AVALANCHE NOTES CENTRAL DIVISION STANDINGS AVS TO PLAY 3,000 GAME WEDNESDAY: Wednesday night's contest Team GP W L OT PTS against the Montreal Canadiens will mark the 3,000th game played in Nashville Predators 54 33 12 9 75 Avalanche/Nordiques history and the 1,500th home game. On Sunday, Winnipeg Jets 56 32 15 9 73 Colorado played the 1,500th road game in franchise history. St. Louis Blues 58 34 21 3 71 Dallas Stars 57 33 20 4 70 FIRST AND FOREMOST: The Avs are 26-5-2 when scoring the first goal of the game, tied for the third-most wins this season when getting on the Minnesota Wild 55 30 19 6 66 scoreboard first. Colorado has scored first in 14 of its last 19 games, Colorado Avalanche 55 30 21 4 64 including each contest during its current nine-game home win streak. Chicago Blackhawks 56 24 24 8 56 AVALANCHE LEADERS UPCOMING GAMES Category Player No. Wednesday, February 14 vs. Montreal Canadiens Goals Nathan MacKinnon 24 Pepsi Center, 7:30 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Assists Nathan MacKinnon 37 The Avalanche plays its 3,000th overall game and 1,500th home Points Nathan MacKinnon 61 game in franchise history when it hosts the Montreal Canadiens Power-Play Goals Nathan MacKinnon 8 on Valentine’s Day. The two teams last met on Jan. 23 in Penalty Minutes Erik Johnson 54 Montreal, where the Canadiens won 4-2 and halted Colorado’s Time on Ice/Game Erik Johnson 25:52 winning streak at 10 games. GWG Nathan MacKinnon 7 Friday, February 16 at Winnipeg Jets SHG Blake Comeau 3 Bell MTS Place, 6 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Goals Against Avg. Jonathan Bernier 2.74 The Avs and Jets clash one final time in 2017-18, as Colorado Save Percentage Jonathan Bernier .916 makes its last trip to Winnipeg on Friday. The Avalanche is 2-1-0 against their Central Division opponent this season but fell 3-0 in PLAYER SPOTLIGHT the last matchup on Feb. 3, just the second time this season the Gabriel Bourque Avs have been held without a goal. Position: Left Wing Height: 5’10 Sunday, February 18 at Edmonton Oilers Weight: 206 lbs. Pepsi Center, 1 p.m. MT, TV: Altitude, Radio: 950 AM Shoots: Left The Avs’ host the Oilers in a Sunday matinee at Pepsi Center, Born: September 23, 1990 the third of seven home afternoon contests for Colorado this Birthplace: Rimouski, Quebec season. It’s the second of three matchups between the clubs in 2017-18 and Edmonton’s only trip to Denver. Colorado will travel Bourque scored the game-winning goal, his first of north on Feb. 22 to wrap up the season series. the season, to lift the Avalanche to a 5-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday evening. It was AVS IN THE COMMUNITY Bourque’s first game winner since Nov. 25, 2013 (at On Tuesday, Tyson Barrie and Jonathan Bernier will make Valentine’s Phoenix) when he was a member of the Nashville Day cards and crafts with residents at the Peregrine Senior Living home Predators. He has scored three goals in Colorado’s in Aurora. Mikko Rantanen, Anton Lindholm and goaltending coach last four outings. Jussi Parkkila will participate in the Arvada Pee Wee AA team’s practice before the squad heads to Finland and Sweden to compete in the 2018 QUOTABLE Nordic Hockey Trophy tournament. "Something we wanted to stress today was our execution. Just kind of create havoc and get pucks PRACTICE SCHEDULE to the net. A lucky bounce is what we were due for. It was nice, the puck came right to me and I Day Date Location Time happened to find the back of the net. That was Tuesday Feb. 13 Practice at Family Sports 11 a.m. huge for us. We needed a power-play goal to kind Wednesday Feb. 14 Morning skate at Pepsi Center 10:30 a.m. of kick things off, and it's good for our confidence Game #56 vs. Montreal Canadiens 7:30 p.m. too." Thursday Feb. 15 Practice at Family Sports 11 a.m. —Avalanche forward Tyson Jost following the Friday Feb. 16 Game #57 at Winnipeg Jets 6 p.m. team’s 5-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres Sunday Saturday Feb. 17 Practice at Family Sports TBD Sunday Feb. 18 Game #58 vs. Edmonton Oilers 1 p.m. *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times Mountain .