Colorado Avalanche

55-16-11 · 121 pts · 2025-26

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3.63

GF/GP

1st

2.40

GA/GP

1st

17.1%

PP%

27th

84.6%

PK%

1st

73.8%

Pt%

1st

51.2%

FO%

8th

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Line updates

No reported line changes. Practice-line reports appear here in season.

Injury updates1

CBS · 7/28

now Questionable for start of season

Other news20

NHL transactions · 7/7

Jaden Schwartz added to COL roster

NHL transactions · 7/7

Noah Juulsen added to COL roster

NHL transactions · 7/7

Vinnie Hinostroza added to COL roster

NHL transactions · 7/5

Nick Blankenburg off COL roster

NHL transactions · 7/5

Joel Kiviranta off COL roster

NHL transactions · 6/29

Signed F Taylor Makar to a two-year contract.

NHL transactions · 6/27

Acquired F Fabian Lysell from Boston in exchange for F Ivan Ivan.

NHL transactions · 6/26

Signed D Brent Burns to a one-year contract extension.

ScheduleSOS soft (1.049)1 off-nights (◐)

This week (4)

Date	Opp	GF	GA	xGF	xGA	Matchup
4/4	@ MIN	3.27	2.87	3.05	3.1	neutral
4/6	@ VAN	2.56	3.83	2.81	3.53	smash
4/8	@ CGY	2.54	3.12	2.82	3.33	neutral
4/10	vs MIN	3.27	2.87	3.05	3.1	neutral

Next week (3)

Date	Opp	GF	GA	xGF	xGA	Matchup
3/29◐	@ SJS	3.04	3.54	3.02	3.29	smash
3/30	@ ANA	3.23	3.51	3.38	3.25	smash
4/2	vs LAK	2.68	2.9	2.88	2.85	neutral

Projected lineup

Forward lines

Line 1

Nathan MacKinnon · Artturi Lehkonen · Martin Necas

Line 2

Gabriel Landeskog · Brock Nelson · Nazem Kadri

Line 3

Fedor Svechkov · Jaden Schwartz🚑 · Vinnie Hinostroza

Line 4

Nicolas Roy · Parker Kelly · Zakhar Bardakov

Defense pairs

Pair 1

Devon Toews · Cale Makar

Pair 2

Sam Malinski · Brett Kulak

Pair 3

Josh Manson · Brent Burns

Goalies

Mackenzie Blackwood · Scott Wedgewood

Special teams

Power play 1

Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Cale Makar · Nazem Kadri · Martin Necas

Power play 2

Nicolas Roy · Jaden Schwartz🚑 · Artturi Lehkonen · Brent Burns · Brock Nelson

Penalty kill

Nicolas Roy · Parker Kelly · Josh Manson · Fedor Svechkov · Jaden Schwartz🚑 · Devon Toews · Sam Malinski · Cale Makar · Brett Kulak · Artturi Lehkonen · Brent Burns · Brock Nelson

On-ice units (5v5 · % of the least-used member’s ice time)

Forward lines (3F)

Unit	Together	Share	xGF%
Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas	493m	47%	59%
Gabriel Landeskog · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas	227m	27%	53%
Nazem Kadri · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas	75m	6%	47%
Gabriel Landeskog · Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon	63m	8%	57%
Nazem Kadri · Brock Nelson · Nicolas Roy	61m	7%	64%
Brock Nelson · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas	50m	4%	72%
Nazem Kadri · Brock Nelson · Gabriel Landeskog	27m	3%	16%
Brock Nelson · Artturi Lehkonen · Martin Necas	15m	1%	56%

Defence pairs (2D)

Unit	Together	Share	xGF%
Brent Burns · Josh Manson	729m	59%	58%
Devon Toews · Cale Makar	599m	47%	57%
Devon Toews · Sam Malinski	390m	31%	69%
Cale Makar · Sam Malinski	211m	15%	60%
Brett Kulak · Sam Malinski	203m	15%	60%
Brett Kulak · Cale Makar	189m	13%	45%

Team leaders · click a column to sort

Player	Pos	P ▼	G	A	PPG	SOG	HIT	BLK	PIM	+/-	GP
Nathan MacKinnon	C	127	53	74	11	350	64	35	39	57	80
Martin Necas	C	100	38	62	9	206	85	26	30	47	78
Cale Makar	D	79	20	59	4	199	35	118	24	32	75
Brock Nelson	C	65	33	32	10	186	38	65	36	15	81
Nazem Kadri	C	50	16	34	5	213	50	30	30	-30	77
Artturi Lehkonen	L	48	21	27	1	153	45	33	16	32	70
Sam Malinski	D	40	8	32	0	164	46	95	22	43	82
Gabriel Landeskog	L	35	14	21	2	132	86	32	47	29	60
Parker Kelly	C	35	21	14	0	104	177	58	30	18	82
Brent Burns	D	35	12	23	0	172	20	91	32	33	82
Josh Manson	D	31	5	26	0	128	174	99	91	42	79
Jaden Schwartz🚑	C	26	11	15	2	82	32	42	8	5	50
Nicolas Roy	C	25	8	17	2	76	71	40	23	0	74
Devon Toews	D	24	3	21	1	115	26	83	32	37	68
Vinnie Hinostroza	C	18	6	12	0	65	41	27	31	-12	65
Fedor Svechkov	C	17	4	13	0	70	60	29	22	-6	70
Brett Kulak	D	12	1	11	0	95	19	108	38	-4	83
Zakhar Bardakov	C	10	1	9	0	35	50	22	14	6	60
Noah Juulsen	D	10	1	9	0	26	104	45	15	3	52
Zachary L'Heureux	L	5	4	1	0	32	64	15	21	3	25
Logan O'Connor	R	2	0	2	0	13	11	3	4	-1	13