2024–25 Colorado Avalanche season

2024–25 Colorado Avalanche
2024–25 Colorado Avalanche
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2024–25 record	0–2–0
Home record	0–1–0
Road record	0–1–0
Goals for	8
Goals against	14
Team information
General manager	Chris MacFarland
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Nathan MacKinnon; Mikko Rantanen
Arena	Ball Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Colorado Eagles (AHL); Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Mikko Rantanen (3)
Assists	Cale Makar (4)
Points	3 players tied (4)
Penalty minutes	Nathan MacKinnon (10)
Plus/minus	Mikko Rantanen (0)
Goals against average	Justus Annunen (4.69)
	← 2023–24 →

The 2024–25 Colorado Avalanche season is the 46th season for the Avalanche as the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that joined the league in 1979, and their 29th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.^[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division
Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dallas Stars	3	3	0	0	3	9	3	+6	6
2	Winnipeg Jets	3	3	0	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Utah Hockey Club	3	3	0	0	1	16	11	+5	6
4	St. Louis Blues	3	2	1	0	1	11	10	+1	4
5	Minnesota Wild	3	1	0	2	1	8	9	−1	4
6	Chicago Blackhawks	3	1	1	1	1	8	9	−1	3
7	Nashville Predators	2	0	2	0	0	3	7	−4	0
8	Colorado Avalanche	2	0	2	0	0	8	14	−6	0

Updated to game(s) played on October 13, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	St. Louis Blues	3	2	1	0	1	11	10	+1	4
2	CE	Minnesota Wild	3	1	0	2	1	8	9	−1	4

3	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	3	1	1	1	1	8	9	−1	3
4	PA	Anaheim Ducks	2	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	2
5	PA	Vancouver Canucks	2	0	0	2	0	7	9	−2	2
6	PA	Seattle Kraken	3	1	2	0	0	7	9	−2	2
7	PA	San Jose Sharks	2	0	1	1	0	4	7	−3	1
8	CE	Nashville Predators	2	0	2	0	0	3	7	−4	0
9	CE	Colorado Avalanche	2	0	2	0	0	8	14	−6	0
10	PA	Edmonton Oilers	3	0	3	0	0	3	15	−12	0

Updated to game(s) played on October 13, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) 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; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Avalanche preseason schedule was released on June 20, 2024.^[4]

2024 preseason game log: 1–5–0 (home: 0–3–0; road: 1–2–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 23	Dallas	3–2	Colorado	Miner	15,006	0–1–0	^[5]
2	September 27	Colorado	2–4	Dallas	Mandolese	15,914	0–2–0	^[6]
3	September 29	Utah	6–3	Colorado	Annunen	17,392	0–3–0	^[7]
4	October 1	Vegas	6–1	Colorado	Georgiev	15,729	0–4–0	^[8]
5	October 3	Colorado	3–1	Vegas	Annunen	17,419	1–4–0	^[9]
6	October 5	Colorado	1–2	Utah	Georgiev	—	1–5–0	^[10]

Legend

Win Loss OT/SO Loss

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.

2024–25 game log

October: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 9	@ Vegas	4–8		Georgiev	18,388	0–1–0	0	^[11]
2	October 12	Columbus	4–6		Annunen	18,080	0–2–0	0	^[12]
3	October 14	NY Islanders	–
4	October 16	Boston	–
5	October 18	Anaheim	–
6	October 20	@ San Jose	–
7	October 22	@ Seattle	–
8	October 24	@ Utah	–
9	October 27	Ottawa	–
10	October 28	Chicago	–
11	October 30	Tampa Bay	–

November: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
12	November 2	@ Nashville	–
13	November 5	Seattle	–
14	November 7	@ Winnipeg	–
15	November 9	Carolina	–
16	November 11	Nashville	–
17	November 13	Los Angeles	–
18	November 15	Washington	–
19	November 18	@ Philadelphia	–
20	November 21	@ Washington	–
21	November 23	@ Florida	–
22	November 25	@ Tampa Bay	–
23	November 27	Vegas	–
24	November 29	@ Dallas	–
25	November 30	Edmonton	–

December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 3	@ Buffalo	–
27	December 5	@ Carolina	–
28	December 7	@ Detroit	–
29	December 8	@ New Jersey	–
30	December 10	@ Pittsburgh	–
31	December 12	Utah	–
32	December 14	Nashville	–
33	December 16	@ Vancouver	–
34	December 19	@ San Jose	–
35	December 20	@ Anaheim	–
36	December 22	Seattle	–
37	December 27	@ Utah	–
38	December 31	Winnipeg	–

January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
39	January 2	Buffalo	–
40	January 4	Montreal	–
41	January 6	Florida	–
42	January 8	@ Chicago	–
43	January 9	@ Minnesota	–
44	January 11	@ Winnipeg	–
45	January 14	NY Rangers	–
46	January 16	Edmonton	–
47	January 18	Dallas	–
48	January 20	Minnesota	–
49	January 22	Winnipeg	–
50	January 25	@ Boston	–
51	January 26	@ NY Rangers	–
52	January 28	@ NY Islanders	–
53	January 31	St. Louis	–

February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
54	February 2	Philadelphia	–
55	February 4	@ Vancouver	–
56	February 6	@ Calgary	–
57	February 7	@ Edmonton	–
58	February 22	@ Nashville	–
59	February 23	@ St. Louis	–
60	February 26	New Jersey	–
61	February 28	Minnesota	–

March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
62	March 4	Pittsburgh	–
63	March 6	San Jose	–
64	March 8	Toronto	–
65	March 10	Chicago	–
66	March 11	@ Minnesota	–
67	March 14	@ Calgary	–
68	March 16	Dallas	–
69	March 19	@ Toronto	–
70	March 20	@ Ottawa	–
71	March 22	@ Montreal	–
72	March 25	Detroit	–
73	March 27	Los Angeles	–
74	March 29	St. Louis	–
75	March 31	Calgary	–

April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
76	April 2	@ Chicago	–
77	April 3	@ Columbus	–
78	April 5	@ St. Louis	–
79	April 8	Vegas	–
80	April 10	Vancouver	–
81	April 12	@ Los Angeles	–
82	April 13	@ Anaheim	–

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) OT/SO loss (1 point)

Player stats

June 11, 2024^[13]

Skaters

Roster

Updated October 12, 2024^[14]^[15]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
60	Justus Annunen	G	L	24	2018	Kempele, Finland
20	Ross Colton	C	L	28	2023	Robbinsville, New Jersey
44	Calvin de Haan	D	L	33	2024	Carp, Ontario
27	Jonathan Drouin	LW	L	29	2023	Ste-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
40	Alexandar Georgiev	G	L	28	2022	Ruse, Bulgaria
49	Sam Girard	D	L	26	2017	Roberval, Quebec
82	Ivan Ivan	C	L	22	2024	Ostrava, Czech Republic
34	Kaapo Kahkonen	G	L	28	2024	Helsinki, Finland
17	Parker Kelly	C	L	25	2024	Camrose, Alberta
94	Joel Kiviranta	C	L	28	2023	Vantaa, Finland
51	Nikolai Kovalenko	RW	L	24	2018	Raleigh, North Carolina
58	Oliver Kylington	D	L	27	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
92	Gabriel Landeskog (C)	LW	L	31	2011	Stockholm, Sweden
62	Artturi Lehkonen	LW	L	29	2022	Piikkiö, Finland
3	John Ludvig	D	L	24	2024	Liberec, Czech Republic
29	Nathan MacKinnon (A)	C	R	29	2013	Halifax, Nova Scotia
8	Cale Makar	D	R	25	2017	Calgary, Alberta
70	Sam Malinski	D	R	26	2023	Lakeville, Minnesota
42	Josh Manson	D	R	33	2022	Hinsdale, Illinois
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	L	25	2024	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
13	Valeri Nichushkin	RW	L	29	2019	Chelyabinsk, Russia
25	Logan O'Connor	RW	R	28	2018	Missouri City, Texas
5	Tucker Poolman	D	R	31	2024	Dubuque, Iowa
96	Mikko Rantanen (A)	RW	L	27	2015	Nousiainen, Finland
71	Calum Ritchie	C	R	19	2023	Brampton, Ontario
7	Devon Toews	D	L	30	2020	Abbotsford, British Columbia
14	Chris Wagner	RW	R	33	2023	Walpole, Massachusetts
28	Miles Wood	LW	L	29	2023	Buffalo, New York

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season
Player	Award	Awarded

Milestones

Regular season
Player	Milestone	Reached

Records

Regular season
Player	Record	Reached

Transactions

The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Key:

† Contract is entry-level.
‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref

Draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalamche's selections at the 2024 NHL entry draft, which was held on June 28 and 29, 2024, at the Sphere in Paradise, Nevada.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	38	Ilya Nabokov	G	Russia	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)
3	76	William Zellers	C	United States	Shattuck-Saint Mary's Sabres (USHS)
4	121	Jake Fisher	C	United States	Fargo Force (USHL)
5	132	Louka Cloutier	G	Canada	Chicago Steel (USHL)
5	137	Ivan Yunin	G	Russia	Omskie Yastreby (MHL)
5	161	Maxmilian Curran	C	Czech Republic	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	185	Tory Pitner	D	United States	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
7	215	Christian Humphreys	C	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
7	217	Tory Pitner	C	Russia	Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL)

Notes:

References

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