AVALANCHE NOTES CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS AVS REACH 1,000 WINS: On Sunday, the Avalanche picked up its TEAM GP W L OT PTS 1,000th victory (including both regular season and playoffs) since moving Nashville Predators 21 15 5 1 31 to Denver in 1995 (898 regular-season wins, 102 playoff wins). Only five Winnipeg Jets 19 12 5 2 26 other teams have won 1,000 or more games since the Avs arrived in the Minnesota Wild 21 12 7 2 26 Mile High City (Detroit, Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Dallas, San Jose). Colorado Avalanche 20 10 6 4 24 RANTANEN MAKING HISTORY: Mikko Rantanen leads the league with Dallas Stars 21 11 8 2 24 32 points (8g, 24a), becoming the third skater in Avalanche/Nordiques Chicago Blackhawks 21 8 8 5 21 history to be the first NHL player to reach the 30-point mark in a season, St. Louis Blues 19 7 9 3 17 joining Peter Forsberg (1997-98) and Joe Sakic (1998-99). He’s also the eighth different player in franchise history to reach the 30-point mark in AVALANCHE LEADERS the first 20 team games of a season. Category Player No. “We knew we wanted to bounce back. We got a big goal from Goals Gabriel Landeskog 13 Nate at the end of the second. It was a one-goal game. We knew Nathan MacKinnon 13 we had a lot of gas in the tank, so we knew that we were going Assists Mikko Rantanen 24 to outplay them in the third, and I think that’s what we did. They Points Mikko Rantanen 32 defended pretty well, but we got it done, so that is the biggest Power-Play Goals Gabriel Landeskog 4 thing.” Mikko Rantanen 4 —Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen on coming from behind Penalty Minutes Ian Cole 34 to beat Anaheim on Sunday night Time on Ice/Game Nathan MacKinnon 22:26 UPCOMING GAMES Game-Winning Goals Gabriel Landeskog 4 Goals-Against Average Semyon Varlamov 2.32 Wednesday, November 21 at Los Angeles Kings Staples Center, 8:30 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Save Percentage Semyon Varlamov .926 The Avalanche continues its three-game Pacific Division road trip on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Kings, the first of three matchups between the clubs this season and Colorado’s PLAYER SPOTLIGHT only visit to Staples Center. The Avs were 0-2-1 against the Kings Nathan MacKinnon in 2017-18. Position: Center Height: 6’0 Friday, November 23 at Arizona Coyotes Weight: 205 lbs. Gila River Arena, 6 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude 2, Radio: 92.5 FM Shoots: Right Colorado plays its first of three contests against the Arizona Coy- Born: Sept. 1, 1995 otes on Friday. The Avs will visit Glendale twice in 2018-19, and Birthplace: Halifax, Nova Scotia Arizona won’t make its lone trip to the Mile High City until March 29. Friday’s tilt is also the first of a back-to-back set, the Avs’ third such set this season. MacKinnon ranks second (behind teammate Mikko Ran- Saturday, November 24 vs. Dallas Stars tanen) in the NHL with 29 points, while his 13 goals are tied Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM for third. He notched his second game-winning goal of the The Avs return home on Saturday to host the Dallas Stars at Pepsi season in Colorado’s 6-3 win over Boston last Wednesday Center. Colorado and Dallas will clash four times this season, with and now has 31 game winners over the course of his career, each team hosting two games. The Stars will also play in Denver which ranks fourth in Avalanche history (since 1995-96). on Dec. 15. The Avalanche will wear its third jerseys on Saturday as part of the team’s Division Rival Night promotion. AVS IN THE COMMUNITY UPCOMING SCHEDULE On Nov. 13, Avalanche for- wards Alexander Kerfoot Day Date Location Time Wednesday Nov. 21 Morning skate at Toyota Sports Center 12:30 p.m. and Marko Dano, along with Game #21 at Los Angeles Kings 8:30 p.m. strength and conditioning Thursday Nov. 22 Practice at Toyota Sports Center 2 p.m. coach Casey Bond, partic- Team flight to Arizona after practice ipated in a TeamFIT event, Friday Nov. 23 Game #22 at Arizona Coyotes 6 p.m. presented by Ardent Mills, at Saturday Nov. 24 Game #23 vs. Dallas Stars 7 p.m. Valverde Elementary School. *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times mountain The Avs’ TeamFIT program aims to teach kids the principles of healthy eating and daily fitness habits in a fun, interactive setting.