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AVALANCHE POSTGAME NOTES 6, 2 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2021

TEAM STATS TEAM NOTES Avalanche The Avs earned their third straight road win and wrapped up their third of eight back-to-back sets this sea- son. Colorado is 2-0-1 in the second game of such sets this season. Shots: 41 Power Play: 1-3 Colorado is 2-0-0 against Arizona in 2020-21 with six more games remaining in the season series. The Kill: 2-2 clubs will meet next on March 8 and 10 in . Faceoffs: 57% The Avalanche has scored first in 13 of its 18 games this season and is now 10-2-1 when lighting the lamp Arizona first. Only the Maple Leafs (11) have more wins when getting on the scoreboard first in 2020-21.

Shots: 25 Colorado was 2-for-2 on the penalty kill, the third consecutive game the Avs have not surrendered a pow- Power Play: 0-2 er-play . The Avalanche ranks first in the league in penalty kill and is now 51-for-57 (89.5%) this season. Penalty Kill: 2-3 Faceoffs: 43% INDIVIDUAL NOTES scored the 202nd goal of his career, moving him into a tie with for third THREE STARS all-time in an Avalanche sweater. ranks first (391), followed by (375). First Star Andre Burakovsky finished with two assists, reaching 200 points for his career with his helper on Nathan 2 points (1g/1a) MacKinnon’s first-period tally. It’s the fourth multi- game of the season for Burakovsky.

Second Star Joonas Donskoi (1g/1a) recorded his second multi-point game of the season and picked up his 100th Nathan MacKinnon career assist on Jacob MacDonald’s second-period goal. 1 point (1g) earned his 10th win of the season and ranks third among NHL in wins and Third Star seventh in goals-against average (2.01). Ilya Lyubushkin 1 point (1g) Jacob MacDonald recorded his second career NHL goal and first since Oct. 6, 2018 at Tampa Bay when he was a member of the .

Dan Renouf made his Avalanche debut, playing in his second career NHL contest and first since March 27, 2017 at Carolina as a member of the .