ALL-STAR TRIO CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS Gabriel Landeskog, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen will repre- TEAM GP W L OT PTS sent the Avalanche at the 2019 NHL All-Star Game this weekend in San Winnipeg Jets 48 31 15 2 64 Jose. This year marks the first time that three Avalanche players will par- ticipate in an All-Star Game since 2003-04, when Rob Blake, Joe Sakic Nashville Predators 51 29 18 4 62 and Alex Tanguay competed for the Western Conference in Minnesota. Minnesota Wild 49 25 21 3 53 Dallas Stars 49 24 21 4 52 MacKinnon was voted by the fans as captain of the Central Division, the first Avalanche player to serve as an All-Star Colorado Avalanche 49 22 19 8 52 Game captain since Sakic wore the ‘C’ for the Western Con- St. Louis Blues 48 21 22 5 47 ference in 2007. MacKinnon, who will be making his third Chicago Blackhawks 50 17 24 9 43 consecutive appearance at the mid-season classic, is the first Colorado player to be selected to three straight All-Star Games since Blake from 2001-02 to 2003-04. AVALANCHE LEADERS Rantanen, who will be making his All-Star Game debut, Category Player No. leads the team and is tied for second in league scoring with Goals Gabriel Landeskog 29 73 points (23g/50a). Mikko’s 73 points are a new Avalanche record before the All-Star Break, topping Sakic’s 72 in 2000- Assists Mikko Rantanen 50 01. The Nousiainen, Finland, native held at least a share of Points Mikko Rantanen 73 the NHL scoring lead for 66 consecutive days from Oct. 23 to Dec. 27. Power-Play Goals Mikko Rantanen 11 Shorthanded Goals J.T. Compher 2 Landeskog leads the team with a career-high 29 goals, top- Carl Soderberg 2 ping his previous high of 26 tallies set in 2013-14. Landesk- og’s 29 goals are tied for fifth in the NHL. He is looking to Penalty Minutes Ian Cole 68 become only the second player in Avalanche history to hit Time on Ice/Game Nathan MacKinnon 22:03 the 30-goal mark in fewer than 50 teams games, joining Sa- Game-Winning Goals Gabriel Landeskog 8 kic (44th game in 1995-96). Landeskog has also set career highs in power-play goals (10) and game- winning tallies (8), Goals-Against Average Semyon Varlamov 2.82 the latter of which leads the NHL. Save Percentage Semyon Varlamov .908 “It was a well-played hockey game by our team. We just have to stick with it and find a way to bury one chance here or there. Clean up a mistake here or there, you would get a different out- AVALANCHE NOTES come.” SECOND PERIOD SCORING FRENZY: Colorado tied a — Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar following the team’s franchise record with six goals in the second period against loss to the Nashville Predators on Monday afternoon the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. It was the ninth time that the Avalanche/Nordiques scored six goals in a period and the first time since March 3, 1999 at Florida (3rd). It marked only UPCOMING GAMES the third six-goal frame since the franchise relocated (also Wednesday, January 23 vs. Minnesota Wild Dec. 5, 1995 vs. San Jose - 1st). The Avs are first NHL team Pepsi Center, 7:30 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 92.5 FM to score six goals in a period this season. The last club to The Avalanche plays its last game before the All-Star break when score six times in a period was the Pittsburgh Penguins on it hosts the Minnesota Wild at Pepsi Center on Wednesday. It’s Jan. 16, 2017 vs. Washington (2nd). technically the third game of a season-long, five-game homestand that is broken up by the All-Star break and the club’s bye week. It’s ON THE OFFENSIVE: The Avalanche scored six or more the third game of the campaign between the Central Division rivals. goals in a game for the 10th time this season on Saturday af- Each team has won a game in the series this season, with each ternoon and now trails only Tampa Bay (12) and Calgary (11) club holding serve on home ice. The Avs and Wild will meet one for the most such efforts. Only two other teams in Avalanche more time in 2018-19, on March 19 at Xcel Energy Center. history have had double-digit games with at least six goals, 1995-96 (18) and 1996-97 (12). UPCOMING SCHEDULE Day Date Location Time SHORTHANDED SEVEN: The Avs scored a shorthanded Tuesday Jan. 22 Practice at Family Sports 11 a.m. goal against the Kings on Saturday and now have seven this Wednesday Jan. 23 Morning skate at Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m. season, ranked third in the NHL. Six of the Avs’ shorthanded Game #50 vs. Minnesota Wild 7:30 p.m. tallies have come on the road, the second-most in the league. Thursday Jan. 24 All-Star Break Friday Jan. 25 All-Star Break Saturday Jan. 26 All-Star Break Sunday Jan. 27 Bye Week Monday Jan. 28 Bye Week *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times mountain .