The Trend Line · 2026-27 · awaiting opening night

Colorado Avalanche

State of the teamColorado opened the season 19-1-6 and finished with the NHL's best record at 121 points. Nathan MacKinnon won the Rocket Richard with a 53-goal, 127-point campaign, and the Avalanche rode him to the Western Conference Final. There the heavy favorites were stunned, swept in four straight by the Vegas Golden Knights. It was a jarring end for a team that looked like the class of the league for most of the season under coach Jared Bednar. The retooling started immediately: Valeri Nichushkin was traded to Columbus for three picks, clearing more than $6 million with a Cale Makar extension ahead. GM Chris MacFarland left for Nashville, and Jaden Schwartz signed for three years while Brett Kulak was extended for five. The new season starts tracking here at puck drop.
119
2021-22
109
2022-23
107
2023-24
102
2024-25
121
2025-26
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2026-27
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Team Points Pace

Cumulative standings points through each game of the season, one colour per year. The red line is this season. Toggle to season-total bars for the year-over-year story.

one colour per season · hover for game detail
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Goals For & Against

Offence and defence, by season or game by game. Lower is better on goals against.

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Player Production

Each column is a core player; each dot is one season. Red is this season. Toggle the metric; hover any dot for the full line.

red = current season · one colour per past year
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Ice Time Tracker

Who's getting more ice time? Average minutes per game, season by season — the clearest read on who's gaining, and losing, the coach's trust. Flip to power-play time to see who's on the top unit. Add any skater on the roster; click a name in the legend to hide his line.

Minutes per game, from official NHL ice-time data.
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Goaltending

Every goalie season, dot size scaled by games played.

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Team Engine

Under-the-hood numbers, season by season: faceoffs, possession (SAT% is what the analytics crowd calls Corsi; Fenwick is the same idea minus blocked shots — above 50% means this team controls play), special teams, and shot rates.

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Zone Time

Offensive-zone time is the why behind shot-attempt share (SAT%) above — a team that lives in the offensive zone out-attempts opponents. The line tracks how that's moved season by season; the bar is this year's split. Based on NHL player-tracking data.

No player-tracking zone data published for this team.
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