2020–21 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2020–21 Colorado Avalanche season was the 26th operational season and 25th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.^[1] As well as the franchise's 42nd season in the National Hockey League and 49th season overall. The Avalanche commemorated their 25th anniversary this season.

2020–21 Colorado Avalanche
Presidents' Trophy winners
West Division champions
Division	1st West
2020–21 record	39–13–4
Home record	22–4–2
Road record	17–9–2
Goals for	197
Goals against	133
Team information
General manager	Joe Sakic
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Erik Johnson Nathan MacKinnon
Arena	Ball Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Colorado Eagles (AHL) Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Mikko Rantanen (30)
Assists	Nathan MacKinnon (45)
Points	Mikko Rantanen (66)
Penalty minutes	Ryan Graves (55)
Plus/minus	Mikko Rantanen (+30)
Wins	Philipp Grubauer (30)
Goals against average	Philipp Grubauer (1.95)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

On December 20, 2020, the league temporarily realigned into four divisions with no conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing closure of the Canada–United States border. As a result of this realignment, the Avalanche played this season in the West Division and only played against the other teams in their new division during the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs.

On April 22, the Avalanche clinched a playoff berth following a 4–2 win over the St. Louis Blues.^[2] They clinched their third Presidents' Trophy, as well as their tenth division championship, with a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in their last game of the season on May 13.^[3] The Avalanche swept the St. Louis Blues in the First Round, with a 5–2 win in game four.^[4] In their Second Round series against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Avalanche initially led the series 2–0, but were later eliminated from the playoffs after they lost the next four games.^[5]

Standings

Divisional standings

West Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	56	39	13	4	35	197	133	+64	82
2	x – Vegas Golden Knights	56	40	14	2	30	191	124	+67	82
3	x – Minnesota Wild	56	35	16	5	27	181	160	+21	75
4	x – St. Louis Blues	56	27	20	9	19	169	170	−1	63
5	e – Arizona Coyotes	56	24	26	6	19	153	176	−23	54
6	e – Los Angeles Kings	56	21	28	7	19	143	170	−27	49
7	e – San Jose Sharks	56	21	28	7	15	151	199	−48	49
8	e – Anaheim Ducks	56	17	30	9	11	126	179	−53	43

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[7]

2020–21 game log
January: 6–3–1 (Home: 3–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 13 St. Louis 4–1 Colorado Grubauer 0 0–1–0 0 [8] 2 January 15 St. Louis 0–8 Colorado Grubauer 0 1–1–0 2 [9] 3 January 19 Colorado 3–2 Los Angeles Grubauer 0 2–1–0 4 [10] 4 January 21 Colorado 2–4 Los Angeles Miska 0 2–2–0 4 [11] 5 January 22 Colorado 3–2 Anaheim OT Grubauer 0 3–2–0 6 [12] 6 January 24 Colorado 1–3 Anaheim Grubauer 0 3–3–0 6 [13] 7 January 26 San Jose 3–7 Colorado Grubauer 0 4–3–0 8 [14] 8 January 28 San Jose 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 0 5–3–0 10 [15] 9 January 30 Colorado 5–1 Minnesota Grubauer 0 6–3–0 12 [16] 10 January 31 Colorado 3–4 Minnesota OT Miska 0 6–3–1 13 [17]
February: 5–3–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 February 2 Minnesota 1–2 Colorado Grubauer 0 7–3–1 15 [18] — February 4 Minnesota – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19.[19] Rescheduled for February 24.[20] — February 6 Colorado – St. Louis Postponed due to COVID-19.[21] Rescheduled for April 14.[20] — February 7 Colorado – St. Louis Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 20.[22] — February 9 Arizona – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for March 31.[20] — February 11 Arizona – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19. Rescheduled for April 12.[20] 12 February 14 Colorado 0–1 Vegas Grubauer 0 7–4–1 15 [23] 13 February 16 Colorado 3–2 Vegas Grubauer 0 8–4–1 17 [24] 14 February 20 Vegas 2–3 Colorado Grubauer 0 (outdoors) 9–4–1 19 [25] 15 February 22 Vegas 3–0 Colorado Grubauer 0 9–5–1 19 [26] 16 February 24 Minnesota 6–2 Colorado Grubauer 0 9–6–1 19 [27] 17[upper-alpha 1] February 26 Colorado 3–2 Arizona Miska 2,495 10–6–1 21 [28] 18 February 27 Colorado 6–2 Arizona Grubauer 3,224 11–6–1 23 [29]
March: 12–2–3 (Home: 10–1–2 ; Road: 2–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 19 March 1 Colorado 2–6 San Jose Grubauer 0 11–7–1 23 [30] 20 March 3 Colorado 4–0 San Jose Grubauer 0 12–7–1 25 [31] 21 March 5 Anaheim 2–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 0 13–7–1 27 [32] 22 March 6 Anaheim 5–4 Colorado OT Miska 0 13–7–2 28 [33] 23 March 8 Arizona 3–2 Colorado Grubauer 0 13–8–2 28 [34] 24 March 10 Arizona 1–2 Colorado OT Grubauer 0 14–8–2 30 [35] 25 March 12 Los Angeles 0–2 Colorado Grubauer 0 15–8–2 32 [36] 26 March 14 Los Angeles 1–4 Colorado Grubauer 0 16–8–2 34 [37] 27[upper-alpha 1] March 16 Anaheim 4–8 Colorado Grubauer 0 17–8–2 36 [38] 28 March 18 Minnesota 1–5 Colorado Grubauer 0 18–8–2 38 [39] 29 March 20 Minnesota 0–6 Colorado Grubauer 0 19–8–2 40 [40] 30 March 22 Colorado 5–1 Arizona Grubauer 2,593 20–8–2 42 [41] 31 March 23 Colorado 4–5 Arizona SO Johansson 2,539 20–8–3 43 [42] 32 March 25 Vegas 1–5 Colorado Grubauer 0 21–8–3 45 [43] 33 March 27 Vegas 3–2 Colorado OT Grubauer 0 21–8–4 46 [44] 34 March 29 Anaheim 2–5 Colorado Grubauer 0 22–8–4 48 [45] 35 March 31 Arizona 3–9 Colorado Grubauer 0 23–8–4 50 [46]
April: 9–4–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 5–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36[upper-alpha 2] April 2 St. Louis 2–3 Colorado Johansson 4,039 24–8–4 52 [47] 37 April 3 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado Grubauer 4,035 25–8–4 54 [48] 38 April 5 Colorado 5–4 Minnesota Grubauer 3,000 26–8–4 56 [49] 39 April 7 Colorado 3–8 Minnesota Grubauer 3,000 26–9–4 56 [50] 40 April 9 Colorado 2–0 Anaheim Johansson 0 27–9–4 58 [51] 41 April 11 Colorado 4–1 Anaheim Johansson 0 28–9–4 60 [52] 42 April 12 Arizona 2–4 Colorado Grubauer 4,042 29–9–4 62 [53] 43 April 14 Colorado 4–3 St. Louis Dubnyk —[lower-alpha 1] 30–9–4 64 [54] — April 16 Los Angeles – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19.[55] Rescheduled for May 12.[56] — April 18 Los Angeles – Colorado Postponed due to COVID-19.[55] Rescheduled for May 13.[56] — April 20 Colorado – St. Louis Postponed due to COVID-19.[55] Rescheduled for April 26.[56] 44 April 22 Colorado 4–2 St. Louis Dubnyk —[lower-alpha 1] 31–9–4 66 [57] 45 April 24 Colorado 3–5 St. Louis Dubnyk —[lower-alpha 1] 31–10–4 66 [58] 46 April 26 Colorado 1–4 St. Louis Johansson —[lower-alpha 1] 31–11–4 66 [59] 47 April 28 Colorado 2–5 Vegas Dubnyk 3,950 31–12–4 66 [60] 48 April 30 San Jose 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 4,045 32–12–4 68 [61]
May: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 May 1 San Jose 3–4 Colorado Dubnyk 4,037 33–12–4 70 [62] 50 May 3 Colorado 5–4 San Jose OT Grubauer 1,071 34–12–4 72 [63] 51 May 5 Colorado 2–3 San Jose Grubauer 1,041 34–13–4 72 [64] 52 May 7 Colorado 3–2 Los Angeles Grubauer 2,115 35–13–4 74 [65] 53 May 8 Colorado 3–2 Los Angeles Johansson 2,482 36–13–4 76 [66] 54[upper-alpha 3] May 10 Colorado 2–1 Vegas Grubauer 7,567 37–13–4 78 [67] 55 May 12 Los Angeles 0–6 Colorado Grubauer 4,042 38–13–4 80 [68] 56 May 13 Los Angeles 1–5 Colorado Johansson 4,045 39–13–4 82 [69]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)   Postponement

Playoffs

Main article: 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs

2021 Stanley Cup playoffs
West Division First Round vs. (W4) St. Louis Blues: Colorado won 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 17 St. Louis 1–4 Colorado Grubauer 7,741 1–0 [70] 2 May 19 St. Louis 3–6 Colorado Grubauer 7,739 2–0 [71] 3 May 21 Colorado 5–1 St. Louis Grubauer 9,000 3–0 [72] 4 May 23 Colorado 5–2 St. Louis Grubauer 9,000 4–0 [73] West Division Second Round vs. (W2) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 30 Vegas 1–7 Colorado Grubauer 10,489 1–0 [74] 2 June 2 Vegas 2–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 10,491 2–0 [75] 3 June 4 Colorado 2–3 Vegas Grubauer 17,504 2–1 [76] 4 June 6 Colorado 1–5 Vegas Grubauer 18,081 2–2 [77] 5 June 8 Vegas 3–2 Colorado OT Grubauer 10,495 2–3 [78] 6 June 10 Colorado 3–6 Vegas Grubauer 18,149 2–4 [79]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats^[80]

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Mikko Rantanen 52 30 36 66 +30 34 Nathan MacKinnon 48 20 45 65 +22 37 Gabriel Landeskog 54 20 32 52 +14 34 Andre Burakovsky 53 19 25 44 +4 10 Cale Makar 44 8 36 44 +17 12 Nazem Kadri 56 11 21 32 −7 34 Sam Girard 48 5 27 32 +15 16 Joonas Donskoi 51 17 14 31 +14 10 Devon Toews 53 9 22 31 +29 16 Brandon Saad 44 15 9 24 +1 12 Valeri Nichushkin 55 10 11 21 +9 4 J. T. Compher 48 10 8 18 +10 19 Tyson Jost 54 7 10 17 +14 24 Ryan Graves 54 2 13 15 +15 55 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 53 9 2 11 +6 21 Jacob MacDonald 33 1 8 9 +14 8 Conor Timmins 31 0 7 7 +6 8 Logan O'Connor 22 3 2 5 +6 6 Matt Calvert 18 0 3 3 −2 6 Dan Renouf 18 0 3 3 −1 16 Kiefer Sherwood 15 0 3 3 +2 0 Liam O'Brien 12 0 3 3 +1 40 Alex Newhook 6 0 3 3 +5 2 Patrik Nemeth† 13 1 1 2 +6 6 Bowen Byram 19 0 2 2 +1 23 Carl Soderberg† 11 0 2 2 0 4 Jayson Megna 7 0 2 2 +2 0 Kyle Burroughs 5 0 1 1 +1 5 Erik Johnson 4 0 1 1 +2 2 Greg Pateryn†‡ 8 0 0 0 −2 4 Martin Kaut 5 0 0 0 −1 4 Dennis Gilbert 3 0 0 0 0 5 Sheldon Dries 3 0 0 0 +1 4 Keaton Middleton 3 0 0 0 −1 4 Ian Cole‡ 2 0 0 0 0 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nathan MacKinnon 10 8 7 15 +6 2 Mikko Rantanen 10 5 8 13 +5 4 Gabriel Landeskog 10 4 9 13 +1 9 Cale Makar 10 2 8 10 0 2 Brandon Saad 10 7 1 8 +3 12 Ryan Graves 10 1 5 6 +5 10 Devon Toews 10 1 5 6 +10 2 Joonas Donskoi 10 3 2 5 −1 0 Sam Girard 10 0 5 5 −5 2 Tyson Jost 10 2 2 4 −3 4 Andre Burakovsky 10 1 3 4 −1 4 Valeri Nichushkin 10 1 2 3 −3 10 Pierre-Edouard Bellemare 10 0 3 3 +1 0 J. T. Compher 10 1 1 2 +2 4 Alex Newhook 8 1 1 2 0 2 Carl Soderberg 4 1 1 2 −1 2 Patrik Nemeth 10 0 1 1 +1 6 Nazem Kadri 2 0 1 1 −1 10 Kiefer Sherwood 2 0 1 1 0 0 Conor Timmins 10 0 0 0 −2 0 Sampo Ranta 2 0 0 0 −1 0 Logan O'Connor 2 0 0 0 −3 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Philipp Grubauer	40	39	2366:07	30	9	1	77	1.95	993	.922	7	0	0	0
Jonas Johansson†	8	7	436:57	5	1	1	15	2.06	173	.913	1	0	0	0
Devan Dubnyk†	5	5	294:38	3	2	0	16	3.26	140	.886	0	0	0	0
Hunter Miska	5	5	259:48	1	1	2	18	4.16	111	.838	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Philipp Grubauer	10	10	597:54	6	4	26	2.61	301	.914	0	0	1	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Zadorov Anton Lindholm	To Colorado Avalanche Brandon Saad Dennis Gilbert	[81]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	To New York Islanders A. J. Greer	To Colorado Avalanche Kyle Burroughs	[82]
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	To New York Islanders 2nd-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2022	To Colorado Avalanche Devon Toews	[83]
January 19, 2021 (2021-01-19)	To Minnesota Wild Ian Cole	To Colorado Avalanche Greg Pateryn	[84]
March 20, 2021 (2021-03-20)	To Buffalo Sabres 6th-round pick in 2021	To Colorado Avalanche Jonas Johansson	[85]
April 9, 2021 (2021-04-09)	To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2022	To Colorado Avalanche Patrik Nemeth	[86]
April 10, 2021 (2021-04-10)	To San Jose Sharks Greg Pateryn 5th-round pick in 2021	To Colorado Avalanche Devan Dubnyk	[87]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)	Vladislav Kamenev	to SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL)	2-year	[88]
September 10, 2020 (2020-09-10)	Mark Barberio	to Lausanne HC (NL)	3-year	[89]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Miikka Salomaki	from Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	[90]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Kiefer Sherwood	from Anaheim Ducks	1-year	[90]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Mike Vecchione	from St. Louis Blues	1-year	[90]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	Mark Alt	to Los Angeles Kings	1-year	[91]
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	Vladislav Namestnikov	to Detroit Red Wings	2-year	[92]
October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)	Matt Nieto	to San Jose Sharks	1-year	[93]
October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22)	Antoine Bibeau	to Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	[94]
October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30)	Michael Hutchinson	to Toronto Maple Leafs	2-year	[95]
January 14, 2021 (2021-01-14)	Kevin Connauton	to Florida Panthers	1-year	[96]

Retirement

Date	Player	Ref
January 4, 2021 (2021-01-04)	Colin Wilson	[97]

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)	Logan O'Connor	2-year	[98]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Sheldon Dries	1-year	[90]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	Andre Burakovsky	2-year	[99]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	Valeri Nichushkin	2-year	[100]
October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)	Jayson Megna	1-year	[101]
October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)	Ryan Graves	3-year	[102]
October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)	Tyson Jost	1-year	[103]
October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)	Hunter Miska	2-year	[104]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	Devon Toews	4-year	[105]
October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30)	Kyle Burroughs	1-year	[106]
March 31, 2021 (2021-03-31)	Alex Newhook	3-year	[107]

Draft picks

See also: List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanches' selection at the 2020 NHL Draft that was held on October 6–7 at NHL Network Studios.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (league)
1	25	Justin Barron	D	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
3	75	Jean-Luc Foudy	C	Canada	Windsor Spitfires (OHL)
4	118	Colby Ambrosio	C	Canada	Tri-City Storm (USHL)
5	139	Ryder Rolston	RW	United States	Waterloo Blackhawks (USHL)
6	167	Nils Aman	C	Sweden	New Hampshire Wildcats (H-East)

Notes

1. Spectators were in attendance, but the exact number was not reported.

1. The following games have been rescheduled:^[20]
   

   • Colorado at Arizona originally scheduled for February 25, is now scheduled for February 26.
   • Anaheim at Colorado originally scheduled for March 31, is now scheduled for March 16.
2. The following game has been rescheduled:^[22]
   

   • St. Louis at Colorado originally scheduled for April 20, is now scheduled for April 2.
3. The following game has been rescheduled:^[56]
   

   • Colorado at Vegas originally scheduled for April 26, is now scheduled for May 10.

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