Colorado Avalanche Game Notes Wed, Feb 26, 2020 NHL Game #981 Colorado Avalanche 36 - 18 - 7 (79 pts) Buffalo Sabres 29 - 25 - 8 (66 pts) Team Game: 62 16 - 9 - 5 (Home) Team Game: 63 19 - 10 - 4 (Home) Home Game: 31 20 - 9 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 30 10 - 15 - 4 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 35 Michael Hutchinson 15 4 9 1 3.66 .886 34 Jonas Johansson 4 1 1 1 2.28 .910 39 Pavel Francouz 26 16 5 3 2.27 .927 40 Carter Hutton 27 12 10 4 3.19 .897 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 6 D Erik Johnson 50 1 9 10 6 14 9 C Jack Eichel 61 35 42 77 14 34 8 D Cale Makar 53 12 33 45 10 12 10 D Henri Jokiharju 62 4 11 15 -4 30 13 R Valeri Nichushkin 56 12 13 25 28 12 13 L Jimmy Vesey 58 9 10 19 11 15 16 D Nikita Zadorov 57 4 9 13 9 57 17 R Wayne Simmonds 61 8 16 24 -17 64 17 C Tyson Jost 58 5 11 16 13 18 19 D Jake McCabe 59 2 7 9 -12 41 25 R Logan O'Connor 8 1 0 1 3 2 21 R Kyle Okposo 45 9 8 17 0 28 27 D Ryan Graves 60 9 16 25 43 41 22 C Johan Larsson 55 6 10 16 8 22 28 D Ian Cole 56 4 21 25 28 32 23 C Sam Reinhart 62 22 28 50 -6 20 29 C Nathan MacKinnon 61 33 51 84 8 12 26 D Rasmus Dahlin 52 4 33 37 -2 34 37 L J.T. Compher 58 9 17 26 11 18 27 C Curtis Lazar 31 4 5 9 0 9 41 C Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 60 8 12 20 5 10 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 62 11 7 18 1 10 44 D Mark Barberio 14 0 2 2 7 12 33 D Colin Miller 46 1 10 11 -7 20 49 D Samuel Girard 61 3 26 29 -2 15 53 L Jeff Skinner 52 12 9 21 -16 18 61 R Martin Kaut 3 0 1 1 1 0 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 62 5 26 31 3 42 72 R Joonas Donskoi 56 15 16 31 2 22 58 D John Gilmour 4 0 0 0 -2 0 81 C Vladislav Kamenev 30 1 6 7 3 4 62 D Brandon Montour 47 5 12 17 16 24 83 L Matt Nieto 61 8 12 20 9 4 67 R Michael Frolik 55 6 7 13 -13 28 90 C Vladislav Namestnikov 56 13 12 25 -7 37 68 L Victor Olofsson 47 19 21 40 1 4 92 L Gabriel Landeskog 45 16 14 30 -3 41 90 L Marcus Johansson 53 7 18 25 -14 20 95 L Andre Burakovsky 57 20 25 45 12 22 95 C Dominik Kahun 50 10 17 27 6 8 President/Governor Josh Kroenke Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Exec. VP / General Manager Joe Sakic Owner/President Kim Pegula Assistant GM Craig Billington, Chris General Manager Jason Botterill MacFarland Head Coach Ralph Krueger Head Coach Jared Bednar Coaching Staff Mike Bales (Assistant Coach), Assistant Coaches Ray Bennett, Nolan Pratt, Jussi Don Granato (Assistant Parkkila (goaltending), Brett Coach), Steve Smith (Assistant Heimlich (video) Coach), Myles Fee (Video Coach), Kyle Smith (Video Coordinator) Tonight's Officials Referees Graham Skilliter (24), Brad Meier (34) Linesmen Tony Sericolo (84), Trent Knorr (63) Supervisor Brad Watson Video Judge Kris Schoech Ntl. Anthem Jake Schroeder * Denotes Standby Official. Today's Schedule BUF @ COL : 6:00 PIT @ LAK : 7:30 EDM @ VGK : 7:30 Colorado Avalanche: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 6 Erik Johnson D 6' 4" 225 Mar 21, 1988 Bloomington, MN, USA 8 Cale Makar D 5' 11" 187 Oct 30, 1998 Calgary, AB, CAN 13 Valeri Nichushkin R 6' 4" 210 Mar 4, 1995 Chelyabinsk, RUS 16 Nikita Zadorov D 6' 6" 235 Apr 16, 1995 Moscow, RUS 17 Tyson Jost C 5' 11" 187 Mar 14, 1998 St. Albert, AB, CAN 25 Logan O'Connor R 6' 0" 175 Aug 14, 1996 Missouri City, TX, USA 27 Ryan Graves D 6' 5" 220 May 21, 1995 Yarmouth, NS, CAN 28 Ian Cole D 6' 1" 225 Feb 21, 1989 Ann Arbor, MI, USA 29 Nathan MacKinnon C 6' 0" 200 Sep 1, 1995 Halifax, NS, CAN 35 Michael Hutchinson G 6' 3" 198 Mar 2, 1990 Barrie, ON, CAN 37 J.T. Compher L 6' 0" 190 Apr 8, 1995 Northbrook, IL, USA 39 Pavel Francouz G 6' 0" 179 Jun 3, 1990 Plzen, CZE 41 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare C 6' 0" 198 Mar 6, 1985 Le Blanc-Mesnil, FRA 44 Mark Barberio D 6' 1" 200 Mar 23, 1990 Montreal, QC, CAN 49 Samuel Girard D 5' 10" 170 May 12, 1998 Roberval, QC, CAN 61 Martin Kaut R 6' 2" 190 Oct 2, 1999 Brno, CZE 72 Joonas Donskoi R 6' 0" 190 Apr 13, 1992 Raahe, FIN 81 Vladislav Kamenev C 6' 2" 194 Aug 12, 1996 Orsk, RUS 83 Matt Nieto L 5' 11" 185 Nov 5, 1992 Long Beach, CA, USA 90 Vladislav Namestnikov C 6' 0" 183 Nov 22, 1992 Zhukovskiy, RUS 92 Gabriel Landeskog L 6' 1" 215 Nov 23, 1992 Stockholm, SWE 95 Andre Burakovsky L 6' 3" 201 Feb 9, 1995 Klagenfurt, AUT 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 198 Age: 26.3 Injured Reserve List (5 Players) 11 Matt Calvert L 5' 11" 186 Dec 24, 1989 Brandon, MB, CAN 22 Colin Wilson C 6' 1" 215 Oct 20, 1989 Greenwich, CT, USA 31 Philipp Grubauer G 6' 1" 188 Nov 25, 1991 Rosenheim, DEU 91 Nazem Kadri C 6' 0" 192 Oct 6, 1990 London, ON, CAN 96 Mikko Rantanen R 6' 4" 215 Oct 29, 1996 Nousiainen, FIN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 9 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 203 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 10 Henri Jokiharju D 6' 0" 195 Jun 17, 1999 Oulu, FIN 13 Jimmy Vesey L 6' 3" 202 May 26, 1993 Boston, MA, USA 17 Wayne Simmonds R 6' 2" 185 Aug 26, 1988 Scarborough, ON, CAN 19 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 204 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 216 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 204 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 194 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 26 Rasmus Dahlin D 6' 3" 193 Apr 13, 2000 Lidkoping, SWE 27 Curtis Lazar C 6' 0" 211 Feb 2, 1995 Salmon Arm, BC, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 211 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 33 Colin Miller D 6' 1" 193 Oct 29, 1992 Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN 34 Jonas Johansson G 6' 5" 219 Sep 19, 1995 Gävle, SWE 40 Carter Hutton G 6' 0" 202 Dec 19, 1985 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 53 Jeff Skinner L 5' 11" 195 May 16, 1992 Toronto, ON, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 220 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 58 John Gilmour D 6' 0" 188 May 17, 1993 Montreal, QC, CAN 62 Brandon Montour D 6' 0" 189 Apr 11, 1994 Brantford, ON, CAN 67 Michael Frolik R 6' 1" 190 Feb 17, 1988 Kladno, CZE 68 Victor Olofsson L 5' 11" 183 Jul 18, 1995 Ornskoldsvik, SWE 90 Marcus Johansson L 6' 1" 205 Oct 6, 1990 Landskrona, SWE 95 Dominik Kahun C 5' 11" 175 Jul 2, 1995 Plana, CZE 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 198 Age: 26.6 Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 215 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE 48 Matt Hunwick D 5' 11" 194 May 21, 1985 Warren, MI, USA 72 Tage Thompson R 6' 6" 215 Oct 30, 1997 Phoenix, AZ, USA Vladimir Sobotka C 5' 11" 191 Jul 2, 1987 Trebic, CZE Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks KYLE OKPOSO (4-1-5 / 4 Games) ZEMGUS GIRGENSONS (1-2-3 / 2 Games) Colorado Avalanche: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 29 Nathan MacKinnon 61 33 51 84 8 12 10 0 4 285 11.6 21:16 43.06 48 30 L 95 Andre Burakovsky 57 20 25 45 12 22 2 0 6 102 19.6 15:12 35.71 26 33 D 8 Cale Makar 53 12 33 45 10 12 4 0 4 113 10.6 20:54 0.00 44 43 R 96 Mikko Rantanen 42 19 22 41 -2 14 8 0 5 107 17.8 18:56 58.66 28 23 C 91 Nazem Kadri 51 19 17 36 7 97 4 0 1 133 14.3 17:25 56.76 61 9 R 72 Joonas Donskoi 56 15 16 31 2 22 4 0 1 100 15.0 16:32 52.94 21 34 L 92 Gabriel Landeskog 45 16 14 30 -3 41 4 0 4 118 13.6 19:40 56.00 79 30 D 49 Samuel Girard 61 3 26 29 -2 15 1 0 0 83 3.6 21:14 0.00 40 83 L 37 J.T.