COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Sat, Jan. 21 at Seattle 8 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Tue, Jan. 24 WASHINGTON 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Thu, Jan. 26 ANAHEIM 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Jan. 28 ST. LOUIS 1 p.m. Hulu / ESPN+ 950 AM
TONIGHT’S GAME
COLORADO @ SEATTLE
8:08 p.m. MT / 7:08 p.m. PT
Altitude / 92.5 FM
The Colorado Avalanche wraps up their three-game road trip tonight in Seattle against the Kraken … The Avs are 2-0-0 so far on this trip and have won four straight games overall, out-scoring the opposition 21-5 … This evening is the second half of a back-to-back for the Avs, who beat the Canucks 4-1 last night in Vancouver.
ON THE CALL
Altitude: Marc Moser (play-by-play), Mark Rycroft (analyst), Kyle Keefe (reporter)
Radio: Conor McGahey
LAST GAME
Jan. 20 – Colorado 4, Vancouver 1 at Rogers Arena
The Avalanche scored two 5-on-3 goals to jump out to a 3-0 lead and went on to beat the Canucks, 4-1, last night at Rogers Arena … Mikko Rantanen had a goal and one assist, Nathan MacKinnon added two helpers and Andrew Cogliano, Brad Hunt and Valeri Nichushkin also scored … Alexandar Georgiev made 28 saves.
SF: 29 SA: 29 PP: 2-4 PK: 4-4
The Avalanche have won four straight games, out-scoring the opposition 21-5 MacKinnon extended his point streak to seven games(4g/11a) and tied a franchise record with his fifth straight multiassist game … Peter Stastny also had two or more assists in five straight games from Dec. 2-13, 1981 It was MacKinnon’s 102nd career multi-assist game, passing Michel Goulet (101) for fourth place on the franchise’s all-time list
MacKinnon reached the 50-point mark for the eighth consecutive season and ninth time in his career … His nine 50- point campaigns trail only Joe Sakic (18), Michel Goulet (10) and Peter Stastny (10) for the most in Avalanche/Nordiques history, while his eight consecutive 50-point seasons are tied with Anton Stastny for the fourth-longest streak in franchise history behind Sakic (18x), Goulet (10x) and Peter Stastny (10x) Hunt’s goal was his third tally in the last seven games … The three tallies tie him for second among all Avalanche defensemen this season and matches his total from all of last year in 50 games with the Canucks Rantanen recorded his 465th career point, passing Dale Hunter (464) for 10th place on the franchise’s all-time list. Cogliano’s goal was his seventh of the season, his most since 2017-18 (12 with Anaheim)
CURRENT INJURIES
Bowen Byram – lower body (34 games, Nov. 5 – present)
Darren Helm – lower body (4 games, Jan. 14 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – lower body (all season, Oct. 12 – present)
Dennis Malgin – upper body (7 games, Jan. 7 – present)
Cale Makar – upper body (2 games, Jan. 18 – present)
Josh Manson – lower body (23 games, Dec. 3 – present)
Total: 258 (3rd in NHL)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Jan. 16 – Anton Blidh recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Jan. 14 – Denis Malgin placed on Injured Reserve (retroactive to Jan. 5) … Sampo Ranta recalled from the Colorado
Eagles (AHL) … Martin Kaut and Sampo Ranta reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
TONIGHT’S OPPONENT – SEATTLE KRAKEN
Tonight is the second of three meetings between the Avalanche and Kraken this season and Colorado’s only visit to the Emerald City in 2022-23 … Seattle won the first matchup 3-2 on Oct. 21 in Denver … The Avs finished 2-1-0 against Seattle during the Kraken’s inaugural season a year ago.
SCHEDULE vs. KRAKEN
Oct. 21 vs. SEATTLE (L, 2-3)
Jan. 21 @ Seattle
Mar. 5 vs. SEATTLE
RECORD vs. KRAKEN
THIS SEASON 2021-22 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 0-1-0 Overall: 2-1-0 Overall: 2-2-0 Series: none
Home: 0-1-0 Home: 1-0-0 Home: 1-1-0 W-L record: 0-0
Road: — Road: 1-1-0 Road: 1-1-0
AVALANCHE & KRAKEN CONNECTIONS
Andre Burakovsky played three seasons with the Avalanche (2019-22) and helped Colorado win the 2022 Stanley Cup … Philipp Grubauer spent three seasons with Colorado (2018-21) where he is the all-time franchise leader in career save percentage (.918) … Joonas Donskoi played two years with the Avs (2019-21) … Kurtis MacDermid was selected by Seattle in the Expansion Draft before being traded to Colorado 2020.
SEATTLE KRAKEN NOTES:
LAST GAME
New Jersey 3 at Seattle 4 (OT)
Goals: Donato (2), Tanev, Burakovsky
Goalie: Jones (27/30)
PP: 0/1 PK: 1/1 Shots: New Jersey 30 – Seattle 40
CURRENT INJURIES – (Man Games Lost: 118)
Chris Driedger (ACL; IR) – 45 games – month-to-month
Joonas Donskoi (upper body; IR) – 45 games – day-to-day
Jaden Schwartz (undisclosed) – 4 games – day-to-day
Justin Schultz (undisclosed) – 1 game – day-to-day
TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS
Jan. 15, 2022: Recalled F John Hayden from Coachella Valley (AHL)
UPCOMING GAMES
Wednesday, Jan. 25: Vancouver at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Friday, Jan. 27: Calgary at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Saturday, Jan. 28: Columbus at Seattle, 7 p.m. PT
Tuesday, Feb. 7: Seattle at NY Islanders, 4:30 p.m. PT
Thursday, Feb. 9: Seattle at New Jersey, 4 p.m. PT
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
• Tonight’s matchup is the second of three games the Kraken will play against the Avalanche this season and the only one that will be played in Seattle. The teams will next meet on March 5 in Colorado.
• Entering play Friday, the Kraken led the Pacific Division in points (58, tied) and points percentage (.644). The team’s plus-23 goal differential this season also led the Pacific Division entering play Friday and ranked eighth in the NHL.
• A win tonight would make Colorado the eighth team (Buffalo, Chicago, Florida, Los Angeles, Montreal, Nashville, Pittsburgh, San Jose) that the Kraken have defeated at least three times and the fourth team (Buffalo, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh) to fall to Seattle in three consecutive games.
• Seattle has not surrendered a power-play goal to Colorado in their last three meetings. They are 9-for-11 all time on the penalty kill against the Avalanche.
• The Kraken have scored three goals in each of the four games they have played against the Avalanche.
• With 45 games played, the Kraken have already matched their win total (27) from the 2021-22 season.
• Since the start of the New Year, the Kraken are leading the league in wins (nine), points (18), goals (48) and goals per game (4.36). They are one of only three teams (Edmonton, New Jersey) to be averaging four or more goals per game in 2023.
• Despite only playing in 44 games this season, the Kraken are the first team to have scored at least eight goals in a game four different times since the Pittsburgh Penguins also has four eight-goal games in 2011-12.
KRAKEN COUNTRY, LET’S RIDE
• Oliver Bjorkstrand has three points (one goal, two assists) in his last three games against the Avalanche.
• Jordan Eberle has 38 points (20 goals, 18 assists) in 39 career games against Colorado, including recording 16 points (10 goals, six assists) in 13 games since the start of the 2016-17 season. His 10 goals against the Avalanche during that range are tied for the ninth-most in the NHL.
• Eberle also tallied a point in each of the four games that Seattle has played against Colorado, scoring two goals and adding two assists. He enters tonight’s matchup with the Avalanche riding a five-game point streak, which is tied (Los Angeles) for his longest active streak against any opponent.
• Philipp Grubauer recorded his first NHL shutout on Oct. 18, 2016 against the Avalanche with 18 saves.
• Jared McCann has nine points (three goals, six assists) in his last eight games against the Avalanche, including totaling five points (two goals, three assists) in the four games against Colorado as a member of the Kraken.
