Colorado Avalanche
10-6-222 PTS3rd in the Central divisionNHL
Playoff odds
97%
Power play
23.3 %
Penalty kill
78.2 %
Goals per game
4.00
Goals against
3.06
Faceoffs
49.1 %
Playoff odds
All 32 teams →Make playoffs
97%
Top 3 in division
81%
Win the division
23%
Projected points
106
97–116
Performance
Actual goals: on pace for 113 pts
Expected goals: on pace for 106 pts
Expected goals are less rosy: Colorado Avalanche has benefited from shooting or goaltending luck.
Talent (WAR)
Lineup: 30.3 WAR (3rd of 32)
- Scott Wedgewood7.7
- Nathan MacKinnon6.4
- Mackenzie Blackwood5.9
- Martin Necas3.0
- Brock Nelson2.1
Injuries
Cost the rest of the way: −0.1 win
- Zachary L'Heureux (6 g.)−0.0
- Josh Manson (18 g.)−0.0
Team Pulse · 2026-27
All 32 teams →Team Pulse says which way the team is heading (−100 to +100), first over its last five seasons, then this season. The rating this year, separately, says how good it is right now (0 to 100): an average team can rise fast, an excellent one can decline.
5-year pulse
+5
→ Stable
- RESResults
- →
- OFFOffense
- →
- DEFDefense
- ↑
- PPPower play
- ↓↓
- PKPenalty kill
- ↑↑
- GOALGoaltending
- →
- POSPossession
- →
Rating this year
93/ 100
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Changes as the season goes: after 8 games, last season still counts for 71%. It fades with every game.
Pulse this season
-9
→ Stable
- OFFOffense
- 99
- →
- DEFDefense
- 77
- →
- PPPower play
- 6
- ↓
- PKPenalty kill
- 77
- →
- GOALGoaltending
- 82
- →
- POSPossession
- 93
- →
- ROSTERRoster
- 88
- →
Why Colorado Avalanche is stable
- Over 5 years (21-22 to 25-26): index 115.2 → 120.1, stable (+0.7 per season); improving: the penalty kill and defense; slipping: the power play.
- EV xGA/60: 2.32 → 2.55 (↑ 9.7%, worse)
- PP xGF/60: 7.45 → 7.08 (↓ 5.1%, worse)
- PK xGA/60: 7.16 → 6.88 (↓ 3.8%, better)
- xGA ÷ goals allowed: 1.168 → 1.020 (↓ 12.7%, worse)
- EV xG%: 56.8 % → 51.6 % (↓ 9.1%, worse)
- Roster: 5 key players rising, 7 declining, 6 stable.
- The decline comes mostly from defense; the core is rising.
- Early season (8 games): the pulse rests mostly on the roster, and last season still weighs heavily in the rating this year.
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Pulse by horizon
| 10 games | Season | 1 year | 3 years | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Pulse | — | — | -9 | -5 |
| OFF · Offense | — | — | -3 | +7 |
| DEF · Defense | — | — | -12 | -7 |
| PP · Power play | — | — | -21 | -32 |
| PK · Penalty kill | — | — | -15 | -9 |
| GOAL · Goaltending | — | — | -12 | -6 |
| POS · Possession | — | — | -9 | -5 |
| ROSTER · Roster | — | — | +2 | +2 |
— : not enough games yet for that horizon (last 10 vs previous 10: 20 games; season: 25). The 5- and 10-year horizons will come with past seasons' history.
Roster Trend · +2 (core +11)
| Player | Trend | PAL | WAR/60 | Scoring | Passing | Defense | Skating | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cale MakarD · 27 · core | ↓ -12 | -4 | -21 | 0 | 0 | -13 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan MacKinnonC · 31 · core | → 0 | 0 | +2 | +4 | 0 | -8 | 0 | -15 |
| Brock NelsonC · 34 · core | ↑↑ +30 | +31 | +21 | +2 | +2 | +16 | +2 | -30 |
| Sam MalinskiD · 28 · core | ↑↑ +48 | +35 | +28 | +8 | +33 | +26 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin NecasC · 27 · core | → +3 | -5 | +9 | +8 | +1 | -4 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent BurnsD · 41 · core | → +8 | +6 | +12 | +4 | 0 | -2 | -3 | -30 |
| Devon ToewsD · 32 | ↓ -20 | -8 | -16 | -14 | -8 | -2 | -9 | -15 |
| Josh MansonD · 34 | ↑ +22 | +24 | +8 | +5 | +5 | +11 | -1 | -30 |
| Artturi LehkonenW · 31 | → -8 | +4 | -17 | -5 | +2 | -2 | -11 | -15 |
| Parker KellyC · 27 | ↑↑ +33 | +10 | +49 | +31 | +1 | +1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazem KadriC · 35 | ↓↓ -30 | -23 | -43 | -8 | +2 | -5 | 0 | -30 |
| Brett KulakD · 32 | ↓↓ -66 | -50 | -56 | -30 | -16 | -9 | -5 | -15 |
| Gabriel LandeskogW · 33 | → 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -30 |
| Nicolas RoyC · 29 | ↓ -21 | -18 | -11 | -13 | -4 | -7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden SchwartzW · 34 | ↓ -17 | -12 | -17 | -15 | -2 | +5 | +4 | -30 |
| Fedor SvechkovC · 23 | ↓ -16 | -7 | -10 | -21 | -6 | +2 | +2 | +30 |
| Noah JuulsenD · 29 | → +4 | +2 | +3 | +1 | +5 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zachary L'HeureuxW · 23 | ↑ +14 | +16 | +15 | +9 | -7 | +7 | -10 | +30 |
A player's trend compares 2025-26 with 2024-25 (PAL, WAR per 60, SC, PA, DF, SK ratings, in percentile points) and adds age. Roster Trend weights each player by ice time and importance: a rising fourth line doesn't offset a declining top center.
The Colorado Avalanche story
The club began life as the Quebec Nordiques, a charter franchise of the World Hockey Association formed in 1972, and entered the NHL after the 1979 NHL–WHA merger; the franchise was awarded to the NHL on June 22, 1979 and first played the 1979-80 season. After the 1994–95 season the team was sold and relocated to Denver, where it immediately established itself by winning the Pacific Division and then sweeping the Florida Panthers in the 1996 Stanley Cup Final, becoming the first Denver team of the four major North American leagues to win a championship.
Today the Avalanche play at Ball Arena, a shared home with the NBA’s Denver Nuggets and the Colorado Mammoth, and remain one of the NHL’s most successful relocated franchises, having claimed Stanley Cups in 1996, 2001 and 2022. The club has accumulated thirteen division titles since the move, including a league record nine consecutive from 1995 to 2003, and qualified for the playoffs in each of its first ten Denver seasons before the streak ended in 2007. Gabriel Landeskog serves as the current captain and Jared Bednar is the head coach.
A handful of players and leaders have defined the franchise’s identity, among them Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg from the championship years, alongside earlier icons like Michel Goulet; more recently the leadership of Gabriel Landeskog and the coaching of Jared Bednar mark its present era.
Historical facts from Wikipedia and NHL archives; text written by PickALeague.
The franchise
- Founded
- 1979
- Stanley Cups
- 3
- First season
- 1979-80
- City
- Denver
- Home
- Ball Arena
- Seats
- 19,155
- Head coach
- Jared Bednar
- Captain
- Gabriel Landeskog
- Owner
- Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
Stanley Cups
- 1995-96
- 2000-01
- 2021-22
Retired numbers
- 3J.C. Tremblay (1972-79)*
- 8Marc Tardif (1974-83)*
- 16Michel Goulet (1979-90)
- 19Joe Sakic (1988-08)
- 21Peter Forsberg (1994-04, 2008, 2011)
- 23Milan Hejduk (1998-13)
- 26Peter Stastny (1980-90)
- 33Patrick Roy (1995-03)
- 52Adam Foote (1991-04, 2008-11)
- 77Ray Bourque (2000-01)
Captains
- Gabriel LandeskogJan. 19, 2013 – Present
- Milan HejdukOct. 8, 2011 – April 7, 2012
- Adam FooteOct. 1, 2009 – April 10, 2011
- Joe SakicOct. 8, 1992 – April 12, 2009
- Mike HoughOct. 5, 1991 – April 15, 1992
- Steven Finn and Joe Sakic (Co-Captains)Oct. 4, 1990 – March 4, 1991
- Peter StastnyNov. 28, 1985 – March 7, 1990
- Mario MaroisOct. 6, 1982 – Nov. 23, 1985
- Andre DupontJan. 2 – May 4, 1982
- Robbie FtorekOct. 6 – Dec. 29, 1981
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- Marc TardifOct. 10, 1979 – April 14, 1981
Head coaches
- Jared BednarOct. 15, 2016 – Present
- Patrick RoyOct. 2, 2013 – April 9, 2016
- Joe SaccoOct. 1, 2009 – April 27, 2013
- Tony GranatoOct. 9, 2008 – April 12, 2009
- Joel QuennevilleOct. 5, 2005 – May 1, 2008
- Tony GranatoDec. 19, 2002 – May 4, 2004
- Bob HartleyOct. 10, 1998 – Dec. 16, 2002
- Marc CrawfordJan. 21, 1995 – May 4, 1998
- Pierre PageNov. 18, 1991 – April 14, 1994
- Dave ChambersOct. 4, 1990 – Nov. 16, 1991
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- Michel BergeronOct. 5, 1989 – April 1, 1990
- Jean PerronDec. 17, 1988 – April 2, 1989
- Ron LapointeDec. 5, 1987 – Dec. 15, 1988
- Andre SavardOct. 8 – Dec. 3, 1987
- Michel BergeronOct. 22, 1980 – May 2, 1987
- Maurice FilionOct. 9-19, 1980
- Jacques DemersOct. 10, 1979 – April 6, 1980
Fun facts: Colorado Avalanche
Do the Colorado Avalanche play tonight?
Not today. Their next game is on November 11, 2026, at the Toronto Maple Leafs, at 7:00 p.m..
What channel is the Colorado Avalanche game on?
Their next game is carried by TVAS, ALT, TSN4.
What is the Colorado Avalanche record?
10-6-2, good for 22 points in 18 games, 3rd in the Central division.
Who leads the Colorado Avalanche in scoring?
Nathan MacKinnon, with 30 points (10 goals, 20 assists).
Where do the Colorado Avalanche play?
At Ball Arena in Denver, which seats 19,155.
Who is the Colorado Avalanche captain?
Gabriel Landeskog wears the “C”.
Who coaches the Colorado Avalanche?
Jared Bednar is the head coach.
How many Stanley Cups have the Colorado Avalanche won?
3, the most recent in 2021-22.
Which numbers have the Colorado Avalanche retired?
10 : 3 J.C. Tremblay, 8 Marc Tardif, 16 Michel Goulet, 19 Joe Sakic, 21 Peter Forsberg, 23 Milan Hejduk…
How long have the Colorado Avalanche existed?
Their first season in the league was 1979-80.
Who is injured on the Colorado Avalanche?
2 : Josh Manson (injured reserve, ankle), Zachary L'Heureux (injured reserve, upper body).
Who owns the Colorado Avalanche?
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.