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Postgame Notes & Quotes

Postgame Notes & Quotes

POSTGAME NOTES & QUOTES 2, 1 NOVEMBER 1, 2019

First Star TEAM NOTES Roope Hintz (2g) This is the first half of a back-to-back set for the Avs, the third of 12 such sets this season. Colorado is now 2-1-0 in the first half of back-to-backs. Second Star Nathan MacKinnon (1g) INDIVIDUAL NOTES Nathan MacKinnon extended his season-opening streak to 13 games, Third Star the longest streak to start a season in Avalanche history and the fourth-lon- Anton Khudobin (38 svs) gest in franchise history.

LONGEST POINT STREAKS TO BEGIN A SEASON TEAM STATS FRANCHISE HISTORY - 30 games, 1992-93 Avalanche Peter Stastny - 16 games, 1987-88 Michel Goulet - 14 games, 1985-86 Shots: 39 Nathan MacKinnon - 13 games, 2019-20 Power Play: 1-5 MacKinnon is the only NHL player to register a point in every game this sea- son. His streak is also the fourth longest of any NHL player to start a season Kill: 2-2 since the 1999-00 campaign. Faceoffs: 51% (OTT) | 22 games in 2005-06 (DET) | 17 games in 2007-08 Dallas Jaromir Jagr (PIT) | 15 games in 1999-00 Nathan MacKinnon (COL) | 13 games in 2019-20 Shots: 29 MacKinnon’s second-period tally was the 48th power-play of his career. Power Play: 0-2 He surpasses to take sole possession of fourth place on the Avs’ all-time list of power-play goals (since 1995-96). Penalty Kill: 4-5 MacKinnon finished with a career-high 12 shots, the most by any player in a Faceoffs: 49% single game this season and the most since Detroit’s Dyland Larkin and Ot- tawa’s Brady Tkachuk each registered 12 shots on March 28, 2019. The last Avalanche player to record 12+ shots in a game was on Avalanche Schedule Jan. 9, 2019 at . Friday November 1, 2019 Cale Makar collected his 11th point of the season and now ranks first among Team flight to Arizona all NHL rookies in scoring and is tied for seventh among all league defensem- en. Makar’s 10 assists are tops among all first-year players.

Nazem Kadri registered his 200th NHL assist. POSTGAME NOTES & QUOTES DALLAS STARS 2, COLORADO AVALANCHE 1 NOVEMBER 1, 2019

QUOTES Colorado C Nazem Kadri On The Avs’ Gaining Momentum After The Disallowed Goal: “Definitely, I think that was a turning point where we decided to start playing and from there on out, dominated the rest of the game. Like I said, their made a few nice saves and just a little too late.”

On The Avs’ Homestand: “That’s just the rollercoaster of the season – you win a few, you lose a few. You know, it’s important not to get too consumed over wins and losses, just about how you are playing, so we just have to make a few corrections and we’ll be fine.”

Colorado D Ian Cole On The Avs’ Performance: “Clearly not good enough. We took a little time off in the beginning of the game there and it showed. Picked it up in the later half of the game but they are a good team, you can’t spot a good team a lead like that.”

On Tonight’s : “Grubi (Colorado G Philipp Grubauer) was really good for us, their goalie was fine. I think we needed to do a way better job of getting to him and getting some dangerous scoring chances.”

Dallas D John Klingberg On Tonight’s Game: “I think maybe we were playing a little bit of a better team here. They got a lot of speed. We said we wanted to come out quick, we got out to a two-goal lead, and then we defended really good today. Goalie was really good as well, so it was a good road win.”

On Getting A Win: “Yeah, for sure, it gains a lot of confidence. A little bit of a setback against Pittsburgh, but I think the last five games we’ve been playing pretty good. I mean, from mistakes you [can] learn as well. I think we talked about it before a meeting we had where we solved a lot of issues and cleared the air as well. We still have a lot of stuff we need to improve and that we’re going to work on, but it’s a good to come out with a win.”

Dallas G Anton Khudobin On The Third Period: “Just tried to play our game. It would’ve been great to score, but he (Colorado G Philipp Grubauer) made a couple [great] saves. But we played our game and that’s it.”

On Playing Aggressive: “We have to play like this. We have to. Yes, aggressive, forecheck, heat, be above the puck, everything. It’s just the way it is. I’m happy that we won, but there’s a lot of work ahead of us.”