2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season

2016–17 Colorado Avalanche
Division7th Central
Conference14th Western
2016–17 record22–56–4
Home record13–26–2
Road record9–30–2
Goals for166
Goals against278
Team information
General managerJoe Sakic
CoachJared Bednar
CaptainGabriel Landeskog
Alternate captainsFrancois Beauchemin
Matt Duchene
Nathan MacKinnon
ArenaPepsi Center
Average attendance14,835 (82.4%)
Minor league affiliate(s)San Antonio Rampage (AHL)
Colorado Eagles (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsMikko Rantanen (20)
AssistsNathan MacKinnon (37)
PointsNathan MacKinnon (53)
Penalty minutesNikita Zadorov (73)
Plus/minusSven Andrighetto
J. T. Compher (0)
WinsCalvin Pickard (15)
Goals against averageCalvin Pickard (2.98)

The 2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season was the 22nd operational season and 21st playing season for the Colorado Avalanche since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season,[1] as well as the franchise's 38th season in the National Hockey League and 45th season overall.

Under first-year head coach Jared Bednar, the Avalanche got off to a respectable start, and were only two games below .500 by December 1. However, they only won a total of four games in December and January. By the All-Star Break, they were 13-31-2, and their season was all but finished. They would only win nine more games after that to finish 22-56-4, the worst record in the NHL. They missed the playoffs for the third consecutive year. They finished the season with their fewest points since moving to Denver in 1995, and their fewest since 1990–91, which was also the last time the franchise finished in last place overall. The Avalanche's 48 points were among the fewest for a non-expansion team since 1967, and the fewest for any team playing an 82-game season where one point is earned for losing in overtime or a shootout.

Off-season

On August 11, 2016, Patrick Roy resigned as head coach and vice president of hockey operations.[2] On August 25, the Avalanche hired Jared Bednar of the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters as Roy's replacement. He had led the Monsters to winning the AHL championship in the previous season.[3] Bednar was hired less than a month before the start of training camp. With nowhere near enough time to assemble his own staff, he was forced to retain Roy's assistants. He was also unable to install his own system.[4]

Standings

Central Division
Pos Team
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GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Chicago Blackhawks 82 50 23 9 46 244 213 +31 109
2 x – Minnesota Wild 82 49 25 8 46 266 208 +58 106
3 x – St. Louis Blues 82 46 29 7 44 235 218 +17 99
4 x – Nashville Predators 82 41 29 12 39 240 224 +16 94
5 Winnipeg Jets 82 40 35 7 37 249 256 −7 87
6 Dallas Stars 82 34 37 11 33 223 262 −39 79
7 Colorado Avalanche 82 22 56 4 21 166 278 −112 48
Source: National Hockey League[5]
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 PA x – Calgary Flames 82 45 33 4 41 226 221 +5 94
2 CE x – Nashville Predators 82 41 29 12 39 240 224 +16 94
3 CE Winnipeg Jets 82 40 35 7 37 249 256 −7 87
4 PA Los Angeles Kings 82 39 35 8 37 201 205 −4 86
5 CE Dallas Stars 82 34 37 11 33 223 262 −39 79
6 PA Arizona Coyotes 82 30 42 10 24 197 260 −63 70
7 PA Vancouver Canucks 82 30 43 9 26 182 243 −61 69
8 CE Colorado Avalanche 82 22 56 4 21 166 278 −112 48
Source: National Hockey League[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)[7]
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap
1 September 27 Colorado 4–1 Minnesota Smith 16,920 1–0–0 Recap
2 September 28 Dallas 2–4 Colorado Simpson — 2–0–0 Recap
3 September 30 Los Angeles 1–3 Colorado Varlamov — 3–0–0 Recap
4 October 4 Minnesota 0–2 Colorado Varlamov — 4–0–0 Recap
5 October 5 Colorado 1–0 Dallas Pickard 14,120 5–0–0 Recap
6[a] October 8 Colorado 2–1 Los Angeles OT — — 6–0–0 Recap

Notes:
a Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Regular season

Game Log[8]
October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
1 October 15 Dallas 5–6 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 1–0–0 2 Recap
2 October 17 Colorado 4–3 Pittsburgh OT Pickard 18,431 2–0–0 4 Recap
3 October 18 Colorado 0–3 Washington Varlamov 18,506 2–1–0 4 Recap
4 October 20 Colorado 4–0 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 3–1–0 6 Recap
5 October 22 Colorado 2–5 Florida Varlamov 14,326 3–2–0 6 Recap
6 October 28 Winnipeg 1–0 Colorado Varlamov 16,135 3–3–0 6 Recap
7 October 29 Colorado 3–2 Arizona Pickard 13,533 4–3–0 8 Recap
November: 5–8–1 (Home: 3–5–1 ; Road: 2–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
8 November 1 Nashville 5–1 Colorado Varlamov 12,142 4–4–0 8 Recap
9 November 3 Colorado 0–4 Chicago Varlamov 21,580 4–5–0 8 Recap
10 November 5 Minnesota 0–1 Colorado Pickard 16,256 5–5–0 10 Recap
11 November 6 Colorado 1–5 St. Louis Varlamov 17,220 5–6–0 10 Recap
12 November 8 Arizona 4–2 Colorado Pickard 13,858 5–7–0 10 Recap
13 November 11 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado OT Varlamov 16,517 6–7–0 12 Recap
14 November 13 Boston 2–0 Colorado Varlamov 15,808 6–8–0 12 Recap
15 November 15 Los Angeles 1–4 Colorado Varlamov 14,805 7–8–0 14 Recap
16 November 17 Colorado 2–3 Dallas Varlamov 18,237 7–9–0 14 Recap
17 November 19 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Pickard 19,238 8–9–0 16 Recap
18 November 21 Colorado 3–2 Columbus OT Varlamov 10,063 9–9–0 18 Recap
19 November 23 Edmonton 6–3 Colorado Varlamov 15,185 9–10–0 18 Recap
20 November 26 Vancouver 3–2 Colorado SO Pickard 15,511 9–10–1 19 Recap
21 November 29 Nashville 5–3 Colorado Pickard 12,082 9–11–1 19 Recap
December: 3–12–0 (Home: 0–7–0 ; Road: 3–5–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
22 December 1 Columbus 3–2 Colorado Varlamov 12,141 9–12–1 19 Recap
23 December 3 Dallas 3–0 Colorado Varlamov 16,725 9–13–1 19 Recap
24 December 6 Colorado 3–4 Nashville Varlamov 17,113 9–14–1 19 Recap
25 December 8 Colorado 4–2 Boston Pickard 17,565 10–14–1 21 Recap
26 December 10 Colorado 1–10 Montreal Pickard 21,288 10–15–1 21 Recap
27 December 11 Colorado 3–1 Toronto Varlamov 18,875 11–15–1 23 Recap
28 December 14 Philadelphia 4–3 Colorado Pickard 14,456 11–16–1 23 Recap
29 December 16 Florida 3–1 Colorado Pickard 14,679 11–17–1 23 Recap
30 December 18 Colorado 1–4 Winnipeg Pickard 15,294 11–18–1 23 Recap
31 December 20 Colorado 0–2 Minnesota Varlamov 19,018 11–19–1 23 Recap
32 December 22 Toronto 6–0 Colorado Varlamov 15,502 11–20–1 23 Recap
33 December 23 Colorado 2–1 Chicago OT Pickard 21,918 12–20–1 25 Recap
34 December 27 Calgary 6–3 Colorado Pickard 14,634 12–21–1 25 Recap
35 December 29 Colorado 2–4 Dallas Pickard 18,532 12–22–1 25 Recap
36 December 31 NY Rangers 6–2 Colorado Pickard 17,609 12–23–1 25 Recap
January: 1–9–1 (Home: 1–5–0 ; Road: 0–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
37 January 2 Colorado 2–3 Vancouver Pickard 18,865 12–24–1 25 Recap
38 January 4 Colorado 1–4 Calgary Pickard 18,388 12–25–1 25 Recap
39 January 6 NY Islanders 1–2 Colorado OT Pickard 14,788 13–25–1 27 Recap
40 January 12 Anaheim 4–1 Colorado Varlamov 14,589 13–26–1 27 Recap
41 January 14 Nashville 3–2 Colorado Varlamov 16,096 13–27–1 27 Recap
42 January 17 Chicago 6–4 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 13–28–1 27 Recap
43 January 19 Colorado 1–2 Anaheim Pickard 15,414 13–29–1 27 Recap
44 January 21 Colorado 2–3 San Jose OT Martin 17,562 13–29–2 28 Recap
45 January 23 San Jose 5–2 Colorado Martin 13,803 13–30–2 28 Recap
46 January 25 Vancouver 3–2 Colorado Pickard 12,819 13–31–2 28 Recap
January 27–29 All-Star Break in Los Angeles
47 January 31 Colorado 1–5 Anaheim Pickard 15,963 13–32–2 28 Recap
February: 4–9–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–7–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
48 February 1 Colorado 0–5 Los Angeles Martin 18,230 13–33–2 28 Recap
49 February 4 Winnipeg 2–5 Colorado Pickard 13,930 14–33–2 30 Recap
50 February 7 Montreal 0–4 Colorado Pickard 12,667 15–33–2 32 Recap
51 February 9 Pittsburgh 4–1 Colorado Pickard 16,777 15–34–2 32 Recap
52 February 11 Colorado 2–4 NY Rangers Pickard 18,006 15–35–2 32 Recap
53 February 12 Colorado 1–5 NY Islanders Pickard 14,107 15–36–2 32 Recap
54 February 14 Colorado 2–3 New Jersey Smith 12,462 15–37–2 32 Recap
55 February 16 Colorado 0–2 Buffalo Pickard 18,335 15–38–2 32 Recap
56 February 17 Colorado 2–1 Carolina OT Pickard 11,456 16–38–2 34 Recap
57 February 19 Tampa Bay 3–2 Colorado OT Pickard 17,270 16–38–3 35 Recap
58 February 21 Los Angeles 2–1 Colorado Pickard 13,768 16–39–3 35 Recap
59 February 23 Colorado 2–4 Nashville Smith 17,243 16–40–3 35 Recap
60 February 25 Buffalo 3–5 Colorado Smith 15,362 17–40–3 37 Recap
61 February 28 Colorado 0–4 Philadelphia Smith 19,564 17–41–3 37 Recap
March: 4–12–0 (Home: 4–5–0 ; Road: 0–7–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
62 March 2 Colorado 1–2 Ottawa Pickard 16,932 17–42–3 37 Recap
63 March 4 Colorado 1–6 Winnipeg Pickard 15,294 17–43–3 37 Recap
64 March 5 St. Louis 3–0 Colorado Smith 14,477 17–44–3 37 Recap
65 March 7 Carolina 1–3 Colorado Pickard 11,700 18–44–3 39 Recap
66 March 9 New Jersey 2–3 Colorado Pickard 11,886 19–44–3 41 Recap
67 March 11 Ottawa 4–2 Colorado Pickard 15,317 19–45–3 41 Recap
68 March 13 Colorado 0–1 Arizona Pickard 11,521 19–46–3 41 Recap
69 March 15 Detroit 1–3 Colorado Pickard 16,764 20–46–3 43 Recap
70 March 18 Colorado 1–5 Detroit Pickard 20,027 20–47–3 43 Recap
71 March 19 Colorado 3–6 Chicago Smith 22,070 20–48–3 43 Recap
72 March 21 St. Louis 4–2 Colorado Pickard 11,687 20–49–3 43 Recap
73 March 23 Edmonton 7–4 Colorado Smith 14,142 20–50–3 43 Recap
74 March 25 Colorado 1–4 Edmonton Pickard 18,347 20–51–3 43 Recap
75 March 27 Colorado 2–4 Calgary Pickard 17,785 20–52–3 43 Recap
76 March 29 Washington 5–3 Colorado Pickard 13,820 20–53–3 43 Recap
77 March 31 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado SO Pickard 14,763 21–53–3 45 Recap
April: 1–3–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 0–2–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
78 April 2 Colorado 2–5 Minnesota Pickard 19,164 21–54–3 45 Recap
79 April 4 Chicago 3–4 Colorado OT Pickard 16,203 22–54–3 47 Recap
80 April 6 Minnesota 4–3 Colorado Pickard 15,565 22–55–3 47 Recap
81 April 8 Colorado 3–4 Dallas SO Smith 18,532 22–55–4 48 Recap
82 April 9 Colorado 2–3 St. Louis Pickard 18,971 22–56–4 48 Recap

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

Player stats

Skaters

Regular season
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Nathan MacKinnon 82 16 37 53 −14 16
Matt Duchene 77 18 23 41 −34 12
Mikko Rantanen 75 20 18 38 −25 22
Tyson Barrie 74 7 31 38 −34 18
Gabriel Landeskog 72 18 15 33 −25 62
Mikhail Grigorenko 75 10 13 23 −14 18
Blake Comeau 77 8 12 20 −19 58
Rene Bourque 65 12 6 18 −19 56
Jarome Iginla‡ 61 8 10 18 −21 54
Francois Beauchemin 81 5 13 18 −14 32
Erik Johnson 46 2 15 17 −6 9
Sven Andrighetto† 19 5 11 16 0 8
Carl Soderberg 80 6 8 14 −26 22
Fedor Tyutin 69 1 12 13 −25 38
Patrick Wiercioch 57 4 8 12 −18 23
Matt Nieto† 43 7 4 11 −9 4
Nikita Zadorov 56 0 10 10 −20 73
Mark Barberio† 34 2 7 9 −6 4
Joe Colborne 62 4 4 8 −21 34
Andreas Martinsen‡ 55 3 4 7 −10 32
John Mitchell 65 3 4 7 −12 45
J. T. Compher 21 3 2 5 0 4
Cody Goloubef 33 0 5 5 −10 25
Samuel Henley 1 1 0 1 +1 2
Tyson Jost 6 1 0 1 −5 0
Cody McLeod‡ 28 1 0 1 −2 52
Rocco Grimaldi 4 0 1 1 −3 2
A. J. Greer 5 0 1 1 −2 4
Eric Gelinas 27 0 1 1 −4 12
Anton Lindholm 12 0 0 0 −8 2
Gabriel Bourque 6 0 0 0 0 0
Ben Smith‡ 4 0 0 0 −2 0
Duncan Siemens 3 0 0 0 −2 2

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Calvin Pickard 50 48 2820:16 15 31 2 140 2.98 1461 .904 2 0 2 0
Semyon Varlamov 24 23 1347:47 6 17 0 76 3.38 745 .898 1 0 0 0
Jeremy Smith 10 8 542:43 1 6 1 32 3.54 286 .888 0 0 0 0
Spencer Martin 3 3 179:26 0 2 1 13 4.35 96 .865 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


Transactions

The Colorado Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 NHL season.

Trades

Date
Details
 Ref
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25) To New York Rangers

Nick Holden

To Colorado Avalanche

4th-round pick in 2017

[9]
November 28, 2016 (2016-11-28) To Columbus Blue Jackets

Ryan Stanton

To Colorado Avalanche

Cody Goloubef

[10]
January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13) To Nashville Predators

Cody McLeod

To Colorado Avalanche

Felix Girard

[11]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) To Los Angeles Kings

Jarome Iginla

To Colorado Avalanche

conditional 4th-round pick in 2018

[12]
March 1, 2017 (2017-03-01) To Montreal Canadiens

Andreas Martinsen

To Colorado Avalanche

Sven Andrighetto

[13]

Free agents acquired

Date Player Former team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Patrick Wiercioch Ottawa Senators 1 year, $800,000 [14]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Joe Colborne Calgary Flames 2 years, $5 million [15]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Fedor Tyutin Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $2 million [16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Turner Elson Stockton Heat 1 year, $575,000 [16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Jim O'Brien Albany Devils 1 year, $600,000 [16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Reid Petryk San Antonio Rampage 1 year [16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Mike Sislo New Jersey Devils 1 year, $600,000 [16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Jeremy Smith Providence Bruins 1 year [16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Ryan Stanton Hershey Bears 1 year, $600,000 [16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Trent Vogelhuber Lake Erie Monsters 2 years, $1.225 million [16]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Joe Whitney Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1 year, $600,000 [16]
August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16) Ben Smith Toronto Maple Leafs 1 year, $675,000 [17]
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10) Gabriel Bourque Nashville Predators 1 year, $800,000 [18]
October 10, 2016 (2016-10-10) Rene Bourque Columbus Blue Jackets 1 year, $650,000 [18]

Free agents lost

Date Player New team Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Nate Guenin Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $600,000 [19]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Mikkel Boedker San Jose Sharks 4 years, $16 million [20]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Borna Rendulic Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $575,000 [21]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Andrew Bodnarchuk Dallas Stars 2 years, $1.45 million [22]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Shawn Matthias Winnipeg Jets 2 years, $4.25 million [23]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) Zach Redmond Montreal Canadiens 2 years, $1.225 million [24]
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02) Andrew Agozzino St. Louis Blues 1 year, $600,000 [25]
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28) Brandon Gormley New Jersey Devils 1 year, $650,000 [26]
October 13, 2016 (2016-10-13) Jack Skille Vancouver Canucks 1 year, $700,000 [27]

Claimed via waivers

Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Matt Nieto San Jose Sharks January 5, 2017 [28]
Mark Barberio Montreal Canadiens February 2, 2017 [29]

Lost via waivers

Player New team Date claimed off waivers Ref
Ben Smith Toronto Maple Leafs October 24, 2016 (2016-10-24) [30]

Lost via retirement

Date Player Ref

Player signings

Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)		 Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24) Andreas Martinsen 1 year, $640,000 [31]
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01) A. J. Greer 3 years, entry-level contract [32]
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) Calvin Pickard 2 years, $2 million [33]
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08) Nathan MacKinnon 7 years, $44.1 million contract extension [34]
July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20) Mikhail Grigorenko 1 year, $1.3 million [35]
July 31, 2016 (2016-07-31) Tyson Barrie 4 years, $22 million [36]
March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06) J. C. Beaudin 3 years, $2.45 million entry-level contract [37]
March 6, 2016 (2016-03-06) Nicholas Meloche 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract [38]
March 29, 2017 (2017-03-29) Tyson Jost 3 years, $5.1125 million entry-level contract [39]
May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12) Andrei Mironov 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level [40]

Draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanche's selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 10 Tyson Jost C Canada Canada Penticton Vees (BCHL)
2 40[a] Cameron Morrison LW Canada Canada Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
3 71 Josh Anderson D Canada Canada Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5 131 Adam Werner G Sweden Sweden Farjestad BK (SHL)
6 161 Nathan Clurman D United States United States Culver Eagles (US-IN HS)
7 191 Travis Barron LW Canada Canada Ottawa 67's (OHL)
Draft notes[41]
  • [a] The Colorado Avalanche's second-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Buffalo's second-round pick in 2015 to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015, Colorado's sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[42]
San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Brad Stuart to Colorado in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.[43]

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