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Colorado Avalanche Western Conference Central Division
Matchup Preview • Col vs. Pit
Season Overview
Colorado Avalanche Pittsburgh Penguins
46-21 (6) Season Record (NHL Rk) 32-30 (22)
2 Division Rank 7
3 Conference Rank 12
28-7 Home Record 20-13
18-14 Away Record 12-17
13-6 Division Record 10-7
30-9-3 Conference Record 18-16-7
272 Goals For 212
217 Goals Against 216
Winless 2 Streak Won 2
Team Info
Height Average 6-1
Weight Average 194.8
Age Average 28.7
Oldest Zach Parise (39)
Youngest Jean-Luc Foudy (21)
Rookies 2
30 years old + 7
How The Team Was Built
Drafted 6
Free agency 7
Waivers 0
Trades 13
EXPERIENCE
GP Forwards 8248 games
GP Defensemen 3453 games
GP Goalies 334 games
Team Totals 12035 games
Team Info
Height Average 6-1
Weight Average 196.3
Age Average 28.9
Oldest Jeff Carter (39)
Youngest Sam Poulin (23)
Rookies 5
30 years old + 11
How The Team Was Built
Drafted 7
Free agency 8
Waivers 2
Trades 9
EXPERIENCE
GP Forwards 9032 games
GP Defensemen 3048 games
GP Goalies 387 games
Team Totals 12614 games
Injuries
Francouz, Pavel Groin injury injured reserve
Kiviranta, Joel Illness day-to-day
Landeskog, Gabriel Knee surgery injured reserve
Nichushkin, Valeri Lower body injury day-to-day
O'Connor, Logan Hip surgery injured reserve
Injuries
Acciari, Noel Lower body injury injured reserve
Harkins, Jansen Hand surgery injured reserve
Nieto, Matt Knee surgery injured reserve
Team Leaders
Goals Nathan MacKinnon - 45
Assists Nathan MacKinnon - 78
Points Nathan MacKinnon - 123
Wins Alexandar Georgiev - 37
Plus/minus Nathan MacKinnon - 32
Pen. minutes Josh Manson - 79
Team Leaders
Goals Sidney Crosby - 35
Assists Sidney Crosby - 43
Points Sidney Crosby - 78
Wins Tristan Jarry - 19
Plus/minus Marcus Pettersson - 15
Pen. minutes Kris Letang - 60
Who's Hot?
Jonathan Drouin (LW) 7pts in last 5 GP
Brandon Duhaime (LW) 2pts in last 3 GP
Devon Toews (D) 4pts in last 3 GP
Who's Not?
Alexandar Georgiev (G) 1-0-1, 2.86, .898 in last 2 GPI
Samuel Girard (D) 0pts in last 3 GP
Artturi Lehkonen (LW) 0pts in last 3 GP
Cale Makar (D) 1pts in last 3 GP
Zach Parise (LW) 0pts in last 3 GP
Mikko Rantanen (C) 1pts in last 3 GP
Who's Hot?
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (D) 3pts in last 4 GP
Alex Nedeljkovic (G) 2-0-0, 1.51, .948 in last 2 GPI
Drew O'Connor (C) 2pts in last 5 GP
Who's Not?
Tristan Jarry (G) 0-1-0, 5.48, .800 in last 2 GPI
Erik Karlsson (D) 0pts in last 5 GP
Rickard Rakell (RW) 0pts in last 3 GP
Reilly Smith (RW) 1pts in last 5 GP