AVALANCHE PLAYOFF NOTES PLAYOFF OVERTIME: Colorado is 2-0 in overtime this postseason, ing round, while his save percentage ranked third. Grubauer won his as the Avs and Sharks (2-0) were the only teams with more than one final four starts of the series, the longest win streak by an Avalanche OT victory in the first round. The Avalanche/Nordiques are 39-29 goalie in a single postseason since Patrick Roy won four straight to all-time in playoff overtime, including a 29-20 record since moving open the 2001 playoffs (April 12-18, 2001 vs. Vancouver). to Denver. POSTSEASON SCORING: The Avalanche finished the first round GRUBAUER’S STRONG START: Philipp Grubauer was 4-1 with a ranked fourth in both goals-per-game (3.40) and fewest goals- 1.89 goals-against average and .939 save percentage during Col- against-per-game (2.20). After being shutout in Game 1 of their first- orado’s first-round series victory against Calgary. His goals-against round series against Calgary, the Avs outscored the Flames 17-7 average finished second among NHL goaltenders during the open- over the last four contests. “I think not too many people would have us in this position at this point in the year, but I think in our room we believe. I think one of the biggest things is if you want to win, you got to believe you can win. We have touched on that, based on last year’s playoff performance and how we wanted to come into this year with a purpose. To me, it even has to go a step up now. Our guys should be confident based on the way we played down the stretch and then the playoffs. At the same time, we know that San Jose is a really good team, we are going to have to play our best. We are going to have to be even better than we were against Calgary in order to beat them. They understand that, but I think that we all believe it is possible if we play the way that we can. That to me is the starting point to this series.” —Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar on the club’s Western Conference Semifinals series against San Jose AVALANCHE PLAYOFF LEADERS SECOND ROUND VS. SAN JOSE SHARKS Category Player No. Goals Mikko Rantanen 5 VS Assists Nathan MacKinnon 5 Tyson Barrie 5 The Avalanche takes on the San Jose Sharks in the second round Points Mikko Rantanen 9 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with Game 1 set for Friday night at Power-Play Goals Nathan MacKinnon 2 SAP Center. Colorado defeated the Calgary Flames in five games Mikko Rantanen 2 to advance to the second round of the postseason for the first Penalty Minutes Nikita Zadorov 18 time since 2008. After dropping the series opener 4-0 in Calgary, Time on Ice/Game Tyson Barrie 25:06 the Avs bounced back to win the final four games of the round, GWG Mikko Rantanen 2 outscoring the Flames 17-7. This is the first time that Colorado has won four straight playoff games since 2001, when the Ava- SHG Matt Nieto 2 lanche swept the Canucks in the first round. This is the fifth time Goals Against Avg. Philipp Grubauer 1.89 the Avalanche and Sharks have met in the postseason, having Save Percentage Philipp Grubauer .939 also clashed in 1999 (CQF), 2002 (CSF), 2004 (CSF) and 2010 (CQF). Colorado is 2-2 in those four series. SERIES SNAPSHOT GAME DATE HOME/AWAY RESULT/TIME PLAYER SPOTLIGHT Game 1 Fri., April 26 @ San Jose 8 p.m. MT Mikko Rantanen Game 2 Sun., April 28 @ San Jose 5:30 p.m. MT Position: Right Wing Game 3 Tue., April 30 San Jose 8 p.m. MT Height: 6’4 Game 4 Thu., May 2 San Jose 8 p.m. MT Weight: 215 lbs. *Game 5 Sat., May 4 @ San Jose TBD Shoots: Left *Game 6 Mon., May 6 San Jose TBD Born: October 29, 1996 *Game 7 Wed., May 8 @ San Jose TBD Birthplace: Nousiainen, Finland * if necessary SCHEDULE Rantanen finished the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a Day Date Location Time team-leading nine points (5g/4a), which was tied for third among all Thursday Apr. 25 Team flight to San Jose skaters. He has two or more points in each of his last four games, Friday Apr. 26 Morning skate at SAP Center 12:30 p.m. the first Avalanche player to notch four straight multi-point games Game 1 at San Jose Sharks 8 p.m. in the postseason since Peter Forsberg (five games) and Joe Sakic Saturday Apr. 27 Practice at Solar4America TBD (four) during the 2002 playoffs. Sunday Apr. 28 Game 2 at San Jose Sharks 5:30 p.m. Team flight to Denver after game *All practice dates/times are subject to change, all times mountain .