2022–23 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2022–23 Colorado Avalanche season was the 44th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that joined the league in 1979, 27th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season, and 51st season overall, including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA), where the franchise was established in 1972. They entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions. On April 4, 2023, the Avalanche clinched a playoff spot after a overtime win against the San Jose Sharks.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1)	
# 	Date 	Away 	Score 	Home 	Decision 	Location 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap 	
1 	September 25 	Colorado 	2–3 	Minnesota 	Annunen 	Xcel Energy Center 	14,199 	0–0–1 	 	
2 	September 25 	Vegas 	1–3 	Colorado 	Johnansson 	Ball Arena 	14,137 	1–0–1 	 	
3 	September 27 	Minnesota 	5–2 	Colorado 	Francouz 	Ball Arena 	13,706 	1–1–1 	 	
4 	September 28 	Colorado 	1–7 	Vegas 	Georgiev 	T-Mobile Arena 	17,169 	1–2–1 	 	
5 	October 3 	Colorado 	3–1 	Dallas 	Francouz 	American Airlines Center 	12,678 	2–2–1 	 	
6 	October 5 	Dallas 	1–2 	Colorado 	Georgiev 	Ball Arena 	14,953 	3–2–1 	 	
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===Regular season===
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October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)	October: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 12 	Chicago 	2–5 	Colorado 	 	Georgiev 	18,143 	1–0–0 	2 	
2 	October 13 	Colorado 	3–5 	Calgary 	 	Francouz 	19,289 	1–1–0 	2 	
3 	October 17 	Colorado 	6–3 	Minnesota 	 	Georgiev 	17,437 	2–1–0 	4 	
4 	October 19 	Winnipeg 	4–3 	Colorado 	OT 	Georgiev 	18,062 	2–1–1 	5 	
5 	October 21 	Seattle 	3–2 	Colorado 	 	Francouz 	18,131 	2–2–1 	5 	
6 	October 22 	Colorado 	3–2 	Vegas 	 	Georgiev 	18,207 	3–2–1 	7 	
7 	October 25 	Colorado 	3–2 	NY Rangers 	SO 	Georgiev 	18,006 	4–2–1 	9 	
8 	October 28 	Colorado 	0–1 	New Jersey 	 	Francouz 	12,502 	4–3–1 	9 	
9 	October 29 	Colorado 	4–5 	NY Islanders 	 	Georgiev 	17,255 	4–4–1 	9 	
===Playoffs===
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Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3	Western Conference First Round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Series 	Recap
1 	April 18 	Seattle 	3–1 	Colorado 	 	Georgiev 	18,138 	0–1 	
2 	April 20 	Seattle 	2–3 	Colorado 	 	Georgiev 	18,141 	1–1 	
3 	April 22 	Colorado 	6–4 	Seattle 	 	Georgiev 	17,151 	2–1 	
4 	April 24 	Colorado 	2–3 	Seattle 	OT 	Georgiev 	17,151 	2–2 	
5 	April 26 	Seattle 	3–2 	Colorado 	 	Georgiev 	18,143 	2–3 	
6 	April 28 	Colorado 	4–1 	Seattle 	 	Georgiev 	17,151 	3–3 	
7 	April 30 	Seattle 	2–1 	Colorado 	 	Georgiev 	18,143 	3–4 	
==Player statistics==
Final stats
===Skaters===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	71	42	69	111	+29	30
 	82	55	50	105	+15	82
 	60	17	49	66 	+16	30
 	82	17	35	52 	+8 	33
 	64	21	30	51 	+8 	28
 	80	7 	43	50 	+39	26
 	53	17	30	47 	+15	2
 	69	16	23	39 	+7 	30
 	76	6 	31	37 	−10	16
 	82	14	16	30 	0 	22
 	82	9 	17	26 	+11	37
 	42	10	14	24 	+7 	38
 	79	10	9 	19 	+6 	44
† 	42	11	6 	17 	+5 	4
 	47	4 	6 	10 	+4 	12
 	27	2 	8 	10 	+13	42
† 	36	4 	5 	9 	+7 	8
 	63	0 	8 	8 	+8 	12
† 	24	3 	4 	7 	+4 	10
 	44	1 	5 	6 	−1 	55
 	39	4 	0 	4 	−6 	6
† 	25	2 	2 	4 	+10	12
‡ 	27	1 	2 	3 	−2 	4
‡ 	36	0 	3 	3 	+1 	26
‡ 	33	0 	2 	2 	−3 	11
‡ 	25	1 	0 	1 	−7 	13
‡ 	14	0 	0 	0 	−2 	4
‡ 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	0
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	−3 	6
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−8 	4
 	11	0 	0 	0 	−1 	4
 	9 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
‡ 	14	0 	0 	0 	−2 	2
 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	4
‡ 	3 	0 	0 	0 	+1 	0
===Goaltenders===
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	62	62	3700	40	16	6	156	2.53	1904	.918	5	0	1	0
 	16	16	965 	8 	7 	1	42 	2.61	493 	.915	1	0	1	0
† 	3 	2 	143 	2 	0 	0	5 	2.10	73 	.932	0	0	0	0
 	2 	2 	117 	1 	1 	0	7 	3.58	48 	.854	0	0	0	0
† 	1 	0 	28 	0 	0 	0	1 	2.15	9 	.889	0	0	0	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.
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2022–23 season.
Key:
 Contract is entry-level.
 Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To New York Rangers3rd-round pick in 20223rd-round pick in 20235th-round pick in 2022	To Colorado AvalancheAlexandar Georgiev 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsDryden Hunt 	To Colorado AvalancheDenis Malgin 	
 	To San Jose SharksMartin KautJacob MacDonald 	To Colorado AvalancheRyan MerkleyMatt Nieto	
 	To Boston BruinsShane Bowers 	To Colorado AvalancheKeith Kinkaid 	
 	To Chicago BlackhawksAndreas Englund 	To Colorado AvalancheJack Johnson 	
 	To Washington Capitals2nd-round pick in 2025 	To Colorado AvalancheLars Eller 	
 	To New York RangersAnton Blidh 	To Colorado AvalancheGustav Rydahl 	
===Players acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Andreas Englund 	Colorado Eagles (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Charles Hudon 	Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Josh Jacobs 	Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jonas Johansson 	Florida Panthers 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Spencer Smallman	Carolina Hurricanes 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Brad Hunt 	Vancouver Canucks 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Anton Blidh 	Boston Bruins 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Evan Rodrigues 	Pittsburgh Penguins 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jonas Johansson 	Arizona Coyotes 	 	Waivers 	
 	Dryden Hunt 	New York Rangers 	 	Waivers 	
 	Alex Galchenyuk 	Colorado Eagles (AHL) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Jason Polin 	Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) 	1-year	Free agency	
 	Sam Malinski 	Cornell Big Red (ECAC) 	2-year	Free agency	
 	Ondrej Pavel 	Minnesota State Mavericks (CCHA)	2-year	Free agency	
===Players lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Term 	Via 	Ref
 	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Andre Burakovsky 	Seattle Kraken 	5-year	Free agency 	
 	Dennis Gilbert 	Calgary Flames 	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Darcy Kuemper 	Washington Capitals	5-year	Free agency 	
 	Nico Sturm 	San Jose Sharks 	3-year	Free agency 	
 	Jordan Gross 	Nashville Predators	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Roland McKeown 	Nashville Predators	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Kiefer Sherwood 	Nashville Predators	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Dylan Sikura 	Chicago Blackhawks 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Stefan Matteau 	Linköping HC (SHL) 	2-year	Free agency 	
 	Jack Johnson 	Chicago Blackhawks 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Nazem Kadri 	Calgary Flames 	7-year	Free agency 	
 	Ryan Murray 	Edmonton Oilers 	1-year	Free agency 	
 	Jonas Johansson 	Arizona Coyotes 	 	Waivers 	
 	Lukas Sedlak 	Philadelphia Flyers	 	Waivers 	
 	Jayson Megna 	Anaheim Ducks 	 	Waivers 	
 	Danil Zhuravlyov 	 	 	Contract termination	
 	Danil Zhuravlyov 	Ak Bars Kazan (KHL)	1-year	Free agency 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Term 	Ref
 	Alexandar Georgiev	3-year	
 	Jacob MacDonald 	2-year	
 	Valeri Nichushkin 	8-year	
 	Darren Helm 	1-year	
 	Josh Manson 	4-year	
 	Artturi Lehkonen 	5-year	
 	Callahan Burke 	1-year	
 	Keaton Middleton 	1-year	
 	Mikhail Maltsev 	1-year	
 	Nathan MacKinnon 	8-year	
 	Keaton Middleton 	2-year	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Colorado Avalanche's selections at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 7 to 8, 2022, at Bell Centre in Montreal.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
6 	193	Chris Romaine	D 	 	Milton Academy (USHS-Prep)
7 	225	Ivan Zhigalov	G 	 	Sherbrooke Phoenix (QMJHL)
==References==
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