POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 5, 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021

TEAM STATS TEAM NOTES Avalanche Colorado’s 55 shots on ranks second in franchise history for shots in a game and is the most by any team in the league this season. Shots: 55 57 March 3, 1996 vs. San Jose Power Play: 1-2 55 March 18, 2021 vs. Minnesota 53 October 20, 1984 at Toronto Kill: 3-4 51 5 times

Faceoffs: 55% Colorado’s 25 shots in the first period equals the third most in a single frame in franchise history.

Minnesota 29 February 11, 1997 vs. Los Angeles (1st) 26 November 3, 1995 at Winnipeg (2nd) Shots: 20 25 March 18, 2021 vs. Minnesota (1st) 25 March 5, 1996 vs. San Jose (3rd) Power Play: 1-4 25 January 30, 1987 at Buffalo (2nd)

Penalty Kill: 1-2 The Avs’ +35 differential is a franchise record, and the team’s +19 shot differential in the opening frame is the highest by the Avs in a single period since Feb. 11, 1997 vs. Los Angeles Kings (+21 in 1st period, 29-8). Faceoffs: 45% Colorado has held its opponent to less than 30 shots for a franchise-record 18 straight games. In their last six contests, the Avs have outshot their opponents by a combined margin of 259-116 (+143). The club averages a league-best 24.7 shots per game average.

The Avalanche has won a season-high five straight games and is 9-2-1 in its last 12 outings. Colorado has scored the first goal in each game of that stretch and is 16-3-1 overall this season when lighting the lamp first.

Now halfway through the 2020-21 campaign, the Avs are 18-8-2 and their .679 points percentage is the third highest at the season’s midway since relocating to Denver.

.720 2000-01 (26-8-7-0) .683 2013-14 (26-11-4) .679 2020-21 (18-8-2) .671 1996-97 (24-10-7) .659 1997-98 (21-8-12)

INDIVIDUAL NOTES Nathan MacKinnon has goals in four straight games, his longest goal streak of the season. He finished with three points (1g/2a), the third time in the 2020-21 campaign that he has tallied 3+ points. With two assists, he now has 324 career helpers and passed Dale Hunter (322) to take sole possession of seventh place in franchise history.

Gabriel Landeskog (1g/2a) extended his point streak to three games, matching his season high (Feb. 27-March 3). He has recorded five points (1g/4a) over that stretch. The Avalanche also appeared in his 659th career game, tying Cody McLeod for the fourth-most games played in an Avs sweater. COLORADO AVALANCHE POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 5, MINNESOTA WILD 1 THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2021

Mikko Rantanen (2g/2a) recorded his second consecutive multi-point outing and third in four contests. He has tallied nine points (4g/5a) over that span and has 16 points (8g/8a) in Colorado’s 10 games this month, the most goals in the league in March and ranked third in points. Rantanen registered his second four-point game of the season (also: Mar. 3 at San Jose). Rantanen’s goal was his fourth game-winning tally of the season, tied with Gabriel Landeskog for the team lead.

Philipp Grubauer earned his 17th win of the season, one shy of his career best reached in each of the last two campaigns. He ranks sec- ond to Tampa Bay’s Andrei Vasilevskiy (19) in wins, while his 1.82 goals-against average is first among netminders who have appeared in at least five games.