2015–16 Colorado Avalanche season

2015–16 Colorado Avalanche
Division6th Central
Conference9th Western
2015–16 record39–39–4
Home record17–20–4
Road record22–19–0
Goals for216
Goals against240
Team information
General managerJoe Sakic
CoachPatrick Roy
CaptainGabriel Landeskog
Alternate captainsJarome Iginla
Cody McLeod
ArenaPepsi Center
Average attendance17,032[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)San Antonio Rampage (AHL)
Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMatt Duchene (30)
AssistsCarl Soderberg (39)
PointsMatt Duchene (59)
Penalty minutesCody McLeod (138)
Plus/minusZach Redmond (+5)
WinsSemyon Varlamov (27)
Goals against averageReto Berra (2.41)

The 2015–16 Colorado Avalanche season was the 21st operational season and 20th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.[2] As well as the franchise's 37th season in the National Hockey League and 44th season overall. The Avalanche celebrated their 20th anniversary this season.

The Avalanche were unable to make the playoffs for the second consecutive year after finishing the season 1-8-0.

Standings

Central Division
Pos Team
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GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Dallas Stars 82 50 23 9 48 267 230 +37 109
2 x – St. Louis Blues 82 49 24 9 44 224 201 +23 107
3 x – Chicago Blackhawks 82 47 26 9 46 235 209 +26 103
4 x – Nashville Predators 82 41 27 14 37 228 215 +13 96
5 x – Minnesota Wild 82 38 33 11 35 216 206 +10 87
6 Colorado Avalanche 82 39 39 4 35 216 240 −24 82
7 Winnipeg Jets 82 35 39 8 32 215 239 −24 78
Source: National Hockey League[3]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference
Western Conference Wild Card
Pos Div Team
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GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 CE x – Nashville Predators 82 41 27 14 37 228 215 +13 96
2 CE x – Minnesota Wild 82 38 33 11 35 216 206 +10 87
3 CE Colorado Avalanche 82 39 39 4 35 216 240 −24 82
4 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 35 39 8 34 209 245 −36 78
5 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 35 39 8 32 215 239 −24 78
6 PA Calgary Flames 82 35 40 7 33 231 260 −29 77
7 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 31 38 13 26 191 243 −52 75
8 PA Edmonton Oilers 82 31 43 8 27 203 245 −42 70
Source: National Hockey League[4]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-Season Game Log: 1–4–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 0–3–0)[5]
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 22 Anaheim 4–5 Colorado OT Will –– 1–0–0 Recap
2 September 24 Calgary 1–0 Colorado Berra –– 1–1–0 Recap
3 September 27 Los Angeles 2–1 Colorado SO Varlamov –– 1–1–1 Recap
4 September 29 Colorado 0–2 Calgary Pickard 18,806 1–2–1 Recap
5 October 1 Colorado 0–3 Anaheim Varlamov 13,756 1–3–1 Recap
6[a] October 3 Colorado 0–4 Los Angeles Berra –– 1–4–1 Recap

Notes:
a Game will be played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Regular season

Game Log[5]
October: 3–6–1 (Home: 1–3–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 8 Minnesota 5–4 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 0–1–0 0 Recap
2 October 10 Dallas 3–6 Colorado Varlamov 16,024 1–1–0 2 Recap
3 October 14 Boston 6–2 Colorado Varlamov 15,082 1–2–0 2 Recap
4 October 16 Colorado 3–0 Anaheim Berra 17,174 2–2–0 4 Recap
5 October 18 Colorado 1–2 Los Angeles Berra 18,230 2–3–0 4 Recap
6 October 21 Carolina 1–0 Colorado OT Varlamov 12,826 2–3–1 5 Recap
7 October 24 Columbus 4–3 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 2–4–1 5 Recap
8 October 27 Colorado 1–4 Florida Berra 11,694 2–5–1 5 Recap
9 October 29 Colorado 2–1 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 3–5–1 7 Recap
10 October 30 Colorado 2–3 Carolina Varlamov 9,345 3–6–1 7 Recap
November: 6–8–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 4–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
11 November 1 San Jose 4–3 Colorado Varlamov 17,128 3–7–1 7 Recap
12 November 3 Calgary 3–6 Colorado Varlamov 14,408 4–7–1 9 Recap
13 November 5 Colorado 2–4 Arizona Varlamov 10,270 4–8–1 9 Recap
14 November 6 NY Rangers 2–1 Colorado Berra 17,818 4–9–1 9 Recap
15 November 10 Colorado 4–0 Philadelphia Berra 18,587 5–9–1 11 Recap
16 November 12 Colorado 3–2 Boston Berra 17,565 6–9–1 13 Recap
17 November 14 Colorado 6–1 Montreal Berra 21,288 7–9–1 15 Recap
18 November 17 Colorado 1–5 Toronto Berra 19,238 7–10–1 15 Recap
19 November 19 Colorado 3–4 Pittsburgh Berra 18,430 7–11–1 15 Recap
20 November 21 Colorado 3–7 Washington Berra 18,506 7–12–1 15 Recap
21 November 23 Colorado 4–1 Winnipeg Varlamov 15,294 8–12–1 17 Recap
22 November 25 Ottawa 5–3 Colorado Berra 16,570 8–13–1 17 Recap
23 November 28 Winnipeg 3–5 Colorado Varlamov 16,311 9–13–1 19 Recap
24 November 30 Colorado 3–5 NY Islanders Varlamov 11,585 9–14–1 19 Recap
December: 9–3–2 (Home: 3–2–2 ; Road: 6–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
25 December 1 Colorado 2–1 New Jersey Berra 14,019 10–14–1 21 Recap
26 December 3 Colorado 2–1 NY Rangers Varlamov 18,006 11–14–1 23 Recap
27 December 5 Colorado 0–3 Minnesota Varlamov 19,173 11–15–1 23 Recap
28 December 7 Minnesota 1–2 Colorado OT Varlamov 16,589 12–15–1 25 Recap
29 December 9 Pittsburgh 4–2 Colorado Berra 15,838 12–16–1 25 Recap
30 December 12 Colorado 3–2 Nashville Varlamov 17,113 13–16–1 27 Recap
31 December 13 Colorado 3–1 St. Louis Varlamov 17,961 14–16–1 29 Recap
32 December 15 Colorado 3–0 Chicago Varlamov 21,473 15–16–1 31 Recap
33 December 17 NY Islanders 1–2 Colorado Varlamov 15,811 16–16–1 33 Recap
34 December 19 Edmonton 1–5 Colorado Varlamov 17,570 17–16–1 35 Recap
35 December 21 Toronto 7–4 Colorado Varlamov 16,084 17–17–1 35 Recap
36 December 27 Arizona 2–1 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,064 17–17–2 36 Recap
37 December 28 Colorado 6–3 San Jose Pickard 17,562 18–17–2 38 Recap
38 December 31 Chicago 4–3 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,048 18–17–3 39 Recap
January: 9–5–0 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 3–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
39 January 2 Calgary 4–0 Colorado Varlamov 18,087 18–18–3 39 Recap
40 January 4 Los Angeles 1–4 Colorado Varlamov 15,202 19–18–3 41 Recap
41 January 6 St. Louis 3–4 Colorado OT Varlamov 13,359 20–18–3 43 Recap
42 January 8 Nashville 3–5 Colorado Varlamov 17,680 21–18–3 45 Recap
43 January 10 Colorado 3–6 Chicago Varlamov 22,007 21–19–3 45 Recap
44 January 12 Tampa Bay 4–0 Colorado Varlamov 14,227 21–20–3 45 Recap
45 January 14 New Jersey 0–3 Colorado Pickard 15,636 22–20–3 47 Recap
46 January 16 Colorado 1–2 Columbus Pickard 17,776 22–21–3 47 Recap
47 January 18 Colorado 2–1 Winnipeg Varlamov 15,294 23–21–3 49 Recap
48 January 20 Buffalo 1–2 Colorado Varlamov 13,274 24–21–3 51 Recap
49 January 22 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado SO Varlamov 16,366 25–21–3 53 Recap
50 January 23 Colorado 3–1 Dallas Varlamov 18,532 26–21–3 55 Recap
51 January 26 Colorado 1–6 San Jose Pickard 17,424 26–22–3 55 Recap
52 January 27 Colorado 4–3 Los Angeles Pickard 18,230 27–22–3 57 Recap
February: 5–6–1 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
53 February 2 Chicago 2–1 Colorado Pickard 18,007 27–23–3 57 Recap
54 February 4 Dallas 4–3 Colorado OT Pickard 14,351 27–23–4 58 Recap
55 February 6 Winnipeg 4–2 Colorado Varlamov 14,983 27–24–4 58 Recap
56 February 9 Vancouver 3–1 Colorado Varlamov 14,436 27–25–4 58 Recap
57 February 11 Colorado 4–3 Ottawa Varlamov 17,632 28–25–4 60 Recap
58 February 12 Colorado 3–2 Detroit SO Varlamov 20,027 29–25–4 62 Recap
59 February 14 Colorado 1–4 Buffalo Varlamov 19,070 29–26–4 62 Recap
60 February 17 Montreal 2–3 Colorado Varlamov 16,271 30–26–4 64 Recap
61 February 20 Colorado 3–2 Edmonton Pickard 16,939 31–26–4 66 Recap
62 February 21 Colorado 1–5 Vancouver Varlamov 18,431 31–27–4 66 Recap
63 February 24 San Jose 3–4 Colorado SO Pickard 15,564 32–27–4 68 Recap
64 February 27
(outdoor game)		 Detroit 5–3 Colorado Varlamov 50,095
(at Coors Field)		 32–28–4 68 Recap
March: 7–6–0 (Home: 3–3–0 ; Road: 4–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
65 March 1 Colorado 3–6 Minnesota Pickard 19,107 32–29–4 68 Recap
66 March 3 Florida 2–3 Colorado Pickard 16,194 33–29–4 70 Recap
67 March 5 Nashville 5–2 Colorado Pickard 17,165 33–30–4 70 Recap
68 March 7 Arizona 1–3 Colorado Varlamov 15,393 34–30–4 72 Recap
69 March 9 Anaheim 0–3 Colorado Varlamov 14,292 35–30–4 74 Recap
70 March 12 Colorado 2–3 Winnipeg Varlamov 15,294 35–31–4 74 Recap
71 March 16 Colorado 3–1 Vancouver Varlamov 18,426 36–31–4 76 Recap
72 March 18 Colorado 4–3 Calgary SO Varlamov 19,289 37–31–4 78 Recap
73 March 20 Colorado 3–2 Edmonton Pickard 16,839 38–31–4 80 Recap
74 March 24 Philadelphia 4–2 Colorado Varlamov 18,087 38–32–4 80 Recap
75 March 26 Minnesota 4–0 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 38–33–4 80 Recap
76 March 28 Colorado 4–3 Nashville Varlamov 16,443 39–33–4 82 Recap
77 March 29 Colorado 1–3 St. Louis Varlamov 19,263 39–34–4 82 Recap
April: 0–5–0 (Home: 0–3–0 ; Road: 0–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
78 April 1 Washington 4–2 Colorado Varlamov 18,049 39–35–4 82 Recap
79 April 3 St. Louis 5–1 Colorado Varlamov 15,485 39–36–4 82 Recap
80 April 5 Colorado 3–4 Nashville Varlamov 17,113 39–37–4 82 Recap
81 April 7 Colorado 2–4 Dallas Pickard 18,532 39–38–4 82 Recap
82 April 9 Anaheim 5–3 Colorado Varlamov 17,932 39–39–4 82 Recap

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats [6]

Skaters
Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Matt Duchene 76 30 29 59 −8 24
Gabriel Landeskog 75 20 33 53 −5 69
Nathan MacKinnon 72 21 31 52 −4 20
Carl Soderberg 82 12 39 51 −7 32
Tyson Barrie 78 13 36 49 −16 31
Jarome Iginla 82 22 25 47 −22 41
Blake Comeau 81 12 24 36 −9 58
Francois Beauchemin 82 8 26 34 −7 38
Erik Johnson 73 11 16 27 −19 50
Mikhail Grigorenko 74 6 21 27 +2 8
Nick Holden 82 6 16 22 −1 24
Alex Tanguay‡ 52 4 18 22 +3 24
John Mitchell 71 10 11 21 −7 52
Jack Skille 74 8 6 14 −4 11
Cody McLeod 82 8 5 13 +1 138
Mikkel Boedker† 18 4 8 12 −5 2
Shawn Matthias† 20 6 5 11 −7 8
Andreas Martinsen 55 4 7 11 −4 47
Zach Redmond 37 2 4 6 +5 10
Chris Wagner†‡ 26 4 0 4 −2 9
Chris Bigras 31 1 2 3 −2 16
Andrew Bodnarchuk† 21 0 2 2 −1 6
Andrew Agozzino 9 0 2 2 −1 0
Nikita Zadorov 22 0 2 2 −5 12
Brandon Gormley 26 0 1 1 −3 8
Brad Stuart 6 0 0 0 −2 0
Nate Guenin 29 0 0 0 +2 2
Eric Gelinas† 6 0 0 0 +2 0
Ben Street 7 0 0 0 −1 4
Dennis Everberg 15 0 0 0 −5 0
Borna Rendulic 3 0 0 0 −2 0
Mikko Rantanen 9 0 0 0 −7 2

Goaltenders
Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Semyon Varlamov 57 57 3159 27 25 3 148 2.81 1714 .914 2 0 0 6
Calvin Pickard 20 13 985 7 6 1 42 2.56 539 .922 1 0 1 0
Reto Berra 14 12 721 5 8 0 29 2.41 374 .922 2 0 1 2
Roman Will 1 0 18 0 0 0 1 3.33 3 .667 0 0 0 0

†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record

Suspensions/fines

Player Explanation Length Salary Date issued
Tyson Barrie Charging and interference against Anaheim Ducks defenseman Simon Despres during NHL Game No. 63 in Anaheim on Friday, October 16, 2015, at 11:30 of the second period. 3 games $41,935.47 October 17, 2015[7]
Gabriel Landeskog Illegal check to the head of Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand during NHL Game No. 230 in Boston on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at 5:46 of the second period. 2 games $59,907.84 November 13, 2015[8]
Gabriel Landeskog Cross–check against Anaheim Ducks defenseman Simon Despres during NHL Game No. 1004 in Colorado on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 11:29 of the third period. 3 games $203,832.75 March 10, 2016[9]

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular season
Player Award Awarded
M. Duchene NHL First Star of the Week[10] November 16, 2015
M. Duchene NHL Third Star of the Month[11] December 1, 2015
S. Varlamov NHL First Star of the Week[12] December 21, 2015
M. Duchene NHL All-Star game selection[13] January 6, 2016
T. Barrie NHL Third Star of the Week[14] January 11, 2016
S. Varlamov NHL First Star of the Week[15] January 25, 2016

Milestones

Regular season
Player Milestone Reached
M. Rantanen 1st career NHL game October 8, 2015
J. Iginla 1,400th career NHL game October 27, 2015
G. Landeskog 200th career NHL point October 27, 2015
C. Soderberg 100th career NHL point November 1, 2015
A. Martinsen 1st career NHL game November 10, 2015
E. Johnson 200th career NHL point November 12, 2015
T. Barrie 200th career NHL game November 14, 2015
A. Martinsen 1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		 November 14, 2015
B. Comeau 500th career NHL game
200th career NHL point		 November 14, 2015
A. Martinsen 1st career NHL goal November 21, 2015
M. Duchene 200th career NHL assist November 21, 2015
G. Landeskog 300th career NHL game November 23, 2015
C. Wagner 1st career NHL goal
1st career NHL point		 November 25, 2015
F. Beauchemin 700th career NHL game December 5, 2015
M. Grigorenko 100th career NHL game December 27, 2015
N. Guenin 200th career NHL game December 31, 2015
C. Soderberg 200th career NHL game January 2, 2016
J. Iginla 600th career NHL goal January 4, 2016
C. Bigras 1st career NHL game January 14, 2016
C. Pickard 1st career NHL shutout January 14, 2016
C. Bigras 1st career NHL assist
1st career NHL point		 January 16, 2016
Z. Redmond 100th career NHL game January 18, 2016
S. Varlamov 300th career NHL game January 20, 2016
T. Barrie 100th career NHL assist January 22, 2015
C. McLeod 600th career NHL game January 26, 2016
R. Will 1st career NHL game January 26, 2016
E. Johnson 500th career NHL game February 2, 2016
N. MacKinnon 200th career NHL game February 4, 2016
N. Holden 200th career NHL game February 20, 2016
C. Bigras 1st career NHL goal March 1, 2016
J. Mitchell 100th career NHL assist March 1, 2016
J. Skille 300th career NHL game March 3, 2016
C. Soderberg 100th career NHL assist March 20, 2016
B. Comeau 100th career NHL goal March 28, 2016
G. Landeskog 100th career NHL goal April 1, 2016


Transactions

The Colorado Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the 2015–16 NHL season.

Trades

Date
Details
 Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) To Buffalo Sabres

Ryan O'Reilly
Jamie McGinn

To Colorado Avalanche

Nikita Zadorov
Mikhail Grigorenko
J. T. Compher
2nd-round pick in 2015

[16]
June 27, 2015 (2015-06-27) To San Jose Sharks

BUF's 2nd-round pick in 2015

To Colorado Avalanche

2nd-round pick in 2015
COL's 2nd-round pick in 2016
COL's 6th-round pick in 2017

[17]
September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09) To Arizona Coyotes

Stefan Elliott

To Colorado Avalanche

Brandon Gormley

[18]
October 4, 2015 (2015-10-04) To Calgary Flames

Freddie Hamilton

To Colorado Avalanche

Conditional 7th-round pick in 2016

[19]
February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21) To Toronto Maple Leafs

Colin Smith
4th-round pick in 2016

To Colorado Avalanche

Shawn Matthias

[20]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To Arizona Coyotes

Alex Tanguay
Conner Bleackley
Kyle Wood

To Colorado Avalanche

Mikkel Boedker

[21]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To New Jersey Devils

3rd-round pick in 2017

To Colorado Avalanche

Eric Gelinas

[22]
February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29) To New York Islanders

Marc-Andre Cliche

To Colorado Avalanche

Taylor Beck

[23]
June 23, 2016 (2016-06-23) To Florida Panthers

Reto Berra

To Colorado Avalanche

Rocco Grimaldi

[24]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Blake Comeau Pittsburgh Penguins 3 years, $7.2 million [25]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01) Francois Beauchemin Anaheim Ducks 3 years, $13.5 million [26]
October 6, 2015 (2015-10-06) Jack Skille Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year [27]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 2, 2015 (2015-07-02) Jordan Caron St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000 [28]

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Chris Wagner Anaheim Ducks November 15, 2015 [29]
Andrew Bodnarchuk Columbus Blue Jackets January 5, 2016 [30]

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Chris Wagner Anaheim Ducks February 25, 2016 [31]

Lost via retirement

Date Player Ref

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) Carl Soderberg 5 years, $23.75 million [32]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13) Mikko Rantanen 3 years, entry-level contract [33]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) Mikhail Grigorenko 1 year, $675,000 [34]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) Andrew Agozzino 1 year, $600,000 [34]
July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16) Mat Clark 2 years, $1.2 million [34]
July 27, 2015 (2015-07-27) Joey Hishon 1 year, $890,000 [35]
August 6, 2015 (2015-08-06) Calvin Pickard 1 year, $850,500 [36]
August 21, 2015 (2015-08-21) Sami Aittokallio 1 year, $735,000 [37]
September 22, 2015 (2015-09-22) Erik Johnson 7 years, $42 million contract extension [38]
March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09) Julien Nantel 3 years, entry-level contract [39]
April 25, 2016 (2016-04-25) J. T. Compher 3 years, entry-level contract [40]
May 24, 2016 (2016-05-24) Anton Lindholm 3 years, entry-level contract [41]
May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27) Sergei Boikov 3 years, entry-level contract [42]

Draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanche's selections at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 10 Mikko Rantanen RW  Finland TPS (Liiga)
2 39[a] A. J. Greer LW  Canada Boston University (Hockey East)
2 40 Nicolas Meloche D  Canada Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
3 71 Jean-Christophe Beaudin C  Canada Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
4 101 Andrei Mironov D  Russia Dynamo Moscow (KHL)
6 161 Sergei Boikov D  Russia Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL)
7 191 Gustav Olhaver C  Sweden Rogle BK Jr. (Sweden-Jr.)
Draft notes[43]

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