Postgame Notes Colorado Avalanche 3, Arizona Coyotes 0 Stanley Cup Playoffs | Round 1, Game 1 | Aug
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POSTGAME NOTES COLORADO AVALANCHE 3, ARIZONA COYOTES 0 STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS | ROUND 1, GAME 1 | AUG. 12, 2020 COLORADO LEADS SERIES 1-0 First Star TEAM NOTES Nazem Kadri (1g) Colorado is now 27-16 (.628) in Game 1 of a best-of-seven series all time. Second Star Colorado’s first two goals, scored 10 seconds apart, are the second-fastest two goals in franchise Darcy Kuemper (37 svs) postseason history. Adam Foote and Adam Deadmarsh scored seven seconds apart in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals against Detroit on May 23, 1996. Third Star Gabriel Landeskog (1a) The Avalanche scored all three of its goals in a 1:23 span of the third period, the third-fastest three tallies by the club in franchise history. The other two instances were in Game 4 of the 2001 Conference Quarterfinals (0:38) and Game 4 of the 2001 Conference Finals (1:18). TEAM STATS The Avs limited Arizona to 14 shots, Colorado’s fewest shots against in a postseason game in Avalanche franchise history. Shots: 40 The Avalanche finished 1-for-2 on the power play and has scored a man-advantage goal in every game of the 2020 postseason so far. Power Play: 1-2 INDIVIDUAL NOTES Penalty Kill: 2-2 Philipp Grubauer picked up his second career postseason shutout (last: May 2, 2019 vs. San Jose) and now ranks second in franchise history in playoff shutouts (Patrick Roy: 18). Faceoffs: 52% Grubauer owns a 9-5-1 record with a 2.32 GAA and .923 Sv% in 14 postseason games with Col- Arizona orado. His nine wins move him into sole possession (surpassing Jose Theodore) of second place on the Avalanche’s all-time playoff win list behind Patrick Roy (81). Including the club’s time in Que- Shots: 14 bec, Grubauer’s nine wins rank fourth in franchise history behind Roy, Mario Gosselin (16) and Dan Bouchard (12). Power Play: 0-2 Both Grubauer and Pavel Francouz have now registered a shutout in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Penalty Kill: 1-2 the first time in franchise history in which multiple Avalanche/Nordiques goaltenders have recorded at least one shutout in a postseason. Faceoffs: 48% Nazem Kadri, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen have tallied a point in each of Colorado’s first four postseason contests, the first Avalanche players to start a playoff season with a point streak of at least four games since 2003-04 when Peter Forsberg (7 games), Joe Sakic (6 games) and Rob Blake (4) did it. Kadri’s goal stood as the game winner and is his second of the postseason, tied (five players) for the most in the league. He also finished with seven shots on goal, a new postseason career high that surpasses his previous best of six (2x - Aug. 2, 2020 vs. St. Louis and April 15, 2017 at Washington). Erik Johnson finished with a postseason career high eight shots, the most shots by an Avalanche defenseman in a playoff game since Rob Blake had nine on May 11, 2006 vs. Anaheim..