The 2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season was the 25th operational season and 24th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season. As well as the franchise's 41st season in the National Hockey League and 48th season overall. The Avalanche will commemorate their 25th anniversary in the 2020-21 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.

The Avalanche advanced to the playoffs for the third straight season, after last missing the playoffs in the 2016–17 season. In the Playoffs, the Avalanche defeated the Arizona Coyotes in five games in the first round, before losing to the Dallas Stars in seven games in the second round. The season marked a turning point in the Avalanche's history, as it started a period of extreme strength for the franchise.

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 number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW). Greater number 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 number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019. 2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 17 Vegas 5–0 Colorado Werner — 0–1–0 2 September 19 Dallas 2–1 Colorado Grubauer — 0–2–0 3 September 21 Colorado 3–4 Minnesota Francouz 16,833 0–3–0 4 September 22 Minnesota 2–3 Colorado SO Grubauer — 1–3–0 5 September 25 Colorado 4–1 Vegas Francouz 17,954 2–3–0 6 September 28 Colorado 3–4 Dallas SO Grubauer 13,112 2–3–1

Regular season The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019. 2019–20 game logOctober: 8–2–2 (Home: 4–1–1; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Calgary 3–5 Colorado Grubauer 18,016 1–0–0 2 2 October 5 Minnesota 2–4 Colorado Grubauer 17,090 2–0–0 4 3 October 10 Boston 2–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,045 3–0–0 6 4 October 12 Arizona 2–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,053 4–0–0 8 5 October 14 Colorado 6–3 Washington Grubauer 18,573 5–0–0 10 6 October 16 Colorado 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Grubauer 18,458 5–0–1 11 7 October 18 Colorado 5–4 Florida OT Grubauer 13,382 6–0–1 13 8 October 19 Colorado 6–2 Tampa Bay Francouz 19,092 7–0–1 15 9 October 21 Colorado 1–3 St. Louis Grubauer 18,096 7–1–1 15 10 October 25 Colorado 6–1 Vegas Grubauer 18,420 8–1–1 17 11 October 26 Anaheim 5–2 Colorado Francouz 18,039 8–2–1 17 12 October 30 Florida 4–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 16,022 8–2–2 18 November: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Dallas 2–1 Colorado Grubauer 18,020 8–3–2 18 14 November 2 Colorado 0–3 Arizona Francouz 17,125 8–4–2 18 15 November 5 Colorado 1–4 Dallas Grubauer 18,108 8–5–2 18 16 November 7 Nashville 4–9 Colorado Francouz 17,492 9–5–2 20 17 November 9 Columbus 2–4 Colorado Francouz 18,070 10–5–2 22 18 November 12 Colorado 4–0 Winnipeg Werner 15,325 11–5–2 24 19 November 14 Colorado 2–6 Edmonton Werner 17,188 11–6–2 24 20 November 16 Colorado 5–4 Vancouver OT Bibeau 18,409 12–6–2 26 21 November 19 Colorado 3–2 Calgary Grubauer 18,698 13–6–2 28 22 November 21 Colorado 2–3 Minnesota Grubauer 17,574 13–7–2 28 23 November 23 Toronto 5–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,137 13–8–2 28 24 November 27 Edmonton 1–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,021 14–8–2 30 25 November 29 Colorado 5–2 Chicago Francouz 21,822 15–8–2 32 26 November 30 Chicago 3–7 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 16–8–2 34 December: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 4 Colorado 3–1 Toronto Grubauer 19,351 17–8–2 36 28 December 5 Colorado 3–2 Montreal Francouz 21,302 18–8–2 38 29 December 7 Colorado 4–1 Boston Francouz 17,850 19–8–2 40 30 December 9 Calgary 5–4 Colorado OT Francouz 17,588 19–8–3 41 31 December 11 Philadelphia 1–3 Colorado Francouz 17,905 20–8–3 43 32 December 13 New Jersey 1–3 Colorado Francouz 18,034 21–8–3 45 33 December 16 Colorado 2–5 St. Louis Grubauer 18,096 21–9–3 45 34 December 18 Colorado 4–1 Chicago Francouz 21,481 22–9–3 47 35 December 19 Carolina 3–1 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 22–10–3 47 36 December 21 Chicago 5–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,056 22–11–3 47 37 December 23 Colorado 7–3 Vegas Francouz 18,425 23–11–3 49 38 December 27 Minnesota 6–4 Colorado Francouz 18,146 23–12–3 49 39 December 28 Colorado 2–3 Dallas SO Grubauer 18,532 23–12–4 50 40 December 31 Winnipeg 7–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,147 23–13–4 50 January: 5–2–2 (Home: 4–0–2; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 St. Louis 3–7 Colorado Grubauer 18,135 24–13–4 52 42 January 4 Colorado 5–2 New Jersey Grubauer 16,514 25–13–4 54 43 January 6 Colorado 0–1 NY Islanders Francouz 13,241 25–14–4 54 44 January 7 Colorado 3–5 NY Rangers Grubauer 17,082 25–15–4 54 45 January 10 Pittsburgh 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,132 25–15–5 55 46 January 14 Dallas 3–2 Colorado OT Grubauer 18,015 25–15–6 56 47 January 16 San Jose 0–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,014 26–15–6 58 48 January 18 St. Louis 3–5 Colorado Grubauer 18,132 27–15–6 60 49 January 20 Detroit 3–6 Colorado Francouz 18,110 28–15–6 62 February: 11–3–1 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 8–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Colorado 3–6 Philadelphia Grubauer 19,745 28–16–6 62 51 February 4 Colorado 6–1 Buffalo Grubauer 16,859 29–16–6 64 52 February 6 Colorado 4–1 Ottawa Grubauer 11,465 30–16–6 66 53 February 8 Colorado 2–1 Columbus Grubauer 19,022 31–16–6 68 54 February 9 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Francouz 17,444 32–16–6 70 55 February 11 Ottawa 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 33–16–6 72 56 February 13 Washington 3–2 Colorado Grubauer 18,146 33–17–6 72 57 February 15 Los Angeles 3–1 Colorado Francouz 43,574(outdoors) 33–18–6 72 58 February 17 Tampa Bay 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,107 33–18–7 73 59 February 19 NY Islanders 1–3 Colorado Francouz 18,011 34–18–7 75 60 February 21 Colorado 1–0 Anaheim Francouz 16,742 35–18–7 77 61 February 22 Colorado 2–1 Los Angeles SO Francouz 18,230 36–18–7 79 62 February 26 Buffalo 2–3 Colorado Francouz 18,020 37–18–7 81 63 February 28 Colorado 3–2 Carolina Francouz 18,680 38–18–7 83 64 February 29 Colorado 3–2 Nashville Francouz 17,619 39–18–7 85 March: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Colorado 2–1 Detroit Hutchinson 17,708 40–18–7 87 66 March 4 Anaheim 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,033 40–18–8 88 67 March 6 Colorado 3–6 Vancouver Francouz 18,871 40–19–8 88 68 March 8 Colorado 4–3 San Jose Francouz 14,694 41–19–8 90 69 March 9 Colorado 1–3 Los Angeles Francouz 15,011 41–20–8 90 70 March 11 NY Rangers 2–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,025 42–20–8 92 Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 13 Vancouver Colorado 72 March 15 Vegas Colorado 73 March 17 San Jose Colorado 74 March 19 Colorado Nashville 75 March 21 Montreal Colorado 76 March 23 Colorado Minnesota 77 March 25 Colorado Edmonton 78 March 27 Colorado Winnipeg 79 March 29 Nashville Colorado 80 March 31 Arizona Colorado 81 April 2 Winnipeg Colorado 82 April 4 St. Louis ColoradoLegend:

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. 2020 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 2 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado Grubauer 1–0–0 2 2 August 5 Colorado 4–0 Dallas Francouz 2–0–0 4 3 August 8 Vegas 4–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 2–0–1 5 Western Conference First Round vs. (7) Arizona Coyotes: Colorado won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Arizona 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 1–0 2 August 14 Arizona 2–3 Colorado Grubauer 2–0 3 August 15 Colorado 2–4 Arizona Francouz 2–1 4 August 17 Colorado 7–1 Arizona Grubauer 3–1 5 August 19 Arizona 1–7 Colorado Grubauer 4–1 Western Conference Second Round vs. (3) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 22 Dallas 5–3 Colorado Francouz 0–1 2 August 24 Dallas 5–2 Colorado Francouz 0–2 3 August 26 Colorado 6–4 Dallas Francouz 1–2 4 August 30 Colorado 4–5 Dallas Francouz 1–3 5 August 31 Dallas 3–6 Colorado Hutchinson 2–3 6 September 2 Colorado 4–1 Dallas Hutchinson 3–3 7 September 4 Dallas 5–4 Colorado OT Hutchinson 3–4 Legend:

Player statistics Final stats 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

Goaltenders Regular season 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.

Transactions The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To Arizona CoyotesCarl SoderbergTo Colorado AvalancheKevin ConnautonARI's 3rd-round pick in 2020 To Washington CapitalsScott Kosmachuk2nd-round pick in 20203rd-round pick in 2020To Colorado AvalancheAndre Burakovsky To Florida PanthersDominic ToninatoTo Colorado AvalancheJacob MacDonald To Toronto Maple LeafsTyson BarrieAlexander Kerfoot6th-round pick in 2020To Colorado AvalancheNazem KadriCalle RosenTOR's 3rd-round pick in 2020 To San Jose SharksNicolas MelocheTo Colorado AvalancheAntoine Bibeau To Ottawa Senators4th-round pick in 2021To Colorado AvalancheVladislav Namestnikov To Toronto Maple LeafsCalle RosenTo Colorado AvalancheMichael Hutchinson

Free agents