# 2013–14 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2013–14 Colorado Avalanche season was the 35th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 19th season since the franchise relocated to Colorado to start the 1995–96 NHL season. Before the season, the Avalanche moved from the Northwest Division to the Central Division. The Avalanche managed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2009–10 season. They also claimed the top spot in the division for the first time since 2003.

## Off-season

On May 23, 2013, the Avalanche named former goaltender Patrick Roy as their new head coach and vice president of hockey operations. This was the first season without Milan Hejduk since the 1997-98 season as he retired on November 13.

## Regular season

On October 30, 2013, goaltender Semyon Varlamov turned himself into Denver police on charges of kidnapping and assault. The charges were later dismissed.
Four players were chosen to represent their country at the 2014 Winter Olympics: Matt Duchene (Canada), Gabriel Landeskog (Sweden), Paul Stastny (United States) and Semyon Varlamov (Russia).

## Standings

Central Division :
| Pos | Team v t e | GP | W | L | OTL | ROW | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | y – Colorado Avalanche | 82 | 52 | 22 | 8 | 47 | 250 | 220 | +30 | 112 |
| 2 | x – St. Louis Blues | 82 | 52 | 23 | 7 | 43 | 248 | 191 | +57 | 111 |
| 3 | x – Chicago Blackhawks | 82 | 46 | 21 | 15 | 40 | 267 | 220 | +47 | 107 |
| 4 | Minnesota Wild | 82 | 43 | 27 | 12 | 35 | 207 | 206 | +1 | 98 |
| 5 | Dallas Stars | 82 | 40 | 31 | 11 | 36 | 235 | 228 | +7 | 91 |
| 6 | Nashville Predators | 82 | 38 | 32 | 12 | 36 | 216 | 242 | −26 | 88 |
| 7 | Winnipeg Jets | 82 | 37 | 35 | 10 | 29 | 227 | 237 | −10 | 84 |

## Schedule and results
### Regular season

2013–14 Game Log :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Overtime/shootout loss (1 point) :

## Playoffs

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs :

## Player statistics

Final stats

### Skaters

Regular season :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Matt Duchene | 71 | 23 | 47 | 70 | 8 | 19 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 81 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 21 | 71 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 80 | 28 | 36 | 64 | −1 | 2 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 82 | 24 | 39 | 63 | 20 | 26 |
| Paul Stastny | 71 | 25 | 35 | 60 | 9 | 22 |
| Erik Johnson | 80 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 5 | 61 |
| Jamie McGinn | 79 | 19 | 19 | 38 | −3 | 30 |
| Tyson Barrie | 64 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 17 | 20 |
| P. A. Parenteau | 55 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 30 |
| John Mitchell | 75 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 13 | 36 |
| Andre Benoit | 79 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 2 | 26 |
| Nick Holden | 54 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 12 | 22 |
| Maxime Talbot$^†$ | 70 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 4 | 43 |
| Jan Hejda | 78 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 40 |
| Cody McLeod | 71 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 122 |
| Patrick Bordeleau | 82 | 6 | 5 | 11 | −1 | 115 |
| Alex Tanguay | 16 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| Cory Sarich | 54 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
| Nate Guenin | 68 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 46 |
| Marc-Andre Cliche | 76 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −11 | 17 |
| Steve Downie$^‡$ | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 36 |
| Ryan Wilson | 28 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
| Brad Malone | 32 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 23 |
| Stefan Elliott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Van Der Gulik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Hunwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Carey | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Karl Stollery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Playoffs :
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM |
| Paul Stastny | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | −1 | 4 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Jamie McGinn | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −2 | 8 |
| Nick Holden | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| P. A. Parenteau | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Matt Duchene | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Erik Johnson | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −6 | 2 |
| Tyson Barrie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Ryan Wilson | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 2 |
| Cody McLeod | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 22 |
| Andre Benoit | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Nate Guenin | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Joey Hishon | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Maxime Talbot | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 |
| Jan Hejda | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 6 |
| Patrick Bordeleau | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 10 |
| Marc-Andre Cliche | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 |
| Brad Malone | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 |
| Paul Carey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Regular season :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | OT | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Semyon Varlamov | 63 | 60 | 3640 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 146 | 2.41 | 2013 | .927 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Jean-Sebastien Giguere | 22 | 19 | 1212 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 2.62 | 608 | .913 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Reto Berra$^†$ | 2 | 2 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5.83 | 32 | .781 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sami Aittokallio | 1 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 18 | .833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goaltenders

Playoffs :
| Player | GP | GS | TOI | W | L | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO | G | A | PIM |
| Semyon Varlamov | 7 | 7 | 432 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 2.78 | 231 | .913 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
$^†$Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only. $^‡$Traded mid-season Bold/italics denotes franchise record

## Awards and honours
### Awards

Regular season :
| Player | Award | Date |
| Nathan MacKinnon | Calder Memorial Trophy | June 24, 2014 |
| Patrick Roy | Jack Adams Award | June 24, 2014 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | Lady Byng Memorial Trophy | June 24, 2014 |
| Semyon Varlamov | 2013-14 NHL Second All-Star Team | June 24, 2014 |

### Records
## Transactions

The following transactions took place during the 2013–14 NHL season.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 27, 2013 | To Calgary Flames David Jones Shane O'Brien | To Colorado Avalanche Alex Tanguay Cory Sarich |
| October 31, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Downie | To Colorado Avalanche Maxime Talbot |
| March 5, 2014 | To Calgary Flames 2nd-round pick in 2014 | To Colorado Avalanche Reto Berra |

### Lost via retirement

* Player
* Milan Hejduk

### Player signings

| Player | Date | Contract terms |
| David Van der Gulik | July 5, 2013 | 1 year, $600,000 |
| Colin Smith | July 5, 2013 | 3 years, $1.885 million entry-level contract |
| Nathan MacKinnon | July 9, 2013 | 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract |
| Brad Malone | July 17, 2013 | 1 year, $735,000 |
| Matt Duchene | July 18, 2013 | 5 years, $30 million contract extension |
| Gabriel Landeskog | August 15, 2013 | 7 years, $39 million contract extension |
| Chris Bigras | September 17, 2013 | 3 years, $2.715 million entry-level contract |
| Nate Guenin | January 7, 2014 | 2 years, $1.6 million contract extension |
| Semyon Varlamov | January 30, 2014 | 5 years, $29.5 million contract extension |
| Marc-Andre Cliche | February 27, 2014 | 2 years, $1.4 million contract extension |
| Reto Berra | March 14, 2014 | 3 years, $4.35 million contract extension |
| John Mitchell | March 14, 2014 | 3 years, $5.4 million contract extension |
| Troy Bourke | May 29, 2014 | 3 years, $1.895 million entry-level contract |
| Jamie McGinn | June 19, 2014 | 2 years, $5.9 million contract extension |

## Draft picks

Colorado Avalanche's picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013.
| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team (league) |
| 1 | 1 | Nathan MacKinnon | C | Canada | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
| 2 | 32 | Chris Bigras | D | Canada | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) |
| 3 | 63 | Spencer Martin | G | Canada | Mississauga Steelheads (OHL) |
| 4 | 93 | Mason Geertsen | D | Canada | Vancouver Giants (WHL) |
| 5 | 123 | Will Butcher | D | United States | U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL) |
| 6 | 153 | Ben Storm | D | United States | Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL) |
| 7 | 183 | Wilhelm Westlund | D | Sweden | Färjestad BK (SHL) |