AVALANCHE PLAYOFF NOTES MAKAR MAKES HISTORY: Cale Makar made his NHL debut in night’s contest, its second-most in a playoff game in franchise his- Game 3 on Monday night and scored his first NHL to become tory, one shy of the record (57) set in Game 4 of the 1996 Confer- the first player in Avalanche/Nordiques franchise history to register ence Semifinal at Chicago (May 8, 1996). It was the franchise’s most his first NHL marker while making his NHL debut in the Stanley Cup shots in a regulation playoff game and the most by an NHL team in a Playoffs. He’s also the seventh player in NHL history and first-ever non-overtime finish since the put up 61 in a victory defenseman to make his League debut in the Stanley Cup Playoffs over Pittsburgh in the 1996 Eastern Conference Final (May 24, 1996). and score a goal. POSTSEASON PRODUCTION: Nathan MacKinnon has 21 points HIGH-FLYING OFFENSE: Colorado’s 6-2 win in Game 3 marked the (8g/13a) in 17 career playoff games, the highest points-per-game av- first time the Avs have scored six or more goals in a postseason con- erage (1.24) among active players and tied for sixth (Bobby Orr, Mike test since Game 2 of the 2002 Conference Semifinals vs. San Jose Bossy) in Stanley Cup Playoff history among players with at least 10 (8-2 win on May 4, 2002). The Avalanche put up 56 shots in Monday points. “Obviously, tonight it was a great team effort again. You know, we go down in the third, but there’s a lot to believe in this team and we believe we can do it every night. Obviously in OT, Carl (Colorado C Carl Soderberg) made an unreal pass so I just tried to get it to the net and this time it went in. It was big.” —Avalanche forward following Colorado’s come-from-behind win over in Game 4

AVALANCHE PLAYOFF LEADERS FIRST ROUND VS. Category Player No. Goals Nathan MacKinnon 3 VS Mikko Rantanen 3 Assists Ian Cole 3 The first-round series between the Avalanche and the Flames Gabriel Landeskog 3 shifts back to Calgary for Game 5 on Friday night with Colorado Mikko Rantanen 3 leading the series 3-1. The Avs have won three straight games Points Mikko Rantanen 6 and own a 3-1 lead in a best-of-seven playoff series for the first Power-Play Goals Nathan MacKinnon 2 time since the 2006 Conference Quarterfinals against Dallas (Col- Minutes Nikita Zadorov 16 orado won series 4-1). The Avalanche is 9-2 all-time when taking Time on Ice/Game 26:22 a 3-1 lead in a playoff series. Mikko Rantanen leads the Avs with six points (3g/3a) in the series, which is tied for fifth in the league. GWG Nathan MacKinnon 1 Nathan MacKinnon has five points (3g/2a) through the first four Cale Makar 1 contests, including a league-high (tied) two goals on the power Mikko Rantanen 1 play and three points (T-3rd) with the man advantage. SHG Matt Nieto 2 Plus/Minus Ian Cole +5 PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Goals Against Avg. Philipp Grubauer 2.09 Matt Nieto Save Percentage Philipp Grubauer .933 Position: Left Wing Height: 5’11 SERIES SNAPSHOT Weight: 190 lbs. GAME DATE HOME/AWAY RESULT/TIME Shoots: Left Game 1 Thu., April 11 @ Calgary L, 4-0 Born: November 5, 1992 Game 2 Sat., April 13 @ Calgary W, 3-2 (OT) Birthplace: Long Beach, CA Game 3 Mon., April 15 Calgary W, 6-2 Game 4 Wed., April 17 Calgary W, 3-2 (OT) Nieto has scored two shorthanded goals in Colorado’s first-round Game 5 Fri., April 19 @ Calgary 8 p.m. series against the Flames, becoming the first player in Avalanche *Game 6 Sun., April 21 Calgary TBD history (since 1995-96) to register two shorthanded goals in a sin- *Game 7 Tue., April 23 @ Calgary TBD gle playoff series. Nieto’s two shorthanded tallies matches the Ava- * if necessary lanche/Nordiques franchise record for most shorthanded markers in a postseason and he is the second player in Avalanche/Nor- SCHEDULE diques franchise history to score a shorthanded goal in consec- Day Date Location Time utive team games during the Stanley Cup Playoffs, joining Andre Thursday Apr. 18 Team flight to Calgary Friday Apr. 19 Morning skate at Scotiabank Saddledome 11:30 a.m. Savard in Game 2 and 3 of the 1984 Division Semifnals against Buffalo. Game 5 at Calgary Flames 8 p.m. *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times mountain