Colorado Avalanche Game Notes
Wed, Nov 28, 2018 NHL Game #381
Colorado Avalanche 14 - 6 - 4 (32 pts) Pittsburgh Penguins 10 - 8 - 5 (25 pts) Team Game: 25 5 - 2 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 24 5 - 5 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 10 9 - 4 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 12 5 - 3 - 3 (Road)
# Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 1 Semyon Varlamov 16 9 5 2 2.32 .927 1 Casey DeSmith 15 6 3 3 2.41 .924 31 Philipp Grubauer 8 5 1 2 3.07 .907 35 Tristan Jarry 1 0 0 1 1.94 .946
# P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 4 D Tyson Barrie 23 3 17 20 13 4 2 D Chad Ruhwedel 11 0 0 0 -8 2 6 D Erik Johnson 24 1 7 8 2 11 3 D Olli Maatta 22 0 7 7 5 6 10 R Sven Andrighetto 10 2 0 2 2 0 6 D Jamie Oleksiak 21 4 6 10 9 23 11 L Matt Calvert 24 3 4 7 -3 17 8 D Brian Dumoulin 23 1 5 6 8 8 12 D Patrik Nemeth 19 1 2 3 2 10 10 L Garrett Wilson 6 0 1 1 2 2 13 C Alexander Kerfoot 24 4 14 18 -3 16 12 C Dominik Simon 23 4 8 12 4 6 15 C Sheldon Dries 15 2 2 4 -2 8 14 L Tanner Pearson 24 3 2 5 -8 8 16 D Nikita Zadorov 23 2 2 4 9 27 15 C Riley Sheahan 22 2 1 3 -9 5 17 C Tyson Jost 20 4 5 9 -1 4 17 R Bryan Rust 23 1 4 5 -5 8 22 C Colin Wilson 23 6 3 9 -2 4 19 C Derick Brassard 14 2 4 6 1 6 28 D Ian Cole 24 1 7 8 11 38 38 C Derek Grant 11 1 2 3 -1 0 29 C Nathan MacKinnon 24 17 20 37 11 14 41 R Daniel Sprong 16 0 4 4 -7 0 34 C Carl Soderberg 24 7 9 16 0 4 46 C Zach Aston-Reese 10 2 0 2 0 0 37 L J.T. Compher 8 6 2 8 2 8 50 D Juuso Riikola 12 0 0 0 0 4 44 D Mark Barberio 7 1 0 1 -6 2 58 D Kris Letang 22 5 15 20 5 12 49 D Samuel Girard 24 1 10 11 -1 0 59 L Jake Guentzel 23 11 8 19 8 4 57 L Gabriel Bourque 20 0 3 3 2 4 71 C Evgeni Malkin 23 9 21 30 -4 32 83 L Matt Nieto 21 2 3 5 -4 4 72 R Patric Hornqvist 21 9 6 15 2 2 91 C Vladislav Kamenev 18 2 3 5 1 6 73 D Jack Johnson 23 1 5 6 -10 6 92 L Gabriel Landeskog 24 14 12 26 17 16 81 R Phil Kessel 23 10 18 28 0 16 96 R Mikko Rantanen 24 10 30 40 15 18 87 C Sidney Crosby 20 10 15 25 11 2
President/Governor Josh Kroenke Executive VP and General Manager Jim Rutherford Exec. VP / General Manager Joe Sakic Assistant GMs Bill Guerin, Jason Karmanos Assistant GM Craig Billington, Chris Head Coach Mike Sullivan MacFarland Assistant Coaches Sergei Gonchar, Jacques Head Coach Jared Bednar Martin, Mark Recchi Assistant Coaches Ray Bennett, Nolan Pratt, Jussi Goaltending Coach / Video Coach Mike Buckley / Andy Saucier Parkkila (goaltending), Brett Heimlich (video)
Tonight's Officials Referees Ghislain Hebert (22), Francois StLaurent (38) Linesmen Devin Berg (87), Brad Kovachik (71) Supervisor Rob Shick Video Judge Kris Schoech Ntl. Anthem Jake Schroeder * Denotes Standby Official.
Today's Schedule DAL @ CGY : 7:00 STL @ DET : 7:00 ANA @ FLA : 7:00 PIT @ COL : 7:30 SJS @ TOR : 7:30 Colorado Avalanche: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 1 Semyon Varlamov G 6' 2" 205 Apr 27, 1988 Samara, RUS 4 Tyson Barrie D 5' 10" 190 Jul 26, 1991 Victoria, BC, CAN 6 Erik Johnson D 6' 4" 225 Mar 21, 1988 Bloomington, MN, USA 10 Sven Andrighetto R 5' 10" 188 Mar 21, 1993 Zurich, CHE 11 Matt Calvert L 5' 11" 186 Dec 24, 1989 Brandon, MB, CAN 12 Patrik Nemeth D 6' 3" 219 Feb 8, 1992 Stockholm, SWE 13 Alexander Kerfoot C 5' 10" 175 Aug 11, 1994 Vancouver, BC, CAN 15 Sheldon Dries C 5' 9" 185 Apr 23, 1994 Macomb, MI, USA 16 Nikita Zadorov D 6' 5" 230 Apr 16, 1995 Moscow, RUS 17 Tyson Jost C 5' 11" 191 Mar 14, 1998 St. Albert, AB, CAN 22 Colin Wilson C 6' 1" 221 Oct 20, 1989 Greenwich, CT, USA 28 Ian Cole D 6' 1" 219 Feb 21, 1989 Ann Arbor, MI, USA 29 Nathan MacKinnon C 6' 0" 205 Sep 1, 1995 Halifax, NS, CAN 31 Philipp Grubauer G 6' 1" 191 Nov 25, 1991 Rosenheim, DEU 34 Carl Soderberg C 6' 3" 210 Oct 12, 1985 Malmö, SWE 37 J.T. Compher L 6' 0" 193 Apr 8, 1995 Northbrook, IL, USA 44 Mark Barberio D 6' 1" 200 Mar 23, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN 49 Samuel Girard D 5' 10" 162 May 12, 1998 Roberval, QC, CAN 57 Gabriel Bourque L 5' 10" 206 Sep 23, 1990 Rimouski, QC, CAN 83 Matt Nieto L 5' 11" 190 Nov 5, 1992 Long Beach, CA, USA 91 Vladislav Kamenev C 6' 2" 194 Aug 12, 1996 Orsk, RUS 92 Gabriel Landeskog L 6' 1" 215 Nov 23, 1992 Stockholm, SWE 96 Mikko Rantanen R 6' 4" 215 Oct 29, 1996 Nousiainen, FIN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 0" 200 Age: 26.2
Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks NATHAN MACKINNON (3 / 2 Games) MIKKO RANTANEN (8 / 5 Games) NATHAN MACKINNON (5-6-11 / 5 Games) TYSON JOST (1-1-2 / 2 Games) J.T. COMPHER (3-1-4 / 3 Games) MIKKO RANTANEN (3-8-11 / 5 Games)
Pittsburgh Penguins: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 1 Casey DeSmith G 6' 0" 181 Aug 13, 1991 Rochester, NH, USA 2 Chad Ruhwedel D 5' 11" 191 May 7, 1990 San Diego, CA, USA 3 Olli Maatta D 6' 2" 206 Aug 22, 1994 Jyväskylä, FIN 6 Jamie Oleksiak D 6' 7" 255 Dec 21, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 8 Brian Dumoulin D 6' 4" 207 Sep 6, 1991 Biddeford, ME, USA 10 Garrett Wilson L 6' 2" 199 Mar 16, 1991 Barrie, ON, CAN 12 Dominik Simon C 5' 11" 190 Aug 8, 1994 Prague, CZE 14 Tanner Pearson L 6' 1" 201 Aug 10, 1992 Kitchener, ON, CAN 15 Riley Sheahan C 6' 3" 214 Dec 7, 1991 St. Catharines, ON, CAN 17 Bryan Rust R 5' 11" 192 May 11, 1992 Pontiac, MI, USA 19 Derick Brassard C 6' 1" 202 Sep 22, 1987 Hull, QC, CAN 35 Tristan Jarry G 6' 2" 194 Apr 29, 1995 Surrey, BC, CAN 38 Derek Grant C 6' 3" 215 Apr 20, 1990 Abbotsford, BC, CAN 41 Daniel Sprong R 6' 0" 180 Mar 17, 1997 Amsterdam, NLD 46 Zach Aston-Reese C 6' 0" 204 Aug 10, 1994 Staten Island, NY, USA 50 Juuso Riikola D 6' 0" 189 Nov 9, 1993 Joensuu, FIN 58 Kris Letang D 6' 0" 201 Apr 24, 1987 Montreal, QC, CAN 59 Jake Guentzel L 5' 11" 180 Oct 6, 1994 Omaha, NE, USA 71 Evgeni Malkin C 6' 3" 195 Jul 31, 1986 Magnitogorsk, RUS 72 Patric Hornqvist R 5' 11" 189 Jan 1, 1987 Sollentuna, SWE 73 Jack Johnson D 6' 1" 227 Jan 13, 1987 Indianapolis, IN, USA 81 Phil Kessel R 6' 0" 202 Oct 2, 1987 Madison, WI, USA 87 Sidney Crosby C 5' 11" 200 Aug 7, 1987 Cole Harbour, NS, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 200 Age: 27.6
Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 4 Justin Schultz D 6' 2" 193 Jul 6, 1990 Kelowna, BC, CAN 7 Matt Cullen C 6' 1" 202 Nov 2, 1976 Virginia, MN, USA 30 Matt Murray G 6' 4" 178 May 25, 1994 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks DOMINIK SIMON (2 / 2 Games) PHIL KESSEL (3-9-12 / 9 Games) KRIS LETANG (6 / 4 Games) JAKE GUENTZEL (3-1-4 / 2 Games) PHIL KESSEL (4 / 4 Games) KRIS LETANG (0-6-6 / 4 Games) DOMINIK SIMON (0-2-2 / 2 Games) SIDNEY CROSBY (1-2-3 / 2 Games) Colorado Avalanche: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 96 Mikko Rantanen 24 10 30 40 15 18 4 0 2 54 18.5 20:52 46.66 22 19 C 29 Nathan MacKinnon 24 17 20 37 11 14 4 0 2 106 16.0 22:05 40.31 12 4 L 92 Gabriel Landeskog 24 14 12 26 17 16 5 0 4 69 20.3 21:06 56.60 33 17 D 4 Tyson Barrie 23 3 17 20 13 4 0 0 0 53 5.7 20:38 0.00 10 20 C 13 Alexander Kerfoot 24 4 14 18 -3 16 2 0 0 34 11.8 13:56 58.72 6 12 C 34 Carl Soderberg 24 7 9 16 0 4 2 0 1 47 14.9 16:25 45.17 21 18 D 49 Samuel Girard 24 1 10 11 -1 0 0 0 0 30 3.3 20:14 0.00 20 28 C 22 Colin Wilson 23 6 3 9 -2 4 3 0 2 41 14.6 13:10 33.33 18 9 C 17 Tyson Jost 20 4 5 9 -1 4 3 0 1 26 15.4 13:54 27.86 14 10 L 37 J.T. Compher 8 6 2 8 2 8 1 2 1 16 37.5 12:54 54.41 2 1 D 6 Erik Johnson 24 1 7 8 2 11 0 0 0 49 2.0 21:58 0.00 39 33 D 28 Ian Cole 24 1 7 8 11 38 0 0 0 27 3.7 20:06 0.00 29 68 L 11 Matt Calvert 24 3 4 7 -3 17 1 0 0 40 7.5 14:20 43.90 37 19 L 83 Matt Nieto 21 2 3 5 -4 4 0 0 1 24 8.3 13:37 50.00 19 9 C 91 Vladislav Kamenev 18 2 3 5 1 6 1 1 0 16 12.5 09:36 50.47 18 4 C 15 Sheldon Dries 15 2 2 4 -2 8 0 0 0 23 8.7 10:32 30.00 23 7 D 16 Nikita Zadorov 23 2 2 4 9 27 0 0 0 27 7.4 15:30 0.00 51 16 D 12 Patrik Nemeth 19 1 2 3 2 10 0 0 0 15 6.7 17:16 0.00 33 39 L 57 Gabriel Bourque 20 0 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 12 0.0 11:09 41.66 37 24 R 10 Sven Andrighetto 10 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 19 10.5 12:34 25.00 6 9 D 44 Mark Barberio 7 1 0 1 -6 2 0 0 0 5 20.0 15:35 0.00 7 4
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 1 Semyon Varlamov 16 956 2.32 9 5 2 0 37 471 .927 0 0 0 31 Philipp Grubauer 8 489 3.07 5 1 2 0 25 243 .907 0 0 0
Pittsburgh Penguins: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 71 Evgeni Malkin 23 9 21 30 -4 32 4 0 2 54 16.7 18:53 44.57 13 15 R 81 Phil Kessel 23 10 18 28 0 16 3 0 2 68 14.7 18:30 0.00 5 7 C 87 Sidney Crosby 20 10 15 25 11 2 2 0 2 59 16.9 20:12 55.14 23 11 D 58 Kris Letang 22 5 15 20 5 12 2 0 1 73 6.8 25:58 0.00 36 40 L 59 Jake Guentzel 23 11 8 19 8 4 1 0 1 57 19.3 18:06 36.36 35 16 R 72 Patric Hornqvist 21 9 6 15 2 2 2 0 1 67 13.4 15:56 37.50 48 9 C 12 Dominik Simon 23 4 8 12 4 6 1 0 0 34 11.8 12:21 50.00 30 7 D 6 Jamie Oleksiak 21 4 6 10 9 23 0 0 0 26 15.4 16:15 0.00 68 20 D 3 Olli Maatta 22 0 7 7 5 6 0 0 0 27 0.0 19:18 0.00 40 37 C 19 Derick Brassard 14 2 4 6 1 6 0 0 0 24 8.3 15:51 52.59 21 3 D 8 Brian Dumoulin 23 1 5 6 8 8 0 0 0 30 3.3 20:59 0.00 45 38 D 73 Jack Johnson 23 1 5 6 -10 6 1 0 0 30 3.3 19:33 0.00 72 40 L 14 Tanner Pearson 24 3 2 5 -8 8 0 0 0 37 8.1 13:55 16.66 36 9 R 17 Bryan Rust 23 1 4 5 -5 8 0 0 0 36 2.8 14:45 10.00 35 12 C 7 Matt Cullen 18 2 2 4 -2 6 0 0 0 26 7.7 11:45 46.98 9 11 D 4 Justin Schultz 4 0 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 13:48 0.00 1 3 R 41 Daniel Sprong 16 0 4 4 -7 0 0 0 0 16 0.0 08:33 50.00 12 5 C 15 Riley Sheahan 22 2 1 3 -9 5 0 0 0 32 6.3 13:13 52.42 24 14 C 38 Derek Grant 11 1 2 3 -1 0 0 0 0 11 9.1 10:02 58.82 28 3 C 46 Zach Aston-Reese 10 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 13.3 13:20 50.00 24 5 L 10 Garrett Wilson 6 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 07:31 0.00 20 2 D 2 Chad Ruhwedel 11 0 0 0 -8 2 0 0 0 14 0.0 15:26 0.00 27 7 D 50 Juuso Riikola 12 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 15 0.0 16:38 0.00 32 13
# Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 1 Casey DeSmith 15 748 2.41 6 3 3 2 30 367 .924 0 0 2 30 Matt Murray 11 574 4.08 4 5 1 1 39 278 .877 0 0 2 35 Tristan Jarry 1 62 1.94 0 0 1 0 2 35 .946 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Penguins @ Colorado Avalanche Team Records Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche Last game: Tuesday AT WINNIPEG (4-3 W) Tuesday AT NASHVILLE (3-2 W) Next game: Saturday VS PHILADELPHIA Friday VS ST. LOUIS Overall record/streak: 10 - 8 - 5 / Win 2 / Undef 2 14 - 6 - 4 / Win 5 / Undef 5 Home record/streak: 5 - 5 - 2 / Win 2 / Undef 2 5 - 2 - 2 / Win 1 / Undef 1 Road record/streak: 5 - 3 - 3 / Win 1 / Undef 1 9 - 4 - 2 / Win 5 / Undef 5 Last 5 Games: 3 - 0 - 2 5 - 0 - 0 Last 10 Games: 4 - 4 - 2 7 - 2 - 1 1-Goal Games: 3 - 2 - 5 3 - 3 - 4 2-Goal Games 2 - 2 2 - 0 3-Goal Games 5 - 4 9 - 3 Scoring first 7 - 3 - 5 9 - 2 - 2 Opponent scoring first 3 - 5 - 0 5 - 4 - 2 Leading after 1 period 5 - 2 - 3 7 - 1 - 2 Trailing after 1 period 1 - 4 - 1 4 - 3 - 2 Tied after 1 period 4 - 2 - 1 3 - 2 - 0 Leading after 2 periods 9 - 0 - 1 9 - 1 - 1 Trailing after 2 periods 1 - 7 - 1 3 - 2 - 1 Tied after 2 periods 0 - 1 - 3 2 - 3 - 2 OT Record - This Season: 2 - 5 1 - 4 OT Record - Franchise: 216 - 168 - 176 185 - 154 - 204 Shootout Record - This Season: 0 - 2 0 - 1 Shootout Record - Franchise: 75 - 52 70 - 39 Outshooting opponent: 4 - 4 - 2 8 - 2 - 0 Outshot by opponent: 5 - 4 - 1 6 - 4 - 4 Even shots: 1 - 0 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 vs. Atlantic: 1 - 4 - 3 3 - 1 - 0 vs. Metropolitan: 2 - 4 - 1 4 - 1 - 2 vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: 3 - 8 - 4 7 - 2 - 2 vs. Central: 2 - 0 - 0 3 - 3 - 0 vs. Pacific: 5 - 0 - 1 4 - 1 - 2 vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: 7 - 0 - 1 7 - 4 - 2
Month by Month Record Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: 6-2-2 14 7-3-2 16 November: 4-6-3 11 7-3-2 16 Totals: 10-8-5 25 14-6-4 32 Pittsburgh Penguins @ Colorado Avalanche Situations Goals by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Pittsburgh Penguins: 29 28 19 2 78 ( 3.4 avg.) Opponents: 21 30 18 3 72 ( 3.1 avg.)
Colorado Avalanche: 21 31 36 1 89 ( 3.7 avg.) Opponents: 18 18 27 3 66 ( 2.8 avg.)
Shots by Period 1 2 3 OT T Avg Pittsburgh Penguins: 246 278 225 12 761 (33.1 avg.) Opponents: 235 277 231 9 752 (32.7 avg.)
Colorado Avalanche: 238 261 233 4 736 (30.7 avg.) Opponents: 242 260 261 17 780 (32.5 avg.)
Power Play Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche G Att % G Att % Overall: 16 65 24.6 (8th NHL) 26 81 32.1 (1st NHL) Home: 5 35 14.3 (28th NHL) 8 29 27.6 (6th NHL) Road: 11 30 36.7 (1st NHL) 18 52 34.6 (2nd NHL) 5 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-27th NHL) 1 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-3rd NHL)
Penalty Killing Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche G Att % G Att % Overall: 12 68 82.4 (T-6th NHL) 17 90 81.1 (11th NHL) Home: 8 35 77.1 (20th NHL) 5 26 80.8 (14th NHL) Road: 4 33 87.9 (4th NHL) 12 64 81.3 (T-11th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-26th NHL) 3 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-11th NHL)
Penalties Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank 23 172 7.5 (4th NHL) 24 232 9.7 (T-23rd NHL)
Goal Situations Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche For Against For Against 6 on 5: 1 1 1 3 6 on 4: 0 0 1 1 6 on 3: 0 0 0 0 5 on 5: 58 51 54 41 5 on 4: 14 5 23 0 5 on 3: 0 0 0 0 4 on 4: 0 0 2 0 4 on 3: 2 0 1 0 3 on 3: 1 3 0 1 3 on 4: 0 0 0 2 3 on 5: 0 2 0 1 3 on 6: 0 0 0 0 4 on 5: 0 10 3 14 4 on 6: 0 0 0 0 5 on 6: 2 0 4 3 Empty Net: 2 1 5 4 Penalty Shots: 0 0 0 0 Total: 78 72 89 66 Pittsburgh Penguins @ Colorado Avalanche Situations Individual Leaders Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche Points: E. MALKIN (30),P. KESSEL (28),S. CROSBY (25) M. RANTANEN (40),N. MACKINNON (37),G. LANDESKOG (26) Goals: J. GUENTZEL (11),S. CROSBY (10),P. KESSEL (10) N. MACKINNON (17),G. LANDESKOG (14),M. RANTANEN (10) Assists: E. MALKIN (21),P. KESSEL (18),S. CROSBY (15) M. RANTANEN (30),N. MACKINNON (20),T. BARRIE (17) PP Goals: E. MALKIN (4),P. KESSEL (3),S. CROSBY (2) G. LANDESKOG (5),N. MACKINNON (4),M. RANTANEN (4) SH Goals: J. COMPHER (2),V. KAMENEV (1) GW Goals: E. MALKIN (2),S. CROSBY (2),P. KESSEL (2) G. LANDESKOG (4),C. WILSON (2),N. MACKINNON (2) 3+ Goals: P. KESSEL(1),J. GUENTZEL(1) G. LANDESKOG(1) PIM: E. MALKIN (32),J. OLEKSIAK (23),P. KESSEL (16) I. COLE (38),N. ZADOROV (27),M. RANTANEN (18) Shots: K. LETANG (73),P. KESSEL (68),P. HORNQVIST (67) N. MACKINNON (106),G. LANDESKOG (69),M. RANTANEN (54) +/-: S. CROSBY (+11),J. OLEKSIAK (+9),B. DUMOULIN (+8) G. LANDESKOG (+17),M. RANTANEN (+15),T. BARRIE (+13)
Shootout Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Evgeni Malkin 0 / 2 0.0 0 Mikko Rantanen 1 / 1 100.0 0 Sidney Crosby 0 / 2 0.0 0 Gabriel Landeskog 0 / 1 0.0 0 Kris Letang 0 / 1 0.0 0 Nathan MacKinnon 0 / 1 0.0 0
Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S % Matt Murray 0 - 1 1/3 .667 Semyon Varlamov 0 - 1 2/3 .333 Casey DeSmith 0 - 1 2/2 .000
Power Play Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche Player G A P Player G A P Phil Kessel 3 7 10 Nathan MacKinnon 4 9 13 Evgeni Malkin 4 6 10 Mikko Rantanen 4 8 12 Kris Letang 2 6 8 Gabriel Landeskog 5 4 9 Sidney Crosby 2 4 6 Alexander Kerfoot 2 6 8 Patric Hornqvist 2 1 3 Carl Soderberg 2 6 8 Jake Guentzel 1 1 2 Tyson Barrie 0 7 7 Jack Johnson 1 1 2 Samuel Girard 0 7 7 Olli Maatta 0 2 2 Tyson Jost 3 1 4 Derick Brassard 0 1 1 Colin Wilson 3 1 4 Justin Schultz 0 1 1 J.T. Compher 1 2 3 Dominik Simon 1 0 1 Matt Calvert 1 1 2 Daniel Sprong 0 1 1 Vladislav Kamenev 1 0 1
Short Handed Pittsburgh Penguins Colorado Avalanche Player G A P Player G A P No players to display J.T. Compher 2 0 2 Vladislav Kamenev 1 0 1 Matt Nieto 0 1 1 Colorado Avalanche: Media Notes
UPCOMING GAMES (TV, Radio) Wed, Nov. 28 vs. PITTSBURGH - 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN / 92.5 FM) Fri, Nov. 30 vs. ST. LOUIS - 7 p.m. (Altitude 2 / 92.5 FM) Sun, Dec. 2 at Detroit - 5 p.m. (Altitude / 92.5 FM) Tue, Dec. 4 at Pittsburgh - 5 p.m. (Altitude / 92.5 FM) Thu, Dec. 6 at Florida - 5 p.m. (Altitude / 92.5 FM) Sat, Dec. 8 at Tampa Bay - 5 p.m. (Altitude / 92.5 FM)
LAST GAME (Nov. 27) - Colorado 3 at Nashville 2 Nathan MacKinnon scored twice and Tyson Jost tallied the game winner at 5:07 of the third period to give the Avalanche a 3-2 victory over the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena. Mikko Rantanen assisted on both MacKinnon goals—becoming the first NHL player to reach the 40-point mark in 2018-19—and Samuel Girard also had two helpers. Semyon Varlamov made 36 saves.
TONIGHT The Colorado Avalanche opens a two-game homestand tonight against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Pepsi Center. This evening's contest is the second half of a back-to-back for the Avs, who beat the Predators 3-2 last night in Nashville. The Avs have won a season-high five straight games and are 7-0-1 in their last eight. Last night was Colorado's fifth straight road win, the club's longest road winning streak since since March 25-April 10, 2014 (also five). The Avs are in the midst of a stretch that has them playing 19-of- 28 away from home.
BACK-TO-BACK The Avs are playing their second straight set of back-to-back games as they host the Penguins tonight after beating the Predators 3-2 last night in Nashville. Colorado swept its last back-to-back on Friday in Arizona and Saturday vs. Dallas. Colorado is 3-1-0 on the first game and 1-1-1 on the second game. The Avs are scheduled for 11 back-to-backs in 2018-19.
AVS & PENGUINS Tonight is the first of two meetings between the Avalanche and Penguins in 2018-19. They will wrap up the season series next week in Pittsburgh. The Avs won both meetings last year, sweeping a season series of at least two games from the Penguins for the first time since 2002-03. Ian Cole spent parts of four seasons with the Penguins and was a member of Pittsburgh's back-to-back Stanley Cup championship teams in 2015-16
SERIES RECORD All-Time: 41-35-10 H: 21-16-4 A: 20-19-6 Since '95: 19-8-6 H: 8-4-4 A: 11-4-2 2017-18: 2-0-0
SEASON SERIES Nov. 28 vs. PIT Dec. 4 @ PIT
YOUR LEAGUE LEADER Mikko Rantanen leads the NHL in scoring with 40 points (10g/30a) in 24 games. Rantanen, who has a current streak of five straight multi-point games, also leads the league in assists and is tied with Nathan MacKinnon for first in multi-point games (13). Some notables on the 22-year-old native of Nousiainen, Finland:
• Surpassed the 40-point mark last night in Nashville, the first NHL player to hit 40 points in 2018-19. Only once in Avalanche/ Nordiques franchise history has a player been the first to 40 points in a season. In 1997-98, Peter Forsberg (9g/31a) recorded his 40th point on Dec. 12 to end the day tied with Philadelphia’s John LeClair (24g/16a) for the most in the NHL. • Is the fastest player to 40 points in Avalanche history (24 games). The previous high for points through 24 games was 37 by MacKinnon this year and Joe Sakic in 1995-96. • Was leading all players with 34 points at U.S. Thanksgiving. Since the team relocated to Denver in 1995, the only other time an Avalanche player led the NHL in scoring on the morning of U.S. Thanksgiving was in 1996-97, when Sakic and Peter Forsberg were co- leading the league with 35 points. However, in 2003-04, Alex Tanguay took over the scoring lead with three assists on Thanksgiving night in Calgary to lead all players with 31 points at the time. • Was the first NHL player to reach the 30-point mark this season, joining Forsberg (1997-98) and Sakic (1998-99) as the only Avalanche/Nordiques skaters to be the first NHL players to reach 30 points in a season. • Has held at least a share of the NHL scoring lead for each of the last 37 days since the morning of Oct. 23. He’s been the outright leader for 31 of those 37 days.
LINE OF FIRE Colorado's top line of Gabriel Landeskog (26)—Nathan MacKinnon (37)—Mikko Rantanen (40) has combined for 103 points (41g/62a) in 24 contests this season, the most points of any three teammates in the NHL. They are the first trio to collect at least 100 points through the first 24 games of a season since Daniel Alfredsson, Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza with Ottawa in 2005-06. • Rantanen-MacKinnon rank 1-2 in League scoring. They were just the third set of teammates since 1985-86 to rank first and second in League scoring through 331 games of a season. Stamkos and Kucherov also did so in 2017-18, while Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Ron Francis held the top three slots in 1995-96. • Rantanen and MacKinnon have both recorded multi-point games in each of the Avalanche’s past five contests. Only two other sets of teammates since 1996-97 have simultaneously recorded multi-point efforts in five consecutive team games: Josh Bailey and John Tavares with the Islanders from Dec. 13-21, 2017 and San Jose's Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau from Jan 20-27, 2013. • Rantanen has assisted on all 17 of MacKinnon's goals. • MacKinnon/Rantanen are by far the most frequent point pair in the NHL, as 32 times they've BOTH been involved in a goal. • Colorado’s threesome has factored on 49 of 89 goals this season (55%). • 13 times all three forwards have gotten points on the same goal. • 41 times at least two of the three has factored on a goal.
ROAD WARRIORS The Avs have won five straight on the road and lead all teams in road points (20). Colorado's current five-game road win streak is its longest since 2013-14. The Avs have scored 60 goals on the road, by far the most of any team.
GETTING OFFENSIVE The Avs are the highest scoring team in the NHL, averaging 3.71 goals-per-game. They lead the NHL in third-period goals (36) and are leading all teams in combined second and third-period scoring (67).
THAT'S THE POWER OF LOVE The Avalanche are the top-ranked power-play team in the league at 32.1% (26/81). The power-play unit went 2-for-2 with the man advantage last night in Nashville and is now is 11-for-22 (50%) over the last seven contests.
SHORT AND TO THE POINT In his first game back from injury, J.T. Compher scored two shorthanded goals on the same penalty kill in the first period on Nov. 23 at Arizona. Compher's effort tied the franchise record for shorthanded goals in a game (fourth time) and a period (second time). He set a new franchise record for the fastest two shorthanded goals (1:25) and became the first player in franchise history to score two SHG on the same opponent power-play chance. Compher became the 20th NHL player to score two shorthanded goals in a span of two minutes or less since 1933-34 and just the fourth in the past 15 years, joining Michael Grabner (2013-14), Tobias Rieder (2014-15) and Chris Tierney (2017-18).
TWO SHG IN GAME, FRANCHISE HISTORY J.T. Compher - 11/23/18 @ ARI Ryan O’Reilly - 02/02/10 vs CBJ Tony McKegney - 10/20/84 at TOR Wilf Paiement - 03/13/82 vs CHI
VARLY REACHES 200 Semyon Varlamov picked up his 200th career victory on Nov. 21 in Los Angeles, becoming only the fifth Russian goaltender in NHL history to reach 200 wins. Varly owns a 202-155-43 career record with a 2.64 GAA, .917 Sv% and 23 shutouts in 415 games. He is 172-142-31 with a 2.68 GAA, .917 Sv% and 19 shutouts in 356 contests with the Avalanche, ranking second in franchise history in nearly every category.
353 Evgeni Nabokov 333 Nikolai Khabibulin 227 Sergei Bobrovsky 221 Ilya Bryzgalov 202 Semyon Varlamov
CLIMBING THE D CHARTS Here's where Tyson Barrie ranks among franchise defensemen.
POINTS 275 J. Liles 268 T. Barrie 259 A. Foote
GOALS 72 S. Ozolinsh 68 J. Liles 64 T. Barrie
ASSISTS 207 J. Liles 204 T. Barrie 203 A. Foote
GRAND OLD TIME Colorado's 4-3 overtime victory in Anaheim on Nov. 18 marked the Avalanche's 1,000th win since moving to Denver in 1995. The 1,000 wins included 898 in the regular season and 102 in the playoffs. The Avs, who posted their 900th regular season win on Friday in Arizona, now own a 902-671-101-120 record in the regular season.
SEEING STARS Rantanen was named the NHL's First Star of the Month for October. He paced the NHL with 21 points (5g/16a) in 12 games, tying Joe Sakic's Avalanche scoring record for the month of October set in 1996-97. Rantanen's league-leading 16 helpers also equaled an Avalanche record for October and were the most in a single month by a Colorado player since 2002-03 (Peter Forsberg 3x). Rantanen and Landeskog tied for the league lead with a +14 rating, an Avalanche record for October. Mikko was the first Avs player to lead the NHL in scoring through the end of October since Sakic in 1996-97.
RECORD OCTOBER FOR LANDY AS WELL Landeskog led the team with 10 goals last month, setting a new Avalanche record for the month of October (since 1995-96). He was the first franchise player to reach double-digits in goals during the month of October since Owen Nolan (13) with Quebec in 1991. Landeskog led the NHL with four game-winning goals in October, matching the Avalanche record for GWG in any month.
LET'S GO STREAKING MacKinnon and Rantanen tallied points in each of their first nine games, matching the longest scoring streak to begin a season in Avalanche history (John-Michael Liles, 2010-11). Mikko and Nathan were the first set of teammates in Avalanche/Nordiques franchise history to open a season with simultaneous nine-game point streaks. MacKinnon scored a goal in each of his first six games, Oct. 4- 16, setting a franchise record for the longest goal streak to begin a season (previous: five by Mats Sundin in 1992-93.
THIS DAY IN AVALANCHE HISTORY Nov. 28, 1995 - Claude Lemieux scored the first hat trick in Avalanche history as the Avs beat the Islanders 7-3 at Nassau Coliseum.
COACHES CHALLENGES (1-for-1) (W) Oct. 11 at Buffalo - call overturned to no goal, Okposo interfered with Varlamov
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TRANSACTIONS see full list
INJURIES Tyson Barrie (lower body) Man-Games Lost: 39 Last Season: 293 (8th) Colorado Avalanche: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 10/04/2018 Minnesota Wild W 01-00-00 4-1 34,29,96,37p 29 1-3 3-3 40-21 1 / 40 18086+ 2 10/06/2018 Philadelphia Flyers W 02-00-00 5-2 22,37,92,22p,29 92 1-4 3-3 35-37 1 / 37 16768 3 10/09/2018 @ Columbus Blue Jackets L 02-01-00 2-5 29,34p 9 1-4 5-6 27-35 72 / 31 11694 4 10/11/2018 @ Buffalo Sabres W 03-01-00 6-1 17p,22p,34,29,13,29 22 2-4 7-7 30-31 1 / 40 15396 5 10/13/2018 Calgary Flames O* 03-01-01 2-3 29,37 13 0-3 4-4 26-41 33 / 1 17334 6 10/16/2018 @ New York Rangers O** 03-01-02 2-3 92p,29 22 1-3 5-6 33-43 30 / 1 17251 7 10/18/2018 @ New Jersey Devils W 04-01-02 5-3 10,92p,92,92,96 92 1-6 3-5 34-30 31 / 1 13374 8 10/20/2018 @ Carolina Hurricanes W 05-01-02 3-1 92,92p,29 92 1-4 5-5 22-43 31 / 35 11753 9 10/22/2018 @ Philadelphia Flyers W 06-01-02 4-1 96p,83,92,96 83 1-2 3-3 33-38 1 / 37 19326+ 10 10/24/2018 Tampa Bay Lightning L 06-02-02 0-1 86 0-4 2-3 22-24 88 / 1 16753 11 10/26/2018 Ottawa Senators W 07-02-02 6-3 49,96p,34p,92,29,83 92 2-3 2-2 37-24 31 / 41 16851 12 10/27/2018 @ Minnesota Wild L 07-03-02 2-3 44,92 25 0-6 4-5 32-28 40 / 1 19093+ 13 11/01/2018 @ Calgary Flames L 07-04-02 5-6 91s,15,22,34,92p 67 1-2 3-4 26-37 41 / 1 17317 14 11/02/2018 @ Vancouver Canucks O* 07-04-03 6-7 15,28,29,13,16,29p 5 1-2 2-4 29-37 25 / 31 18334 15 11/07/2018 Nashville Predators L 07-05-03 1-4 11p 10 1-3 2-3 25-34 35 / 1 16923 16 11/09/2018 @ Winnipeg Jets L 07-06-03 2-5 6,17 27 0-4 2-4 30-24 37 / 1 15321+ 17 11/11/2018 @ Edmonton Oilers W 08-06-03 4-1 96,34,13p,4 34 1-2 3-3 28-27 1 / 33 18347+ 18 11/14/2018 Boston Bruins W 09-06-03 6-3 92,96p,11,29,17p,13p 29 3-3 1-3 25-23 1 / 41 16124 19 11/16/2018 Washington Capitals O* 09-06-04 2-3 34,22 19 0-2 2-3 26-29 1 / 31 18050+ 20 11/18/2018 @ Anaheim Ducks W* 10-06-04 4-3 10,29p,92,96p 96 2-2 2-3 42-33 31 / 30 16502 21 11/21/2018 @ Los Angeles Kings W 11-06-04 7-3 91p,29p,12,22p,4,16,11 22 3-4 3-3 34-36 1 / 40 17840 22 11/23/2018 @ Arizona Coyotes W 12-06-04 5-1 37s,37s,96,4,92p 37 1-5 2-3 39-38 31 / 32 12029 23 11/24/2018 Dallas Stars W 13-06-04 3-2 29,37,96 96 0-4 2-2 36-29 1 / 35 18010+ 24 11/27/2018 @ Nashville Predators W 14-06-04 3-2 29p,29,17p 17 2-2 3-3 25-38 1 / 35 17163+ 25 11/28/2018 Pittsburgh Penguins 26 11/30/2018 St. Louis Blues 27 12/02/2018 @ Detroit Red Wings 28 12/04/2018 @ Pittsburgh Penguins 29 12/06/2018 @ Florida Panthers 30 12/08/2018 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 31 12/11/2018 Edmonton Oilers 32 12/14/2018 @ St. Louis Blues 33 12/15/2018 Dallas Stars 34 12/17/2018 New York Islanders 35 12/19/2018 Montréal Canadiens 36 12/21/2018 Chicago Blackhawks 37 12/22/2018 @ Arizona Coyotes 38 12/27/2018 @ Vegas Golden Knights 39 12/29/2018 Chicago Blackhawks 40 12/31/2018 Los Angeles Kings 41 01/02/2019 San Jose Sharks 42 01/04/2019 New York Rangers 43 01/08/2019 @ Winnipeg Jets 44 01/09/2019 @ Calgary Flames 45 01/12/2019 @ Montréal Canadiens 46 01/14/2019 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 47 01/16/2019 @ Ottawa Senators 48 01/19/2019 Los Angeles Kings 49 01/21/2019 Nashville Predators 50 01/23/2019 Minnesota Wild 51 02/02/2019 Vancouver Canucks 52 02/05/2019 Columbus Blue Jackets 53 02/07/2019 @ Washington Capitals 54 02/09/2019 @ New York Islanders 55 02/10/2019 @ Boston Bruins 56 02/12/2019 Toronto Maple Leafs 57 02/14/2019 @ Winnipeg Jets 58 02/16/2019 St. Louis Blues 59 02/18/2019 Vegas Golden Knights 60 02/20/2019 Winnipeg Jets 61 02/22/2019 @ Chicago Blackhawks 62 02/23/2019 @ Nashville Predators 63 02/25/2019 Florida Panthers 64 02/27/2019 Vancouver Canucks 65 03/01/2019 @ San Jose Sharks 66 03/03/2019 @ Anaheim Ducks 67 03/05/2019 Detroit Red Wings 68 03/07/2019 @ Dallas Stars 69 03/09/2019 Buffalo Sabres 70 03/11/2019 Carolina Hurricanes 71 03/15/2019 Anaheim Ducks 72 03/17/2019 New Jersey Devils 73 03/19/2019 @ Minnesota Wild 74 03/21/2019 @ Dallas Stars 75 03/23/2019 Chicago Blackhawks 76 03/24/2019 @ Chicago Blackhawks 77 03/27/2019 Vegas Golden Knights 78 03/29/2019 Arizona Coyotes 79 04/01/2019 @ St. Louis Blues 80 04/02/2019 Edmonton Oilers 81 04/04/2019 Winnipeg Jets 82 04/06/2019 @ San Jose Sharks Colorado Avalanche: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. BARRIE JOHNSON ANDRIGHETTO CALVERT NEMETH KERFOOT DRIES # 4 # 6 # 10 # 11 # 12 # 13 # 15 Oct 4 Vs MIN 0-0,2/0 20:02 0-0,2/1 19:45 0-0,4/0 12:52 0-1,3/1 19:23 0-1,1/0 12:17 0-0,2/0 05:13 Oct 6 Vs PHI 0-0,3/0 21:09 0-3,7/3 22:21 0-0,1/1 13:19 INJ 0-2,4/0 14:50 0-0,2/0 06:44 Oct 9 @ CBJ 0-0,0/0 22:11 0-1,2/0 22:02 0-0,2/-1 14:39 INJ 0-1,2/-2 16:12 0-0,0/0 07:01 Oct 11 @ BUF 0-2,0/2 19:58 0-0,0/1 21:17 0-0,2/0 11:40 0-0,0/0 19:29 1-0,3/1 12:47 DNP Oct 13 Vs CGY 0-1,4/0 20:05 0-0,0/0 21:36 0-0,1/1 14:04 0-0,1/-1 19:49 0-0,2/0 11:59 MIN Oct 16 @ NYR 0-1,1/1 24:09 0-0,6/0 22:54 0-0,3/0 13:39 0-0,0/0 17:35 0-0,2/-1 17:11 0-0,2/0 08:39 Oct 18 @ NJD 0-0,1/1 17:37 0-1,1/3 21:37 1-0,3/1 10:33 0-0,2/0 13:15 0-0,1/-1 20:24 0-1,1/0 15:47 DNP Oct 20 @ CAR 0-1,0/0 17:15 0-0,1/-1 22:50 0-0,0/1 10:34 0-0,1/-1 14:51 0-0,0/2 20:32 0-0,0/0 12:49 MIN Oct 22 @ PHI 0-0,3/-1 20:02 0-0,2/1 24:11 0-0,4/0 13:37 0-1,3/1 14:33 0-0,1/2 14:16 0-0,2/0 13:14 MIN Oct 24 Vs TBL 0-0,2/0 20:29 0-0,2/0 22:35 0-0,3/0 14:48 0-0,0/0 13:46 0-0,0/0 14:04 0-0,2/0 14:08 MIN Oct 26 Vs OTT 0-3,7/2 22:29 0-1,2/0 17:42 0-0,0/0 16:10 0-1,1/-2 14:56 0-0,0/-1 16:51 0-0,3/0 11:04 MIN Oct 27 @ MIN 0-1,4/0 23:20 0-0,2/0 23:39 0-0,2/0 16:24 0-0,1/-1 13:03 DNP 0-0,1/0 15:18 MIN Nov 1 @ CGY 0-1,2/1 21:50 0-0,2/-1 25:03 INJ 0-0,0/0 14:49 DNP 0-2,1/0 15:26 1-1,1/2 10:11 Nov 2 @ VAN 0-1,0/3 19:40 0-0,0/-4 19:10 INJ 0-0,1/0 16:32 0-0,0/-2 17:22 1-1,1/1 15:32 1-0,4/0 13:32 Nov 7 Vs NSH 0-0,1/0 17:16 0-0,4/-1 21:20 INJ 1-0,1/-1 15:52 0-0,0/0 19:27 0-0,1/-2 13:58 0-0,2/0 13:04 Nov 9 @ WPG 0-1,5/1 21:46 1-0,3/-1 20:20 INJ 0-0,2/-1 15:36 0-0,0/-1 14:21 0-1,1/0 13:59 0-0,2/-2 15:05 Nov 11 @ EDM 1-1,2/2 20:03 0-0,0/1 22:49 INJ 0-1,1/1 14:22 0-0,0/0 15:25 1-0,1/0 14:18 0-0,2/0 12:01 Nov 14 Vs BOS 0-1,0/0 20:04 0-0,1/1 23:54 INJ 1-0,4/1 13:18 DNP 1-1,1/0 13:24 0-1,0/1 09:55 Nov 16 Vs WSH 0-1,1/-1 20:49 0-0,2/0 22:35 0-0,1/0 10:27 0-1,2/2 16:53 0-0,1/0 18:08 0-0,1/-1 12:23 0-0,2/0 12:20 Nov 18 @ ANA 0-1,7/0 24:13 0-0,4/0 25:39 1-0,3/0 11:48 0-0,0/-1 16:24 0-1,3/0 13:30 0-0,0/-1 13:21 0-0,1/-1 13:08 Nov 21 @ LAK 1-1,2/0 18:44 0-0,1/-1 22:11 0-0,2/1 13:40 1-0,4/-1 14:40 1-0,1/2 17:10 0-3,1/2 14:07 0-0,0/-2 09:57 Nov 23 @ ARI 1-0,4/2 20:31 0-0,2/1 18:09 DNP 0-0,2/0 12:51 0-0,2/1 18:22 0-0,2/0 15:33 0-0,1/0 12:35 Nov 24 Vs DAL 0-0,2/0 21:05 0-1,3/-1 21:45 DNP 0-0,0/-1 14:04 0-0,2/1 14:25 0-1,1/1 13:49 0-0,2/0 08:38 Nov 27 @ NSH INJ 0-0,0/0 22:05 0-0,1/-1 07:44 0-0,2/0 14:11 0-0,0/-1 17:46 0-0,0/-1 11:04 DNP
Date Opp. ZADOROV JOST WILSON GREER COLE MACKINNON SODERBERG # 16 # 17 # 22 # 24 # 28 # 29 # 34 Oct 4 Vs MIN 0-0,3/1 16:25 0-0,0/0 12:32 0-0,2/0 10:00 0-0,1/1 19:37 1-0(W),8/1 22:32 1-1,2/1 16:33 Oct 6 Vs PHI 0-0,0/-2 13:15 0-0,0/0 18:31 2-0,2/0 12:36 0-0,2/1 19:38 1-1,7/1 23:55 0-1,0/0 15:01 Oct 9 @ CBJ 0-0,1/-2 14:59 0-0,2/-1 15:00 0-0,1/-1 14:47 0-0,2/-2 18:13 1-0,4/-2 20:46 1-0,2/0 16:43 Oct 11 @ BUF 0-0,0/0 15:55 1-0,3/1 16:22 1-0(W),5/0 10:36 0-0,0/0 21:38 2-0,4/2 19:20 1-0,3/1 14:24 Oct 13 Vs CGY 0-0,0/-1 17:17 0-0,2/0 13:36 0-0,1/-1 11:51 0-1,0/0 17:51 1-0,3/0 22:25 0-0,3/-2 15:33 Oct 16 @ NYR 0-0,0/0 16:31 0-1,1/-1 17:02 0-0,0/-1 12:44 0-0,0/0 21:46 1-0,3/1 22:33 0-0,1/0 15:27 Oct 18 @ NJD 0-0,2/-1 15:40 0-0,0/0 14:22 0-0,0/0 12:09 0-2,0/3 17:29 0-3,5/2 21:42 0-0,4/0 16:58 Oct 20 @ CAR 0-1,0/2 15:08 0-0,0/0 13:24 0-0,3/0 10:18 0-0,1/0 18:07 1-2,5/2 20:58 0-0,1/-1 16:21 Oct 22 @ PHI 0-0,3/2 18:17 0-0,1/-1 11:16 0-0,1/0 12:09 0-0,2/0 19:56 0-1,1/2 19:51 0-1,0/1 16:09 Oct 24 Vs TBL 0-0,0/0 13:29 0-0,0/0 12:47 0-0,0/0 12:56 0-0,2/0 18:12 0-0,4/0 22:45 0-0,1/0 17:58 Oct 26 Vs OTT 0-0,1/-1 16:49 0-0,0/0 07:46 0-0,4/0 13:37 0-0,2/1 20:43 1-2,5/3 23:48 1-0,4/-2 16:41 Oct 27 @ MIN 0-0,0/1 08:16 INJ 0-0,2/0 11:45 0-0,1/-1 19:10 0-0,3/0 24:24 0-0,4/0 18:32 Nov 1 @ CGY 0-0,2/0 17:25 INJ 1-1,1/1 15:25 0-1,0/3 13:14 0-0,4/-3 23:18 1-0,5/1 14:44 Nov 2 @ VAN 1-0,2/3 19:51 INJ 0-2,3/1 13:31 0-0,0/0 05:06 1-0,2/0 22:36 2-1,8/-1 23:56 0-0,1/1 15:40 Nov 7 Vs NSH 0-0,2/0 17:25 INJ 0-0,2/-1 14:22 MIN 0-0,2/-1 20:12 0-1,4/-2 24:28 0-0,0/0 15:08 Nov 9 @ WPG 0-1,2/1 12:58 1-0,1/0 11:50 0-0,2/0 16:51 DNP 0-0,1/1 20:11 0-0,3/-2 23:21 0-1,1/0 17:33 Nov 11 @ EDM 0-0,2/0 16:42 0-0,2/0 15:33 0-0,2/0 14:00 DNP 0-0,1/1 20:48 0-2,4/2 18:52 1-1(W),3/1 16:32 Nov 14 Vs BOS 0-0,0/1 07:22 1-0,3/0 15:31 0-0,1/0 13:08 MIN 0-1,1/0 26:05 1-1(W),2/1 22:08 0-1,1/1 16:47 Nov 16 Vs WSH DNP 0-1,0/-1 12:26 1-0,1/0 14:00 MIN 0-1,3/1 19:31 0-0,3/-1 21:55 1-0,1/2 18:16 Nov 18 @ ANA 0-0,1/0 14:34 0-0,0/0 13:49 INJ MIN 0-0,0/0 24:16 1-2,7/1 25:43 0-0,4/-1 18:36 Nov 21 @ LAK 1-0,2/2 17:13 0-2,2/2 14:59 1-0(W),4/1 13:58 MIN 0-0,1/0 20:37 1-1,4/0 18:12 0-2,2/-1 14:51 Nov 23 @ ARI 0-0,0/1 16:42 0-0,3/0 14:09 0-0,3/0 14:53 MIN 0-1,0/2 19:36 0-2,2/2 19:32 0-0,3/0 16:56 Nov 24 Vs DAL 0-0,3/2 14:30 0-1,4/1 15:19 0-0,0/0 14:57 MIN 0-0,2/1 21:44 1-1,6/1 22:23 0-0,0/-1 15:35 Nov 27 @ NSH 0-0,1/0 20:07 1-0(W),2/-1 11:55 0-0,1/-1 12:24 MIN 0-0,1/0 21:27 2-0,7/1 21:24 0-1,1/-1 17:15
Date Opp. COMPHER BARBERIO GIRARD DANO BOURQUE NIETO KAMENEV # 37 # 44 # 49 # 56 # 57 # 83 # 91 Oct 4 Vs MIN 1-0,4/0 10:37 0-0,1/0 20:47 0-0,0/1 14:30 0-1,1/1 15:15 Oct 6 Vs PHI 1-0,2/1 10:57 0-0,1/-1 13:55 0-1,0/3 22:37 0-0,0/0 09:28 0-0,1/0 11:56 Oct 9 @ CBJ 0-0,1/-1 14:12 0-0,0/-1 14:52 0-1,1/0 20:51 0-0,1/0 10:43 0-0,2/-1 10:25 Oct 11 @ BUF 0-1,1/-1 14:17 DNP 0-1,2/2 15:20 0-1,2/1 15:15 0-0,0/1 16:15 0-0,0/0 07:02 Oct 13 Vs CGY 1-0,2/1 13:44 DNP 0-0,0/0 19:35 0-0,0/-1 11:50 0-0,0/-2 14:27 0-0,0/1 07:51 Oct 16 @ NYR INJ DNP 0-0,2/-1 18:43 0-0,0/0 10:00 0-0,3/0 15:32 0-0,2/0 08:57 Oct 18 @ NJD INJ DNP 0-0,2/1 17:47 0-0,1/-1 11:59 0-0,2/0 13:05 0-0,1/0 12:36 Oct 20 @ CAR INJ DNP 0-0,0/-1 19:52 0-0,1/0 12:18 0-0,3/-1 17:21 0-0,0/0 07:31 Oct 22 @ PHI INJ DNP 0-0,0/0 20:25 0-0,2/-1 09:23 0-0,0/-1 13:17 1-0(W),2/1 15:11 DNP Oct 24 Vs TBL INJ DNP 0-0,2/0 22:18 0-0,0/0 06:36 0-0,1/0 08:30 0-0,0/0 14:27 DNP Oct 26 Vs OTT INJ DNP 1-0,2/1 20:49 0-0,0/0 07:31 DNP 1-0,2/-1 13:36 0-0,0/0 10:00 Oct 27 @ MIN INJ 1-0,1/0 15:38 0-0,0/0 20:03 0-0,0/1 05:07 0-0,0/1 09:50 0-0,2/-1 12:43 0-1,3/0 08:22 Nov 1 @ CGY INJ 0-0,0/-3 17:43 0-0,2/-2 19:23 0-0,0/0 06:48 0-1,1/2 10:58 0-0,0/-1 13:26 1-0,1/0 11:56 Nov 2 @ VAN INJ DNP 0-1,1/0 22:48 DNP 0-1,0/1 13:30 0-0,0/-1 13:35 0-0,0/-1 07:26 Nov 7 Vs NSH INJ DNP 0-1,1/-3 19:56 0-0,1/-1 06:59 0-0,0/0 08:15 0-0,0/0 13:51 0-0,1/0 07:39 Nov 9 @ WPG INJ DNP 0-0,4/-2 21:13 0-0,0/0 06:20 0-0,0/0 12:35 INJ 0-0,0/0 07:55 Nov 11 @ EDM INJ DNP 0-1,4/0 20:42 DNP 0-0,1/-1 11:49 0-0,0/0 12:50 0-0,1/-1 09:57 Nov 14 Vs BOS INJ 0-0,2/0 17:44 0-2,1/2 21:18 DNP 0-0,0/0 09:47 0-0,1/0 10:23 0-0,0/0 09:20 Nov 16 Vs WSH INJ 0-0,0/0 13:32 0-0,0/0 21:20 DNP 0-0,1/0 07:50 INJ 0-0,1/0 10:42 Nov 18 @ ANA INJ DNP 0-0,2/0 21:22 0-0,0/0 06:20 0-0,1/0 09:47 INJ 0-1,1/1 08:35 Nov 21 @ LAK INJ DNP 0-0,2/-1 20:23 DNP DNP 0-1,0/0 13:41 1-1,2/1 14:34 Nov 23 @ ARI 2-0(W),3/2 13:33 DNP 0-0,0/1 17:36 MIN DNP 0-1,1/2 12:34 0-0,2/0 12:35 Nov 24 Vs DAL 1-0,3/1 13:04 DNP 0-0,1/-1 20:35 MIN DNP 0-0,0/-1 11:06 0-0,1/0 09:51 Nov 27 @ NSH 0-1,0/-1 12:48 0-0,1/-1 15:44 0-2,0/0 20:05 MIN 0-0,2/0 11:02 0-0,4/0 14:34 DNP Colorado Avalanche: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. LANDESKOG RANTANEN VARLAMOV GRUBAUER # 92 # 96 # 1 # 31 Oct 4 Vs MIN 0-1,0/1 21:43 1-1,4/1 19:59 1/21 W 60:00 DND Oct 6 Vs PHI 1-0(W),2/2 19:06 0-1,1/0 20:45 2/37 W 60:00 DND Oct 9 @ CBJ 0-0,2/-1 17:37 0-1,2/-1 18:50 DND 4/34 L 59:03 Oct 11 @ BUF 0-0,4/2 17:19 0-3,1/2 17:13 1/31 W 59:53 DND Oct 13 Vs CGY 0-1,3/1 21:25 0-1,4/1 19:45 3/41 O 60:21 DND Oct 16 @ NYR 1-1,4/1 20:05 0-1,3/1 21:49 2/43 O 64:59 DND Oct 18 @ NJD 3-0(W),5/3 19:53 1-3,3/3 20:14 DND 3/30 W 59:57 Oct 20 @ CAR 2-0(W),5/1 19:41 0-1,1/2 20:25 DND 1/43 W 59:52 Oct 22 @ PHI 1-1,3/2 19:19 2-0,3/2 18:54 1/38 W 60:00 DND Oct 24 Vs TBL 0-0,2/0 22:46 0-0,1/0 23:10 1/24 L 58:27 DND Oct 26 Vs OTT 1-2(W),2/2 23:13 1-3,2/3 22:15 DND 3/24 W 60:00 Oct 27 @ MIN 1-0,2/0 23:46 0-1,4/0 23:44 2/27 L 57:44 DND Nov 1 @ CGY 1-0,1/-3 21:21 0-0,3/-3 20:49 6/37 L 57:11 DND Nov 2 @ VAN 0-1,6/0 23:45 0-3,0/-1 24:44 DND 7/37 O 64:38 Nov 7 Vs NSH 0-0,2/-2 23:59 0-0,1/-2 22:39 3/33 L 59:36 DND Nov 9 @ WPG 0-0,1/0 22:49 0-0,2/0 22:49 4/23 L 58:13 DND Nov 11 @ EDM 0-1,1/2 19:12 1-1,1/2 18:25 1/27 W 59:40 DND Nov 14 Vs BOS 1-0,3/1 21:36 1-2,4/1 20:38 3/23 W 59:57 DND Nov 16 Vs WSH 0-0,6/0 21:50 0-0,0/-1 21:00 DND 3/29 O 60:22 Nov 18 @ ANA 1-1,5/1 25:24 1-2(W),3/1 24:13 DND 3/33 W 64:58 Nov 21 @ LAK 0-1,3/0 19:03 0-2,1/0 16:22 3/36 W 59:38 DND Nov 23 @ ARI 1-1,3/2 18:46 1-1,6/2 19:49 DND 1/38 W 59:46 Nov 24 Vs DAL 0-1,3/1 21:55 1-1(W),3/1 21:15 2/29 W 60:00 DND Nov 27 @ NSH 0-0,1/1 21:07 0-2,1/1 21:18 2/38 W 60:00 DND Colorado Avalanche: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Jared Bednar - Is in his third season as Colorado’s head coach after being hired on Aug. 25, 2016. - Owns a 79-92-17 (.465) record in 188 NHL games. - Has a 57-36-13 (.599) mark over his last two-plus seasons (106 games) behind the bench. - Is the seventh head coach in Avalanche history. - Was a finalist for the Jack Adams Award during his second season behind the bench in 2017-18. - Led the Avs to the playoffs with a 43-30-9 record (95 points), a jump of 47 points from the previous year. - Colorado’s 47-point turnaround equaled the fourth-highest year-to-year improvement in NHL history. - Joined Harry Sinden (1967-68) as the only coaches in NHL history to record at least 20 more wins in his second season as a head coach than in his first. - 17th season coaching professional hockey, his ninth as a head coach. - Posted a .603 win% as a minor league head coach, winning championships at both the AHL and ECHL levels. - Prior to joining the Avs, guided the Lake Erie Monsters to the 2016 Calder Cup.
#1: Semyon Varlamov (G) 6' 2", 205 lbs. / Apr 27, 1988 (30 years and 7 months)
sehm-YAWN vahr-LAW-mawv GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Washington's 2nd choice (1st round, 23rd overall) in the 2006 NHL Season 16 9-5-2 0 2.32 .927 Entry Draft Career 415 202-155-43 23 2.64 .917 Acquired: Acquired from Washington in exchange for a 1st round pick (Filip Forsberg) in 2012 and a conditional 2nd round pick (previously acquired - later Career vs. Opp 6 4-1-1 0 2.47 .920 traded to Dallas, Dallas picked Mike Winther) in 2012, July 1, 2011 Last Win: NOV 27, 2018 @ NASHVILLE Last SO: FEB 14, 2018 vs MONTREAL (37) Career Shootouts: 109/146 (.747), 29-15
Season Highs: Shots Saves 43 41 43 10/16 vs NYR
THIS SEASON - Current five-game win streak. - Recorded his 200th NHL win on Nov. 21 at Los Angeles, becoming the fifth Russian goaltender in NHL history to reach that milestone. - Led the NHL in save percentage (.950) during the month of October and finished second in goals-against average (1.62), both of which set Avalanche records for the month of October. - Began the year 4-0-2 in his first six starts, his longest streak without a regulation loss to start a season and the longest to begin a season by an Avalanche goaltender since J.S. Giguere started 7-0-0 in 2013-14. - Stopped 20-of-21 shots in his 400th NHL game and franchise-record eighth opening night start on Oct. 4 vs. Minnesota (4-1 win). - He surpassed Patrick Roy, who started seven season openers for the Avs.
2017-18 SEASON - Led the Avalanche in wins (24), games (51), GAA (2.68), Sv% (.920) and shutouts (2-tied). - It marked the sixth time in the last seven seasons that he’s paced the club in wins. #31: Philipp Grubauer (G) 6' 1", 191 lbs. / Nov 25, 1991 (27 years)
Drafted: Washington's 3rd choice (4th round, 112th overall) in the 2010 NHL GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Entry Draft Season 8 5-1-2 0 3.07 .907 Acquired: Acquired by Colorado, along with Brooks Orpik, in exchange for a 2nd Career 109 48-32-13 6 2.35 .922 round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft, June 22, 2018 Last Win: NOV 23, 2018 @ ARIZONA Career vs. Opp 4 1-0-1 0 3.26 .898 Last SO: MAR 22, 2018 @ DETROIT (12) Career Shootouts: 23/36 (.639), 4-5
Season Highs: Shots Saves 43 42 43 10/20 vs CAR
THIS SEASON - Is 5-0-2 in his last seven starts. - Is tied for third among NHL netminders in points percentage (.750, 5-1-2) - Made a career-high 42 saves in a 3-1 victory at Carolina on Oct. 20. - Entered the season with a .923 career save percentage, tied with John Gibson for the highest among goaltenders who have appeared in at least 100 games since 1955-56 when shots-on-goal became an official NHL statistic. - Grubauer’s .9245 combined Sv% from 2016-18 ranked fourth in the NHL (min. 50 games), trailing only Antti Raanta (.927), Sergei Bobrovsky (.926) and Gibson (.925).
2017-18 SEASON - Appeared in 35 regular-season games for the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, posting a 15-10-3 record while leading the team in goals-against average (2.35), save percentage (.923) and shutouts (3). - His 35 games and 15 wins were career highs. - Led all NHL netminders in both GAA (1.93) and Sv% (.937) from Nov. 24 until the end of the season (min. 20 GP).
#4: Tyson Barrie (D) 5' 10", 190 lbs. / Jul 26, 1991 (27 years and 4 months)
Drafted: Colorado's 4th selection (3rd round, 64th overall) in the 2009 Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: NOV 23, 2018 @ ARIZONA (1) Season 23 3-17-20 13 4 Last Assist: NOV 21, 2018 @ LOS ANGELES (2) Career 429 64-204-268 -43 131 Career Shootouts: 1/4 (25%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 8 3-4-7 0 0 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 2 24:13 7 2 +3 3 times 10/26 vs OTT 10/26 vs OTT 2 times 11/18 vs ANA 2 times 11/18 vs ANA 11/2 vs VAN
THIS SEASON - Ranks first among Colorado blueliners in assists (17) and points (20), both of which rank among the NHL's top 10 defensemen. - Ranks third on the team in plus/minus (+13). - Did not dress on Nov. 27 at Nashville (lower body injury). - Had a six-game assist streak, Nov. 9-21, longest of his career. - Picked up his 200th NHL assist on Nov. 11 at Edmonton. - Passed Sandis Ozolinsh (253) for third place on the franchise’s all-time defenseman scoring list on Oct. 26 vs. Ottawa and passed Adam Foote (259) for second place on Nov. 9 at Winnipeg. - Had nine assists (0g/9a) in October, the most by an Avs rearguard in the opening month since John-Michael Liles had 11 in 2010-11.
2017-18 - Led Colorado’s defense and set career highs in points (57), goals (14) and assists (43). - Most points by an Avalanche defenseman since Ray Bourque had 59 in 2000-01. - Finished tied for 10th among NHL defenders in points and goals. - Tied for first among NHL defensemen with seven PPG. #6: Erik Johnson (D) 6' 4", 225 lbs. / Mar 21, 1988 (30 years and 8 months)
Drafted: St. Louis' 1st pick (1st round, 1st overall) in the 2006 Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from St. Louis, along with Jay McClement and a 1st round pick Season 24 1-7-8 2 11 (Duncan Siemens) in 2011, in exchange for Kevin Shattenkirk, Chris Stewart and a Career 661 71-199-270 -44 429 2nd round choice (Ty Rattie) in 2011, Feb. 18, 2011 Last Goal: NOV 9, 2018 @ WINNIPEG (8) Career vs. Opp 11 2-5-7 -2 4 Last Assist: NOV 24, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career Shootouts: 0/3 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 5 25:39 7 4 +3 11/9 vs WPG 10/6 vs PHI 10/6 vs PHI 10/20 vs CAR 11/18 vs ANA 10/6 vs PHI 11/9 vs WPG 2 times
THIS SEASON - Ranks second on the Avalanche in average ice time (21:59). - Has the most games (661) and points (270) of any defenseman from the 2006 draft. - Has appeared in 458 games with Colorado, the third most by a blueliner since the franchise relocated (Adam Foote 760, John-Michael Liles 523). - Tied his career high with three assists on Oct. 6 vs. Philadelphia.
2017-18 SEASON - Averaged a career-high 25:26 of ice time, seventh in the NHL. - Was the highest average by an Avalanche player since 2002-03 (Rob Blake 26:21, Adam Foote 25:42). - Led the NHL in shifts-per-game (30.7), the first Colorado player to lead the league in that category since Brett Clark in 2007-08 (31.3). - Finished second in the league in shorthanded time-on-ice per game (3:40). - Posted the highest even-strength average ice time (20:00) by a Colorado player since the statistic was first recorded in 1998-99. - Missed the playoffs due to injury
#10: Sven Andrighetto (R) 5' 10", 188 lbs. / Mar 21, 1993 (25 years and 8 months)
Drafted: Montreal's 6th choice (3rd round, 86th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Montreal in exchange for Andreas Martinsen, March 1, 2017 Season 10 2-0-2 2 0 Last Goal: NOV 18, 2018 @ ANAHEIM (2) Career 162 26-42-68 -11 28 Last Assist: APR 2, 2018 @ LOS ANGELES (12) Career Shootouts: 2/4 (50%), 2 GDG Career vs. Opp 6 1-2-3 0 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 16:24 4 2 +1 2 times 10 times 2 times 10 times 10/27 vs MIN 10/22 vs PHI 11/18 vs ANA 3 times
THIS SEASON - Missed six games due to a lower-body injury, Nov. 1-14. - Was placed on Injured Reserve, Oct. 30 (retroactive to Oct. 27), and activated on Nov. 16. - Scored a goal in his season debut on Oct. 18 at New Jersey. - Began the season on Injured Reserve (leg), missing the first six games before being activated on Oct. 18.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Set a career high with eight goals despite being limited to 50 games due to injury. - His 22 points were the second most of his career (24 in 2016-17).
2018 PLAYOFFS - Saw his first NHL postseason action, appearing in all six games for the Avalanche (1g/0a). - Scored the game-winning goal with 1:28 left in regulation for his first career playoff point in Game 5 at Nashville on April 20.
OTHER - Is just the third Swiss-born player to ever appear in a game for the Avalanche, joining goaltenders David Aebischer and Reto Berra. #11: Matt Calvert (L) 5' 11", 186 lbs. / Dec 24, 1989 (28 years and 11 months)
Drafted: Columbus’ 5th selection (5th round, 127th overall) in the 2008 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, July 1, 2018. Season 24 3-4-7 -3 17 Last Goal: NOV 21, 2018 @ LOS ANGELES (3) Career 440 75-81-156 -27 290 Last Assist: NOV 16, 2018 vs WASHINGTON (5) Career Shootouts: 1/10 (10%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 17 4-2-6 -1 6
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 7 16:53 4 4 +2 3 times 4 times 7 times 10/16 vs NYR 11/16 vs WSH 3 times 10/20 vs CAR 11/16 vs WSH
THIS SEASON - Is tied for third on the team in hits (37). - Had a three-game point streak, Nov. 11-16, one shy of his career long. - Tallied his first goal as a member of the Avalanche on Nov. 7 vs. Nashville. - Notched his first point with the Avs on Oct. 22 at Philadelphia (assist). - Is in his first season with Colorado after previously spending his entire NHL career with the Columbus Blue Jackets. - Spent parts of eight seasons with Columbus, tallying 149 points (72g/77a) in 416 games and 10 points (6g/4a) in 16 playoff contests.
2017-18 SEASON - Registered 24 points (9g/15a) in 69 games for the Blue Jackets, matching career highs in points and assists. - Led the team with two shorthanded goals.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Led the Blue Jackets with three goals (3g/1a) in six games. - Also ranked first on the club in plus/minus rating (+4).
#12: Patrik Nemeth (D) 6' 3", 219 lbs. / Feb 8, 1992 (26 years and 9 months)
NEH-meht GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Dallas' 2nd choice (2nd round, 41st overall) in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft Season 19 1-2-3 2 10 Acquired: Claimed on waivers from Dallas, Oct. 3, 2017 Career 195 4-28-32 21 91 Last Goal: NOV 21, 2018 @ LOS ANGELES (3) Last Assist: NOV 18, 2018 @ ANAHEIM (4) Career vs. Opp 5 0-0-0 2 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 20:32 3 4 +2 11/21 vs LAK 2 times 3 times 5 times 10/20 vs CAR 2 times 11/7 vs NSH 3 times
THIS SEASON - Ranks second on the team in blocked shots (39). - Tallied his first goal of the season on Nov. 21 at Los Angeles. - Missed two games due to an upper-body injury, Oct. 6-9.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Led Colorado and ranked fourth among NHL defensemen with a +27 plus/minus rating, the highest by an Avalanche player since 2003-04 (Alex Tanguay +30) and the highest by an Avs defenseman since 2002-03 (Adam Foote +30). - Set career highs in points (15), goals (3), assists (12) and games (68). - Ranked first on the club in blocked shots (185).
2018 PLAYOFFS - Recorded one assist (0g/1a) in six playoff games while leading the Avalanche in average ice time (23:42) and hits (20). #13: Alexander Kerfoot (C) 5' 10", 175 lbs. / Aug 11, 1994 (24 years and 3 months)
Drafted: New Jersey's 6th choice (5th round, 150th overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a college free agent, Aug. 24, 2017 Season 24 4-14-18 -3 16 Last Goal: NOV 14, 2018 vs BOSTON (6) Career 103 23-38-61 -10 44 Last Assist: NOV 24, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 -1 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 4 17:11 4 1 +2 4 times 11/21 vs LAK 11/21 vs LAK 2 times 10/16 vs NYR 10/6 vs PHI 6 times 11/21 vs LAK
THIS SEASON - Ranks fifth on the team in points (18). - Recorded a career-high three assists while appearing in his 100th NHL game on Nov. 21 at Los Angeles. - Won 10-of-14 draws (71%) on Nov. 7 vs. Nashville, tying his career high in faceoff wins. - Recorded points in each of his first four games this season, Oct. 4-11, tying his career-long scoring streak.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Finished fifth on the Avalanche in points (43) and fourth in goals (19) while appearing in 79 games during his rookie campaign. - Ranked ninth among NHL rookies in goals, tied for 11th in points and tied for 13th in assists. - Scored five power-play goals, tied for fifth on the Avalanche, and seventh among NHL rookies.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Scored two goals (2g/0a) while appearing in all six postseason games for the Avs.
OTHER - Played four seasons at Harvard University, where he served as co-captain and was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as a senior in 2016-17.
#15: Sheldon Dries (C) 5' 9", 185 lbs. / Apr 23, 1994 (24 years and 7 months)
Dra-EYE-z GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, July 2, 2018 Season 15 2-2-4 -2 8 Last Goal: NOV 2, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (9) Career 15 2-2-4 -2 8 Last Assist: NOV 14, 2018 vs BOSTON (5) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp ------
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 4 15:05 4 4 +2 2 times 2 times 11/1 vs CGY 10/9 vs CBJ 11/9 vs WPG 11/2 vs VAN 10/6 vs PHI 11/1 vs CGY
THIS SEASON - Tallied his first career NHL goal and assist on Nov. 1 at Calgary. - Is in his third stint with the Avalanche after being recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) on Oct. 30. - Skated in five AHL games, tallying a goal and one assist. - Began the season on the Avalanche's opening night roster, appearing in each of the first three games. - Made his NHL debut in the season opener on Oct. 4 vs. Minnesota. - Was reassigned to the Eagles on Oct. 12. - Was recalled for a second time on Oct. 14 and reassigned on Oct. 19.
2017-18 SEASON - Completed his first professional season in 2017-18, notching 30 points (19g/11a) with a +13 plus/minus rating in 70 games for the AHL’s Texas Stars. - Led the team and tied for first among AHL rookies with four shorthanded goals. - Went on to pace all AHL rookies with 10 playoff goals (10g/0a) in 22 postseason contests.
OTHER - Was only the second player in Western Michigan University history to wear the “C” as team captain for three seasons. #16: Nikita Zadorov (D) 6' 5", 230 lbs. / Apr 16, 1995 (23 years and 7 months)
Za-DOHR-aw GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Buffalo's 1st choice (1st round, 16th overall) in 2013 NHL Draft Season 23 2-2-4 9 27 Acquired: Acquired from Buffalo, along with Mikhail Grigorenko, J.T. Compher and Career 245 13-39-52 -26 270 2nd round pick (later traded to San Jose - Jeremy Roy) in 2015 NHL Draft, in exchange for Jamie McGinn and Ryan O’Reilly, June 26, 2015 Career vs. Opp 6 0-0-0 0 10 Last Goal: NOV 21, 2018 @ LOS ANGELES (3) Last Assist: NOV 9, 2018 @ WINNIPEG (7) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 7 20:07 3 5 +3 2 times 2 times 4 times 10/18 vs NJD 11/27 vs NSH 3 times 3 times 11/2 vs VAN
THIS SEASON - Leads the Avalanche in hits (51). - Is tied for second among Colorado defensemen in goals (2).
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Led the NHL and set an Avalanche record with 278 hits. - Broke Cody McLeod’s previous team mark of 268 hits set in 2014-15. - Was the first Colorado player to lead the league in that category. - Set career highs in points (20), goals (7), assists (13) and games played (77). - Was the first NHL defenseman to score seven-plus goals with over 270 hits in a season since the league began tracking hits in 1998-99. - Set a single-game Avalanche record with 15 hits on March 22 vs. Los Angeles, the third-most by an NHL player since the league began recording hits in 1998-99.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Finished second among Colorado defensemen in playoff scoring with three points (1g/2a) in six games. - Led the team with 28 hits during the postseason.
MISC - Is only the second Avalanche player to have his last name start with the letter “Z” (Greg Zanon).
#17: Tyson Jost (C) 5' 11", 191 lbs. / Mar 14, 1998 (20 years and 8 months)
JOH-st GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Colorado's 1st selection (1st round, 10th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft Season 20 4-5-9 -1 4 Last Goal: NOV 27, 2018 @ NASHVILLE Career 91 17-15-32 -16 30 Last Assist: NOV 24, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 0 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 18:31 4 2 +2 4 times 11/21 vs LAK 11/21 vs LAK 2 times 10/6 vs PHI 11/24 vs DAL 5 times 11/21 vs LAK
THIS SEASON - Returned from injury on Nov. 9 at Winnipeg and tallied his second goal of the season. - Suffered a head injury on Oct. 26 vs. Ottawa, forcing him to miss four games from Oct. 27-Nov. 7. - Placed on Injured Reserve, Oct. 31 (retroactive to Oct. 26) and activated on Nov. 9.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Finished his rookie campaign with 12 goals and 22 points in 65 games. - Scored nine of his 12 goals from Feb. 6 until the end of the year (31 games), the fourth-highest total on the club during that time span.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Skated in all six postseason contests for the Avalanche, tallying one assist (0g/1a).
OTHER - Played one season at the University of North Dakota. #22: Colin Wilson (C) 6' 1", 221 lbs. / Oct 20, 1989 (29 years and 1 month)
Drafted: Nashville's 1st choice (1st round, 7th overall) in the 2008 Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Nashville in exchange for a 4th round selection in the 2019 Season 23 6-3-9 -2 4 NHL Draft, July 1, 2017 Career 581 107-157-264 30 134 Last Goal: NOV 21, 2018 @ LOS ANGELES (3) Last Assist: NOV 2, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (9) Career vs. Opp 11 1-2-3 2 7 Career Shootouts: 1/7 (14%), 1 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 2 2 16:51 5 2 +1 10/6 vs PHI 11/2 vs VAN 3 times 2 times 11/9 vs WPG 10/11 vs BUF 5 times 3 times
THIS SEASON - Is tied for fifth on the team in goals (6) and tied for second in game-winning tallies (2). - Did not dress on Nov. 18 at Anaheim due to a lower-body injury. - Matched his single-game career high with two goals on Oct. 6 vs. Philadelphia.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Completed his first season with the Avalanche and ninth in the NHL. - Skated in 56 games, tallying 18 points (6g/12a).
2018 PLAYOFFS - Appeared in all six playoff games for the Avalanche, tallying one assist (0g/1a).
OTHER - Prior to joining the Avalanche, he had previously spent his entire eight-year NHL career with the Nashville Predators.
#28: Ian Cole (D) 6' 1", 219 lbs. / Feb 21, 1989 (29 years and 9 months)
Drafted: St. Louis' 2nd pick (1st round, 18th overall) in the 2007 Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, July 1, 2018 Season 24 1-7-8 11 38 Last Goal: NOV 2, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (10) Career 429 21-84-105 86 394 Last Assist: NOV 23, 2018 @ ARIZONA (2) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 4 1-1-2 4 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 20 26:05 3 3 +3 11/2 vs VAN 10/18 vs NJD 10/18 vs NJD 11/1 vs CGY 11/14 vs BOS 11/16 vs WSH 3 times 2 times
THIS SEASON - Leads the team in blocked shots (68). - Ranks first on the team in average shorthanded time-on-ice (3:44). - Logged a season-high 26:05 of ice time on Nov. 14 vs. Boston. - Scored his first goal as a member of the Avalanche on Nov. 2 at Vancouver. - Set an Avalanche record for blocked shots in the month of October with 39. - Reached 100 career NHL points with a pair of assists on Oct. 18 at New Jersey.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Recorded 13 points (3g/10a) in 47 games with Pittsburgh before being traded to Ottawa on Feb. 23 and then to Columbus three days later on Feb. 26. - Went on to pick up seven points (2g/5a) in 20 regular-season games for the Blue Jackets. - His five combined goals between the two teams equaled a career high, while his 20 combined points were the second most of his career.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Recorded three assists (0g/3a) in six playoff contests for Columbus.
OTHER - Helped the Pittsburgh Penguins win back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2016 and 2017. #29: Nathan MacKinnon (C) 6' 0", 205 lbs. / Sep 1, 1995 (23 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Colorado's 1st selection (1st round, 1st overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: NOV 27, 2018 @ NASHVILLE Season 24 17-20-37 11 14 Last Assist: NOV 24, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career 398 131-209-340 17 165 Career Shootouts: 10/22 (45%), 3 GDG Career vs. Opp 10 1-5-6 -1 4 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 3 3 2 25:43 8 2 +3 3 times 10/18 vs NJD 5 times 7 times 11/18 vs ANA 2 times 3 times 10/26 vs OTT
THIS SEASON - Ranks second in the NHL in shots (106) and points (37) and is sixth in goals (17). - Leads the team in goals, shots and ice time (22:05). - Logged a career-high 25:43 of ice time on Nov. 18 at Anaheim. - Notched his 200th NHL assist on Nov. 7 vs. Nashville. - Scored a goal in each of his first six games, establishing a franchise record for the longest goal streak to begin a season. - Tallied points in each of his first nine games, tying the Avalanche record (since 1995-96) for the longest point streak to start a season. - Scored 11 seconds into the first period on Oct. 13 vs. Calgary, the fastest goal to begin a game by an Avalanche player since Feb. 10, 2006 (0:08, Antti Laaksonen at Columbus).
2017-18 - Finalist for the Hart Trophy, Ted Lindsay Award and selected to the NHL Second All-Star Team. - Finished fifth in league scoring with a career-high 97 points (39g/58a). - Ranked second in the NHL in points-per-game (1.31) and tied for the league lead with 12 GWG.
#34: Carl Soderberg (C) 6' 3", 210 lbs. / Oct 12, 1985 (33 years and 1 month)
Drafted: St. Louis' 2nd choice (2nd round, 49th overall) in the 2004 Entry Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Boston in exchange for 6th round pick (previously acquired - Season 24 7-9-16 0 4 Boston selected Oskar Steen) in 2016 NHL Draft, June 25, 2015 Career 424 70-142-212 -21 152 Last Goal: NOV 16, 2018 vs WASHINGTON (5) Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ NASHVILLE Career vs. Opp 13 0-4-4 -3 4 Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 4 18:36 5 4 +2 7 times 11/21 vs LAK 3 times 10/13 vs CGY 11/18 vs ANA 11/1 vs CGY 10/16 vs NYR 11/16 vs WSH
THIS SEASON - Ranks fourth on the Avalanche in goals (7) and sixth in points (16). - Tied his career high with a four-game point streak from Nov. 9-16. - Recorded points in each of his first four games this season, Oct. 4-11, tying his career-long point streak. - Picked up his 200th NHL point with a goal on Oct. 9 at Columbus. - Scored the Avalanche's first goal of the season and added an assist on Oct. 4 vs. Minnesota.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Tied a career high with 16 goals, equaling his total from 2013-14 with Boston. - Finished fifth on the Avalanche in goals and sixth in points (37). - Also tied a career high with three game-winning tallies. - Ranked second among Colorado forwards in average shorthanded time-on-ice (2:25), helping the Avalanche’s penalty kill finish fourth in the NHL and first at home. - Recorded the first three multi-goal games of his career during the 2017-18 season.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Skated in all six postseason games for the Avs, recording two assists (0g/2a). #37: J.T. Compher (L) 6' 0", 193 lbs. / Apr 8, 1995 (23 years and 7 months)
Drafted: Buffalo's 2nd choice (2nd round, 35th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from Buffalo, along with Mikhail Grigorenko, Nikita Zadorov and Season 8 6-2-8 2 8 2nd round pick (later traded to San Jose - Jeremy Roy) in the 2015 NHL Draft, in Career 98 22-14-36 -27 32 exchange for Jamie McGinn and Ryan O’Reilly, June 26, 2015 Last Goal: NOV 24, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career vs. Opp 2 1-0-1 2 0 Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ NASHVILLE Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 1 2 4 14:17 4 1 +2 11/23 vs ARI 2 times 11/23 vs ARI 10/6 vs PHI 10/11 vs BUF 10/4 vs MIN 2 times 11/23 vs ARI
THIS SEASON - Scored two shorthanded goals on the same penalty kill on Nov. 23 at Arizona, tying the franchise record for shorthanded goals in a game (fourth time) and a period (second time). He set a new franchise record for the fastest two shorthanded goals (1:25) and also became the first player in franchise history to score two SHG on the same opponent power-play chance. - Missed 16 games due to a head injury from Oct. 16–Nov. 21. - Was placed on Injured Reserve, Oct. 17 (retroactive to Oct. 13) and activated on Nov. 23. - Has scored a goal in all three home contests. - Scored a goal in each of his first two games to open the year, matching his career-long goal-scoring streak.
2017-18 - Scored two OT goals, the first rookie in Avalanche/Nordiques franchise history to score two OT winners in a season. - Tied for second among NHL rookies with two short-handed goals. - Compher was the first rookie in Avalanche history (since 1995-96) to score two or more PPG, SHG and GWG in the same season.
#44: Mark Barberio (D) 6' 1", 200 lbs. / Mar 23, 1990 (28 years and 8 months)
bahr-BAIR-ee-oh GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Tampa Bay's 5th pick (6th round, 152nd overall) in 2008 Entry Draft Season 7 1-0-1 -6 2 Acquired: Claimed on waivers from Montreal, Feb. 2, 2017 Career 246 14-40-54 -1 97 Last Goal: OCT 27, 2018 @ MINNESOTA (4) Last Assist: JAN 20, 2018 vs NY RANGERS (11) Career vs. Opp 11 1-0-1 0 2 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 2 17:44 2 3 +0 10/27 vs MIN 7 times 10/27 vs MIN 11/14 vs BOS 11/14 vs BOS 11/14 vs BOS 11/1 vs CGY 3 times
THIS SEASON - Tallied his first goal of the season on Oct. 27 at Minnesota.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Matched a career high with 13 points (3g/10a) despite missing 33 games due to injury. - Finished the season with a +6 plus-minus rating, tied for fourth on the team. - Ranked fourth among team defensemen in shorthanded ice time (2:07 per game), helping Colorado’s penalty kill unit to a top-five ranking.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Appeared in all six postseason contests, tallying one assist while finishing third on the club in average ice time (22:18).
OTHER - Won the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL's outstanding defenseman with Norfolk in 2011-12. #49: Samuel Girard (D) 5' 10", 162 lbs. / May 12, 1998 (20 years and 6 months)
Drafted: Nashville’s 2nd choice (2nd round, 47th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: From Nashville, with Vladislav Kamenev and a 2nd round pick in 2018, as Season 24 1-10-11 -1 0 well as Shane Bowers, Andrew Hammond, a 1st round pick in 2018 and 3rd round Career 97 5-29-34 -12 8 pick in 2019 from Ottawa. Matt Duchene sent to Ottawa, Kyle Turris sent to Nashville, Nov. 5, 2017 Career vs. Opp 2 0-0-0 -1 0 Last Goal: OCT 26, 2018 vs OTTAWA (13) Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ NASHVILLE Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 0 22:48 4 4 +3 10/26 vs OTT 2 times 2 times 24 times 11/2 vs VAN 2 times 10/20 vs CAR 10/6 vs PHI
THIS SEASON - Ranks second among Colorado defensemen in points (9). - Ranks third on the Avalanche in even-strength average ice time (17:50). - His 91 straight regular-season games is the longest current ironman streak on the team. - Scored his first goal of the season on Oct. 26 vs. Ottawa. - Tied his career high with a +3 rating on Oct. 6 vs. Philadelphia.
2017-18 SEASON - Appeared in all 68 games after being acquired by the Avalanche, tallying 20 points (3g/17a). - Became just the fourth Avalanche rookie defenseman to reach 20 points since the franchise moved to Denver, joining John-Michael Liles (34 in 2003- 04), Kevin Shattenkirk (26 in 2010-11) and Ryan Wilson (21 in 2009-10). - Appeared in 73 games combined between the Avalanche and Predators, tallying 23 points (4g/19a). - Girard’s 73 games ranked fourth among NHL rookie defensemen. - Made his Avalanche debut at 19 years, 182 days on Nov. 10, becoming the youngest defenseman to ever play for the Avalanche.
#57: Gabriel Bourque (L) 5' 10", 206 lbs. / Sep 23, 1990 (28 years and 2 months)
Drafted: Nashville's 9th choice (5th round, 132 overall) in 2009 Entry Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Signed by Colorado as a free agent, Oct. 10, 2016. Season 20 0-3-3 2 4 Last Goal: FEB 11, 2018 @ BUFFALO (47) Career 326 36-56-92 -18 62 Last Assist: NOV 2, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (7) Career Shootouts: 1/6 (17%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 6 2-0-2 0 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 15:15 2 6 +2 20 times 3 times 3 times 2 times 10/11 vs BUF 2 times 10/11 vs BUF 11/1 vs CGY
THIS SEASON - Is tied for third on the team in hits (37).
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Appeared in 58 games for the Avalanche (5g/6a), including each of the last 46 contests to finish the regular season. - Finished fourth on the team in hits (123). - Ranked fourth among Avs forwards in short-handed ice time per game (1:54), helping Colorado’s penalty kill to a top-five ranking.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Scored two goals (2g/0a) while appearing in all six contests in the first round series against Nashville. - Tallied goals in back-to-back playoff games for the first time in his career, April 14-16. #83: Matt Nieto (L) 5' 11", 190 lbs. / Nov 5, 1992 (26 years)
Drafted: San Jose's 1st choice (2nd round, 47th overall) in the 2011 Entry Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Claimed by Colorado on waivers from San Jose, Jan. 5, 2017. Season 21 2-3-5 -4 4 Last Goal: OCT 26, 2018 vs OTTAWA (10) Career 359 52-60-112 -34 72 Last Assist: NOV 23, 2018 @ ARIZONA (2) Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG Career vs. Opp 10 1-1-2 -1 4
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 17:21 4 4 +2 2 times 3 times 5 times 2 times 10/20 vs CAR 11/27 vs NSH 11/1 vs CGY 11/23 vs ARI
THIS SEASON - Missed two straight games and three of five contests from Nov. 9-18 due to a lower-body injury. - Scored his first goal of the season, the game winner, on Oct. 22 at Philadelphia.
2017-18 REGULAR SEASON - Set a career high with 15 goals, topping his previous best of 10 established in 2013-14 and 2014-15 with San Jose. - Finished sixth on the team in goals. - His 26 points fell one short of his personal best set in 2014-15. - Finished tied for fourth on the club with a +6 plus/minus rating. - Ranked third among Colorado forwards in average shorthanded time-on-ice (2:17), helping the Avalanche’s penalty kill finish fourth overall in the NHL and first at home. - Set a career high with 74 games played. - Tallied his first career hat trick on Oct. 24 vs. Dallas.
2018 PLAYOFFS - Recorded three points (0g/3a) in six playoff games for the Avalanche. - Ranked third on the club and led all forwards in shorthanded time-on-ice (2:32).
#91: Vladislav Kamenev (C) 6' 2", 194 lbs. / Aug 12, 1996 (22 years and 3 months)
KA-men-ehv GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Nashville's 2nd choice (2nd round, 42nd overall) in the 2014 NHL Draft Season 18 2-3-5 1 6 Acquired: From Nashville, with Samuel Girard and a 2nd round pick in 2018, as well Career 23 2-3-5 -2 8 as Shane Bowers, Andrew Hammond, a 1st round pick in 2018 and 3rd round pick in 2019 from Ottawa. Matt Duchene sent to Ottawa, Kyle Turris sent to Nashville, Nov. Career vs. Opp 0 0-0-0 0 0 5, 2017 Last Goal: NOV 21, 2018 @ LOS ANGELES (2) Last Assist: NOV 21, 2018 @ LOS ANGELES (2) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 14:34 3 3 +1 2 times 3 times 11/21 vs LAK 3 times 11/21 vs LAK 10/27 vs MIN 10/16 vs NYR 3 times
THIS SEASON - Recorded his first career multi-point game (1g/1a) on Nov. 21 at Los Angeles. - Scored his first career NHL goal on Nov. 1 at Calgary (shorthanded). - Was the first Avalanche player to score his first career goal shorthanded since Greg Mauldin on Nov. 12, 2010 at Columbus. - Recorded his first career NHL point with an assist on Oct. 27 at Minnesota. - Was recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) on Oct. 8. - Skated in the Eagles' first two games to begin the season, tallying one assist. - Was placed on the Avalanche's Injured Reserve list on Oct. 1, activated on Oct. 4 and reassigned to Colorado (AHL).
2017-18 SEASON - Acquired from Nashville in a three-team trade on Nov. 5, Kamenev wound up missing 50 games due to a broken arm he suffered in his Avalanche debut on Nov. 16 vs. Washington. - Appeared in three NHL games with the Avalanche (0g/0a) and 17 combined AHL games between San Antonio and Milwaukee (3g/13a). - Was on Colorado's postseason roster but did not dress. #92: Gabriel Landeskog (L) 6' 1", 215 lbs. / Nov 23, 1992 (26 years)
Drafted: Colorado's 1st choice (1st round, 2nd overall) in 2011 Entry Draft. GP G-A-P +/- PIM Last Goal: NOV 23, 2018 @ ARIZONA (2) Season 24 14-12-26 17 16 Last Assist: NOV 24, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career 530 157-210-367 38 407 Career Shootouts: 5/14 (36%), 4 GDG Career vs. Opp 11 5-5-10 1 6 Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 3 2 3 4 25:24 6 6 +3 10/18 vs NJD 10/26 vs OTT 2 times 10/16 vs NYR 11/18 vs ANA 2 times 11/1 vs CGY 10/18 vs NJD
THIS SEASON - Is tied for the league lead in plus/minus (+17) and tied for second in game-winning goals (4). - Ranks second on the club in goals (14). - Logged a career-high 25:24 of ice time on Nov. 18 at Anaheim. - Set an Avalanche record for goals in the month of October with 10. - Led the NHL with four game-winning goals in October, tying the Avalanche record for a single month. - He and Rantanen set an Avs October record for plus/minus (+14), the highest by a Colorado player in any month since Rob Blake was +14 in March 2006. - NHL's First Star of the Week for Oct. 15-21. - Tallied his third career hat trick on Oct. 18 at New Jersey. - Picked up his 200th NHL assist on Oct. 13 vs. Calgary. - 8th NHL season, 7th as captain.
2017-18 - Captained the Avs to a 47-point turnaround, tied for the fourth highest in NHL history, and a berth in the playoffs. - Finished second on the club in plus/minus (+16), third in goals (25) and points (62). - Led the Avs in points (7) and goals (4) during the playoffs
#96: Mikko Rantanen (R) 6' 4", 215 lbs. / Oct 29, 1996 (22 years)
RAN-ta-nehn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Colorado's 1st selection (1st round, 10th overall) in 2015 NHL Draft Season 24 10-30-40 15 18 Last Goal: NOV 24, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career 189 59-103-162 -17 76 Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ NASHVILLE Career Shootouts: 2/6 (33%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 3 1-2-3 -1 2
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 3 4 6 24:44 6 3 +3 10/22 vs PHI 4 times 2 times 10/20 vs CAR 11/2 vs VAN 11/23 vs ARI 2 times 2 times
THIS SEASON - Leads the NHL in points (40) and assists (30). - Reached the 40-point mark the fastest in Avalanche history (24 games). - Was the first NHL player to reach the 30-point mark in 2018-19. - Tallied 100th NHL assist on Nov. 23 at Arizona. - Scored his second career OT goal on Nov. 18 at Anaheim, tied for the second-latest OT winner in franchise history (4:58). - NHL's First Star of the Month for October. - Led the NHL and tied the Avalanche record for points (21) and assists (16) in the month of October, equaling the marks for both set by Joe Sakic in 1996-97. - He and Landeskog set an Avs October record for plus/minus (+14). - NHL's Third Star of the Week for Oct. 22-28. - Tallied points in each of his first nine games, tying the Avalanche record for the longest point streak to start a season. - Picked up assists in each of his first eight games, the longest assist streak of his career and the second-longest to begin a season in franchise history. Pittsburgh Penguins: Media Notes
LAST 2 GAMES:
Nov. 27: Pittsburgh 4, Winnipeg 3 – Bell MTS Place PGH Goals: Crosby; Sheahan; Grant; Aston-Reese Multiple Points: Grant (1G-1A) Goalie: DeSmith (24 saves/27 shots) Key Stats: Goals in the final frame by Derek Grant and Zach Aston-Reese allowed the Penguins to overcome a deficit after 40 minutes to win for the first time this season. PP: 0-1 PK: 2-2
Nov. 24: Pittsburgh 4, Columbus 2 – PPG Paints Arena PGH Goals: Pearson; Guentzel (3) Multiple Points: Guentzel (3G); Letang (3A); Crosby (2A) Goalie: DeSmith (37 saves/39 shots) Key Stats: The Penguins won their first divisional game since the season opener on October 4 against Washington thanks to Jake Guentzel’s first regular-season hat trick. PP: 0-1 PK: 1-1
INJURIES Position, Player, Status (Consecutive Games Missed) F Matt Cullen, lower body (5) F Patric Hornqvist, concussion (2) G Matt Murray, lower body (3) D Justin Schultz, left leg fracture (19) 2018-19 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 45
RECENT TRANSACTIONS Nov. 24 – F Garrett Wilson recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) Nov. 22 – G Tristan Jarry recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) on an emergency basis Nov. 22 – G Matt Murray placed on injured reserve Nov. 19 – F Matt Cullen placed on injured reserve Nov. 19 – Craig Patrick named pro scout
TONIGHT’S GAME -The Penguins complete a two-game road trip against the Colorado Avalanche (TV: AT&T SportsNet; Radio: 105.9 The X) at Pepsi Center. -Heading into tonight, the Pens have accumulated points in five-straight games (3-0-2). -Pittsburgh will be looking to avenge last year’s season series sweep by the Avalanche. -The Pens are 5-2 in their past seven visits to Denver. -Tonight’s game concludes the Penguins second of 11 back-to-back situations. Thus far the team has a cumulative record of 2-0-1 in back to backs (1-0-1 the first night; 1-0-0 the second night).
QUICK HITS
1) The comeback win last night in Winnipeg was the Pens’ first after trailing following the first 40 minutes since a 5-4 overtime win at Columbus on April 5 of last season.
2) Yesterday’s win improved the Pens to 7-0-1 this year against the Western Conference.
3) According to the NHL Stats Team, Pittsburgh improved to 14-0-2 in its past 16 matchups against Western Conference clubs dating to Jan. 25, 2018, outscoring foes 72-34 over that span. This is now the longest interconference point streak in franchise history.
4) Since the Penguins gave up four power-play goals to the Tampa Bay Lightning on November 15, the Pens are 11 for 11 on the PK over the past six games. If you eliminate that game from the Pens’ totals, the team is 53 for 61 (86.9%) on the PK in their other 22 games.
5) This is the Pens’ longest streak this season of not allowing an opposition power-play goal and the team’s longest such streak since a seven-game run between Dec. 27, 2017-Jan. 7, 2018 last year (17 for 17 during that stretch).
DISTRIBUTION LIST Any media members that would like to be added to the Penguins’ distribution lists to receive audio files, game notes and schedule changes, please email Jason Seidling ([email protected]).
PENGUINS vs. AVALANCHE: Pittsburgh’s All-Time Record vs. Avalanche: 38-39-9 In Pittsburgh: 20-19-6 In Colorado: 18-20-3 OT Record vs. Avalanche: 4-4-6 Shootout Record vs. Avalanche: 1-0 2017-18 Results: The Aves went 2-0
TEAM NOTES:
SPREAD THE WEALTH Last night’s win in Winnipeg saw the Penguins receive contributions from throughout the lineup. Eleven different players recorded points, with Derek Grant (1G-1A) the lone multi-point producer. Sixteen of the 18 skaters who dressed recorded at least one shot on goal. The two who didn’t register a shot – Garrett Wilson and Jake Guentzel – each pitched in assists and played solid all-around games.
SUBTLE SWITCH SPARKS ZAR’S GWG Head coach Mike Sullivan flipped right wings for the final period, a move that paid off by producing the Pens’ game-winning goal. Phil Kessel joined a trio with Zach Aston-Reese and Derick Brassard; while Bryan Rust skated with Evgeni Malkin and Tanner Pearson. Late in the third period, Kessel fired a shot from a bad angle off a dump-in, and the resulting rebound was slammed into the back of the net by Aston-Reese for the game-winning goal. It was the second game-winner of Aston-Reese’s career. His first NHL goal last season against Ottawa on Feb. 13 was also a GWG. Netting the winning tally capped a productive game for Aston-Reese. He skated a team- high (tied) 2:37 shorthanded minutes, and he was also on the ice in the final minute as the Pens protected their slim one-goal advantage.
FOURTH WAS FIRST Derek Grant returned after missing two games due to injury, and he provided an immediate spark, netting the first multi-point game (1G-1A) of his Pittsburgh career. Grant’s line with Riley Sheahan (1G) and Garrett Wilson (1A) scored two of the Pens’ four goals. They were rewarded with increased ice time over the final two periods. Grant’s goal was his first in a Penguins’ sweater. Wilson recorded his first NHL regular-season point with his helper. Before yesterday, Wilson’s only other NHL point came in the playoffs back in Game 4 of the 2016 First Round when he played for the Florida Panthers.
LOCKED IN Sidney Crosby was on fire before he was sidelined for three games with an upper-body injury earlier this month. Since returning, Crosby has picked up where he left off. He scored the Pens’ opening goal (on a backhander of course) last night to give him six points (2G-4A) in four appearances since his return. Stretching back further, Crosby has 10 goals and 20 points over his past 14 games.
LETANG SET PENS’ D-MAN GAMES PLAYED RECORD Kris Letang added another franchise record to his resume when he played in his 704th NHL game yesterday in Winnipeg. He surpassed former teammate and defensive partner Brooks Orpik for the most games played by a defenseman in club history. It was the third Penguins defensive record Letang has accumulated over the past year, after becoming the franchise leader for most assists (356) and points (457) by a Pittsburgh defenseman. Letang has points in six of his past seven games entering tonight (1G-7A-8PTS). He is currently riding a season-high four-game assist/point streak (6A total during his run).
Most Games Played Among D in Pens’ History Name GP Kris Letang 704 Brooks Orpik 703 Ron Stackhouse 621 Dave Burrows 573 Rob Scuderi 460
GETTING TRICKY Jake Guentzel tallied hat tricks in each of his first two playoff runs with Pittsburgh (2017 & ’18), but he had yet to do so in the regular season. That all changed Saturday when he scored three times in the 4-2 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets. His first NHL hat trick in the First Round of the 2017 playoffs also came against the Jackets. Pittsburgh’s leading scorer with 11 goals, Guentzel has seven points (5G-2A) in his last five games.
BACKCHECKING THE PENS *Phil Kessel currently owns a season-high nine-game point streak (3G-9A-12PTS). It’s the longest point streak that he has accumulated since joining the Pens. It’s his longest run since he had a 10-game run from March 19-April 9, 2011 (4G-7A-11PTS). *Kessel’s point streak is tied with Evgeni Malkin for the longest amassed by a Pens’ player this season. *Both Olli Maatta and Jake Guentzel collected their 100th NHL points with assists against the Jets. *Goalie Casey DeSmith, who leads the team with six wins this year, is now 6-2-3 with a 2.17 goals-against average (24 GA/664 MIN) and a .932 save percentage (328 saves/352 shots) in his 11 starts this year.
COACHES CHALLENGES (1-for-2; 50%) (L) Oct. 30 vs. NYI – Call stands; replay confirmed Jordan Eberle was onside before scoring (W) Oct. 13 at MTL – Call overturned; Montreal forward determined to have prevented Casey DeSmith from doing his job in his crease 2017-18 TOTALS: (3-for-5; 60%)
PENS’ MULTIPLE-POINT GAME LEADERS Name Total 2 PTS 3 PTS 4+ PTS Sidney Crosby 9 7 2 0 Phil Kessel 9 8 1 0 Evgeni Malkin 9 5 4 0 Jake Guentzel 5 4 1 0 Patric Hornqvist 5 3 2 0 Kris Letang 5 3 2 0
PENS’ MULTIPLE-GOAL GAME LEADERS Name Total 2G 3G Patric Hornqvist 3 3 0 Phil Kessel 2 1 1 Sidney Crosby 2 2 0 Jake Guentzel 2 1 1 Evgeni Malkin 2 2 0 Kris Letang 1 1 0 Jamie Oleksiak 1 1 0
2018-19 REGULAR-SEASON SPECIAL TEAMS BREAKDOWN Power Play Overall: 16-65, 24.6% 5-on-4: 13-59, 22.0% 5-on-3: 0-2, 0.0% 4-on-3: 2-3, 75.0%
Penalty Kill Overall: 56-68, 82.4% 5-on-4: 53-63, 84.1% 5-on-3: 1-3, 33.3% 4-on-3: 1-1, 100.0%
2018-19 ATTENDANCE FIGURES & SELLOUT STREAK INFORMATION 2018-19 Regular-Season Attendance: 222,586 2018-19 Average Attendance: 18,549 Consecutive Sellouts: 543 (Regular Season: 456; Postseason: 87) Attendance During Sellout Streak: 9,831,165 (Average: 18,105) Overall Record: 352-154-37 (.682 pct.) PPG Paints Arena Capacity: 18,387 Largest Crowd in PPG Paints Arena History: 18,680, June 9, 2016 vs. San Jose (Game 5)
MILESTONES WATCH G Matt Murray 1 shutout from surpassing Johan Hedberg for sole possession of fourth place on the team’s all-time shutouts list with 8 F Phil Kessel 7 games from tying Nick Harbaruk for the fourth-longest consecutive games played streak in franchise history at 276 D Kris Letang 7 goals from tying Paul Coffey’s franchise record by a defenseman of 108
MILESTONES ACHIEVED D Kris Letang established a franchise record for a defenseman by playing in his 704th game Nov. 27 at WPG F Jake Guentzel notched his 100th NHL point (assist) Nov. 27 at WPG D Olli Maatta became the 19th blueliner in team history to record 100 points with his assist Nov. 27 at WPG F Evgeni Malkin played in his 807th career game, moving him past Jaromir Jagr into sole possession of third place on the team’s all- time games played list, Nov. 27 at WPG Head coach Mike Sullivan coached his 241st game with the Penguins, surpassing Bob Berry and Johnny Wilson for sole possession of fifth place on the team’s all-time games coached list, Nov. 27 at WPG F Jake Guentzel notched his first NHL regular-season hat trick (3rd overall including playoffs) Nov. 24 vs. CBJ F Derek Grant recorded his first point (assist) with Pittsburgh Nov. 21 vs. DAL Pittsburgh Penguins: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. 1 10/04/2018 Washington Capitals W* 01-00-00 7-6 6,59p,58,59,19,71,58p 58 2-6 2-2 41-36 30 / 70 18627+ 2 10/06/2018 Montréal Canadiens L 01-01-00 1-5 15 41 0-3 3-3 22-29 31 / 30 18622+ 3 10/11/2018 Vegas Golden Knights W 02-01-00 4-2 81,81,81,59 81 0-1 2-2 22-37 1 / 30 18610+ 4 10/13/2018 @ Montréal Canadiens O** 02-01-01 3-4 12,58,81p 41 1-2 5-6 28-40 37 / 1 21302+ 5 10/16/2018 Vancouver Canucks O* 02-01-02 2-3 59,62 6 0-1 0-0 28-26 31 / 1 18492+ 6 10/18/2018 @ Toronto Maple Leafs W 03-01-02 3-0 71p,71,58 71 1-2 1-1 38-38 30 / 31 19483+ 7 10/23/2018 @ Edmonton Oilers W* 04-01-02 6-5 87p,6,72,72,6,87 87 1-3 3-5 31-46 30 / 33 18347+ 8 10/25/2018 @ Calgary Flames W 05-01-02 9-1 87,72p,17,81,72,81,73p,59,7 72 2-2 3-3 36-39 30 / 41 17834 9 10/27/2018 @ Vancouver Canucks W 06-01-02 5-0 81,87,71,71,87 81 0-4 3-3 35-29 1 / 25 17537 10 10/30/2018 New York Islanders L 06-02-02 3-6 12,87,71 7 0-3 3-4 38-25 40 / 30 18509+ 11 11/01/2018 @ New York Islanders O** 06-02-03 2-3 12p,71p 12 2-4 2-2 31-26 1 / 30 10910 12 11/03/2018 Toronto Maple Leafs L 06-03-03 0-5 91 0-5 2-3 31-33 31 / 30 18638+ 13 11/05/2018 New Jersey Devils L 06-04-03 1-5 6 11 0-3 2-4 36-39 1 / 30 18420+ 14 11/07/2018 @ Washington Capitals L 06-05-03 1-2 87p 77 1-3 5-6 42-22 70 / 1 18506+ 15 11/10/2018 Arizona Coyotes W 07-05-03 4-0 87,12,72,8 87 0-2 4-4 32-39 1 / 35 18596+ 16 11/13/2018 @ New Jersey Devils L 07-06-03 2-4 81p,59 9 1-3 2-2 31-35 1 / 1 15108 17 11/15/2018 Tampa Bay Lightning L 07-07-03 3-4 72p,81p,72 37 2-4 3-7 31-26 70 / 30 18422+ 18 11/17/2018 @ Ottawa Senators L 07-08-03 4-6 58p,46,7,72 5 1-4 3-3 35-25 41 / 1 17692+ 19 11/19/2018 Buffalo Sabres O* 07-08-04 4-5 19,81,59,14 9 0-3 3-3 40-40 40 / 1 18618+ 20 11/21/2018 Dallas Stars W 08-08-04 5-1 59,71p,87,72,14 71 1-3 2-2 30-19 1 / 35 18430+ 21 11/23/2018 @ Boston Bruins O* 08-08-05 1-2 71p 20 1-2 0-0 37-37 41 / 35 17565+ 22 11/24/2018 Columbus Blue Jackets W 09-08-05 4-2 14,59,59,59 59 0-1 1-1 36-39 1 / 70 18602+ 23 11/27/2018 @ Winnipeg Jets W 10-08-05 4-3 87,15,38,46 46 0-1 2-2 30-27 1 / 37 15321+ 24 11/28/2018 @ Colorado Avalanche 25 12/01/2018 Philadelphia Flyers 26 12/04/2018 Colorado Avalanche 27 12/06/2018 New York Islanders 28 12/08/2018 @ Ottawa Senators 29 12/10/2018 @ New York Islanders 30 12/12/2018 @ Chicago Blackhawks 31 12/14/2018 Boston Bruins 32 12/15/2018 Los Angeles Kings 33 12/17/2018 Anaheim Ducks 34 12/19/2018 @ Washington Capitals 35 12/20/2018 Minnesota Wild 36 12/22/2018 @ Carolina Hurricanes 37 12/27/2018 Detroit Red Wings 38 12/29/2018 @ St. Louis Blues 39 12/31/2018 @ Minnesota Wild 40 01/02/2019 @ New York Rangers 41 01/04/2019 Winnipeg Jets 42 01/06/2019 Chicago Blackhawks 43 01/08/2019 Florida Panthers 44 01/11/2019 @ Anaheim Ducks 45 01/12/2019 @ Los Angeles Kings 46 01/15/2019 @ San Jose Sharks 47 01/18/2019 @ Arizona Coyotes 48 01/19/2019 @ Vegas Golden Knights 49 01/28/2019 New Jersey Devils 50 01/30/2019 Tampa Bay Lightning 51 02/01/2019 Ottawa Senators 52 02/02/2019 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 53 02/05/2019 Carolina Hurricanes 54 02/07/2019 @ Florida Panthers 55 02/09/2019 @ Tampa Bay Lightning 56 02/11/2019 @ Philadelphia Flyers 57 02/13/2019 Edmonton Oilers 58 02/16/2019 Calgary Flames 59 02/17/2019 New York Rangers 60 02/19/2019 @ New Jersey Devils 61 02/21/2019 San Jose Sharks 62 02/23/2019 @ Philadelphia Flyers 63 02/26/2019 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 64 03/01/2019 @ Buffalo Sabres 65 03/02/2019 @ Montréal Canadiens 66 03/05/2019 Florida Panthers 67 03/07/2019 Columbus Blue Jackets 68 03/09/2019 @ Columbus Blue Jackets 69 03/10/2019 Boston Bruins 70 03/12/2019 Washington Capitals 71 03/14/2019 @ Buffalo Sabres 72 03/16/2019 St. Louis Blues 73 03/17/2019 Philadelphia Flyers 74 03/19/2019 @ Carolina Hurricanes 75 03/21/2019 @ Nashville Predators 76 03/23/2019 @ Dallas Stars 77 03/25/2019 @ New York Rangers 78 03/29/2019 Nashville Predators 79 03/31/2019 Carolina Hurricanes 80 04/02/2019 @ Detroit Red Wings 81 04/04/2019 Detroit Red Wings 82 04/06/2019 New York Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. RUHWEDEL MAATTA SCHULTZ OLEKSIAK CULLEN DUMOULIN WILSON # 2 # 3 # 4 # 6 # 7 # 8 # 10 Oct 4 Vs WSH 0-0,1/-1 19:09 0-2,1/0 17:38 1-0,1/0 13:59 0-0,1/-2 09:43 0-2,0/-1 16:07 Oct 6 Vs MTL 0-0,1/-2 17:56 0-0,1/-1 17:07 0-0,2/-1 15:16 0-0,1/-1 12:23 0-0,2/0 20:27 Oct 11 Vs VGK DND 0-2,0/1 17:56 0-0,2/0 18:15 0-0,0/0 13:07 0-0,1/1 22:48 Oct 13 @ MTL 0-0,1/0 19:47 0-0,0/1 02:34 DND 0-0,0/0 11:36 0-0,2/-1 27:04 Oct 16 Vs VAN 0-0,0/1 18:54 INJ 0-0,2/-1 16:13 0-0,1/0 08:44 0-0,1/0 22:20 Oct 18 @ TOR 0-0,0/0 16:58 INJ 0-0,3/0 16:33 0-0,5/0 15:21 0-0,1/2 22:39 Oct 23 @ EDM 0-0,0/1 18:12 INJ 2-0,2/3 13:34 0-2,3/1 14:16 0-1,0/2 25:09 Oct 25 @ CGY 0-0,0/-1 16:26 0-1,0/1 21:00 INJ 0-1,2/2 17:57 1-0,1/2 13:59 0-1,0/5 21:55 Oct 27 @ VAN 0-0,1/0 18:53 0-1,1/4 20:17 INJ 0-1,0/4 19:06 0-0,0/0 11:29 0-0,1/1 17:18 Oct 30 Vs NYI 0-0,1/-2 17:54 0-0,1/1 21:29 INJ 0-2,1/1 16:59 0-0,0/-2 14:21 0-1,0/-1 20:45 Nov 1 @ NYI 0-0,0/-1 16:06 0-1,2/0 20:26 INJ 0-0,2/0 19:30 0-0,1/-1 10:32 0-0,3/0 23:47 Nov 3 Vs TOR 0-0,0/-2 13:39 0-0,2/-1 19:14 INJ 0-0,1/-1 16:40 0-0,3/0 10:34 0-0,3/-1 18:33 Nov 5 Vs NJD DND 0-1,3/-2 17:36 INJ 1-0,2/-2 17:25 0-0,2/-1 10:21 0-0,0/0 20:06 Nov 7 @ WSH 0-0,2/0 14:38 0-0,2/-1 20:14 INJ 0-0,0/-1 10:58 0-0,1/0 12:58 0-0,1/0 22:12 0-0,2/0 06:20 Nov 10 Vs ARI 0-0,2/2 15:45 0-1,3/1 19:41 INJ DND 0-0,1/0 12:48 1-0,1/3 18:48 0-0,0/0 08:34 Nov 13 @ NJD 0-0,4/0 13:35 0-0,2/1 20:42 INJ 0-0,0/1 15:01 0-0,3/0 09:28 0-0,1/-1 19:49 0-0,1/0 09:09 Nov 15 Vs TBL 0-0,1/0 15:33 0-0,1/1 18:21 INJ 0-0,1/1 14:38 0-0,1/0 09:21 0-0,2/0 18:39 0-0,0/0 06:32 Nov 17 @ OTT 0-0,2/-1 10:48 0-0,1/-1 19:17 INJ 0-0,0/-2 16:41 1-0,2/2 10:45 0-0,0/-3 16:51 MIN Nov 19 Vs BUF 0-0,1/-3 16:31 0-0,2/1 21:19 INJ 0-0,1/3 13:30 INJ 0-0,2/0 20:17 MIN Nov 21 Vs DAL DND 0-1,2/2 17:43 INJ 0-1,1/2 19:54 INJ 0-0,2/0 21:33 MIN Nov 23 @ BOS DND 0-0,0/0 17:30 INJ 0-0,0/0 14:33 INJ 0-0,2/-2 24:26 MIN Nov 24 Vs CBJ DND 0-0,1/-1 18:35 INJ 0-0,1/0 17:43 INJ 0-0,2/2 21:14 0-0,1/0 06:53 Nov 27 @ WPG DNP 0-1,1/0 20:25 INJ 0-1,2/0 16:52 INJ 0-0,3/2 20:01 0-1,0/2 07:41
Date Opp. SIMON PEARSON SHEAHAN RUST BRASSARD GRANT SPRONG # 12 # 14 # 15 # 17 # 19 # 38 # 41 Oct 4 Vs WSH 0-1,2/-1 09:51 0-0,2/-2 12:41 0-0,3/-1 14:40 1-0,6/0 14:28 0-1,0/-1 06:47 Oct 6 Vs MTL 0-0,0/-1 13:39 1-0,2/-1 11:53 0-0,1/-1 17:13 0-0,0/-1 16:02 0-1,0/-1 11:06 Oct 11 Vs VGK 0-0,2/0 13:28 0-0,0/0 12:34 0-0,0/-1 16:36 0-0,0/0 16:02 0-0,2/0 10:51 Oct 13 @ MTL 1-0,2/0 08:03 0-0,0/0 20:00 0-0,0/0 16:09 0-0,1/-1 17:46 0-1,0/0 06:45 Oct 16 Vs VAN 0-0,1/0 06:54 0-0,1/-1 14:00 0-0,1/-1 13:30 0-0,0/1 19:30 0-0,0/0 08:12 Oct 18 @ TOR 0-0,0/0 08:38 0-0,2/0 13:33 0-1,1/1 15:19 0-0,0/0 14:15 0-0,1/0 08:09 Oct 23 @ EDM 0-1,0/1 04:19 0-0,0/1 14:31 0-0,1/0 17:57 0-1,2/2 15:04 0-0,0/-1 03:37 Oct 25 @ CGY 0-2,2/2 14:07 0-1,3/0 14:13 1-1,5/2 16:08 0-3,4/1 13:12 0-0,0/1 10:36 DND Oct 27 @ VAN 0-1,1/2 10:08 0-0,1/0 16:19 0-0,4/1 17:09 INJ 0-0,1/0 08:56 0-1,6/1 11:46 Oct 30 Vs NYI 1-0,6/2 19:12 0-0,1/-2 14:37 0-0,1/-2 13:51 INJ 0-0,1/-1 05:42 0-0,1/-1 08:12 Nov 1 @ NYI 1-0,2/0 17:12 0-0,0/-1 11:58 0-0,1/0 14:25 INJ 0-0,0/0 08:36 0-0,1/0 09:44 Nov 3 Vs TOR 0-0,2/-1 17:10 0-0,2/0 13:05 0-0,1/0 12:00 INJ 0-0,2/0 07:15 0-0,1/0 10:21 Nov 5 Vs NJD 0-0,2/0 15:54 0-0,2/-1 12:23 0-0,1/-1 14:43 INJ 0-0,2/-1 08:21 0-0,1/-1 09:34 Nov 7 @ WSH 0-0,1/0 12:31 0-0,3/-1 14:14 0-0,0/-1 15:42 INJ MIN DND Nov 10 Vs ARI 1-1,1/2 12:58 0-0,3/0 15:38 0-1,3/1 13:53 INJ MIN DND Nov 13 @ NJD 0-0,1/-1 13:32 0-0,1/-1 13:03 0-0,1/-1 12:42 INJ MIN DND Nov 15 Vs TBL 0-0,1/0 10:47 0-0,0/1 13:43 0-0,2/0 11:56 0-0,3/0 12:39 INJ 0-0,0/0 16:19 DND Nov 17 @ OTT 0-0,0/-2 10:01 0-0,1/0 13:45 DND 0-1,2/1 13:19 0-0,0/-2 15:37 0-0,1/-1 11:25 0-0,2/-1 10:18 Nov 19 Vs BUF 0-0,0/-1 09:11 1-1,4/0 16:31 0-0,1/0 11:57 0-0,1/-1 13:51 1-0,4/1 16:20 0-0,1/-1 13:42 0-0,1/-1 09:44 Nov 21 Vs DAL 0-0,1/0 12:22 1-0,1/1 13:45 0-0,1/0 13:30 0-0,2/1 12:08 0-0,1/0 17:09 0-1,2/0 10:06 DND Nov 23 @ BOS 0-0,1/0 12:40 0-0,1/0 17:09 0-0,1/-1 06:49 0-0,2/-1 13:51 0-0,2/0 16:52 INJ 0-0,0/-1 04:18 Nov 24 Vs CBJ 0-1,3/1 15:59 1-0,3/1 15:31 0-0,2/0 10:12 0-0,1/0 15:37 0-0,2/-1 15:44 INJ 0-0,0/0 07:35 Nov 27 @ WPG 0-1,3/1 15:40 0-0,3/-2 14:14 1-0,2/1 11:58 0-0,1/-1 15:55 0-0,2/1 13:54 1-1,1/2 09:34 DNP
Date Opp. ASTON-REESE RIIKOLA LETANG GUENTZEL HAGELIN MALKIN HORNQVIST # 46 # 50 # 58 # 59 # 62 # 71 # 72 Oct 4 Vs WSH 2-1(W),3/0 25:41 2-0,5/1 18:48 0-0,3/-1 14:29 1-2,2/0 21:43 0-1,4/1 19:42 Oct 6 Vs MTL 0-1,2/-1 24:32 0-0,0/0 17:03 0-0,2/-1 13:02 0-0,2/-2 15:46 0-0,3/-1 17:36 Oct 11 Vs VGK 0-0,0/0 18:08 0-0,2/1 24:07 1-0,2/-1 15:38 0-1,2/3 15:55 0-3,0/2 15:33 0-0,5/0 15:18 Oct 13 @ MTL 0-0,2/-1 18:53 1-1,5/0 32:00 0-0,5/-1 19:27 0-0,1/1 16:59 0-2,1/1 18:19 0-0,1/0 13:24 Oct 16 Vs VAN 0-0,2/1 18:41 0-0,4/0 25:27 1-0,3/-1 20:03 1-0,1/0 17:14 0-1,3/-1 19:05 0-0,1/-1 12:42 Oct 18 @ TOR 0-0,1/0 18:05 1-1,6/2 25:01 0-0,0/0 17:43 0-0,5/1 17:20 2-1(W),4/2 17:46 0-0,1/0 14:38 Oct 23 @ EDM 0-0,1/-2 13:27 0-1,1/0 28:54 0-0,4/0 19:10 0-0,3/-1 17:10 0-1,0/-1 18:39 2-1,5/3 15:12 Oct 25 @ CGY DND 0-2,2/5 23:11 1-0,2/2 14:57 0-0,1/1 15:32 0-2,2/1 16:24 2-0(W),4/2 13:51 Oct 27 @ VAN DND 0-0,2/1 21:07 0-2,0/2 14:35 0-1,2/2 15:18 2-1,6/3 18:18 0-0,2/0 15:23 Oct 30 Vs NYI 0-0,1/-1 18:12 INJ 0-0,4/2 18:44 0-0,1/0 14:53 1-0,3/-1 19:10 0-0,4/-2 14:47 Nov 1 @ NYI DND 0-1,4/-1 26:01 0-1,2/0 20:48 0-0,1/0 14:26 1-0,5/-1 21:27 0-0,2/-1 12:52 Nov 3 Vs TOR DND 0-0,3/-1 26:59 0-0,1/-1 19:13 0-0,0/-2 15:42 0-0,1/-2 19:42 0-0,1/-2 15:41 Nov 5 Vs NJD 0-0,2/0 15:16 0-0,7/0 25:19 0-1,1/1 19:08 0-0,2/-1 14:57 0-0,1/-1 18:53 0-0,2/-1 16:24 Nov 7 @ WSH 0-0,1/0 08:27 DND 0-0,3/0 26:16 0-0,5/0 14:45 0-0,1/0 15:03 0-0,2/0 13:45 0-0,4/0 17:02 Nov 10 Vs ARI 0-0,0/0 11:44 0-0,2/0 14:09 0-0,1/1 26:04 0-2,0/2 15:21 0-0,2/0 14:44 0-0,1/0 16:11 1-0,4/1 13:57 Nov 13 @ NJD 0-0,0/0 11:58 DND 0-0,5/-4 25:37 1-0,1/-2 16:16 0-0,1/0 14:23 0-1,2/-1 21:43 0-0,3/-1 19:23 Nov 15 Vs TBL 0-0,1/0 10:09 DND 0-1,1/0 25:52 0-0,4/0 21:26 DNP 0-2,4/1 24:26 2-1,5/1 19:37 Nov 17 @ OTT 1-0,3/0 13:57 DND 1-0,5/1 27:59 0-0,2/-1 21:38 0-2,2/-1 23:23 1-0,8/0 20:39 Nov 19 Vs BUF 0-0,1/0 13:05 DNP 0-0,2/-1 26:24 1-0,6/1 16:14 0-2,4/-1 21:05 0-2,4/1 17:16 Nov 21 Vs DAL 0-0,3/0 17:09 0-0,0/2 15:11 0-1,3/0 24:14 1-1,2/1 15:59 1-0(W),2/1 16:47 1-1,3/2 15:46 Nov 23 @ BOS 0-0,4/0 15:07 0-0,1/0 15:52 0-1,6/-1 29:01 0-0,4/0 21:24 1-0,2/-1 20:54 0-0,1/0 13:31 Nov 24 Vs CBJ 0-0,0/-1 15:55 0-0,2/0 16:15 0-3,5/3 25:37 3-0(W),4/2 20:30 0-1,3/1 17:43 INJ Nov 27 @ WPG 1-0(W),2/1 15:58 0-0,1/1 17:36 0-1,1/0 25:57 0-1,0/1 17:30 0-0,2/-3 17:58 DNP Pittsburgh Penguins: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played
Date Opp. JOHNSON KESSEL CROSBY DESMITH MURRAY JARRY # 73 # 81 # 87 # 1 # 30 # 35 Oct 4 Vs WSH 0-0,0/0 21:58 0-2,2/0 21:36 0-2,5/2 22:01 DNP 6/36 W 61:20 Oct 6 Vs MTL 0-0,1/-2 21:07 0-0,1/-2 14:41 0-0,1/-1 18:38 DNP 5/29 L 59:18 Oct 11 Vs VGK 0-0,0/1 17:40 3-0(W),4/3 15:20 0-1,0/0 16:44 2/37 W 60:00 INJ DNP Oct 13 @ MTL 0-0,2/1 22:05 1-1,2/1 15:49 0-1,3/-1 21:54 3/40 O 65:00 DNP DND Oct 16 Vs VAN 0-0,1/-2 18:08 0-1,3/1 18:58 0-0,3/1 21:07 3/26 O 60:34 DNP MIN Oct 18 @ TOR 0-0,5/0 19:29 0-0,2/1 16:53 0-1,1/1 19:40 DNP 0/38 W 60:00 MIN Oct 23 @ EDM 0-1,3/-1 20:12 0-2,1/-1 18:49 2-0(W),5/1 20:33 DNP 5/46 W 62:12 MIN Oct 25 @ CGY 1-0,1/0 17:11 2-0,5/2 16:27 1-2,2/2 16:54 DNP 1/39 W 60:00 MIN Oct 27 @ VAN 0-0,2/0 18:09 1-1(W),2/2 17:46 2-0,3/2 20:03 0/29 W 60:00 DNP MIN Oct 30 Vs NYI 0-0,2/-2 18:14 0-1,3/-1 19:27 1-1,7/2 20:21 2/16 24:05 4/9 L 31:56 MIN Nov 1 @ NYI 0-0,2/-1 16:14 0-1,3/-2 20:38 0-0,0/-1 24:23 DNP 2/26 O 64:55 MIN Nov 3 Vs TOR 0-0,1/-1 19:14 0-0,6/-2 19:30 0-0,1/-3 20:37 0/2 03:13 5/31 L 56:47 MIN Nov 5 Vs NJD 0-0,1/0 20:12 0-0,2/0 18:27 0-0,3/1 20:22 1/12 20:00 4/27 L 40:00 MIN Nov 7 @ WSH 0-1,1/0 23:15 0-0,5/0 17:26 1-0,8/-1 21:35 2/22 L 59:03 DNP MIN Nov 10 Vs ARI 0-1,2/1 25:00 0-1,4/2 17:51 1-1(W),2/4 16:54 0/39 W 60:00 DNP MIN Nov 13 @ NJD 0-0,0/-2 20:06 1-1,2/-2 19:23 0-2,3/-2 21:32 3/34 L 58:38 DNP MIN Nov 15 Vs TBL 0-0,1/0 19:11 1-1,3/0 23:00 INJ DNP 4/26 L 57:20 MIN Nov 17 @ OTT 0-1,0/-1 19:31 0-2,4/-2 21:17 INJ 3/15 L 36:49 3/10 20:00 MIN Nov 19 Vs BUF 0-1,1/-1 18:38 1-0,4/0 20:40 INJ 5/40 O 60:45 DNP MIN Nov 21 Vs DAL 0-0,0/0 19:15 0-1,1/1 16:39 1-2,3/2 16:54 1/19 W 59:56 DNP MIN Nov 23 @ BOS 0-0,1/0 18:09 0-1,4/-1 20:48 0-0,5/0 23:12 DNP INJ 2/37 O 61:42 Nov 24 Vs CBJ 0-0,1/0 18:42 0-1,4/1 17:39 0-2,1/2 20:36 2/39 W 60:00 INJ DNP Nov 27 @ WPG 0-0,2/0 18:06 0-1,1/-1 16:34 1-0,3/0 20:07 3/27 W 60:00 INJ DNP Pittsburgh Penguins: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Mike Sullivan *4th year as HC *Coached 400th NHL game Nov. 17, 2018 at OTT *Won 200th NHL game Apr. 6, 2018 vs. OTT *1st American-born HC to win 2 Stanley Cups (1 of 6 U.S. coaches to win) *Joined Toe Blake as only NHL HCs to win the Cup in first 2 years behind the bench w/a team *1st HC since Larry Robinson (2000 & '01) to make SCF in 1st 2 years w/a team *1st Pens coach to win first 9 postseason series *50 wins in '16-17 most among Pens coaches in 1st full season (3rd to win 50) *2017 Co-Dapper Dan Sportsman of the Year *Signed 3-year extension thru 2019-20 on Dec. 26, 2016 *Named PIT head coach Dec. 12, 2015 *Led WBS Pens to 18-5-0 start as HC in '15-16 *70-56-23-15 record w/1 playoff berth from 2003-06 as HC of Boston Bruins *NHL asst. coach from 2007-14 w/TBL, NYR & VAN *Head coach of Team USA at 2006 World Championships & asst. coach at '06 Olympics & '16 World Cup *Career Record: 210-130-49-16 *PIT Record: 140-74-27 (3rd in wins in PIT history) *Playoff Record: 41-27 (38-23 w/PIT; 2nd on PIT all-time wins list)
#1: Casey DeSmith (G) 6' 0", 181 lbs. / Aug 13, 1991 (27 years and 3 months)
duh-SMIHTH, KAY-see GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Undrafted Season 15 6-3-3 2 2.41 .924 Acquired: Signed by PIT as a free agent on 7/1/2017 Career 29 12-7-4 3 2.40 .923 2nd NHL / 2nd PIT Season Last Win: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career vs. Opp ------Last SO: NOV 10, 2018 vs ARIZONA (6) Career Shootouts: 0/2 (.000), 0-1
Season Highs: Shots Saves 40 39 40 11/10 vs ARI *Recorded career-high 39 saves and 3rd career SO Nov. 10 vs. ARI. *Registered career-high-tying 4-game unbeaten stretch (2-0-2) Oct. 11-27. *Recorded 2nd career SO Oct. 27 @VAN (5-0, W; 29 saves). *Made 35 of 37 saves in his season debut to pick up his 1st win of the season Oct. 11 vs. VGK. *Served as Matt Murray's backup throughout the 2017-18 stretch run and into the playoffs. *Recorded 1st NHL SO Apr. 6, 2018 vs. OTT. *Won 1st NHL game in 1st NHL start Jan. 19, 2018 @LAK. Stopped 28 of 29 shots in 3-1 win. *Named to Atlantic Division AHL All-Star Team for 2018 AHL All Star Classic Jan. 28-29. *Made his NHL debut in relief Oct. 29, 2017 at WPG. *Was 16-8-3 w/2.73 GAA & .910 SVP w/1 shutout in 27 AHL GP w/WBS in 2017-18. *Went 21-5-3 w/2.01 GAA & .926 SVP w/1 SO in 29GP w/WBS in 2016-17. Named to AHL All-Rookie Team. *His GAA was lowest in the AHL in '16-17. *Combined w/Tristan Jarry to post lowest GAA in AHL in '16-17, earning them the Harry "Hap" Holmes Award.
Single Game Highs: Saves: 39 Shots: 40 #30: Matt Murray (G) (*Injured) 6' 4", 178 lbs. / May 25, 1994 (24 years and 6 months)
MUHR-ee, MAT GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Drafted by PIT in 3rd round (83rd overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft Season 11 4-5-1 1 4.08 .877 3rd NHL / 3rd PIT Season Career 122 72-33-9 7 2.71 .913 Last Win: OCT 25, 2018 @ CALGARY (6) Last SO: OCT 18, 2018 @ TORONTO (8) Career vs. Opp 2 1-1-0 0 2.03 .938 Career Shootouts: 17/25 (.680), 5-5
Season Highs: Shots Saves 46 41 46 10/23 vs EDM *Placed on IR Nov. 22. *Recorded 7th career SO Oct 18 @TOR tying Johan Hedberg for 4th-most in Pens history. *Will donate $30 this year for each save he makes to 'Saves MATTer' - a charity program he created. *His 72 Ws are 5th in club history. *Won Pens' Eddie J. DeBartolo Community Service Award in 2017-18. *Played 100th NHL game (62nd career win) Feb 15, 2018 vs LAK. 1 of 15 goalies all-time w/61 Ws in 1st 100GP. *1st rookie goalie to win Stanley Cup clinching game 2x, becoming 4th rookie to win the Cup. NHL record 22 playoff Ws as rookie. *1st goalie since Jacques Plante (1953-55) to start SCF game in multiple yrs as rookie. *Quickest goalie to 25 playoff Ws in NHL history (36GP). *Owns PIT playoff record SO sequence (225:49) - 4th longest NHL streak since 1990. *1 of 9 NHL goalies all-time w/3-straight playoff SOs. *2016 and '17 Stanley Cup champ
Single Game Highs: Saves: 44 Shots: 46
#35: Tristan Jarry (G) 6' 2", 194 lbs. / Apr 29, 1995 (23 years and 6 months)
Jar-EE, TRIH-stan GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Drafted: Drafted by PIT in 2nd round (44th overall) of the 2013 NHL Draft Season 1 0-0-1 0 1.94 .946 2nd NHL / 2nd PIT Season Career 28 14-7-3 2 2.75 .909 Last Win: MAR 15, 2018 @ MONTREAL (1) Last SO: JAN 5, 2018 @ NY ISLANDERS (13) Career vs. Opp 1 0-1-0 0 1.02 .963 Career Shootouts: 1/3 (.333), 0-1
Season Highs: Shots Saves 37 35 37 11/23 vs BOS *Equaled career high w/35 saves in 1st NHL start of the year Nov. 23 @BOS (2-1 OTL). *Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Nov. 22. *Was 4-5-2 w/2.89 GAA & .909 SVP in 11 GP w/WBS this year. *Had stopped 56 of 59 shots (.949 SVP) in last 2 GP before his recall. *Became 1st goalie in WBS franchise history to score a goal on Nov. 14 at Springfield. *His 14 Ws in 2017-18 were the most among NHL rookies. *Stopped career-high 35 of 37 shots in win Feb. 18, 2018 @CBJ. *NHL career-long 4-game win-streak ended Dec. 5, 2017 vs NYR. That night also ended 6-game point streak (4-0-2) to start the '17-18 season. *Posted 1st NHL SO on Dec. 1, 2017 @BUF (4-0, W; 34 saves). *Posted 1st career NHL win (4th career start; 1st career home start) on Nov 25, 2017 vs TBL. *Made NHL debut Apr. 9, 2017 @ NYR. *Dressed as PIT's backup in First Round in 2016 and 2017. Was a member of the "Black Aces" practice squad the last three years. *Won 28 AHL games in 2016-17, 3rd-most in AHL.
Single Game Highs: Saves: 35 Shots: 38 #2: Chad Ruhwedel (D) 5' 11", 191 lbs. / May 7, 1990 (28 years and 6 months)
ROO-weed-uhl, CHAD GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Undrafted Season 11 0-0-0 -8 2 Acquired: Signed by PIT as a free agent on 7/1/2016 Career 122 4-13-17 -7 30 4th NHL / 3rd PIT Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 2018 vs CALGARY (23) Career vs. Opp 3 1-1-2 -2 2 Last Assist: MAR 10, 2018 @ TORONTO (21) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 18:53 4 5 +2 11 times 11 times 11 times 11/19 vs BUF 10/27 vs VAN 11/13 vs NJD 11/10 vs ARI 11/10 vs ARI
*Made his season debut Oct. 25 @CGY logging 16:26 minutes. *Set a career high w/44 GP during 2017-18 regular season. *Played his 100th NHL game Mar 3, 2018 @PHI. *Tallied 1st multi-pt game of career Mar. 8, 2017 @WPG (3A). *Recorded 2nd career G during Stadium Series game vs. PHI Feb. 25, 2017. *Scored 1st career NHL goal Dec. 23, 2016 vs. NJD (against Cory Schneider). *Made PIT debut Dec. 20, 2016 vs. NYR. *Spent first 3+ years of career w/Buffalo Sabres org. *Made NHL debut Apr. 13, 2013 vs. PHI. *Played 3 seasons of college hockey @ Massachusetts-Lowell. *Dressed for all 12 PIT playoff games in 2018. *Made NHL playoff debut in Game 6 vs. WSH in the 2017 Second Round. *2017 Stanley Cup champion REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 89GP 4G-11A-15PTS PLAYOFF NUMBERS w/PIT: 18GP 0G-0A-0PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 1 A: 3 P: 3 Career Info: PPG: 0 SHG: 0
#3: Olli Maatta (D) 6' 2", 206 lbs. / Aug 22, 1994 (24 years and 3 months)
MA-TA, OH-lee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by PIT in the 1st round (22nd overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft Season 22 0-7-7 5 6 6th NHL / 6th PIT Season Career 324 24-76-100 57 92 Last Goal: MAR 1, 2018 @ BOSTON (39) Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career vs. Opp 6 0-2-2 0 4 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 21:29 3 6 +4 22 times 7 times 7 times 3 times 10/30 vs NYI 2 times 11/5 vs NJD 10/27 vs VAN
*Recorded 100th career point Nov. 27 @WPG. *Played all 82 games for 1st time in 2017-18. Tied his career high w/29 points & set a new high w/22 A. *Ranked 2nd on Pens w/115 BkS in '17-18. *Played 300th game Apr 1, 2018 vs WSH. *Had 2G for 2nd time in career on Mar 1, 2018 @BOS. *His 8th point on Oct 20, 2017 at FLA (8th GP) exceeded 2016-17 total of 7 pts in 55GP. *Ran off a career-long 6-game point streak (1G-6A) Oct. 7-20, 2017. *His cumulative career plus-23 in the playoffs is tops among franchise D-men (3rd overall). *Has played 68 career playoff games, 4th-most in team history among D-men. *His 8 points were a playoff career high in 2017. *2016 & '17 Stanley Cup champion
Single Game Highs: G: 2 A: 3 P: 3 Career Info: PPG: 3 SHG: 1 #4: Justin Schultz (D) (*Injured) 6' 2", 193 lbs. / Jul 6, 1990 (28 years and 4 months)
SHUHLTZ, JUHS-tihn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by ANA in the 2nd round (43rd overall) in the 2008 NHL Draft Season 4 0-4-4 1 0 Acquired: Trade from EDM for a 2016 3rd-rd pick on 2/27/16 Career 411 45-146-191 -21 100 7th NHL / 4th PIT Season Last Goal: MAR 5, 2018 vs CALGARY (19) Career vs. Opp 15 2-6-8 -2 4 Last Assist: OCT 11, 2018 vs VEGAS (1) Career Shootouts: 0/2 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 2 2 0 17:56 1 1 +1 4 times 2 times 2 times 4 times 10/11 vs VGK 2 times 10/11 vs VGK 2 times
*Suffered a left leg fracture on Oct. 13 at MTL that will sideline him for 4 months. *Recorded 2A Oct. 11 vs. VGK for his 2nd multi-pt game in first 3 games this season. *Led team w/plus-22 in 2017-18. Also led team w/plus-27 in 2016-17. *Played 400th game Mar 23, 2018 vs NJD. *Scored 1st career OTG Mar 5, 2018 vs CGY. *Signed 3-yr extension in the 2017 offseason to stay in PIT thru 2019-20. *Career highs in G (12), A (39) & PTS (51) in '16-17. *Notched 100th career A & career-high 4A Jan. 16, 2017 vs WSH. *Career-long 6-game pt streak ended Jan. 12, 2017 @OTT (1G-5A). *Notched 1st playoff GWG Game 4 vs WSH in 2017. *Led NHL D-men in GWG (2) & PPPts (7) in 2017 playoffs. *2016 & '17 Stanley Cup champion REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 163GP 17G-73A-90PTS PLAYOFF NUMBERS w/PIT: 48GP 5G-20A-25PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 1 A: 4 P: 4 Career Info: PPG: 10 SHG: 0
#6: Jamie Oleksiak (D) 6' 7", 255 lbs. / Dec 21, 1992 (25 years and 11 months)
oh-LEHK-see-ak, JAY-mih GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by DAL in the 1st Round (14th overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft Season 21 4-6-10 9 23 Acquired: From DAL for a 2019 conditional 4th-round pick on 12/19/17 Career 208 15-31-46 -1 192 5th NHL / 2nd PIT Season Last Goal: NOV 5, 2018 vs NEW JERSEY (9) Career vs. Opp 5 1-0-1 -4 4 Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 2 7 19:54 3 7 +4 10/23 vs EDM 10/30 vs NYI 2 times 10/23 vs EDM 11/21 vs DAL 10/18 vs TOR 2 times 10/27 vs VAN
*Skated in 200th NHL game Nov. 7 @WSH. *Had PTS in 4-straight games for 1st time in his career (2G-4A) Oct. 23-30. *Recorded 2nd career 2-goal game, his 1st w/PIT Oct. 23 @EDM. *Scored Pens' 1st goal of 2018-19 season Oct. 4 vs. WSH. *Set career highs in assists (12) & points (17) in 2017-18. His 5 goals equaled a career high. *Registered 138 hits w/PIT in '17-18. That total ranked 4th on team & t-10th in the NHL during that span (Dec. 21, 2017-end of season). *Scored his 1st career PPG and 1st goal of the season Jan. 2, 2018 @PHI. His goal was also his 1st point as a Penguin. *Recorded team-high 5 hits in 17:26 minutes in his 1st game w/PIT Dec. 21, 2018 vs. CBJ. *1 of 3 Pens all-time to stand 6-foot-7 or taller (Steve McKenna, 6-foot-8; Hal Gill, 6-foot-7). *Made NHL playoff debut Apr. 11, 2018 vs. PHI. Notched 1st career playoff pt w/goal May 5, 2018 @WSH. REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 68GP 8G-16A-24PTS PLAYOFF NUMBERS w/PIT: 12GP 1G-0A-1PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 2 A: 3 P: 3 Career Info: PPG: 1 SHG: 0 #7: Matt Cullen (C) (*Injured) 6' 1", 202 lbs. / Nov 2, 1976 (42 years)
KUH-lehn, MAT GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: by Anaheim in second round (36th overall) of the 1996 NHL Entry Draft Season 18 2-2-4 -2 6 Acquired: Signed by PIT as a free agent on 7/1/2018 Career 1463 261-454-715 -32 584 21st NHL / 3rd PIT Season Last Goal: NOV 17, 2018 @ OTTAWA Career vs. Opp 61 15-23-38 -5 12 Last Assist: OCT 23, 2018 @ EDMONTON (11) Career Shootouts: 24/62 (39%), 9 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 4 15:21 5 3 +2 2 times 10/23 vs EDM 10/23 vs EDM 11/17 vs OTT 10/18 vs TOR 10/18 vs TOR 10/18 vs TOR 2 times
*Currently on IR w/lower-body injury. *Recorded his 1st points of 2nd tour w/PIT w/2A Oct. 23 at EDM. *Second tour of duty with the Pens. Played for PIT from 2015-17. *Tied for Pens' team lead w/3 goals & 4 points during 2018 preseason. *Entered the 2018-19 campaign 3rd among active players w/1,445 GP. Trailed only Patrick Marleau (1,575) and Joe Thornton (1,493). *Among American-born players, only Chris Chelios (1,651), Mike Modano (1,499) and Phil Housley (1,495) have played more games all-time. *Spent last season playing for hometown Minnesota Wild, producing 22 points (11G-11A) in 79 GP. *In final game of first tenure w/PIT, led Pens' forward w/19:42 minutes in Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 win at NSH in 2017. *2016 & '17 Stanley Cup champ w/PIT; 2006 SC champ w/CAR REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 172GP 31G-36A-67PTS PLAYOFF NUMBERS w/PIT: 49GP 6G-9A-15PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 3 A: 4 P: 4 Career Info: PPG: 55 SHG: 19
#8: Brian Dumoulin (D) 6' 4", 207 lbs. / Sep 6, 1991 (27 years and 2 months)
DOO-moh-lihn, BRIGH-uhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by CAR in the 2nd round (51st overall) in the 2009 NHL Draft Season 23 1-5-6 8 8 Acquired: From CAR with Brandon Sutter and a 2012 1st round pick for Jordan Staal Career 266 8-49-57 15 72 5th NHL / 5th PIT Season Last Goal: NOV 10, 2018 vs ARIZONA (8) Career vs. Opp 6 0-1-1 2 2 Last Assist: OCT 30, 2018 vs NY ISLANDERS (13) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 4 27:04 3 5 +5 11/10 vs ARI 10/4 vs WSH 10/4 vs WSH 11/27 vs WPG 10/13 vs MTL 3 times 10/30 vs NYI 10/25 vs CGY
*Scored his 1st goal of the season Nov. 10 vs. ARI. *Finished a career-high plus-5 Oct. 25 @CGY. *Logged 27:04 TOI Oct. 13 vs MTL; 2nd-highest total of his career (27:59 on Feb. 17, 2017 at CBJ). *Registered 2A in the Pens' season opener Oct. 4 vs. WSH, his 4th career multi-point game. *Set career highs w/5G & 18PTS in 2017-18. *Led the Pens w/132 blocked shots in '17-18. His 20:37 TOI was 3rd on the team (2nd among D-men). *Had career-long 4-game pt streak (1G-3A) Feb. 18-27, 2018. *The Biddeford, Maine native became the 1st player ever from the state of Maine to win the Stanley Cup in 2016. *Scored opening goal of PIT's Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 win at San Jose on June 12, 2016. *Had 6 pts (1G-5A) in Round 1 vs. PHI in 2018 - highest single-round total of his career. *Combined w/Evgeni Malkin to score the fastest 2 goals in NHL playoff history (5 seconds apart) in Game 3 @PHI in 2018. *2016 & '17 Stanley Cup champion
Single Game Highs: G: 1 A: 2 P: 2 Career Info: PPG: 0 SHG: 0 #10: Garrett Wilson (L) 6' 2", 199 lbs. / Mar 16, 1991 (27 years and 8 months)
WIHL-suhn, GAIR-reht GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by FLA in the 4th round (107th overall) in the 2009 NHL Draft. Season 6 0-1-1 2 2 Acquired: Signed as a free agent on 7/1/16 Career 40 0-1-1 -4 26 2nd NHL / 1st PIT Season Last Goal: - Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 -1 0 Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 2 9:09 2 7 +2 6 times 11/27 vs WPG 11/27 vs WPG 11/15 vs TBL 11/13 vs NJD 11/7 vs WSH 11/13 vs NJD 11/27 vs WPG
*Recorded 1st NHL regular-season point (1A) Nov. 27 @WPG. *Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Nov. 24. *At the time of his recall he had 11PTS (6G-5A) in 12GP w/WBS. *Made PIT debut Nov. 7 @WSH. *In his 3rd season w/PIT organization. *In his 1st year as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton captain. *Was an alternate captain for WBS his first 2 years w/team. *Had 42PTS (17G-25A) in 69GP with WBS in 2017-18. Set AHL career highs in A & PTS. *In 2016-17 he tallied 31 points (11G-20A), was plus-16 and had 83 PIM in 59 GP w/WBS. *Was a member of the Penguins' 'Black Aces' practice squad during the 2017 & '18 Stanley Cup playoffs. *First 34 NHL regular-season games, and 6 playoff appearances, all came with the Florida Panthers. *Picked up his lone NHL point w/FLA by assisting Alex Petrovic's GWG in Game 4 of 2016 First Round vs. NYI. REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 6GP 0G-1A-1PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 0 A: 0 P: 0 Career Info: PPG: 0 SHG: 0
#12: Dominik Simon (C) 5' 11", 190 lbs. / Aug 8, 1994 (24 years and 3 months)
SEE-mohn, dom-UH-nick GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by PIT in 5th round (137th overall) in 2015 NHL Draft Season 23 4-8-12 4 6 2nd NHL / 2nd PIT Season Career 61 8-18-26 5 22 Last Goal: NOV 10, 2018 vs ARIZONA (8) Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 0 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 2 2 2 19:12 6 4 +2 4 times 10/25 vs CGY 2 times 3 times 10/30 vs NYI 10/30 vs NYI 11/5 vs NJD 4 times
*Recorded a career-high 5-game point streak Oct. 23 - Nov. 1 (2G-4A). *Notched 1st NHL PPG to open the scoring Nov. 1 @NYI. *Scored his 1st goal of the season Oct. 13 @MTL. Was his 1st tally since 2-goal game vs. MIN on Jan. 25, 2018. *Logged first significant NHL action w/PIT in 2017-18, often times skating on the top line next to Sidney Crosby. *Notched 12 points (4G-8A) in 33 regular-season GP & 3 assists in 8 playoff GP w/PIT in '17-18. *Had 1st multi-goal game (2G) Jan. 25, 2018 vs MIN. *Scored 1st NHL goal Jan. 14, 2018 vs NYR against Henrik Lundqvist. *Had 17PTS (4G-13A) in 21GP w/WBS of the AHL in '17-18. Had points in 14 of 21GP. *T-3rd in scoring on WBS in 2016-17 w/46 points (15G-31A) in 70 GP. *Led WBS w/25 goals as a rookie in 2015-16. *Assisted on Matt Cullen's GWG on March 13, 2016 at NYR for 1st NHL point in 1st NHL game. *Notched 1st career playoff pt (1A) in NHL playoff debut Apr 18, 2018 @PHI.
Single Game Highs: Highs: G: 2 A: 2 P: 2 Career Info: PPG: 1 SHG: 0 #14: Tanner Pearson (L) 6' 1", 201 lbs. / Aug 10, 1992 (26 years and 3 months)
Drafted: Drafted by LAK in the 1st round (30th overall) in the 2012 NHL Draft GP G-A-P +/- PIM Acquired: Acquired from LAK on 11/14/18 for Carl Hagelin Season 24 3-2-5 -8 8 Last Goal: NOV 24, 2018 vs COLUMBUS (1) Career 332 72-76-148 35 88 Last Assist: NOV 19, 2018 vs BUFFALO (4) Career Shootouts: 1/6 (17%), 1 GDG Career vs. Opp 11 0-1-1 3 0
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 17:09 4 6 +1 3 times 2 times 11/19 vs BUF 4 times 11/23 vs BOS 2 times 11/19 vs BUF 4 times
*Scored goals in three-straight home games Nov. 19, 21 & 24. *Recorded first 2 points (1G-1A) w/PIT Nov. 19 vs. BUF. *Made his PIT debut Nov. 15 vs. TBL. *Reached 40-point mark in back-to-back years w/LAK in 2016-17 and '17-18. *His 25 assists in '17-18 were a career high. *Enjoyed career year w/LAK in '16-17, setting personal highs for goals (24) & points (44) in 80 GP. *Averaged 18 goals during final 3 full seasons w/LAK. *Ranked 8th on LAK w/12 points (4G-8A) during 2014 Stanley Cup run. *Originally drafted by LAK in 1st round of 2012 NHL Draft (30th overall) at PPG Paints Arena. *2014 Stanley Cup champion w/LAK REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 7GP 3G-1A-4PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 2 A: 3 P: 3 Career Info: PPG: 9 SHG: 1
#15: Riley Sheahan (C) 6' 3", 214 lbs. / Dec 7, 1991 (26 years and 11 months)
SHAY-an, RIGH-lee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by DET in the 1st round (21st overall) in the 2010 NHL Draft Season 22 2-1-3 -9 5 Acquired: Acquired from DET on 10/21/17 with a 2018 5th-rounder for Scott Wilson Career 387 51-82-133 -37 65 and a 2018 third-rounder 6th NHL / 2nd PIT Season Career vs. Opp 9 0-3-3 -1 2 Last Goal: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Last Assist: OCT 25, 2018 @ CALGARY (14) Career Shootouts: 2/5 (40%), 1 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 5 20:00 3 3 +1 2 times 10/25 vs CGY 3 times 11/19 vs BUF 10/13 vs MTL 3 times 3 times 2 times
*Scored his 1st goal of season and the Pens' lone goal Oct. 6 vs. MTL. *Donating 4 tickets to every Pens' home game this year w/Bryan Rust through "Seats for Strength" campaign in conjunction w/Allegheny Family Network. *Registered 32 points (11G-21A) in 2017-18 - 2nd-highest total of career. *Tallied 21 points (8G-13A) in final 42 games in '17-18. *Overall 54.2% faceoff success rate was a career high. Won 54.4% of his draws w/PIT to lead the team. Also led PIT in playoffs w/55.9% win rate. *Had 2G Feb. 18, 2018 @CBJ, 1st multi-G game w/PIT. *Scored his 1st goal (EN) w/PIT Nov 16, 2017 @OTT. *Tallied an assist in his 1st game w/PIT Oct. 24, 2018 vs. EDM. *Enjoyed career year in 2014-15 w/DET, netting 13G and 36 pts. *Helped lead Grand Rapids to the 2013 AHL Calder Cup championship. *Had 64pts (20G-44A) in 114 games w/Notre Dame from 2009-12. REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 95GP 13G-22A-35PTS PLAYOFF NUMBERS w/PIT: 12GP 1G-2A-3PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 2 A: 2 P: 2 Career Info: PPG: 12 SHG: 1 #17: Bryan Rust (R) 5' 11", 192 lbs. / May 11, 1992 (26 years and 6 months)
RUHST, BRIGH-uhn GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by PIT in the 3rd round (80th overall) in the 2010 NHL Draft Season 23 1-4-5 -5 8 4th NHL / 4th PIT Season Career 204 34-50-84 8 58 Last Goal: OCT 25, 2018 @ CALGARY (15) Last Assist: NOV 17, 2018 @ OTTAWA (5) Career vs. Opp 4 0-0-0 -1 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 2 17:57 5 5 +2 10/25 vs CGY 4 times 10/25 vs CGY 4 times 10/23 vs EDM 10/25 vs CGY 11/19 vs BUF 10/25 vs CGY
*Skated in his 200th NHL game Nov. 19 vs. BUF. *Scored his 1st goal of the season Oct. 25 @CGY. *Donating 4 tickets to every Pens' home game this year w/Riley Sheahan through "Seats for Strength" campaign in conjunction w/Allegheny Family Network. *Set career highs w/25A & 38PTS in 2017-18. *1st hat trick & 1st penalty shot in a career-high 4pt night Dec. 5, 2016 vs OTT (3G-1A). *Had series-clinching GWG vs. CBJ & WSH in 2017 playoffs. *4th player in NHL history to have 1st 3 career GWGs clinch a series. *1st NHL player since Jeremy Roenick (1990-92) to have 1st 3 multi-goal playoff games come in elimination contests. *Sent PIT to SCF by scoring both goals in the 2-1 Game 7 win vs. TBL in the 2016 ECF. *2nd rookie in NHL history to record multiple goals in 2 series-clinching wins (Jeremy Roenick, 1990). *Has 11 pts (10G-1A) in 18 career playoff elimination GP. *Tied Pens team record w/+5 Apr. 11, 2018 vs. PHI (Gm 1). *2016 & '17 Stanley Cup champion
Single Game Highs: G: 3 A: 2 P: 4 Career Info: PPG: 2 SHG: 2
#19: Derick Brassard (C) 6' 1", 202 lbs. / Sep 22, 1987 (31 years and 2 months)
bruh-SAHRD, DAIR-ik GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by CBJ in 1st round (6th overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft Season 14 2-4-6 1 6 Acquired: From VGK & OTT in a 3-team deal on 02/23/18 Career 730 164-270-434 -3 358 11th NHL / 2nd PIT Season Last Goal: NOV 19, 2018 vs BUFFALO (4) Career vs. Opp 25 5-12-17 4 8 Last Assist: OCT 25, 2018 @ CALGARY (6) Career Shootouts: 2/13 (15%), 1 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 3 3 2 19:30 6 5 +2 2 times 10/25 vs CGY 10/25 vs CGY 3 times 10/16 vs VAN 10/4 vs WSH 10/16 vs VAN 10/23 vs EDM
*Scored 2nd goal & went 16-7 (70%) on draws Nov. 19 vs. BUF. *Recorded team-high 3 assists Oct. 25 @CGY, his most in 1GP w/PIT. *Won 8 of 9 draws (89%) Oct. 13 @MTL, his highest PCT w/PIT. *Registered team-high 6 shots (scored 1st goal) in Pens' season opener Oct. 4 vs. WSH, his highest total w/PIT. *One of the Pens' top 2018 preseason performers w/3 goals & 4 points (both tied for team lead). *Hit 20G plateau for 2nd time in career Mar 21, 2018 vs MTL. *Scored game-tying goal and 1st w/PIT Mar 3, 2018 vs NYI. *Notched 1st pt w/PIT with A Mar 1, 2018 @BOS. *Made PIT debut Feb 27, 2018 vs NJD. *Acquired in a 3-team deal w/ VGK & OTT Feb 23, 2018. Vegas is retaining 40% of his $5 million average annual value. *Before joining the Pens in 2018, played against them in the playoffs each of the 4 previous years. *1st playoff goal w/PIT was GWG Apr. 15, 2018 at PHI. REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 28GP 5G-9A-14PTS PLAYOFF NUMBERS w/PIT: 12GP 1G-3A-4PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 2 A: 3 P: 5 Career Info: PPG: 50 SHG: 0 #38: Derek Grant (C) 6' 3", 215 lbs. / Apr 20, 1990 (28 years and 7 months)
GRANT, DAIR-ihk GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: By Ottawa in the 4th round (119th overall) of the 2008 NHL Draft Season 11 1-2-3 -1 0 Acquired: Signed by PIT as a free agent on 7/20/2018 Career 163 13-21-34 -14 41 5th NHL / 1st PIT Season Last Goal: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career vs. Opp 5 0-1-1 0 0 Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career Shootouts: 0/1 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 2 0 16:19 2 4 +2 11/27 vs WPG 2 times 11/27 vs WPG 11 times 11/15 vs TBL 3 times 3 times 11/27 vs WPG
*Scored 1st goal with PIT Nov. 27 @WPG. *Recorded 1st point with PIT Nov. 21 vs. DAL. *Recalled by PIT on Nov. 14. *Made his PIT debut Oct. 25 @CGY. *Has tallied 4 points (3G-1A) with a plus-5 in 5 GP w/Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL) this year. *Enjoyed a breakout campaign with ANA in 2017-18, setting highs for games (66), goals (12), assists (12) and points (24). *Ranked 3rd on ANA in '17-18 w/53.1% faceoff win rate. *Scored first 2 NHL goals on Oct. 20, 2017 vs. MTL & Carey Price. *Made his Stanley Cup playoff debut in Game 1 vs. SJS on April 12, 2018. *Named to AHL All-Star Classic in 2015-16 w/Stockton Heat. Set AHL highs in goals (27), assists (18) and points (45) in just 36 GP. *Helped Binghamton Senators capture 2011 AHL Calder Cup championship. *Played 2 years of college hockey at Michigan State from 2009-11. REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 11GP 1G-2A-3PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 2 A: 2 P: 2 Career Info: PPG: 3 SHG: 0
#41: Daniel Sprong (R) 6' 0", 180 lbs. / Mar 17, 1997 (21 years and 8 months)
SPRONG, DAN-yehl GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by PIT in the 2nd round (46th overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft Season 16 0-4-4 -7 0 2nd NHL / 2nd PIT Season Career 42 4-5-9 -6 0 Last Goal: JAN 5, 2018 @ NY ISLANDERS (20) Last Assist: OCT 27, 2018 @ VANCOUVER (8) Career vs. Opp 1 0-0-0 -1 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 1 1 0 11:46 6 4 +1 16 times 4 times 4 times 16 times 10/27 vs VAN 10/27 vs VAN 11/19 vs BUF 10/27 vs VAN
*Recorded team-high and career-high (tied) six shots Oct.27 @VAN. *Tallied assist on Dom Simon goal in first game at hometown Bell Centre in MTL on Oct. 13. *Recorded points (2A) in back-to-back games for the 1st time in his career Oct. 4 & Oct. 6. *Had 1st multi-pt & multi-goal NHL game (2G-1A-3PTS) Jan. 5, 2018 @NYI. Finished 2017-18 season w/2G-1A-3PTS in 8 GP. *Led WBS in G (32), A (33) & PTS (65) in '17-18 reg. season. His 65PTS t-5th in AHL. *Named to AHL All-Rookie Team in '17-18. *Named to the Atlantic Division AHL All-Star Team for the 2018 AHL All Star Classic held Jan. 28-29. *Named the CCM/AHL Rookie of the Month for December 2017. *His 1.9 points per game average and 1.03 goals per game marks led the QMJHL in '16-17. *Scored 2 goals for PIT in 18 NHL games in 2015-16 before returning to junior club. 1st NHL goal came Oct. 15, 2015 vs. OTT's Craig Anderson.
Single Game: Highs: G: 2 A: 1 P: 3 Career Info: PPG: 0 SHG: 0 #46: Zach Aston-Reese (C) 6' 0", 204 lbs. / Aug 10, 1994 (24 years and 3 months)
AS-tuhn-REES, ZAK GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Undrafted Season 10 2-0-2 0 0 Acquired: Signed by PIT as a free agent 3/14/2017 Career 26 6-2-8 2 2 1st NHL / 1st PIT Season Last Goal: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career vs. Opp ------Last Assist: FEB 23, 2018 @ CAROLINA (17) Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 0 1 0 17:09 4 5 +1 2 times 10 times 2 times 10 times 11/21 vs DAL 11/23 vs BOS 11/19 vs BUF 11/27 vs WPG
*Recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Nov. 6. *Registered 9PTS (6G-3A) in 11GP w/WBS. Notched 1st pro hat trick plus an assist Nov. 4 at Bridgeport. *Had his 2017-18 season end prematurely following a broken jaw versus Washington in 2018 Second Round. *Scored 1st and 2nd NHL goals Feb 13, 2018 vs OTT. 1st NHL G came on Mike Condon. *Notched 1st NHL point w/A on Riley Sheahan goal Feb 9, 2018 @DAL. *Played in 1st career NHL game Feb. 3, 2018 @NJD. *Spent most of first full pro season w/WBS in 2017-18, recording 29 points (9G-20A) in 41 GP. *Led the NCAA in goals (31) and points (63) as a senior in 2016-17 with Northeastern. *Was 1 of 3 finalists for the 2017 Hobey Baker Award, given to the best player in college hockey. *Made his professional debut with WBS at the end of '16-17, producing 8 points (3G-5A) in 10 games. *Notched 1st NHL playoff pt (1A) Apr 18, 2018 @PHI. *Made NHL playoff debut Apr 11, 2018 vs PHI.
Single Game: Highs: G: 2 A: 1 P: 2 Career Info: PPG: 0 SHG: 0
#50: Juuso Riikola (D) 6' 0", 189 lbs. / Nov 9, 1993 (25 years)
REH-kohl-uh, YOO-seh GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Undrafted Season 12 0-0-0 0 4 Acquired: Signed by PIT as a free agent on 5/18/2018 Career 12 0-0-0 0 4 1st NHL / 1st PIT Season Last Goal: - Career vs. Opp ------Last Assist: - Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 0 0 0 2 18:53 2 7 +2 12 times 12 times 12 times 2 times 10/13 vs MTL 5 times 11/5 vs NJD 11/21 vs DAL
*Made his NHL debut Oct. 11 vs. VGK. *Starred for PIT during 2018 preseason, tying for the team lead w/4 points (2G-2A). Also tied for the lead w/a +4. *Was the only Pens player to dress for all 6 preseason contests. *Produced 2 assists in 8 GP w/Finland at the 2018 World Championship. *Spent the past 6 seasons skating in Finland's top pro league, the SM-liiga, with KalPa. *Alternate captain for KalPa in his final 3 seasons. *Had 8 goals, 16 assists & 24 points in 59 games w/KalPa during final season in 2017-18. *Notched 7 points (1G-6A) and was +7 in 18 games for KalPa during its 2017 run to the championship series. *Skated w/Olli Maatta on Finland's 2013 World Junior Championship club.
Single Game Highs: G: 0 A: 0 P: 0 Career Info: PPG: 0 SHG: 0 #58: Kris Letang (D) 6' 0", 201 lbs. / Apr 24, 1987 (31 years and 7 months)
leh-TANG, KRIHS GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by PIT in the 3rd round (62nd overall) in the 2005 NHL Draft Season 22 5-15-20 5 12 12th NHL / 12th PIT Season Career 704 101-356-457 53 506 Last Goal: NOV 17, 2018 @ OTTAWA (5) Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career vs. Opp 12 1-4-5 4 2 Career Shootouts: 24/65 (37%), 14 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 3 3 4 32:00 7 4 +5 10/4 vs WSH 11/24 vs CBJ 2 times 11/15 vs TBL 10/13 vs MTL 11/5 vs NJD 2 times 10/25 vs CGY
*Passed Brooks Orpik to set franchise record for GP by a D-man at 704 Nov. 27 @WPG. *Became 8th Pens player to play 700 games Nov. 19 vs.BUF. *Passed Syl Apps for 6th place on Pens' all-time assists list w/350 Nov. 15 vs. TBL. *2nd career plus-5 game Oct. 25 @CGY. *Scored 100th career goal Oct. 18 @TOR. Only 2nd Pens D-man behind Paul Coffey to score 100G. *Moved into Pens' top-10 all-time scorers w/goal Oct. 13 at MTL (443rd point). *Set franchise record for points by a D-man at 441 Oct. 6 vs MTL by recording 1A. *Tied Paul Coffey's team record of points by defenseman at 440 Oct. 4 vs. WSH by recording 3PTS (2G-1A). *His 17 career OT assists are most in club history. *Played in 2018 NHL All-Star Game. *Named alt. captain Sept 23, 2017. *Scored PIT's Cup-clinching goal in G6 at San Jose June 12, 2016. *Owns PIT playoff records by a defensemen for goals (21), assists (58) & points (79). *3x Stanley Cup champ ('09,'16,'17)
Single Game Highs: G: 2 A: 5 P: 5 Career Info: PPG: 37 SHG: 3
#59: Jake Guentzel (L) 5' 11", 180 lbs. / Oct 6, 1994 (24 years and 1 month)
GENT-zuhl, JAYK GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by PIT in the 3rd round (77th overall) in the 2013 NHL Draft Season 23 11-8-19 8 4 3rd NHL / 3rd PIT Season Career 145 49-51-100 6 56 Last Goal: NOV 24, 2018 vs COLUMBUS (1) Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career vs. Opp 3 0-1-1 -1 0 Career Shootouts: 0/0 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 3 2 3 2 21:38 6 4 +2 11/24 vs CBJ 2 times 11/24 vs CBJ 2 times 11/17 vs OTT 11/19 vs BUF 3 times 5 times
*Registered 100th career point (1A) Nov. 27 @WPG. *Recorded 3rd career hat trick, 1st in regular season Nov. 24 vs. CBJ. *Scored twice Oct. 4 vs. WSH, giving him multiple points in the home opener each of the past 2 years (2A Oct. 4, 2017 vs. STL). *Set career highs w/22G, 26A & 48PTS during first full NHL season in 2017-18. *Had 21 pts (11G-11A) during 2018 playoffs. Was tied for NHL playoff points lead at the time the Pens were eliminated. *Joined Mario Lemieux as only NHL players w/10+ goals in 1st 2 playoff yrs. *Scored 20G in 1st 32 playoff GP. T-10th fastest in NHL history to that mark. *Had career-high 4G, 5PT playoff game Apr 22, 2018 @PHI. *His 21 pts in the 2017 playoffs tied NHL rookie record. *Set Pens rookie record w/13G (2nd in NHL history) in 2017. *5 GWG in 2017 are NHL rookie playoff record (tied Mario Lemieux's overall team record). *2017 Stanley Cup champion
Single Game Highs: G: 3 A: 3 P: 3 Career Info: PPG: 9 SHG: 0 #71: Evgeni Malkin (C) 6' 3", 195 lbs. / Jul 31, 1986 (32 years and 3 months)
MAHL-kihn, ehv-GEH-nee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by PIT in the 1st round (2nd overall) in the 2004 NHL Draft Season 23 9-21-30 -4 32 13th NHL / 13th PIT Season Career 807 379-581-960 87 845 Last Goal: NOV 23, 2018 @ BOSTON (2) Last Assist: NOV 24, 2018 vs COLUMBUS (1) Career vs. Opp 13 6-8-14 0 8 Career Shootouts: 23/65 (35%), 9 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 3 3 12 24:26 6 2 +3 2 times 10/11 vs VGK 4 times 11/7 vs WSH 11/15 vs TBL 10/27 vs VAN 3 times 10/27 vs VAN
*Passed Jaromir Jagr for 3rd place on the Pens' all-time GP list at 807 Nov. 27 @WPG. *Skated in 800th career NHL game Nov. 13 @NJD. *Pens' season-high 9-game point streak (6G-11A) Oct. 11-Nov. 1. *Named NHL's 2nd Star for Oct. after tallying 19PTS (6G-13A). *Registered 3PTS (1G-2A) in Pens' season opener Oct. 4 vs. WSH. Was his highest point total in a season opener. *Led Pens w/42G & 98PTS in 2017-18. Was only NHL player to finish top-5 in both categories. *Was his best season since his MVP year in 2011-12. *Named Pens MVP for 4th time in '17-18. *Led team w/7GWG in '17-18. *Became 4th Russian-born player to win 3 Stanley Cups in 2017. *Led NHL w/28 pts in '17 playoffs - 2nd time in career (2009). *Joined top-20 all-time NHL playoff scorers w/164th point May 3, 2018 vs. WSH (Game 4). *2nd Pens player to reach 100 playoff assists on Apr. 15, 2018 vs. PHI. *3x Stanley Cup champion (2009, '16, '17)
Single Game Highs: G: 3 A: 5 P: 5 Career Info: PPG: 137 SHG: 4
#72: Patric Hornqvist (R) 5' 11", 189 lbs. / Jan 1, 1987 (31 years and 10 months)
HOHRN-kvihst, PAT-rihk GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by NSH in the 7th round (230th overall) in the 2005 NHL Draft Season 21 9-6-15 2 2 Acquired: Traded from NSH with Nick Spaling for James Neal on 6/27/14 Career 670 212-214-426 82 335 11th NHL / 5th PIT Season Last Goal: NOV 21, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career vs. Opp 27 12-10-22 11 16 Last Assist: NOV 21, 2018 vs DALLAS (1) Career Shootouts: 0/6 (0%), 0 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 3 2 20:39 8 6 +3 3 times 11/19 vs BUF 2 times 11/5 vs NJD 11/17 vs OTT 11/17 vs OTT 11/3 vs TOR 10/23 vs EDM
*Out due to a concussion. *Recorded season-high 4-game point streak (4G-4A-8PTS) Nov. 15-21. *Tallied his 100th goal & 200th point w/PIT Oct. 25 @CGY. *Scored 1st 2 goals of the season & 100th assist w/PIT Oct. 23 @EDM. *Led team w/15PPGs in 2017-18. *5-game goal-scoring streak (Mar 29-Apr 6, 2018) longest w/PIT. *Career-long-tying 7-game pt streak (6G-3A) Mar 27-Apr 6, 2018 - longest w/PIT. *Has hit 20G & 40PTS 5 straight yrs & 8 times total. *Signed 5-yr ext to stay w/PIT thru 2022-23 on Feb 27, 2018. *Skated in 600th career NHL game Nov 24, 2017 @BOS. 2nd final draft pick in NHL history to play 600 GP (Kim Johnsson). *Scored '17 Cup-clinching goal w/1:35 left in Game 6 vs. NSH. *Had 11 pts (5G-6A) in 10 GP during 2018 playoffs. Best per-game average of NHL playoff career. *2016 & '17 Stanley Cup champ REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 307GP 106G-104A-210PTS PLAYOFF NUMBERS w/PIT: 58GP 21G-15A-36PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 3 A: 3 P: 4 Career Info: PPG: 77 SHG: 0 #73: Jack Johnson (D) 6' 1", 227 lbs. / Jan 13, 1987 (31 years and 10 months)
JAWN-suhn, JAK GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by CAR in the 1st round (3rd overall) in the 2005 NHL Draft Season 23 1-5-6 -10 6 Acquired: Signed by PIT as a free agent on 7/1/2018 Career 811 67-217-284 -119 460 12th NHL / 1st PIT Season Last Goal: OCT 25, 2018 @ CALGARY (15) Career vs. Opp 31 2-9-11 -4 29 Last Assist: NOV 19, 2018 vs BUFFALO (4) Career Shootouts: 13/41 (32%), 4 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 1 1 1 2 25:00 5 8 +1 10/25 vs CGY 5 times 6 times 3 times 11/10 vs ARI 10/18 vs TOR 10/11 vs VGK 3 times
*Appeared in 800th career NHL game Nov. 3 vs. TOR. *Scored his 1st goal as a Penguin Oct. 25 @CGY. *Recorded 1st point (1A) as a Penguin Oct. 23 @EDM. *Made his Penguins debut Oct. 4 vs. WSH, logging 21:58 TOI (2nd-most among D-men). *Entered 2018-19 w/13 career SO goals. Only teammate Kris Letang (24) had more among NHL D-men all-time. *Joined PIT on a 5-year contract in the offseason following 6-plus seasons with CBJ. Was an alternate captain for CBJ. *Played some of his best hockey vs. PIT in the playoffs, registering 9 pts (4G-5A) in 11 GP vs. the Pens. *Ranked 2nd on CBJ w/135 BkS and was 4th in TOI/game at 19:32 in 2017-18. *Suited up for Team USA at 2016 World Cup of Hockey, 2010 Olympics (bronze medal), 4 World Championships and 2 World Junior Championships. *Captain of 2010 & '12 WC teams. *Drafted 3rd overall by CAR in 2005 NHL Draft by current Pens GM Jim Rutherford. REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 23GP 1G-5A-6PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 2 A: 3 P: 4 Career Info: PPG: 29 SHG: 0
#81: Phil Kessel (R) 6' 0", 202 lbs. / Oct 2, 1987 (31 years and 1 month)
KEH-suhl, FIHL GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by BOS in the 1st Round (5th overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft Season 23 10-18-28 0 16 Acquired: From TOR with Tyler Biggs, Tim Erixon and a conditional pick for Kasperi Career 937 340-429-769 -67 286 Kapanen, Nick Spaling, Scott Harrington, 2016 3rd-round pick and a conditional pick on 7/1/15 Career vs. Opp 14 10-4-14 -4 2 13th NHL / 4th PIT Season Last Goal: NOV 19, 2018 vs BUFFALO (4) Last Assist: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Career Shootouts: 19/67 (28%), 16 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 3 2 3 6 23:00 6 1 +3 10/11 vs VGK 3 times 10/11 vs VGK 11/10 vs ARI 11/15 vs TBL 11/3 vs TOR 5 times 10/11 vs VGK
*Riding season-long 9-game point streak (3G-9A-12PTS), longest w/PIT. *Recorded team-leading 9th multi-point game Nov. 17 @OTT (2A). *Passed Evgeni Malkin for 5th-longest Pens' consecutive GP streak (255 games) Oct. 27 at VAN. *Skated in his 700th-straight regular-season game Oct. 25 at CGY. *Recorded 1st hat trick w/PIT & 6th of career Oct. 11 vs. VGK. *Received "Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award" at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 27, 2018. *Set career highs w/58A & 92PTS in 2017-18. *Was the 3rd-highest point total recorded by an American during salary cap era. *Led NHL w/career-high 44 PP PTS (12G-30A) in '17-18. *His G, A & PTS totals in '17-18 were all highs w/PIT. Recorded 6 point streaks of 5 or more games. *3rd American to reach 20G 10-straight times (Patrick Kane; Keith Tkachuk). *2016 & '17 Stanley Cup champion REGULAR-SEASON NUMBERS w/PIT: 269GP 93G-156A-249PTS PLAYOFF NUMBERS w/PIT: 61GP 19G-35A-54PTS
Single Game Highs: G: 3 A: 4 P: 5 Career Info: PPG: 93 SHG: 1 #87: Sidney Crosby (C) 5' 11", 200 lbs. / Aug 7, 1987 (31 years and 3 months)
CRAWS-bee, SID-nee GP G-A-P +/- PIM Drafted: Drafted by PIT in the 1st round (1st overall) in the 2005 NHL Draft Season 20 10-15-25 11 2 14th NHL / 14th PIT Season Career 884 421-720-1141 176 624 Last Goal: NOV 27, 2018 @ WINNIPEG Last Assist: NOV 24, 2018 vs COLUMBUS (1) Career vs. Opp 12 6-4-10 1 6 Career Shootouts: 38/93 (41%), 16 GDG
Season Highs: G A P PIM TOI Shots Hits +/- 2 2 3 2 24:23 8 3 +4 2 times 5 times 2 times 11/7 vs WSH 11/1 vs NYI 11/7 vs WSH 3 times 11/10 vs ARI
*Returned after missing 3 games due to injury Nov. 21 vs. DAL. Registered 2nd 3-point night of season (1G-2A). *Named NHL's 1st Star of the Week Oct. 29 after recording 5G-2A-7PTS in 4GP. *Scored 2G including his 14th career OT goal Oct. 23 @EDM. *In his 14th season, 2nd-most in club history behind Mario Lemieux (17). *Had 80 pts for 9th time in 2017-18 (2nd team history; Lemieux, 11). *Tied Phil Kessel for team lead w/3OTGs in '17-18, tying team record. *Had 1,100th NHL point (A) Mar 7, 2018 @PHI. *Notched 400th goal Feb 11, 2018 @STL; 3rd Pen to do so. *14 OTGs most in club history. *7x Pens MVP. *Tied for team lead w/21 playoff pts in 2018 (4th time w/20+ playoff pts). *Passed Lemieux for most playoff points in PIT history w/173 on Apr 18, 2018 @PHI. *66 playoff goals are 2nd in team history. *63 playoff multi-point GP are 3rd in NHL history. *B2B Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 2016 & '17. *3x Stanley Cup champ (2009, '16, '17)
Single Game High: G: 3 A: 5 P: 6 Career Info: PPG: 126 SHG: 3