2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season. The Avalanche advanced to the playoffs for the third straight season, after last missing the playoffs in the 2016–17 season.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Two of the Avalanche's players tested positive for COVID-19. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. In the Playoffs, the Avalanche defeated the Arizona Coyotes in the first round, before losing to the Dallas Stars in seven games in the second round.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Western Conference===
;Tiebreaking procedures
# Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
# Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
# Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
# Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
# 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.
# Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
# Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).
==Schedule and results==
===Preseason===
The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 17 	Vegas 	5–0 	Colorado 	 	Werner 	— 	0–1–0 	Recap
2 	September 19 	Dallas 	2–1 	Colorado 	 	Grubauer 	— 	0–2–0 	Recap
3 	September 21 	Colorado 	3–4 	Minnesota 	 	Francouz 	16,833 	0–3–0 	Recap
4 	September 22 	Minnesota 	2–3 	Colorado 	SO 	Grubauer 	— 	1–3–0 	Recap
5 	September 25 	Colorado 	4–1 	Vegas 	 	Francouz 	17,954 	2–3–0 	Recap
6 	September 28 	Colorado 	3–4 	Dallas 	SO 	Grubauer 	13,112 	2–3–1 	Recap
===Regular season===
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap
1 	October 3 	Calgary 	3–5 	Colorado 	 	Grubauer 	18,016 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	October 5 	Minnesota 	2–4 	Colorado 	 	Grubauer 	17,090 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	October 10 	Boston 	2–4 	Colorado 	 	Grubauer 	18,045 	3–0–0 	6 	Recap
4 	October 12 	Arizona 	2–3 	Colorado 	OT 	Francouz 	18,053 	4–0–0 	8 	Recap
5 	October 14 	Colorado 	6–3 	Washington 	 	Grubauer 	18,573 	5–0–0 	10 	Recap
6 	October 16 	Colorado 	2–3 	Pittsburgh 	OT 	Grubauer 	18,458 	5–0–1 	11 	Recap
7 	October 18 	Colorado 	5–4 	Florida 	OT 	Grubauer 	13,382 	6–0–1 	13 	Recap
8 	October 19 	Colorado 	6–2 	Tampa Bay 	 	Francouz 	19,092 	7–0–1 	15 	Recap
9 	October 21 	Colorado 	1–3 	St. Louis 	 	Grubauer 	18,096 	7–1–1 	15 	Recap
10 	October 25 	Colorado 	6–1 	Vegas 	 	Grubauer 	18,420 	8–1–1 	17 	Recap
11 	October 26 	Anaheim 	5–2 	Colorado 	 	Francouz 	18,039 	8–2–1 	17 	Recap
12 	October 30 	Florida 	4–3 	Colorado 	OT 	Grubauer 	16,022 	8–2–2 	18 	Recap
=== Playoffs ===
The Avalanche played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Colorado finished with a 2–0–1 record to clinch the second seed for the playoffs.
The Avalanche faced the Arizona Coyotes in the first round and defeated them in five games.
The Avalanche faced the Dallas Stars in the second round, but lost in seven games.
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# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Record 	Points 	Recap
1 	August 2 	St. Louis 	1–2 	Colorado 	 	Grubauer 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap
2 	August 5 	Colorado 	4–0 	Dallas 	 	Francouz 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap
3 	August 8 	Vegas 	4–3 	Colorado 	OT 	Grubauer 	2–0–1 	5 	Recap
==Player statistics==
Final stats</ref>
;Skaters
Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	69	35	58	93	+13	12
 	57	12	38	50	+12	12
 	58	20	25	45	+11	22
 	54	21	23	44	−2 	47
 	42	19	22	41	−2 	14
 	51	19	17	36	+7 	97
 	70	4 	30	34	+1 	17
 	65	16	17	33	+2 	26
 	67	11	20	31	+9 	18
 	65	13	14	27	+26	14
 	69	9 	17	26	+40	45
 	65	4 	22	26	+21	36
 	50	12	13	25	+13	39
 	67	8 	15	23	+11	22
 	69	9 	13	22	+2 	17
 	70	8 	13	21	+7 	6
 	59	3 	13	16	+9 	20
 	64	4 	9 	13	+6 	65
 	38	1 	7 	8 	−2 	8
† 	9 	4 	2 	6 	+2 	8
 	9 	0 	4 	4 	+6 	0
 	8 	2 	1 	3 	−1 	0
 	16	2 	0 	2 	0 	2
 	21	0 	2 	2 	+3 	16
‡ 	8 	0 	2 	2 	+2 	4
 	16	0 	1 	1 	−1 	2
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	+1 	0
 	8 	0 	0 	0 	−1 	2
 	5 	0 	0 	0 	−2 	0
 	4 	0 	0 	0 	–2 	0
 	2 	0 	0 	0 	+2 	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	15	9	16	25	+13	12
 	15	7	14	21	+11	6
 	15	9	9 	18	+3 	10
 	15	7	10	17	+7 	4
 	15	4	11	15	+12	0
 	14	2	11	13	+7 	12
 	15	1	9 	10	+4 	6
 	15	3	5 	8 	+7 	4
 	9 	3	3 	6 	+1 	2
 	12	4	1 	5 	+1 	4
 	15	3	2 	5 	+5 	18
 	15	2	1 	3 	0 	2
 	15	2	1 	3 	0 	6
 	15	1	2 	3 	+9 	6
 	14	1	2 	3 	+1 	4
 	8 	1	2 	3 	+1 	4
 	15	0	2 	2 	+2 	10
 	9 	0	2 	2 	+3 	0
 	12	1	0 	1 	–1 	8
 	5 	0	1 	1 	0 	0
 	4 	0	1 	1 	–2 	6
 	2 	0	0 	0 	+1 	4
 	1 	0	0 	0 	0 	0
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Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
† 	1 	1 	60:00 	1 	0 	0	1 	1.00	18 	.944	0	0	0	0
 	34	31	1,914:26	21	7 	4	77	2.41	996 	.923	1	0	0	2
 	36	36	2,057:06	18	12	4	90	2.63	1067	.916	2	0	0	0
 	2 	1 	91:45 	1 	0 	0	5 	3.27	42 	.881	0	0	0	0
 	2 	1 	87:50 	1 	1 	0	5 	3.42	58 	.914	0	0	0	0
Playoffs
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	7	7	385:20	5	0	1	12	1.87	153	.922	1	0	0	0
 	4	3	196:11	2	1	0	9 	2.75	100	.910	0	0	0	0
 	6	5	315:45	2	4	0	17	3.23	157	.892	1	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 2019–20 season.
===Trades===
Date	Details 	Details 	Ref
 	To Arizona CoyotesCarl Soderberg 	To Colorado AvalancheKevin ConnautonARI's 3rd-round pick in 2020 	
 	To Washington CapitalsScott Kosmachuk2nd-round pick in 20203rd-round pick in 2020	To Colorado AvalancheAndre Burakovsky 	
 	To Florida PanthersDominic Toninato 	To Colorado AvalancheJacob MacDonald 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsTyson BarrieAlexander Kerfoot6th-round pick in 2020 	To Colorado AvalancheNazem KadriCalle RosenTOR's 3rd-round pick in 2020	
 	To San Jose SharksNicolas Meloche 	To Colorado AvalancheAntoine Bibeau 	
 	To Ottawa Senators4th-round pick in 2021 	To Colorado AvalancheVladislav Namestnikov 	
 	To Toronto Maple LeafsCalle Rosen 	To Colorado AvalancheMichael Hutchinson 	
===Free agents===
Date	Player 	Team 	Contract term	Ref
 	Andrew Agozzino 	to Pittsburgh Penguins 	2-year 	
 	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	from Vegas Golden Knights 	2-year 	
 	Joonas Donskoi 	from San Jose Sharks 	4-year 	
 	Spencer Martin 	to Tampa Bay Lightning 	1-year 	
 	Patrik Nemeth 	to Detroit Red Wings 	2-year 	
 	Semyon Varlamov 	to New York Islanders 	4-year 	
 	David Warsofsky 	to Pittsburgh Penguins 	2-year 	
 	Jayson Megna 	from Washington Capitals 	1-year 	
 	Dan Renouf 	from Carolina Hurricanes 	2-year 	
 	T. J. Tynan 	from Vegas Golden Knights 	1-year 	
 	Sven Andrighetto 	to Avangard Omsk (KHL) 	1-year 	
 	Sergei Boikov 	to Dynamo Moscow (KHL) 	2-year 	
 	Julien Nantel 	to Colorado Eagles (AHL) 	1-year 	
 	Max McCormick 	to Carolina Hurricanes 	1-year 	
 	Valeri Nichushkin 	from Dallas Stars 	1-year 	
 	Derick Brassard 	to New York Islanders 	1-year 	
 	Gabriel Bourque 	to Winnipeg Jets 	1-year 	
 	Mason Geertsen 	to Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	1-year 	
===Waivers===
Date	Player	Team 	Ref
 	 	from/to	
===Contract terminations===
Date	Player	Via	Ref
 	 	 	
===Retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
 	 	
===Signings===
Date	Player 	Contract term	Ref
 	Colin Wilson 	1-year 	
 	Nikita Zadorov 	1-year 	
 	Ryan Graves 	1-year 	
 	Andre Burakovsky 	1-year 	
 	J. T. Compher 	4-year 	
 	Bowen Byram 	3-year 	
 	Anton Lindholm 	2-year 	
 	Sheldon Dries 	1-year 	
 	Vladislav Kamenev	1-year 	
 	Samuel Girard 	7-year 	
 	A. J. Greer 	1-year 	
 	Mikko Rantanen 	6-year 	
 	Pavel Francouz 	2-year 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Colorado Avalanches' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Round	# 	Player 	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1 	4 	Bowen Byram 	D 	 	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
1 	16 	Alex Newhook 	C 	 	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
2 	47 	Drew Helleson 	D 	 	U.S. National Team Development Program
3 	63 	Matthew Stienburg	C 	 	St. Andrew's College
3 	78 	Alex Beaucage 	RW 	 	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
5 	140	Sasha Mutala 	RW 	 	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6 	171	Luka Burzan 	RW 	 	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7 	202	Trent Miner 	G 	 	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
==References==
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