EDMONTON OILERS NOTES:
ALL-TIME RECORDS vs. COLORADO GP RECORD HOME (63) AWAY (63) GF GA
OILERS ALL-TIME vs. COLORADO 126 51-55-6-14 27-24-4-8 24-31-2-6 365 407
OILERS vs. COLORADO – 2022-23 1 0-0-1 0-0-1 0-0-0 2 3
QUICK FACTS
Saturday’s game will mark Edmonton’s second of three meetings against the Avalanche this season and the first of two games in Denver.
The last time these teams met was on Jan. 7th in Edmonton where the Avalanche defeated the Oilers 3-2 in overtime.
Evander Kane leads the team lead with 29 career points against the Avalanche and has also played in a team leading 31 games against Colorado.
EARNING POINTS
The Oilers are 9-2-4 in their last 15 games, outscoring opponents 65-48 and earning at least a point in 13 of the 15 games.
LAST 10 GAMES vs. COLORADO
Record: 2-5-3
GF: 31 GA: 39
2022-23 1/7/23 @ EDM 3-2 L (OT)
*2021-22 6/6/22 @ EDM 6-5 L (OT)
*2021-22 6/4/22 @ EDM 4-2 L
*2021-22 6/2/22 @ COL 4-0 L
*2021-22 5/31/22 @ COL 8-6 L
2021-22 4/22/22 @ EDM 6-3 W
2021-22 4/9/22 @ EDM 2-1 L (SO)
2021-22 3/21/22 @ COL 3-2 L (OT)
2019-20 11/27/19 @ COL 4-1 L
2019-20 11/14/19 @ EDM 6-2 W
*Notes Playoff Game
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 12 F Devin Shore placed on waivers
Feb. 13 F Devin Shore cleared waivers and assigned to Bakersfield
Feb. 14 F Devin Shore recalled from Bakersfield
Feb. 17 F Kailer Yamamoto activated from LTIR
F Dylan Holloway and D Vincent Desharnais loaned to Bakersfield
Feb. 18 F Devin Shore recalled from Bakersfield
OILERS IN FEBRUARY
Overall – 505 GP, 224-223-29-29 – 506 PTS
2022-23 – 6 GP, 2-1-3 – 7 PTS
2021-22 –12 GP, 7-5-0 – 14 PTS
COLORADO AVALANCHE NOTES:
UPCOMING GAMES
Date Opponent Time (MT) TV Radio
Sun, Feb. 19 EDMONTON 1 p.m. ESPN+, HULU / SNet 92.5 FM
Fri, Feb. 24 at Winnipeg 6 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
Sat, Feb. 25 CALGARY 8 p.m. Altitude, CBC 950 AM
Mon, Feb. 27 VEGAS 7 p.m. Altitude 92.5 FM
TODAY’S GAME
COLORADO vs. EDMONTON
1:08 p.m.
ESPN+, HULU / Sportsnet / 92.5 FM
The Colorado Avalanche hosts the Edmonton Oilers in a Sunday afternoon matchup at Ball Arena … Today’s contest is the second half of a back-to-back for the Avs, who beat the Blues 4-1 yesterday in St. Louis … Today ends the second of what is three consecutive sets of back-to-back games for the Avalanche … All three back-to-backs will require travel in between (either home/road or road/home) and all three opponents on the second half of the back-to-back will be waiting for the Avs … Colorado is 3-0-1 in its last four games and 10-2-2 in its last 14 contests … This marks only the second time that the Avalanche have played on a Sunday this season and the first time since Dec. 11 (they will have three more Sunday contests)
LAST GAME
Feb. 18 – Colorado 4, St. Louis 1 at Enterprise Center
Mikko Rantanen tallied his 200th goal, Bowen Byram scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues, 4-1, on Saturday afternoon at Enterprise Center … Valeri Nichushkin notched a power-play goal, while J.T. Compher, Samuel Girard and Nathan MacKinnon all added two assists … Goaltender Justus Annunen stopped 19-of-20 shots in his first start of the season (second career).
SF: 33 SA: 20 PP: 2-4 PK: 3-3
The Avalanche improved to 10-2-2 in their last 14 games, including a 3-0-1 mark in their last four outings Colorado has scored the first goal in 13 of those 14 contests The Avs are 11-4-1 against their own division in 2022-23 … Colorado finished the season series 3-1-0 against the Blues and have won eight consecutive games in St. Louis (including playoffs) Colorado has won three straight road games and is 6-1-1 in its last eight away from home Rantanen became the fourth player from the 2015 NHL Draft and the ninth player in franchise history (sixth since relocating) to reach 200 goals … He is the fourth-fastest Finnish-born player to reach the milestone (see next page) Byram’s two goals matched a career high set Nov. 3, 2021 vs Columbus … He’s now tied for second among Avalanche defensemen with four goals this season MacKinnon recorded his fourth straight multi-point effort (4g/5a) … Only Matthew Tkachuk (33) has more points than MacKinnon (30) since January 1st Artturi Lehkonen picked up his 21st assist of season, a new career high (20 in 2018-19) … It was his 99th career helper… Lehkonen is one point shy of matching his career high (38) set last season between Montreal and Colorado Compher’s two assists gives him 34 points for the season, a new career high … He had 33 last year Nichushkin tallied his seventh power play goal of season, already a career high and tied with Rantanen and Lehkonen for team lead The Avs improved to 12-3-0 on Saturdays (.800), best in the NHL
CURRENT INJURIES
Pavel Francouz – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Darren Helm – lower body (Jan. 14 – present)
Erik Johnson – lower body (Feb. 14 – present)
Gabriel Landeskog – lower body (Oct. 12 – present)
Total: 306 (3rd in NHL)
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Feb. 17 – Justus Annunen, Ben Meyers recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 15 – Josh Manson activated from Injured Reserve … Brad Hunt, Jonas Johansson reassigned to Colorado (AHL)
Feb. 14 – Brad Hunt, Ben Meyers recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL) … Erik Johnson placed on Injured Reserve (retroactive to Feb. 11) … Ben Meyers reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 13 – Jonas Johansson recalled from the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 12 – Brad Hunt cleared waivers and was reassigned to the Colorado Eagles (AHL)
Feb. 11 – Brad Hunt placed on waivers
TODAY’S OPPONENT – EDMONTON OILERS
This afternoon is the second of three meetings between the Avalanche and Oilers in 2022-23 and the first of two here in Denver … Colorado won the first matchup 3-2 in overtime on Jan. 7 at Rogers Place … The Avs finished 2-1-0 against the Oilers last season and went on to sweep Edmonton in the 2022 Western Conference Final … Colorado/Quebec is 81-76-13
all-time against the Oilers, its most wins against any opponent, and 69-46-11 since relocating to Denver, also the most wins versus any team.
SCHEDULE vs. OILERS
Jan. 7 @ Edmonton (W, 3-2 OT)
Feb. 19 vs. EDMONTON
Apr. 11 vs. EDMONTON
RECORD vs. OILERS
THIS SEASON 2021-22 2022 PLAYOFFS ALL-TIME SINCE 1995-96 ALL-TIME PLAYOFFS
Overall: 1-0-0 Overall: 2-1-0 Overall: 4-0 Overall: 81-76-13 Overall: 69-46-11 Series: 3 (2-1)
Home: — Home: 1-0-0 Home: 2-0 Home: 44-36-5 Home: 37-23-3 W-L Record: 11-5
Road: 1-0-0 Road: 1-1-0 Road: 2-0 Road: 37-40-8 Road: 32-23-8 Last: 2022 WCF (W, 4-0)
