-0 0 5 Career 25 1-2-3 -8 45 Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 -2 2 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is making his first appearances in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Appeared in three games with the Avalanche (0g/0a)...Missed 13 games due to an upper-body injury, Feb. 20 to March 14...Skated in 17 games with the Colorado Eagles (AHL), where he ranked second among team defensemen with eight points (1g/7a).
#11: Matt Calvert (L) (*Injured) 5' 11", 186 lbs. / Dec 24, 1989 (31 years and 4 months)
Drafted: Columbus’ 5th selection (5th round, 127th overall) in the 2008 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, July 1, 2018. Playoffs ------Last Goal: JAN 16, 2020 vs SAN JOSE (28) Career Playoffs 32 7-10-17 14 34 Last Assist: MAR 22, 2021 @ ARIZONA (1) Season 18 0-3-3 -2 6 Career 566 95-108-203 -23 376 Career vs. Opp 25 5-3-8 -3 18 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is on Injured Reserve
2020-21 SEASON Was limited to only 18 games due to separate injuries...Placed on Injured Reserve, April 11 (retroactive to March 23).
#12: Jayson Megna (C) 6' 1", 195 lbs. / Feb 1, 1990 (31 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Originally signed by Pittsburgh as a free agent, Aug. 1, 2012 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, July 1, 2019 Playoffs ------Last Goal: FEB 9, 2017 @ COLUMBUS (39) Career Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Last Assist: MAY 13, 2021 vs LOS ANGELES Season 7 0-2-2 2 0 Career 128 10-12-22 -5 30 Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 -1 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Has appeared in two career postseason games, both with the Penguins in the 2014 first round against Columbus.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Skated in seven games for the Avalanche, notching two assists...Both helpers came in the final two games of the regular season to help the Avs capture the Presidents' Trophy...Appeared in 13 games for the Colorado Eagles (AHL), scoring seven goals (7g/2a). #13: Valeri Nichushkin (R) 6' 4", 210 lbs. / Mar 4, 1995 (26 years and 2 months)
nih-CHOOSH-kihn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Dallas' 1st choice (1st round, 10th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, Aug. 19, 2019. Career Playoffs 34 3-3-6 -2 6 Last Goal: AUG 30, 2020 @ DALLAS (5) Last Assist: AUG 31, 2020 vs DALLAS (4) Season 55 10-11-21 9 4 Career 343 46-76-122 48 40 Career vs. Opp 24 0-3-3 3 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 14:42 6 1 +0 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Appeared in a career-high 15 playoff games with Colorado in 2020 (2g/1a).
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Appeared in 55 of 56 games, second-most on the team, and recorded 10 goals and 11 assists for 21 points...Finished third on the team with a career-high four game-winning goals...Was also third on the club in hits (65)...Skated in his 300th NHL game on Feb. 14 at Vegas.
#17: Tyson Jost (C) 5' 11", 187 lbs. / Mar 14, 1998 (23 years and 2 months)
JOHST GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Colorado's 1st selection (1st round, 10th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft Playoffs 2 0-1-1 0 0 Last Goal: AUG 14, 2020 vs ARIZONA (12) Career Playoffs 32 4-3-7 0 8 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Season 54 7-10-17 14 24 Career 262 39-50-89 8 86 Career vs. Opp 23 0-5-5 -5 8 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 16:08 4 2 +0 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 2 times 2 times
2021 PLAYOFFS - Has appeared in 31 career playoff games with Colorado over the past four seasons (including this year).
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Skated in 54 of Colorado’s 56 games, recording 17 points (7g/10a) with a career-best +14 plus/minus rating...Ranked fifth on the team in hits (45) and was second in total shorthanded minutes (108:57)...Scored a season-high two goals, including the game winner, in the season finale on May 13 vs. Los Angeles to help the Avalanche win the Presidents’ Trophy and Honda West Division title
#18: Alex Newhook (C) 5' 10", 190 lbs. / Jan 28, 2001 (20 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Colorado's 2nd pick (1st round, 16th overall) in 2019 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Playoffs 2 0-0-0 0 0 Last Assist: MAY 10, 2021 @ VEGAS (2) Career Playoffs 2 0-0-0 0 0 Season 6 0-3-3 5 2 Career 6 0-3-3 5 2 Career vs. Opp ------Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 7:07 1 1 +0 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL 2 times
2021 PLAYOFFS - Made his Stanley Cup Playoff debut in Game 1 of the first-round series against St. Louis on May 17.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Appeared in Colorado’s final six games of the season, recording three assists with a +5 plus/minus rating...Made his NHL debut on May 5 at San Jose...Recorded his first NHL point with an assist on May 7 at Los Angeles...Signed to a three-year, entry-level contract on March 31...Recorded nine points (5g/4a) in eight games for the Colorado Eagles (AHL)...Made his pro debut on April 13 vs. Bakersfield...Completed his sophomore year at Boston College, where he had 16 points (7g/9a) in 12 games after missing the first half of the season due to quarantine protocols preceding the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton...Had six points (3g/3a) at the World Juniors, helping Canada win a silver medal. #20: Brandon Saad (L) 6' 1", 206 lbs. / Oct 27, 1992 (28 years and 6 months)
Drafted: Chicago’s 4th selection (2nd round, 43rd overall) in 2011 NHL Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Chicago, along with Dennis Gilbert, in exchange for Anton Playoffs 2 1-0-1 0 0 Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov, Oct. 10, 2020 Career Playoffs 83 19-24-43 13 18 Last Goal: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Last Assist: AUG 18, 2020 @ VEGAS (2) Season 44 15-9-24 1 12 Career 632 184-187-371 52 120 Career vs. Opp 36 10-10-20 -7 2 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 14:38 2 1 +0 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL 2 times
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is making his seventh appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. - Won two Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks (2013 and 2015).
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Finished sixth on the Avalanche with 15 goals (15g/9a) despite missing the final 11 games of the season due to a lower-body injury...Led the NHL in shooting percentage (22.1%), the first Avalanche player to lead the league in that category since Alex Tanguay in 2014-15...13 of his 15 goals came at even strength, ranking third on the club...Appeared in his 600th NHL game on Feb. 14 at Vegas.
#22: Conor Timmins (D) 6' 2", 185 lbs. / Sep 18, 1998 (22 years and 8 months)
Drafted: Colorado's 2nd pick (2nd round, 32nd overall) in the 2017 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: - Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Last Assist: MAY 13, 2021 vs LOS ANGELES Career Playoffs 4 0-0-0 0 4 Season 31 0-7-7 6 8 Career 33 0-7-7 8 8 Career vs. Opp 6 0-1-1 0 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 11:11 3 0 +0 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Skated in two postseason contests with the Avalanche last season.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Skated in 31 games for the Avalanche, totaling seven points (0g/7a) with a +6 plus/minus rating...Dressed in each of the final 14 contests to end the regular season, registering all seven of his points during that stretch to go alongside a team-best +11 plus/minus rating...Also appeared in six games with the American Hockey League’s Colorado Eagles, tallying four points (1g/3a)...Tied his career high with two assists and was a career-best +3 in the season finale on May 13 vs. Los Angeles.
#24: Patrik Nemeth (D) 6' 3", 228 lbs. / Feb 8, 1992 (29 years and 3 months)
NEH-meht GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Dallas' 2nd choice (41st overall) in 2010 NHL Entry Draft Playoffs 2 0-0-0 1 0 Acquired: Acquired from Detroit in exchange for 4th round pick in 2022 NHL Draft, Career Playoffs 20 0-1-1 1 20 April 9, 2021 Last Goal: MAY 1, 2021 vs SAN JOSE (7) Season 52 3-7-10 5 20 Last Assist: APR 16, 2018 vs NASHVILLE (12) Career 366 8-50-58 19 182 Career vs. Opp 19 0-1-1 5 12 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 18:43 3 5 +1 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/17 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Leads all Avalanche defenders in hits this postseason (6) and is second in blocked shots (5). - Has appeared in 20 career playoff games, 15 with Colorado.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Was acquired from Detroit on April 9 and dressed in Colorado’s final 13 games of the season, recording two points (1g/1a) with a +6 plus/minus rating...Registered 10 points (3g/7a) in 52 combined games between the Avalanche and Red Wings, tying his career high in goals...Tallied eight points (2g/6a) in 39 games for the Red Wings, ranking third among Detroit blueliners in points and average time on ice (18:24)...Was second on the club and first among Red Wings defenders in average shorthanded time on ice (2:09). #25: Logan O'Connor (R) (*Injured) 6' 0", 175 lbs. / Aug 14, 1996 (24 years and 9 months)
Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent on July 23, 2018 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAR 6, 2021 vs ANAHEIM (11) Playoffs ------Last Assist: MAR 29, 2021 vs ANAHEIM (1) Career Playoffs 5 0-1-1 0 0 Season 22 3-2-5 6 6 Career 43 5-2-7 4 8 Career vs. Opp 0 0-0-0 0 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is on Injured Reserve.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Spent the entire season with the Avalanche, recording five points (3g/2a) with a +6 plus/minus rating in 22 games...Missed the final 21 contests of the season (lower body injury)...Placed on Injured Reserve, April 2 (retroactive to March 31)...Recorded his first NHL assist and was a career-high +3 on March 25 vs. Vegas...Appeared in 15 of Colorado's 17 games in March.
#26: Jacob MacDonald (D) 6' 0", 204 lbs. / Feb 26, 1993 (28 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Undrafted GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed as an unrestricted free agent on July 2, 2018 Playoffs ------Last Goal: FEB 27, 2021 @ ARIZONA (27) Career Playoffs ------Last Assist: MAY 7, 2021 @ LOS ANGELES (2) Season 33 1-8-9 14 8 Career 35 2-8-10 15 8 Career vs. Opp 3 0-1-1 2 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Is making his first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Appeared in 33 games during his first full NHL season, recording nine points (1g/8a) with a +14 plus/minus rating...Wore jersey #34 for most of the season but switched to #26 following the acquisition of Carl Soderberg in April...Scored his second career goal on Feb. 27 at Arizona.
#27: Ryan Graves (D) 6' 5", 220 lbs. / May 21, 1995 (25 years and 11 months)
Drafted: NY Rangers' 4th selection (4th round, 110th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired by Colorado from the New York Rangers in exchange for Chris Playoffs 2 0-1-1 4 4 Bigras, Feb. 26, 2018 Career Playoffs 17 1-3-4 13 10 Last Goal: AUG 2, 2020 vs ST. LOUIS (16) Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Season 54 2-13-15 15 55 Career 149 14-32-46 59 102 Career vs. Opp 13 0-2-2 -6 4 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 4 21:44 3 1 +2 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 2 times
2021 PLAYOFFS - Leads all Colorado defenders in blocked shots this postseason (9). - Appeared in all 15 playoff contests for the Avalanche last season.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Appeared in 54 of Colorado’s 56 games, tallying 15 points (2g/13a) with a +15 plus/minus rating...Has posted a league-best +55 combined rating over the last two seasons...Led the team and finished third in the NHL in average shorthanded time-on-ice (3:19), trailing only Niklas Hjalmarsson (3:23) and Alexander Edler (3:22)...Ranked first on the Avalanche in blocked shots (91) and second in hits (77). #29: Nathan MacKinnon (C) 6' 0", 200 lbs. / Sep 1, 1995 (25 years and 8 months)
Drafted: Colorado's 1st selection (1st round, 1st overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Playoffs 2 5-2-7 5 0 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Career Playoffs 42 25-36-61 14 22 Season 48 20-45-65 22 37 Career 573 210-350-560 61 234 Career vs. Opp 37 17-23-40 0 8 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 3 1 4 0 21:14 6 5 +3 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - His 1.45 career points-per-game average in the postseason is the fourth-highest in Stanley Cup Playoff history (min 25 GP), behind only Wayne Gretzky (1.84), Mario Lemieux (1.61) and Barry Pederson (1.53). - First player in franchise history to have five goals through the Avalanche's first two playoff games. - Recorded a hat trick in Game 2 vs. St. Louis on May 19, the first by an Avalanche player in the postseason since Valeri Kamensky on April 24, 1997 vs Chicago (Game 5 of WCQF) - Had two goals (2g/1a) and a game-high five hits on May 17 vs. St. Louis (Game 1), the first Avalanche player to ever have 2+ goals and 5+ hits in a playoff game.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Finished second on the Avalanche and eighth in the NHL with 65 points (20g/45a) in 48 games…Ranked fourth in the league in points-per- game (1.35), was fifth in assists (45) and third in shots (206)…Had the highest assist/game average (0.94) by an Avalanche player since Peter Forsberg in 2002-03 (1.03).
#34: Carl Soderberg (C) 6' 3", 210 lbs. / Oct 12, 1985 (35 years and 7 months)
Drafted: St. Louis' 2nd choice (2nd round, 49th overall) in the 2004 Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Chicago in exchange for Ryder Rolston and Josh Dickinson, Playoffs ------April 12, 2021 Career Playoffs 41 2-10-12 5 14 Last Goal: APR 10, 2021 @ COLUMBUS (11) Last Assist: APR 30, 2021 vs SAN JOSE (5) Season 45 7-10-17 -5 18 Career 597 110-187-297 -25 210 Career vs. Opp 30 2-7-9 -7 10 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Has appeared in 41 career playoff games, 18 with Colorado.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Was acquired from the Blackhawks on April 12...Recorded 17 points (7g/10a) in 45 combined games between Colorado and Chicago...Had 15 points (7g/8a) in 34 contests with the Blackhawks and two points (0g/2a) in 11 games with the Avalanche...Was tied for sixth on the Hawks in points at the time of the trade and ranked third in faceoff win percentage (51.5%).
#37: J.T. Compher (C) 6' 0", 190 lbs. / Apr 8, 1995 (26 years and 1 month)
Drafted: Buffalo's 2nd choice (2nd round, 35th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Buffalo, along with Mikhail Grigorenko, Nikita Zadorov and Playoffs 2 0-0-0 1 0 2nd round pick (later traded to San Jose - Jeremy Roy) in the 2015 NHL Draft, in Career Playoffs 35 7-10-17 7 6 exchange for Jamie McGinn and Ryan O’Reilly, June 26, 2015 Last Goal: AUG 19, 2020 vs ARIZONA (9) Season 48 10-8-18 10 19 Last Assist: SEP 4, 2020 vs DALLAS (2) Career 271 53-56-109 -18 92 Career vs. Opp 24 4-4-8 -4 9 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 13:50 1 1 +1 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Has dressed in all 35 playoff games for the Avalanche over the past four seasons (including this year).
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Collected 18 points (10g/8a) and was a career-best +10 in 48 games...Led all team forwards in blocked shots (38) and finished second among Avalanche forwards in average shorthanded time-on-ice (2:16)...Scored his first career hat trick in Colorado’s second-to-last game on May 12 vs. Los Angeles to help the Avs eventually win the Presidents’ Trophy and Honda West Division title.
#38: Liam O'Brien (C) 6' 1", 213 lbs. / Jul 29, 1994 (26 years and 9 months)
Drafted: Signed by Washington as a free agent, Oct. 6, 2014 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado on March 30, 2021 Playoffs ------Last Goal: OCT 26, 2014 @ VANCOUVER (21) Career Playoffs ------Last Assist: APR 14, 2021 @ ST. LOUIS (4) Season 12 0-3-3 1 40 Career 29 1-4-5 5 68 Career vs. Opp 6 0-2-2 1 7 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2020-21 PLAYOFFS - Is making his first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Signed a one-year contract with the Avalanche on March 30 and went on to record three points (0g/3a) in 12 games with Colorado...Finished second on the Avs with 40 penalty minutes and led the club in hits per 60 minutes (21.31)...Made his Avalanche debut on April 2 vs. St. Louis, his first NHL game since Nov. 10, 2017 vs. Pittsburgh as a member of the Capitals...Recorded a career-high two points (0g/2a) on April 14 at St. Louis...Dressed in 12 straight NHL games, April 2-28...Spent most of the season on an American Hockey League contract prior to signing with the Avs...Appeared in 12 games for the Colorado Eagles (AHL), tallying eight points (4g/4a). #41: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (C) 6' 0", 198 lbs. / Mar 6, 1985 (36 years and 2 months)
BEHL-mahr GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Signed by Philadelphia as a non-drafted free agent, June 11, 2014 Playoffs 2 0-0-0 1 0 Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, July 1, 2019. Career Playoffs 48 2-5-7 6 37 Last Goal: AUG 31, 2020 vs DALLAS (4) Last Assist: AUG 17, 2020 @ ARIZONA (10) Season 53 9-2-11 6 21 Career 507 47-51-98 3 123 Career vs. Opp 22 3-4-7 -3 2 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 10:57 1 1 +1 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Appeared in all 15 playoff games for Colorado last season and scored his first two career postseason goals. - Helped Vegas reach the Stanley Cup Final in 2018.
2019-20 REGULAR SEASON Colorado's nominee for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy...Skated in 53 of the Avalanche's 56 games, tallying nine goals and 11 points (9g/2a) with a +6 plus/minus rating...Bellemare’s nine goals tied his career high from 2019-20...Won 60.8% of his faceoffs (260-428), although he did not have enough draws to qualify among the league leaders...Led all Avalanche forwards in total shorthanded minutes (113:26)…Had 36 blocked shots, second among team forwards...Appeared in his 500th NHL game on May 1 vs. San Jose...Joined Antoine Roussel (554) as the only French players in NHL history to appear in 500 contests and became the third "French-born" player to hit the milestone with Roussel and Paul MacLean (719).
#44: Kiefer Sherwood (L) 6' 0", 194 lbs. / Mar 31, 1995 (26 years and 1 month)
Drafted: Signed by Anaheim as a non-drafted free agent, March 19, 2018 GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, Oct. 9, 2020 Playoffs ------Last Goal: MAR 26, 2019 @ VANCOUVER (28) Career Playoffs ------Last Assist: MAY 12, 2021 vs LOS ANGELES (1) Season 16 0-3-3 2 0 Career 76 6-10-16 2 14 Career vs. Opp 4 0-0-0 1 0 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/------
2021 PLAYOFFS - Making his first appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Split the season between the Avalanche and Colorado Eagles (AHL)….Appeared in 16 games with the Avs, notching three points (0g/3a)...Finished second on the team in hits per 60 minutes (17:05)...Had a career-high eight hits on April 28 at Vegas, the most by an Avalanche player this season...Was leading the Colorado Eagles (AHL) with 10 goals and ranked second with 16 points in 10 games…His 1.60 points/game average was second among all AHL players who have appeared in at least 10 contests.
#49: Samuel Girard (D) 5' 10", 170 lbs. / May 12, 1998 (23 years)
Drafted: Nashville’s 2nd choice (2nd round, 47th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Nashville, with Vladislav Kamenev and a 2nd round pick in 2018, as Playoffs 2 0-1-1 0 0 well as Shane Bowers, Andrew Hammond, a 1st round pick in 2018 and 3rd round Career Playoffs 29 1-12-13 4 6 pick in 2019 from Ottawa. Matt Duchene sent to Ottawa, Kyle Turris sent to Nashville, Nov. 5, 2017 Season 48 5-27-32 15 16 Last Goal: AUG 19, 2020 vs ARIZONA (9) Career 273 17-99-116 13 47 Last Assist: MAY 17, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS (1) Career vs. Opp 20 1-9-10 3 10 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 22:41 1 1 +0 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL 2 times
2021 PLAYOFFS - Finished second among Avalanche defensemen with 10 points (1g/9a) in 15 postseason games last season.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Finished second among Avalanche defensemen in scoring with 32 points (5g/27a) in 48 games...His five goals set a new career high...Ranked third on the club in ice time (23:13) and first in shifts/game (28.5)...Saw his streak of 231 consecutive regular-season games snapped on Feb. 14 (COVID protocol related absence)...His streak was the second longest ever by an Avalanche defenseman (Martin Skoula, 285). #72: Joonas Donskoi (R) 6' 0", 190 lbs. / Apr 13, 1992 (29 years and 1 month)
DAWN-skoy, YOH-nuhs GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Florida's 10th selection (fourth round, 99th overall) in the 2010 Entry Draft Playoffs 2 2-1-3 0 0 Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, July 1, 2019 Career Playoffs 61 14-16-30 -2 10 Last Goal: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Season 51 17-14-31 14 10 Career 399 78-108-186 35 102 Career vs. Opp 17 4-3-7 4 2 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 3 0 17:09 3 0 +1 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Tied his career playoff high with three points (2g/1a) in Game 2 of the First Round vs. St. Louis (May 19). - Sixth appearance in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. - Helped the Sharks reach the Cup Final as a rookie in 2016.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Scored a career-high 17 goals, ranking fifth on the team...Added 14 assists for 31 points in 51 games...Set a career high with five power-play goals, fourth most on the club…Finished second on the team and eighth in the NHL in shooting percentage (19.8)...Scored nine of his goals in the first period, tied for second in the league in first-period tallies behind only Auston Matthews (12)…He opened the scoring for the Avs on seven occasions...Finished tied for fourth on the club in game-winning goals (3)...Was a career-best +14 on the year...Recorded the fastest hat trick to start a game in franchise history on March 31 vs. Arizona (7:31 into the first period).
#91: Nazem Kadri (C) 6' 0", 192 lbs. / Oct 6, 1990 (30 years and 7 months)
KA-dree, NA-zihm GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Toronto's 1st pick (1st round, 7th overall) in the 2009 Entry Draft Playoffs 2 0-1-1 -1 10 Acquired: Acquired by Colorado, along with Calle Rosen and 3rd round selection in Career Playoffs 36 12-17-29 8 76 2020, in exchange for Tyson Barrie, Alexander Kerfoot and 6th round pick in 2020, July 1, 2019 Season 56 11-21-32 -7 34 Last Goal: SEP 4, 2020 vs DALLAS (2) Career 668 191-234-425 -27 518 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Career vs. Opp 24 8-4-12 -12 29 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 10 14:09 2 2 +0 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Led the NHL in both game-winning goals (5) and power-play tallies (6) during the 2020 playoffs. - His nine goals last postseason tied Nathan MacKinnon for the team lead.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Was the only Avalanche player to appear in all 56 games...Ranked sixth on the team in points with 32 (11g/21a)...Led the Avs in faceoff wins (392) and ranked second in faceoff percentage (52.8%)...Ranked first on the team and fourth in the NHL in penalties drawn (27)…Finished third on the club in shots (170). #92: Gabriel Landeskog (L) 6' 1", 215 lbs. / Nov 23, 1992 (28 years and 5 months)
Drafted: Colorado's 1st choice (1st round, 2nd overall) in 2011 Entry Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: MAY 17, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS (1) Playoffs 2 1-4-5 5 5 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Career Playoffs 41 13-24-37 4 43 Season 54 20-32-52 14 34 Career 687 218-294-512 50 523 Career vs. Opp 46 7-22-29 -6 38 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 3 5 20:15 4 3 +3 5/17 vs STL 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 2 times 5/19 vs STL 5/17 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Second on the team in points (5). - Tied his playoff career high with three points (1g/2a) and had a fighting major in Game 1 vs. St. Louis on May 17, the second Gordie Howe hat trick in Avalanche postseason history and the first since Mike Ricci on April 16, 1997 vs Chicago (Game 1 of WCQF) at McNichols Arena
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Captained the Avalanche to the Presidents’ Trophy and Honda West Division championship in his 10th NHL season and ninth as team captain...Finished second on the club in goals (20-tied) and third in points (52)...It marked his eighth career 20-goal season, third most by an Avalanche player since the franchise relocated behind Milan Hejduk and Joe Sakic (both 11)...Led the club and tied for third in the NHL with eight game-winning goals...Also paced the team in hits (81), power-play goals (9-tied) and faceoff percentage (56.6)...His 56.6 faceoff percentage ranked 10th in the NHL and was the highest of any winger in 2020-21.
#95: Andre Burakovsky (L) 6' 3", 201 lbs. / Feb 9, 1995 (26 years and 3 months)
buhr-a-KAWV-skee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Washington's 1st choice (1st round, 23rd overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft Playoffs 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Acquired: Acquired from Washington in exchange for Scott Kosmachuk, a 2nd round Career Playoffs 73 16-19-35 11 16 pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and a 3rd round selection (previously acquired from Arizona) in the 2020 NHL Draft, on June 28, 2019. Season 53 19-25-44 4 10 Last Goal: SEP 4, 2020 vs DALLAS (2) Career 439 101-133-234 49 109 Last Assist: SEP 4, 2020 vs DALLAS (2) Career vs. Opp 21 8-9-17 -1 8 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 0 14:08 2 1 +0 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL 5/19 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - Set postseason career highs in points (17), goals (7) and assists (10) during the 2020 playoffs. - Won a Stanley Cup with Washington in 2018.
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Ranked fourth on the Avalanche in both goals (19) and points (44-tied) in 53 games…Fell one shy of tying his career high in both categories set in 2019-20...15 of his goals came at even strength, second most on the club...Set a career high with four power-play goals, tied for fifth on the team...Ended the season on an eight-game point streak (5g/7a) from May 1-13, tying his career-long streak set in 2015-16...It was the longest streak by an Avalanche player to end a regular season since Chris Simon had an eight-game run to close out the 1995-96 campaign (March 27–April 14, 1996)...Scored his 100th NHL goal on May 10 at Vegas. #96: Mikko Rantanen (R) 6' 4", 215 lbs. / Oct 29, 1996 (24 years and 6 months)
ran-TA-nehn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Colorado's 1st selection (1st round, 10th overall) in 2015 NHL Draft Playoffs 2 0-4-4 3 0 Last Goal: SEP 2, 2020 @ DALLAS (3) Career Playoffs 35 13-30-43 12 10 Last Assist: MAY 19, 2021 vs ST. LOUIS Season 52 30-36-66 30 34 Career 333 129-187-316 9 160 Career vs. Opp 22 8-9-17 0 10 Playoff Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 0 21:23 6 1 +2 2 times 2 times 2 times 2 times 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL 5/17 vs STL
2021 PLAYOFFS - His 1.23 career points/game in the playoffs ranks second among active players and eighth all time. - Fourth appearance in the playoffs. - Tied for sixth in the NHL with 21 points last postseason and was fourth in points/game (1.40)
2020-21 REGULAR SEASON Led the Avalanche and ranked fifth in the NHL in goals (30) and points (66-tied) in 52 games…His goal and point totals both led the division...Reached the career 30-goal mark for the second time in his career (31 in 2018-19) and joined Milan Hejduk (5x) as the only right wingers in Avalanche history to have multiple 30-goal seasons...Led the NHL with a +30 plus/minus rating...His 0.58 goals-per-game average ranked fourth in the league and was the highest by an Avalanche player since Hejduk (0.61) in 2002-03...Scored 21 of his 30 goals at even strength, tied for fourth in the NHL, and he also ranked fourth in power-play points (24-tied)...Tied for sixth in the circuit in points-per-game (1.27) and finished 10th in shots (177)