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AVALANCHE NOTES CENTRAL DIVISION/WILD CARD STANDINGS SWEEPING DETROIT: With a 4-3 win over the TEAM GP W L OT PTS last Tuesday, the Avalanche earned its fourth consecutive win over Detroit, Winnipeg Jets 68 40 24 4 84 sweeping the season series for a second consecutive season after having Nashville Predators 70 39 26 5 83 never done it previously in Avalanche history (since 1995-96). St. Louis Blues 68 36 25 7 79 30- CLUB: Mikko Rantanen scored his 30th goal of the season against WILD CARD Buffalo on Saturday, setting a new career high (29 in 2017-18) and becom- ing the third Avs player this season to reach the 30-goal threshold (MacKin- 68 35 28 5 75 non, 35; Landeskog, 33). Only one other Avalanche team has featured three 70 33 29 8 74 30-goal scorers, the 1995-96 club, which had four (Joe Sakic, 51; Claude 69 34 30 5 73 Lemieux, 39; , 38; , 30). The Avs are just the second team in the league this season to have three players reach the mark, Avalanche 70 30 28 12 72 joining the Tampa Bay Lightning. 69 30 30 9 69 69 31 31 7 69 “Start to finish, that might have been our best game all year. You know, I think after two, they had like seven shots or eight shots, so pretty good game from us. A game we needed to have and we did. This homestand AVALANCHE LEADERS is big for us here. We know the importance of it and we can’t worry about scoreboard watching or anything like that, we just have to worry about our Category Player No. games. If we handle that and handle our business at home, hopefully we Goals Nathan MacKinnon 35 are where we want to be at the end of the season.” Assists Mikko Rantanen 56 — defenseman Erik Johnson following the Points Nathan MacKinnon 87 team’s 3-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday Power-Play Goals Mikko Rantanen 15 Shorthanded Goals J.T. Compher 3 UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS Carl Soderberg 3 On Wednesday, March 13, goaltender Philipp Grubauer and forward J.T. Minutes Ian Cole 111 Compher will participate in a hockey clinic with 30 special needs kids at the University of ’s Magness Arena. On Thursday, March 14, de- Time on Ice/Game Nathan MacKinnon 21:59 fenseman , forward Andrew Agozzino and Avs strength & Game-Winning Goals 9 conditioning coach Casey Bond will take part in the Avalanche’s TeamFIT Goals-Against Average Semyon Varlamov 2.84 program at Heritage Elementary. Save Percentage Semyon Varlamov .910 UPCOMING GAMES Friday, March 15 vs. PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Pepsi Center, 7 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM Philipp Grubauer The Avalanche wraps up its three-game season series against Position: Goaltender the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night, which is also Military Appre- Height: 6’1” ciation Night for Colorado. It’s the last of three games between Weight: 191 lbs. the clubs and the Ducks’ first and only visit to Pepsi Center. Catches: Left Born: November 25, 1991 Sunday, March 17 vs. Pepsi Center, 1 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM Birthplace: Rosenheim, Germany Colorado wraps up its four-game homestand against the New Jersey Devils on Sunday afternoon. It’s also the Avs’ last game of the season against the Eastern Conference. The Avalanche Grubauer picked up his second shutout of the season and won the first matchup, 5-3, on Oct. 18 at Prudential Center. the eighth of his career against the Buffalo Sabres on Satur- day. He also blanked the Nashville Predators on Feb. 23 and UPCOMING SCHEDULE has now registered a shutout in two of his last four starts. Day Date Location Time Grubauer has recorded a 0.99 goals-against average and a Tuesday Mar. 12 No practice .965 save percentage in his last five appearances. Wednesday Mar. 13 Practice at Family Sports 11 a.m. Thursday Mar. 14 Practice at Family Sports 11 a.m. Friday Mar. 15 Morning skate at Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m. Game #71 vs. Anaheim Ducks 7 p.m. Saturday Mar. 16 Practice at Family Sports 11 a.m. Sunday Mar. 17 Game #72 vs. New Jersey Devils 1 p.m. *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times mountain