The 2025–26 Colorado Avalanche season was the 47th season for the Avalanche as the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that joined the league in 1979, and their 30th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec City to Denver before the start of the 1995–96 season. To commemorate the previous iteration of the franchise, the Avalanche wore Quebec Nordiques jerseys in eight games in 2025–26 as part of the franchise's 30th season.

After a 3–0 victory against the Nashville Predators on November 22, 2025, and a 1–0 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on November 23, the Avalanche recorded back-to-back shutouts on consecutive days for the first time in franchise history.

Following a win over the Vancouver Canucks on December 2, and having compiled an 19–1–6 record, the Avalanche joined the 1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers as the only two teams in NHL history with one regulation loss through 26 games.

After a 5–3 comeback win over the Carolina Hurricanes on January 3, 2026, the Avalanche became the first team in NHL history to have only two regulation losses in the first 40 games.

On March 20, the Avalanche became the first team to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs following a 4–1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, making it to the postseason for the ninth consecutive season. With the Toronto Maple Leafs missing the playoffs for the first time since 2015–16, the Avalanche alongside the Tampa Bay Lightning now hold the longest active playoff streak in the NHL.

In the playoffs, the Avalanche swept the Los Angeles Kings in the first round, and defeated the Minnesota Wild in five games in the second round. They entered the Western Conference final as heavy favorites against the Vegas Golden Knights, who only won 39 games in the regular season. However, the series quickly became a disaster for Colorado (including a blown three-goal lead in game 3) as Vegas upset the Avalanche in a sweep and advanced to the 2026 Stanley Cup Final.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason The Avalanche's preseason schedule was released on June 20, 2025.

| 1 || September 21 || Colorado || 5–1 || Utah || || Posch || Magness Arena || 6,315 || 1–0–0 ||

| 2 || September 21 || Utah || 2–3 || Colorado || || Keyser || Ball Arena || 12,869 || 2–0–0 ||

| 3 || September 27 || Dallas || 1–4 || Colorado || || Miner || Ball Arena || 15,389 || 3–0–0 ||

| 4 || September 30 || Vegas || 2–4 || Colorado || || Miner || Ball Arena || 13,150 || 4–0–0 ||

| 5 || October 1 || Colorado || 1–2 || Vegas || || Wedgewood || T-Mobile Arena || 17,409 || 4–1–0 ||

| 6 || October 4 || Colorado || 2–3 || Dallas || || Wedgewood || American Airlines Center || 16,376 || 4–2–0 ||

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– Split Squad

Regular season The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025. 2025–26 game logOctober: 7–1–4 (home: 3–0–2; road: 4–1–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 7 @ Los Angeles 4–1 Wedgewood 18,145 1–0–0 2 2 October 9 Utah 2–1 Wedgewood 18,087 2–0–0 4 3 October 11 Dallas 4–5 SO Wedgewood 18,129 2–0–1 5 4 October 13 @ Buffalo 3–1 Wedgewood 16,462 3–0–1 7 5 October 16 @ Columbus 4–1 Wedgewood 17,249 4–0–1 9 6 October 18 Boston 4–1 Wedgewood 18,131 5–0–1 11 7 October 21 @ Utah 3–4 OT Wedgewood 12,478 5–0–2 12 8 October 23 Carolina 4–5 SO Miner 18,092 5–0–3 13 9 October 25 @ Boston 2–3 Wedgewood 17,850 5–1–3 13 10 October 26 @ New Jersey 3–4 OT Miner 16,514 5–1–4 14 11 October 28 New Jersey 8–4 Wedgewood 18,095 6–1–4 16 12 October 31 @ Vegas 4–2 Wedgewood 17,889 7–1–4 18 November: 11–0–2 (home: 7–0–0; road: 4–0–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 @ San Jose 2–3 OT Blackwood 16,406 7–1–5 19 14 November 4 Tampa Bay 3–2 Wedgewood 18,071 8–1–5 21 15 November 8 @ Edmonton 9–1 Wedgewood 18,347 9–1–5 23 16 November 9 @ Vancouver 5–4 OT Blackwood 18,643 10–1–5 25 17 November 11 Anaheim 4–1 Wedgewood 18,098 11–1–5 27 18 November 13 Buffalo 6–3 Blackwood 18,101 12–1–5 29 19 November 16 NY Islanders 4–1 Wedgewood 18,109 13–1–5 31 20 November 20 NY Rangers 6–3 Wedgewood 18,080 14–1–5 33 21 November 22 @ Nashville 3–0 Blackwood 17,457 15–1–5 35 22 November 23 @ Chicago 1–0 Wedgewood 20,441 16–1–5 37 23 November 26 San Jose 6–0 Blackwood 18,117 17–1–5 39 24 November 28 @ Minnesota 2–3 SO Wedgewood 19,044 17–1–6 40 25 November 29 Montreal 7–2 Blackwood 18,112 18–1–6 42 December: 12–1–1 (home: 7–0–0; road: 5–1–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Vancouver 3–1 Blackwood 18,103 19–1–6 44 27 December 4 @ NY Islanders 3–6 Blackwood 14,497 19–2–6 44 28 December 6 @ NY Rangers 3–2 OT Blackwood 17,647 20–2–6 46 29 December 7 @ Philadelphia 3–2 Blackwood 18,606 21–2–6 48 30 December 9 @ Nashville 3–4 SO Wedgewood 17,159 21–2–7 49 31 December 11 Florida 6–2 Blackwood 18,112 22–2–7 51 32 December 13 Nashville 4–2 Wedgewood 18,130 23–2–7 53 33 December 16 @ Seattle 5–3 Blackwood 17,151 24–2–7 55 34 December 19 Winnipeg 3–2 Wedgewood 18,098 25–2–7 57 35 December 21 @ Minnesota 5–1 Blackwood 19,146 26–2–7 59 36 December 23 Utah 1–0 Wedgewood 18,127 27–2–7 61 37 December 27 @ Vegas 6–5 SO Wedgewood 18,168 28–2–7 63 38 December 29 Los Angeles 5–2 Blackwood 18,143 29–2–7 65 39 December 31 St. Louis 6–1 Blackwood 18,149 30–2–7 67 January: 6–6–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 3–4–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 3 @ Carolina 5–3 Wedgewood 18,351 31–2–7 69 41 January 4 @ Florida 1–2 Wedgewood 19,654 31–3–7 69 42 January 6 @ Tampa Bay 2–4 Wedgewood 19,092 31–4–7 69 43 January 8 Ottawa 8–2 Wedgewood 18,092 32–4–7 71 44 January 10 Columbus 4–0 Miner 18,127 33–4–7 73 45 January 12 Toronto 3–4 OT Miner 18,084 33–4–8 74 46 January 16 Nashville 3–7 Blackwood 18,143 33–5–8 74 47 January 19 Washington 5–2 Wedgewood 18,136 34–5–8 76 48 January 21 Anaheim 2–1 SO Wedgewood 18,109 34–5–9 77 49 January 23 Philadelphia 3–7 Blackwood 18,141 34–6–9 77 50 January 25 @ Toronto 4–1 Blackwood 18,348 35–6–9 79 51 January 28 @ Ottawa 2–5 Blackwood 17,007 35–7–9 79 52 January 29 @ Montreal 3–7 Wedgewood 20,962 35–8–9 79 53 January 31 @ Detroit 5–0 Blackwood 19,515 36–8–9 81 February: 3–2–0 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 2 Detroit 0–2 Blackwood 18,145 36–9–9 81 55 February 4 San Jose 4–2 Blackwood 18,136 37–9–9 83 56 February 25 @ Utah 4–2 Wedgewood 12,478 38–9–9 85 57 February 26 Minnesota 2–5 Blackwood 18,148 38–10–9 85 58 February 28 Chicago 3–1 Blackwood 18,152 39–10–9 87 March: 10–4–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 8–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 2 @ Los Angeles 4–2 Blackwood 15,492 40–10–9 89 60 March 3 @ Anaheim 5–1 Wedgewood 14,369 41–10–9 91 61 March 6 @ Dallas 5–4 SO Wedgewood 18,532 42–10–9 93 62 March 8 Minnesota 3–2 SO Wedgewood 18,148 43–10–9 95 63 March 10 Edmonton 3–4 Blackwood 18,122 43–11–9 95 64 March 12 @ Seattle 5–1 Wedgewood 17,151 44–11–9 97 65 March 14 @ Winnipeg 1–3 Blackwood 14,756 44–12–9 97 66 March 16 Pittsburgh 2–7 Wedgewood 18,121 44–13–9 97 67 March 18 Dallas 1–2 SO Wedgewood 18,146 44–13–10 98 68 March 20 @ Chicago 4–1 Blackwood 20,539 45–13–10 100 69 March 22 @ Washington 3–2 OT Blackwood 18,347 46–13–10 102 70 March 24 @ Pittsburgh 6–2 Wedgewood 18,307 47–13–10 104 71 March 26 @ Winnipeg 3–2 Blackwood 14,357 48–13–10 106 72 March 28 Winnipeg 2–4 Wedgewood 18,149 48–14–10 106 73 March 30 Calgary 9–2 Wedgewood 18,097 49–14–10 108 April: 6–2–1 (home: 2–2–1; road: 4–0–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Vancouver 6–8 Wedgewood 18,103 49–15–10 108 75 April 4 @ Dallas 2–0 Wedgewood 18,532 50–15–10 110 76 April 5 St. Louis 2–3 Blackwood 18,101 50–16–10 110 77 April 7 @ St. Louis 3–1 Wedgewood 18,096 51–16–10 112 78 April 9 Calgary 3–1 Blackwood 18,146 52–16–10 114 79 April 11 Vegas 2–3 OT Blackwood 18,152 52–16–11 115 80 April 13 @ Edmonton 2–1 SO Wedgewood 18,347 53–16–11 117 81 April 14 @ Calgary 3–1 Blackwood 17,560 54–16–11 119 82 April 16 Seattle 2–0 Wedgewood 18,155 55–16–11 121 Legend:

Playoffs

2026 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference first round vs (WC2) Los Angeles Kings: Colorado won 4–0 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 19 Los Angeles 2–1 Wedgewood 18,101 1–0 2 April 21 Los Angeles 2–1 OT Wedgewood 18,142 2–0 3 April 23 @ Los Angeles 4–2 Wedgewood 18,145 3–0 4 April 26 @ Los Angeles 5–1 Wedgewood 18,145 4–0 Western Conference second round vs (C3) Minnesota Wild: Colorado won 4–1 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 3 Minnesota 9–6 Wedgewood 18,148 1–0 2 May 5 Minnesota 5–2 Wedgewood 18,154 2–0 3 May 9 @ Minnesota 1–5 Wedgewood 19,236 2–1 4 May 11 @ Minnesota 5–2 Blackwood 19,136 3–1 5 May 13 Minnesota 4–3 OT Wedgewood 18,159 4–1 Western Conference final vs (P1) Vegas Golden Knights: Vegas won 4–0 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 20 Vegas 2–4 Wedgewood 18,109 0–1 2 May 22 Vegas 1–3 Wedgewood 18,147 0–2 3 May 24 @ Vegas 3–5 Wedgewood 18,212 0–3 4 May 26 @ Vegas 1–2 Blackwood 18,188 0–4 Legend:

Player statistics As of May 26, 2026

Skaters

Regular season Player 80 53 74 127 +57 39 78 38 62 100 +47 30 75 20 59 79 +32 24 81 33 32 65 +15 36 72 17 32 49 +9 26 70 21 27 48 +32 16 82 8 32 40 +43 22 82 21 14 35 +18 30 60 14 21 35 +29 47 82 12 23 35 +33 32 79 5 26 31 +42 91 82 10 17 27 +15 31 † 60 11 14 25 +6 6 73 9 15 24 +9 13 68 3 21 24 +37 32 56 6 7 13 +2 8 ‡ 40 3 9 12 +12 15 60 1 9 10 +6 14 † 16 4 5 9 6 51 3 6 9 +7 8 † 15 3 2 5 13 † 12 2 1 3 +1 0 ‡ 16 1 2 3 6 † 27 0 3 3 +1 10 13 0 2 2 4 11 0 2 2 +2 2 3 0 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 1 1 +1 0 9 0 1 1 +1 2 1 0 0 0 +1 0 12 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 +1 0

Playoffs Player 13 7 8 15 +5 6 13 1 12 13 +6 6 13 6 5 11 +4 14 13 2 9 11 +6 2 13 3 6 9 +1 4 11 3 3 6 +8 2 13 3 3 6 4 11 4 1 5 +5 4 13 3 2 5 4 11 2 3 5 16 13 1 4 5 +1 6 12 2 2 4 +1 0 13 2 2 4 8 13 0 4 4 +9 6 13 2 1 3 10 11 1 2 3 +3 0 9 0 3 3 10 13 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 0 +4 0 3 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders Regular season Player 45 43 2,549:04 31 6 6 86 2.02 1,093 .921 4 0 1 2 39 36 2,155:41 23 10 2 90 2.51 933 .904 3 0 0 0 4 3 236:34 1 0 3 8 2.03 104 .933 1 0 0 0 Playoffs Player 11 10 606:07 7 4 25 2.47 260 .904 0 0 0 0 4 3 170:21 1 1 8 2.82 73 .890 0 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 2025–26 season.

Key: Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref June 27, 2025 To Colorado AvalancheGavin Brindley3rd-round pick in 2025conditional CBJ 2nd-round pick in 2027or MIN 2nd-round pick in 2027 To Columbus Blue JacketsCharlie CoyleMiles Wood July 25, 2025 To Colorado AvalancheDanil Gushchin To San Jose SharksOskar Olausson January 20, 2026 To Colorado AvalancheValtteri Puustinen7th-round pick in 2026 To Pittsburgh PenguinsIlya Solovyov February 24, 2026 To Colorado AvalancheBrett Kulak To Pittsburgh PenguinsSam Girard2nd-round pick in 2028 March 4, 2026 To Colorado AvalancheNick Blankenburg To Nashville Predators5th-round pick in 2027 March 5, 2026 To Colorado AvalancheNicolas Roy To Toronto Maple Leafsconditional BOS 5th-round pick in 2026or COL 5th-round pick in 2026or PHI 5th-round pick in 2026conditional 1st-round pick in 2027or 1st-round pick in 2028 March 6, 2026 To Colorado AvalancheNazem Kadri*4th-round pick in 2027 To Calgary FlamesMax CurranVictor Olofssonconditional 2nd-round pick in 2027conditional 1st-round pick in 2028 June 16, 2026 To Colorado AvalancheMagnus Chrona3rd-round pick in 2026COL 3rd-round pick in 2027 To Nashville PredatorsRoss ColtonIsak Posch

Players acquired