COLORADO AVALANCHE POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 5, LOS ANGELES KINGS 1 THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 | BALL ARENA
TEAM STATS TEAM NOTES Avalanche The Avalanche won the Honda West Division and the Presidents’ Trophy, its 10th division title since moving to Denver (12th in franchise history) and third Presidents’ Trophy (1996-07 and 2000-01). Colorado finished the Shots: 43 regular season with a 39-13-4 record (.732), their best record in franchise history in terms of points percentage.
Power Play: 0-2 The Avs’ 22-4-2 home record (.821) is their best home points percentage since the club moved to Denver, eclips- ing the 2000-01 team (.768). Colorado is 16-0-1 in its last 17 contests at Ball Arena, the longest home point Penalty Kill: 2-2 streak in the NHL this season. It also ties the club record set in 2002-03. The Avalanche outscored opponents 110-54 (+56) on home ice in 2020-21. Faceoffs: 38% The Avalanche closed the regular season with a five-game winning streak and went 8-1-0 in its last nine games. Kings Colorado was 18-5-0 in its last 23games , 26-5-2 in its last 33, and 30-7-3 in its last 40 contests.
Shots: 22 Colorado’s five goals in the second period matches its season best (also: March 31 vs. Arizona, 1st period). The Avs are the only team in the league with two five-goal periods in 2020-21. Power Play: 0-2 Colorado finished 7-1-0 against Los Angeles this season, its most wins against a single opponent in 2019-20. Penalty Kill: 2-2
Faceoffs: 62% INDIVIDUAL NOTES Head coach Jared Bednar’s .732 win percentage this season is the best single-season winning percentage by a head coach in franchise history, passing Bob Hartley’s .695 win percentage in 2000-01 (note: overtime losses THREE STARS were counted as losses for coaches prior to 2005). First Star Tyson Jost Mikko Rantanen (2a) finished the season with a team-high 66 points (30g/36a) and is the first player other than 2 points (2g/0a) Nathan MacKinnon to lead the team in scoring since Matt Duchene in 2015-16.
Second Star Tyson Jost recorded his first multi-goal game of the season and first since Feb. 28, 2020 vs. Carolina. Jost fin- Andre Burakovsky ished with 17 points (7g/10a) in 54 games, with nine points (4g/5a) coming in his last 17 outings. 2 points (1g/1a) Cale Makar notched an assist to finish the regular season with 44 points (8g/36a) in 44 games, joining Steve Third Star Duchesne (82 points in 82 games with Quebec in 1992-93) as the only blueliners in franchise history to average Mikko Rantanen a point-per-game. He’s the only blueliner in the NHL to average a point-per-game this season. 2 points (0g/2a) Joonas Donskoi tallied his 17th goal of a season (51 GP) to set a new career high, surpassing his previous best of 16 in 2019-20 (65 GP).
Andre Burakovsky extended his point streak to eight games, equaling his career best (also: Jan. 17-Feb. 9, 2016).
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare scored his ninth goal of the season to equal his career best set in 2019-20.
Devon Toews registered his 22nd assist of the season to equal his career high set last year with the NY Islanders.