POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 3, 2 TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021

TEAM STATS TEAM NOTES The Avalanche finished 2-for-6 on the power play and has scored at least one power-play Avalanche in each of its first three games of the season, going 8-for-17 in that span. Colorado’s eight man-advantage tallies are the most of any team in the league so far this season. Shots: 24 Colorado entered the third period having scored 11 consecutive goals dating back to Friday’s Power Play: 2-6 game against St. Louis on Jan. 15. The only longer streak in franchise history was when the Nordiques scored 16 consecutive goals from Oct. 19-22, 1983. Kill: 2-3 INDIVIDUAL NOTES Faceoffs: 52% With the assist on Mikko Rantanen’s second-period goal, Nathan MacKinnon recorded the 500th of his career. He is the seventh player in franchise history and fourth in Avalanche Los Angeles history to reach 500 points. MacKinnon is also the first player from the 2013 NHL Draft class to hit the 500 mark and the sixth active player to reach the 500-point mark before age 26. The Shots: 25 others are: , Alex Ovechkin, , and .

Power Play: 4-6 Devon Toews registered his second goal in as many games, the first time he has scored a goal in consecutive contests in his career. Penalty Kill: 1-3 Samuel Girard tallied an assist and has a point in each of Colorado’s first three games of the season (0g/4a), equaling his career best assist/point streak. Girard previous had a three-game Faceoffs: 48% assist/point streak on four occasions, the last occurring from Feb. 26-29, 2020.

Brandon Saad recorded his first goal as a member of the Avalanche, and Dennis Gilbert made his Colorado debut.

Mikko Rantanen’s second-period marker stood as the game winner, his first of the season and 15th of his career.