2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season

2019–20 Colorado Avalanche
Division	2nd Central
Conference	2nd Western
2019–20 record	42–20–8
Home record	18–9–6
Road record	24–11–2
Goals for	237
Goals against	191
Team information
General manager	Joe Sakic
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Erik Johnson; Nathan MacKinnon
Arena	Pepsi Center
Minor league affiliate(s)	Colorado Eagles (AHL); Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nathan MacKinnon (35)
Assists	Nathan MacKinnon (58)
Points	Nathan MacKinnon (93)
Penalty minutes	Nazem Kadri (97)
Plus/minus	Ryan Graves (+40)
Wins	Pavel Francouz (21)
Goals against average	Michael Hutchinson (1.00)

The 2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season was the 25th operational season and 24th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.[1] As well as the franchise's 41st season in the National Hockey League and 48th season overall. The Avalanche will commemorate their 25th anniversary in the 2020-21 season.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Two of the Avalanche's players tested positive for COVID-19.[3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4]

The Avalanche advanced to the playoffs for the third straight season, after last missing the playoffs in the 2016–17 season. In the Playoffs, the Avalanche defeated the Arizona Coyotes in five games in the first round,[5] before losing to the Dallas Stars in seven games in the second round.[6]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	94
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	92
3	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	82
4	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	80
5	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	78
6	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	77
7	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	72

Source: National Hockey League[7]

Western Conference

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament[8]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round[8]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: NHL Western Conference Points percentage

Tiebreaking procedures

Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.[9]

2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Vegas	5–0	Colorado		Werner	—	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 19	Dallas	2–1	Colorado		Grubauer	—	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 21	Colorado	3–4	Minnesota		Francouz	16,833	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 22	Minnesota	2–3	Colorado	SO	Grubauer	—	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 25	Colorado	4–1	Vegas		Francouz	17,954	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 28	Colorado	3–4	Dallas	SO	Grubauer	13,112	2–3–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[10]

2019–20 game log

October: 8–2–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 4–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 3	Calgary	3–5	Colorado		Grubauer	18,016	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	October 5	Minnesota	2–4	Colorado		Grubauer	17,090	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	October 10	Boston	2–4	Colorado		Grubauer	18,045	3–0–0	6	Recap
4	October 12	Arizona	2–3	Colorado	OT	Francouz	18,053	4–0–0	8	Recap
5	October 14	Colorado	6–3	Washington		Grubauer	18,573	5–0–0	10	Recap
6	October 16	Colorado	2–3	Pittsburgh	OT	Grubauer	18,458	5–0–1	11	Recap
7	October 18	Colorado	5–4	Florida	OT	Grubauer	13,382	6–0–1	13	Recap
8	October 19	Colorado	6–2	Tampa Bay		Francouz	19,092	7–0–1	15	Recap
9	October 21	Colorado	1–3	St. Louis		Grubauer	18,096	7–1–1	15	Recap
10	October 25	Colorado	6–1	Vegas		Grubauer	18,420	8–1–1	17	Recap
11	October 26	Anaheim	5–2	Colorado		Francouz	18,039	8–2–1	17	Recap
12	October 30	Florida	4–3	Colorado	OT	Grubauer	16,022	8–2–2	18	Recap

November: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	Dallas	2–1	Colorado		Grubauer	18,020	8–3–2	18	Recap
14	November 2	Colorado	0–3	Arizona		Francouz	17,125	8–4–2	18	Recap
15	November 5	Colorado	1–4	Dallas		Grubauer	18,108	8–5–2	18	Recap
16	November 7	Nashville	4–9	Colorado		Francouz	17,492	9–5–2	20	Recap
17	November 9	Columbus	2–4	Colorado		Francouz	18,070	10–5–2	22	Recap
18	November 12	Colorado	4–0	Winnipeg		Werner	15,325	11–5–2	24	Recap
19	November 14	Colorado	2–6	Edmonton		Werner	17,188	11–6–2	24	Recap
20	November 16	Colorado	5–4	Vancouver	OT	Bibeau	18,409	12–6–2	26	Recap
21	November 19	Colorado	3–2	Calgary		Grubauer	18,698	13–6–2	28	Recap
22	November 21	Colorado	2–3	Minnesota		Grubauer	17,574	13–7–2	28	Recap
23	November 23	Toronto	5–3	Colorado		Grubauer	18,137	13–8–2	28	Recap
24	November 27	Edmonton	1–4	Colorado		Grubauer	18,021	14–8–2	30	Recap
25	November 29	Colorado	5–2	Chicago		Francouz	21,822	15–8–2	32	Recap
26	November 30	Chicago	3–7	Colorado		Grubauer	18,015	16–8–2	34	Recap

December: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 5–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
27	December 4	Colorado	3–1	Toronto		Grubauer	19,351	17–8–2	36	Recap
28	December 5	Colorado	3–2	Montreal		Francouz	21,302	18–8–2	38	Recap
29	December 7	Colorado	4–1	Boston		Francouz	17,850	19–8–2	40	Recap
30	December 9	Calgary	5–4	Colorado	OT	Francouz	17,588	19–8–3	41	Recap
31	December 11	Philadelphia	1–3	Colorado		Francouz	17,905	20–8–3	43	Recap
32	December 13	New Jersey	1–3	Colorado		Francouz	18,034	21–8–3	45	Recap
33	December 16	Colorado	2–5	St. Louis		Grubauer	18,096	21–9–3	45	Recap
34	December 18	Colorado	4–1	Chicago		Francouz	21,481	22–9–3	47	Recap
35	December 19	Carolina	3–1	Colorado		Grubauer	18,015	22–10–3	47	Recap
36	December 21	Chicago	5–3	Colorado		Grubauer	18,056	22–11–3	47	Recap
37	December 23	Colorado	7–3	Vegas		Francouz	18,425	23–11–3	49	Recap
38	December 27	Minnesota	6–4	Colorado		Francouz	18,146	23–12–3	49	Recap
39	December 28	Colorado	2–3	Dallas	SO	Grubauer	18,532	23–12–4	50	Recap
40	December 31	Winnipeg	7–4	Colorado		Grubauer	18,147	23–13–4	50	Recap

January: 5–2–2 (Home: 4–0–2 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
41	January 2	St. Louis	3–7	Colorado		Grubauer	18,135	24–13–4	52	Recap
42	January 4	Colorado	5–2	New Jersey		Grubauer	16,514	25–13–4	54	Recap
43	January 6	Colorado	0–1	NY Islanders		Francouz	13,241	25–14–4	54	Recap
44	January 7	Colorado	3–5	NY Rangers		Grubauer	17,082	25–15–4	54	Recap
45	January 10	Pittsburgh	4–3	Colorado	OT	Francouz	18,132	25–15–5	55	Recap
46	January 14	Dallas	3–2	Colorado	OT	Grubauer	18,015	25–15–6	56	Recap
47	January 16	San Jose	0–4	Colorado		Grubauer	18,014	26–15–6	58	Recap
48	January 18	St. Louis	3–5	Colorado		Grubauer	18,132	27–15–6	60	Recap
49	January 20	Detroit	3–6	Colorado		Francouz	18,110	28–15–6	62	Recap

February: 11–3–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 8–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
50	February 1	Colorado	3–6	Philadelphia		Grubauer	19,745	28–16–6	62	Recap
51	February 4	Colorado	6–1	Buffalo		Grubauer	16,859	29–16–6	64	Recap
52	February 6	Colorado	4–1	Ottawa		Grubauer	11,465	30–16–6	66	Recap
53	February 8	Colorado	2–1	Columbus		Grubauer	19,022	31–16–6	68	Recap
54	February 9	Colorado	3–2	Minnesota		Francouz	17,444	32–16–6	70	Recap
55	February 11	Ottawa	0–3	Colorado		Grubauer	18,015	33–16–6	72	Recap
56	February 13	Washington	3–2	Colorado		Grubauer	18,146	33–17–6	72	Recap
57	February 15	Los Angeles	3–1	Colorado		Francouz	43,574 (outdoors)	33–18–6	72	Recap
58	February 17	Tampa Bay	4–3	Colorado	OT	Francouz	18,107	33–18–7	73	Recap
59	February 19	NY Islanders	1–3	Colorado		Francouz	18,011	34–18–7	75	Recap
60	February 21	Colorado	1–0	Anaheim		Francouz	16,742	35–18–7	77	Recap
61	February 22	Colorado	2–1	Los Angeles	SO	Francouz	18,230	36–18–7	79	Recap
62	February 26	Buffalo	2–3	Colorado		Francouz	18,020	37–18–7	81	Recap
63	February 28	Colorado	3–2	Carolina		Francouz	18,680	38–18–7	83	Recap
64	February 29	Colorado	3–2	Nashville		Francouz	17,619	39–18–7	85	Recap

March: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
65	March 2	Colorado	2–1	Detroit		Hutchinson	17,708	40–18–7	87	Recap
66	March 4	Anaheim	4–3	Colorado	OT	Francouz	18,033	40–18–8	88	Recap
67	March 6	Colorado	3–6	Vancouver		Francouz	18,871	40–19–8	88	Recap
68	March 8	Colorado	4–3	San Jose		Francouz	14,694	41–19–8	90	Recap
69	March 9	Colorado	1–3	Los Angeles		Francouz	15,011	41–20–8	90	Recap
70	March 11	NY Rangers	2–3	Colorado	OT	Francouz	18,025	42–20–8	92	Recap

Cancelled games
#	Date	Visitor	Home
71	March 13	Vancouver	Colorado
72	March 15	Vegas	Colorado
73	March 17	San Jose	Colorado
74	March 19	Colorado	Nashville
75	March 21	Montreal	Colorado
76	March 23	Colorado	Minnesota
77	March 25	Edmonton	Colorado
78	March 27	Colorado	Winnipeg
79	March 29	Nashville	Colorado
80	March 31	Arizona	Colorado
81	April 2	Winnipeg	Colorado
82	April 4	St. Louis	Colorado

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Avalanche played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Colorado finished with a 2–0–1 record to clinch the second seed for the playoffs.[11][12]

The Avalanche faced the Arizona Coyotes in the first round[13] and defeated them in five games.[14]

The Avalanche faced the Dallas Stars in the second round, but lost in seven games.[15]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

Western Conference Seeding Round-robin
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Record	Points	Recap
1	August 2	St. Louis	1–2	Colorado		Grubauer	1–0–0	2	Recap
2	August 5	Colorado	4–0	Dallas		Francouz	2–0–0	4	Recap
3	August 8	Vegas	4–3	Colorado	OT	Grubauer	2–0–1	5	Recap

Western Conference First Round vs. (7) Arizona Coyotes: Colorado won 4–1
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Series	Recap
1	August 12	Arizona	0–3	Colorado		Grubauer	1–0	Recap
2	August 14	Arizona	2–3	Colorado		Grubauer	2–0	Recap
3	August 15	Colorado	2–4	Arizona		Francouz	2–1	Recap
4	August 17	Colorado	7–1	Arizona		Grubauer	3–1	Recap
5	August 19	Arizona	1–7	Colorado		Grubauer	4–1	Recap

Western Conference Second Round vs. (3) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Series	Recap
1	August 22	Dallas	5–3	Colorado		Francouz	0–1	Recap
2	August 24	Dallas	5–2	Colorado		Francouz	0–2	Recap
3	August 26	Colorado	6–4	Dallas		Francouz	1–2	Recap
4	August 30	Colorado	4–5	Dallas		Francouz	1–3	Recap
5	August 31	Dallas	3–6	Colorado		Hutchinson	2–3	Recap
6	September 2	Colorado	4–1	Dallas		Hutchinson	3–3	Recap
7	September 4	Dallas	5–4	Colorado	OT	Hutchinson	3–4	Recap

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats[16]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nathan MacKinnon	69	35	58	93	+13	12
Cale Makar	57	12	38	50	+12	12
Andre Burakovsky	58	20	25	45	+11	22
Gabriel Landeskog	54	21	23	44	−2	47
Mikko Rantanen	42	19	22	41	−2	14
Nazem Kadri	51	19	17	36	+7	97
Samuel Girard	70	4	30	34	+1	17
Joonas Donskoi	65	16	17	33	+2	26
J. T. Compher	67	11	20	31	+9	18
Valeri Nichushkin	65	13	14	27	+26	14
Ryan Graves	69	9	17	26	+40	45
Ian Cole	65	4	22	26	+21	36
Matt Calvert	50	12	13	25	+13	39
Tyson Jost	67	8	15	23	+11	22
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare	69	9	13	22	+2	17
Matt Nieto	70	8	13	21	+7	6
Erik Johnson	59	3	13	16	+9	20
Nikita Zadorov	64	4	9	13	+6	65
Vladislav Kamenev	38	1	7	8	−2	8
Vladislav Namestnikov^†	9	4	2	6	+2	8
Colin Wilson	9	0	4	4	+6	0
Martin Kaut	8	2	1	3	−1	0
Logan O'Connor	16	2	0	2	0	2
Mark Barberio	21	0	2	2	+3	16
Calle Rosen^‡	8	0	2	2	+2	4
T. J. Tynan	16	0	1	1	−1	2
Anton Lindholm	4	0	1	1	+1	0
Jayson Megna	8	0	0	0	−1	2
Sheldon Dries	5	0	0	0	−2	0
Kevin Connauton	4	0	0	0	–2	0
Conor Timmins	2	0	0	0	+2	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Nathan MacKinnon	15	9	16	25	+13	12
Mikko Rantanen	15	7	14	21	+11	6
Nazem Kadri	15	9	9	18	+3	10
Andre Burakovsky	15	7	10	17	+7	4
Cale Makar	15	4	11	15	+12	0
Gabriel Landeskog	14	2	11	13	+7	12
Samuel Girard	15	1	9	10	+4	6
J. T. Compher	15	3	5	8	+7	4
Joonas Donskoi	9	3	3	6	+1	2
Vladislav Namestnikov	12	4	1	5	+1	4
Nikita Zadorov	15	3	2	5	+5	18
Valeri Nichushkin	15	2	1	3	0	2
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare	15	2	1	3	0	6
Ryan Graves	15	1	2	3	+9	6
Matt Nieto	14	1	2	3	+1	4
Matt Calvert	8	1	2	3	+1	4
Ian Cole	15	0	2	2	+2	10
Erik Johnson	9	0	2	2	+3	0
Tyson Jost	12	1	0	1	−1	8
Logan O'Connor	5	0	1	1	0	0
Kevin Connauton	4	0	1	1	−2	6
Conor Timmins	2	0	0	0	+1	4
Sheldon Dries	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Michael Hutchinson^†	1	1	60:00	1	0	0	1	1.00	18	.944	0	0
Pavel Francouz	34	31	1,914:26	21	7	4	77	2.41	996	.923	1	2
Philipp Grubauer	36	36	2,057:06	18	12	4	90	2.63	1067	.916	2	0
Antoine Bibeau	2	1	91:45	1	0	0	5	3.27	42	.881	0	0
Adam Werner	2	1	87:50	1	1	0	5	3.42	58	.914	0	0

Playoffs
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO
Philipp Grubauer	7	7	385:20	5	0	1	12	1.87	153	.922	1
Michael Hutchinson	4	3	196:11	2	1	0	9	2.75	100	.910	0
Pavel Francouz	6	5	315:45	2	4	0	17	3.23	157	.892	1

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)	To Arizona Coyotes Carl Soderberg	To Colorado Avalanche Kevin Connauton ARI's 3rd-round pick in 2020	[17]
June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)	To Washington Capitals Scott Kosmachuk 2nd-round pick in 2020 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Colorado Avalanche Andre Burakovsky	[18]
June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)	To Florida Panthers Dominic Toninato	To Colorado Avalanche Jacob MacDonald	[19]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tyson Barrie Alexander Kerfoot 6th-round pick in 2020	To Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri Calle Rosen TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2020	[20]
September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)	To San Jose Sharks Nicolas Meloche	To Colorado Avalanche Antoine Bibeau	[21]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Ottawa Senators 4th-round pick in 2021	To Colorado Avalanche Vladislav Namestnikov	[22]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Calle Rosen	To Colorado Avalanche Michael Hutchinson	[22]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Andrew Agozzino	to Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	[23]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	from Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	[24]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Joonas Donskoi	from San Jose Sharks	4-year	[25]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Spencer Martin	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	[26]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Patrik Nemeth	to Detroit Red Wings	2-year	[27]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Semyon Varlamov	to New York Islanders	4-year	[28]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	David Warsofsky	to Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	[23]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Jayson Megna	from Washington Capitals	1-year	[29]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Dan Renouf	from Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	[29]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	T. J. Tynan	from Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	[29]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Sven Andrighetto	to Avangard Omsk (KHL)	1-year	[30]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Sergei Boikov	to Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	2-year	[31]
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Julien Nantel	to Colorado Eagles (AHL)	1-year	[32]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Max McCormick	to Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	[33]
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)	Valeri Nichushkin	from Dallas Stars	1-year	[34]
August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21)	Derick Brassard	to New York Islanders	1-year	[35]
August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)	Gabriel Bourque	to Winnipeg Jets	1-year	[36]
September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	Mason Geertsen	to Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	1-year	[37]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)		from/to

Contract terminations

Date	Player	Via	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Colin Wilson	1-year	[38]
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Nikita Zadorov	1-year	[39]
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Ryan Graves	1-year	[40]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Andre Burakovsky	1-year	[41]
July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)	J. T. Compher	4-year	[42]
July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19)	Bowen Byram	3-year	[43]
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Anton Lindholm	2-year	[44]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Sheldon Dries	1-year	[45]
July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30)	Vladislav Kamenev	1-year	[46]
July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31)	Samuel Girard	7-year	[47]
August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01)	A. J. Greer	1-year	[48]
September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28)	Mikko Rantanen	6-year	[49]
February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)	Pavel Francouz	2-year	[50]
March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)	T. J. Tynan	1-year	[51]

Draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanches' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Bowen Byram	D	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
1	16	Alex Newhook	C	Canada	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
2	47	Drew Helleson	D	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program
3	63	Matthew Stienburg	C	Canada	St. Andrew's College
3	78	Alex Beaucage	RW	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
5	140	Sasha Mutala	RW	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	171	Luka Burzan	RW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7	202	Trent Miner	G	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)

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"Avalanche Signs Vladislav Kamenev". NHL.com. July 30, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
"Avalanche Signs Samuel Girard". NHL.com. July 31, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.
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[2] "NHL to pause season due to coronavirus". NHL.com. March 12, 2020. Retrieved March 12, 2020.

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[4] Gulitti, Tom (May 26, 2020). "NHL plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup". NHL.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

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[10] "Colorado Avalanche 2019-20 regular season schedule unveiled". The Denver Post. June 25, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

[11] "Stanley Cup Qualifiers schedule". NHL.com. NHL.com. July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

[12] "Golden Knights defeat Avalanche in OT in round-robin, win West top seed". NHL.com. August 8, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2020.

[13] "Stanley Cup Playoffs first-round schedule". NHL.com. August 9, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2020.

[14] Sadowski, Rick (August 19, 2020). "Avalanche defeat Coyotes in Game 5, win Western First Round series". NHL.com. Retrieved August 19, 2020.

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[20] "Avalanche Acquires Grubauer, Orpik From Capitals". NHL.com. June 22, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2018.

[21] "Avalanche Acquires Antoine Bibeau". NHL.com. September 27, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[Deadline-22] "Namestnikov, Hutchinson traded to Avalanche by Senators, Maple Leafs". NHL.com. February 24, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2020.

[Agozzino_and_Warsofsky-23] "Penguins Sign David Warsofsky and Andrew Agozzino to Two-Year Contracts". NHL.com. July 1, 2017. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[24] "Avalanche Signs Pierre-Edouard Bellemare". NHL.com. July 1, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[25] "Avalanche Signs Joonas Donskoi". NHL.com. July 1, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

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[27] Kujawa, Kyle (July 1, 2019). "Red Wings sign Filppula, Nemeth and Pickard to two-year deals". NHL.com. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[28] "Varlamov Agrees to Terms on a Four-Year Contract". NHL.com. July 1, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

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[39] "Avalanche Re-Signs Nikita Zadorov". NHL.com. July 5, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

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[44] "Avalanche Signs Anton Lindholm". NHL.com. July 23, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[45] "Avalanche Signs Sheldon Dries". NHL.com. July 25, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[46] "Avalanche Signs Vladislav Kamenev". NHL.com. July 30, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[47] "Avalanche Signs Samuel Girard". NHL.com. July 31, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[48] "Avalanche Signs A.J. Greer". NHL.com. August 1, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

[49] "Avalanche Signs Mikko Rantanen to Six-Year Deal". NHL.com. September 28, 2019. Retrieved January 12, 2020.

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Colorado Avalanche
Formerly the Quebec Nordiques Founded in 1972 Based in Denver, Colorado
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Expansion draft Seasons Current season
History	Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (Stan Kroenke, chairman) General manager Joe Sakic Head coach Jared Bednar Team captain Gabriel Landeskog Current roster
Arenas	McNichols Sports Arena Ball Arena
Affiliates	AHL Colorado Eagles ECHL Utah Grizzlies
Media	TV Altitude Sports and Entertainment Radio KKSE-FM
Culture and lore	Colorado Rockies (NHL) Quebec Nordiques Bernie Howler Frozen Fury Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Avalanche–Red Wings brawl "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) 2016 NHL Stadium Series 2020 NHL Stadium Series NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe
Category Commons

Colorado Avalanche seasons
Pre-1995	Quebec Nordiques
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2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

2019–20 NHL season
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See also	Draft Heritage Classic Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and fines