POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 3, 2 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021

TEAM STATS TEAM NOTES The Avalanche is 2-1-0 against Vegas through the first three games of a four-game stretch of contests Avalanche against the Golden Knights. Each game in the “series” has been decided by one . Colorado has edged Vegas by a combined score of 6-5 through those three contests with the teams slated to meet again on Shots: 39 Monday night at Ball Arena in Denver.

Power Play: 0-4 The Avs were 4-for-4 on the kill. Colorado hasn’t allowed a power-play goal in 10 of its 14 contests this season and is 43-for-48 (89.6%) overall this season, the top-ranked penalty kill in the league. Penalty Kill: 4-4 Colorado is now 1-2-0 in NHL outdoor games. Faceoffs: 51% INDIVIDUAL NOTES Vegas Nathan MacKinnon finished with three points (1g/2a) to equal the most points by a player in an NHL outdoor game. There are 17 players who have previously collected three points in an NHL outdoor game, Shots: 29 the most recent being Tyler Toffoli (3g/0a) in the 2020 Stadium Series with Los Angeles. Tonight marked the second time MacKinnon has recorded multiple points in an NHL outdoor contest, as he notched two Power Play: 0-4 points (1g/1a) at the 2016 Stadium Series vs. Detroit at Coors Field.

Penalty Kill: 4-4 MacKinnon has produced five points (2g/3a) in three career outdoor games, trailing only Henrik Zetter- berg (0-7—7 in 4GP) and Jonathan Toews (2-5—7 in 6GP) for the most career points outdoors. Faceoffs: 49% Samuel Girard notched his second goal of the season and second career tally in an NHL outdoor game. THREE STARS He also scored in last season’s Stadium Series game against Los Angeles at Air Force. First Star Nathan MacKinnon Mikko Rantanen recorded two points (2a) and has tallied a point in each of the outdoor games he has 3 points (1g/2a) appeared in (0g/1a at the 2020 Stadium Series game at Air Force).

Second Star Devon Toews scored his first game-winning goal of the season and the fourth of his career. Devon Toews 2 points (1g/1a)

Third Star Alex Tuch 1 point (1g)