AVALANCHE NOTES CENTRAL DIVISION/WILD CARD STANDINGS REACHING 500: Colorado’s win over the Vegas Golden Knights on TEAM GP W L OT PTS Wednesday night was the Avalanche’s 500th regular-season win at home x- 79 46 29 4 96 since moving to Denver in 1995 and the 800th home victory for the Nor- diques/Avalanche franchise. x-St. Louis Blues 79 43 28 8 94 x-Nashville Predators 79 44 29 6 94 GROOVY GRUBAUER: Philipp Grubauer has started a career-high eight consecutive games, posting a 6-0-2 record with a 1.59 goals-against av- WILD CARD erage and .954 save percentage. Grubauer finished last month with a .955 Dallas Stars 79 41 31 7 89 save percentage, the highest ever by an Avalanche/Nordiques goalie in March, topping Patrick Roy’s .952 in March 2003. It was the second-high- 79 36 29 14 86 est save percentage in any calendar month in franchise history (min 7 GP), 79 38 33 8 84 trailing only Peter Budaj’s .957 in December 2009. Minnesota Wild 79 36 34 9 81 CAPTAIN CLUTCH: Gabriel Landeskog is tied for the NHL lead with nine Chicago Blackhawks 79 34 33 12 80 game-winning goals and leads all players with 20 markers in the third pe- riod. His 20 third-period tallies are an Avalanche record and the most by a AVALANCHE LEADERS franchise player since 1992-93 (Quebec’s Mats Sundin 22, Joe Sakic 20). Category Player No. “We got to just keep doing what we’re doing. Take every game as an op- Goals Nathan MacKinnon 39 portunity to play very well and to get better and put a great product out on the ice. I think we can’t look too far in the future, and we certainly can’t Assists Nathan MacKinnon 57 look in the past. We’re still not out of the woods as far as the playoffs go; Points Nathan MacKinnon 96 everyone in this room knows it is still a tight race.” Power-Play Goals Mikko Rantanen 16 —Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ian Cole on Colorado’s remaining regular-season games Shorthanded Goals J.T. Compher 3 Carl Soderberg 3 UPCOMING GAMES Penalty Minutes Ian Cole 115 Tuesday, April 2 vs. Edmonton Oilers Time on Ice/Game Nathan MacKinnon 22:03 Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM Plus-Minus Nathan MacKinnon +18 The Colorado Avalanche returns home for its final homestand of Game-Winning Goals Gabriel Landeskog 9 the regular season, as it hosts the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday Goals-Against Average Philipp Grubauer 2.66 night at Pepsi Center to close a three-game season series. The clubs split the first two meetings with each team holding serve Save Percentage Philipp Grubauer .916 on the road.

Thursday, April 4 vs. Winnipeg Jets PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM Tyson Barrie The Avs host the Winnipeg Jets in their final home game of the Position: Defenseman regular season, which will also be Fan Appreciation Night at Pepsi Height: 5’10” Center. The Central Division foes have split the first four games of Weight: 190 lbs. the season, as Winnipeg won the first two and Colorado took the Shoots: Right most recent two. Born: July 26, 1991 Birthplace: Victoria, BC Saturday, April 6 at SAP Center, 8:30 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM The Avalanche closes out the regular season at San Jose on Sat- urday night, the second time in the last five years that Colorado will play its regular-season finale on the road. The Avs are 0-2-0 Barrie scored the 73rd goal of his career last Wednesday against the Sharks in 2018-19. against Vegas to take sole possession of first place on the franchise’s all-time list of goals by a defenseman (Sandis UPCOMING SCHEDULE Ozolinsh, 72). He is now Quebec/Colorado’s all-time de- Day Date Location Time fensive leader in goals (73), assists (231) and points (304). Tuesday April 2 Game #80 vs. Edmonton Oilers 7 p.m. Barrie’s 44 assists this season are a new career high (43 in Wednesday April 3 TBD 2017-18) and the most by an Avalanche blueliner since Ray Thursday April 4 Morning skate at Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m. Bourque had 52 in 2000-01. Game #81 vs. Winnipeg Jets 7 p.m. Friday April 5 TBD Team flight to San Jose Saturday April 6 Morning skate at SAP Center 11:30 a.m. Game #82 at San Jose Sharks 8:30 p.m. *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times mountain