COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Thu, Jan. 5 at Vancouver 8 p.m. Altitude 950 AM
Sat, Jan. 7 at Edmonton 8 p.m. Altitude / CBC 92.5 FM
Tue, Jan. 10 FLORIDA 7:30 p.m. ESPN+ 92.5 FM
Thu, Jan. 12 at Chicago 6:30 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO @ VANCOUVER
8:08 p.m. MT / 7:08 p.m. PT
Altitude / 950 AM
TV: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Katie Gaus (reporter)
Radio: Conor McGahey
The Colorado Avalanche opens a two-game Western Canada road trip tonight in Vancouver against the Canucks …. The Avalanche will play in Edmonton on Saturday … This is the first of two trips to the Pacific Northwest for the Avs this month, as they will travel to Calgary, Vancouver and Seattle from Jan. 17-21.
LAST GAME
Jan. 2 – Vegas 3, Colorado 2 at Ball Arena
Nicolas Roy scored twice and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from an early 0-1 deficit to beat the Avalanche, 3-2, at Ball Arena … Nathan MacKinnon scored 25 seconds into the first period and Mikko Rantanen added his team-leading 25th goal of the season in the third period … Alexandar Georgiev made 25 saves in his ninth consecutive start.
SF: 28 SA: 29 PP: 0-5 PK: 1-1
• MacKinnon’s goal (0:25) was the fastest to start a game by an Avalanche player this season … The previous was 0:33 by Artturi Lehkonen on Nov. 5 against Columbus in Finland … MacKinnon’s tally was also the fastest to start any period.
• Rantanen’s marker was his team-leading 25th tally and NHL-leading 21st even-strength goal of 2022-23 … His 25 goals are tied for the most by an Avalanche player through 36 team games of a season (Joe Sakic, 1995-96).
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – VANCOUVER CANUCKS
This is the second of three meetings between the Avalanche and Canucks and the first of two in Vancouver (both will take place this month) … The Canucks won the first matchup 4-3 on Nov. 23 at Ball Arena, the lone meeting of 2022-23 in Denver
SCHEDULE vs. CANUCKS
Nov. 23 vs. VANCOUVER (L, 3-4)
Jan. 5 @ Vancouver
Jan. 20 @ Vancouver
RECORD vs. CANUCKS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 PLAYOFFS
Overall: 0-1-0 Overall: 2-1-0 Overall: 78-66-26 Overall: 62-45-18 Series: 2 (2-0)
Home: 0-1-0 Home: 1-1-0 Home: 40-32-13 Home: 31-22-9 W-L Record: 8-2
Road: 0-0-0 Road: 1-0-0 Road: 38-34-13 Road: 31-23-9
BACK-TO-BACK
The Avalanche will play 13 back-to-backs this season … They have completed four back-to-backs so far, going 2-2-0 in the first game and 2-2-0 in the second … The Avalanche posted a 15-5-2 (.727) combined record in back-to-back games last season, the second-best mark behind Minnesota (.732, 19-6-3) … The Avs finished 7-3-1 in the first game and 8-2-1 in the second (.773), with only Tampa (10-0-2, .917) posting a better record in the second half of a back-to-back.
VANCOUVER CANUCKS NOTES:
CANUCKS VS AVALANCHE PREVIEW
TV: Sportsnet Pacific, Sportsnet ONE
Radio: Sportsnet 650
MATCH-UP INFO
• Tonight marks the second of three meetings between the Canucks and Avalanche this season: Nov. 23 (4-3 W @ COL), Jan. 5 (home), Jan. 20 (home).
• The Canucks are 77-65-15-13 all-time against the Avalanche, including a 40-31-7-7 record at home.
• Vancouver is 5-3-2 in their last 10 games vs Colorado (3-2-0 in their last 5).
• Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in games played (41) against the Avalanche and scoring with 22 points (8-14-22).
• Sheldon Dries (1-1-2) and Oliver Ekman-Larsson (0-2-2) lead the Canucks in points against Colorado this season.
• Brock Boeser has 11 points (5-6-11) in 11 career games against the Avalanche.
• Elias Pettersson has 10 points (2-8-10) in nine career games against the Avalanche.
• Spencer Martin is 1-0-0 with a 3.00 GAA and .917 save percentage in one career game vs Colorado.
• Collin Delia is 2-2-0 with a 3.02 GAA and .910 save percentage in four career games against the Avalanche.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
• William Lockwood recalled from Abbotsford, Dec. 30
• Nils Åman assigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 30
• Travis Dermott activated from LTIR, Dec. 29
• Travis Dermott recalled from Abbotsford (conditioning loan) and kept on LTIR, Dec. 27
• Collin Delia recalled from Abbotsford under emergency conditions, Dec. 22
• Arturs Silovs reassigned to Abbotsford, Dec. 22
QUICK NUMBERS
• Elias Pettersson has 17 points (6-11-17) in his last 11 games.
• Bo Horvat has 18 points (11-7-18) in his last 13 games, including 11 points (6-5-11) in his last five games.
• Andrei Kuzmenko has 11 points (4-7-11) in his last 12 games.
• Quinn Hughes has 10 points (1-8-9) in his last 13 games.
• Conor Garland has eight points (3-5-8) in his last 12 games.
LAST MEETING – NOV. 23/22: VAN 4 at COL 3
Ilya Mikheyev opened the scoring 21 seconds into the game for his fifth of the season…Elias Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko both recorded assists on the play…Bo Horvat would tie the game at 10:34 in the second, while also tying for league-leading in goals (16)…Ethan Bear and J.T. Miller were credited with the assists…Sheldon Dries scored his second goal of the season just over five minutes into the third…Oliver Ekman-Larsson got his first of two helpers on the night with the first assist while Brock Boeser got the secondary…Bear would score the game-winning goal at 12:00 in the third, with Ekman-Larsson and Dries collecting the assists…Bear, Dries, and Ekman-Larsson all put up a multi-point game (2)…Spencer Martin got his fifth win of the season, turning away 33 shots on the evening.
TEAM RANKS
VAN COL
Goals For/Game 3.35 (t-8th) 2.89 (t-25th)
Goals Against/Game 3.86 (30th) 2.83 (t-12th)
Power Play % 25.2 (t-7th) 25.2 (t-7th)
Penalty Kill % 67.6 (32nd) 75.7 (20th)
Penalty Min./Game 10:06 (22nd) 8:10 (t-8th)
*Rankings are accurate as of 4:00pm PT on January 4, 2023
LAST GAME PLAYED – JAN. 3/23: VAN 2 vs NYI 6
Bo Horvat opened the scoring with his team-leading 27th goal of the season at 18:23 in the first period to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead entering the second period…Oliver Ekman-Larsson and Brock Boeser collected the assists…Horvat notched his second goal of the game at 18:54 in the second period, on the power play, for his ninth multi-goal game of the season…J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes assisted on the play…William Lockwood led the team in hits (4) in his third game of the season…J.T. Miller won 10 of 13 faceoffs…Spencer Martin faced 28 shots.
LAST 5 vs COLORADO
• Nov. 23/22: VAN 4 at COL 3
• Mar. 23/22: VAN 3 at COL 1
• Nov. 17/21: VAN 2 vs COL 4
• Nov. 11/21: VAN 1 at COL 7
• Mar. 6/20: VAN 6 vs COL 3
