Colorado Avalanche
2026-27: 2-0-0 · 4 pts · 9th in the NHL · 4th in the Central · L10 2-0-0 · W2
2025-26: 55-16-11 · 121 pts · 1st in the NHL · 1st in the Central
at Winnipeg · 7:30 PM ETFair win chance: COL 62.1%Expected in goal: Mackenzie Blackwood 78%Game preview →Colorado are 2-0-0 after 2 games of 2026-27, 4th in the Central. Last season they finished 1st in the league with 121 points.
4th in the Central after 2 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 9th in the league · 2-0-0 · 4 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 14 goals for and 5 against in 2 games. Last season: 121 points against 122.8. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Three home, three away next
Next six
See all: Next six →Winnipeg Jets82 pts · 26th8 Oct@
Calgary Flames77 pts · 29th10 Octvs
Toronto Maple Leafs78 pts · 28th13 Oct@
Dallas Stars112 pts · 3rd14 OctvsDallas Stars112 pts · 3rd16 Octvs
Pittsburgh Penguins98 pts · 10thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 49.7% of the time. 3 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
St. Louis6–136–26W30 Sepvs
Los Angeles8–429–31WScores Nathan MacKinnon leads with 5 points in 2 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$49K of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 1 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include.
Who dressed against St. Louis on 3 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
The same 20 players who dressed on 30 Sep.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 4th power play and a 1st penalty kill
Small sample after 2 games. Last season: power play 17.1%, penalty kill 84.6%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Colorado attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every Colorado attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (2 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 2 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
116 att · 65 on goal · 14 G
By shot type
Mackenzie Blackwood has started 2 of 2
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Four on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →Placed LD Keaton Middleton, LD Wyatt Aamodt, RW/LW Fabian Lysell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Adam Beckman and LW Tristen Nielsen on waivers.
Placed D Keaton Middleton, D Wyatt Aamodt, LW Fabian Lysell, C Vinnie Hinostroza, LW Adam Beckman and G Mads Sogaard Nielsen on waivers.
Reassigned Ds Domenick Fensore, Saige Weinstein and Christian Wolanin to Colorado (AHL).
Assigned Ds Saige Weinstein, Domenick Fensore and Christian Wolanin to Colorado (AHL).
Placed D Domenick Fensore and D Christian Wolanin on waivers.
Signed D Cale Makar to an eight-year contract.
Signed C Georgii Merkulov to a one-year contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 90% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Colorado Avalanche, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 124-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 99%; the market sits 9 points lower.
Season points: the market's ladder
4 points from 2 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
Kalshi
Polymarket
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Dallas is the most-played rivalry: 167 meetings
Colorado against every Central rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Minnesota Wild
Chicago Blackhawks
Nashville Predators
Utah Mammoth21 playoff trips and 2 Stanley Cups in 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 45 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct