Ice Hockey team

Colorado Avalanche

Club · United States · NHL

«Avs»

577 Matches

359 wins

217 losses

2063–1619 Goals

+444 Difference

3.6 Scored per game

Form W W L W L W

Denver had no major professional champion until a Quebec-born hockey club showed up in 1995 and won one within a year. The franchise itself dates to 1972, when it entered the World Hockey Association as the Nordiques, joined the NHL in the 1979 merger, and was sold and moved south a decade and a half later. The 1996 Stanley Cup, a sweep of the Florida Panthers, was the city's first title in any major league.

Patrick Roy arrived that same year; his number 33 hangs in the rafters alongside Joe Sakic's 19, Peter Forsberg's 21, Ray Bourque's 77, Adam Foote's 52 and Milan Hejduk's 23. Sakic scored the most in franchise history, took the Conn Smythe in 1996 and the Hart Trophy in 2001.

The Avalanche have never lost a Stanley Cup Final they reached — 1996, 2001 and 2022 all ended in wins, the last a six-game defeat of Tampa Bay.

Eight Pacific Division titles came in the club's first run of dominance from 1996 to 2003; the Central Division has been theirs four times since 2021. Three Stanley Cups in three trips to the final: still a perfect record.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

15 Oct	NHL	Dallas Stars H	2:3	L
14 Oct	NHL	Dallas Stars A	3:2	W
11 Oct	NHL	Toronto Maple Leafs H	3:6	L
9 Oct	NHL	Calgary Flames A	7:3	W
8 Oct	NHL	Winnipeg Jets A	2:3	L
4 Oct	NHL	St. Louis Blues H	6:1	W

Standing

NHL

Group stage · Central Division

#	Team	M	W	L	Goals
2	Utah Mammoth	4	2	2	13:12
4	Colorado Avalanche	4	2	2	10:8
5	Minnesota Wild	4	1	3	7:10
6	Winnipeg Jets	4	1	3	8:13
7	Dallas Stars	6	2	4	13:11
7	St. Louis Blues	4	1	3	5:7
8	Chicago Blackhawks	7	2	5	17:29
8	Nashville Predators	4	1	3	9:16

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 577

577 Matches

359 wins

217 losses

2063–1619 Goals

+444 Difference

3.6 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 577

359 217

wins losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	577	291	286
Scored	2063	1110	953
Conceded	1619	771	848
Scored per game	3.6	3.8	3.3
Conceded per game	2.8	2.6	3.0
Difference	+444	+339	+105

Fixtures of Colorado Avalanche

17 Oct · 02:00 Pittsburgh Penguins H NHL
20 Oct · 00:00 Philadelphia Flyers A NHL
21 Oct · 00:00 New Jersey Devils A NHL
24 Oct · 02:00 Tampa Bay Lightning H NHL
26 Oct · 00:00 Nashville Predators A NHL
29 Oct · 01:00 New Jersey Devils H NHL
1 Nov · 02:00 Calgary Flames H NHL
3 Nov · 01:00 Chicago Blackhawks A NHL

15 Oct Dallas Stars H 2:3 L
14 Oct Dallas Stars A 3:2 W
11 Oct Toronto Maple Leafs H 3:6 L
9 Oct Calgary Flames A 7:3 W
8 Oct Winnipeg Jets A 2:3 L
4 Oct St. Louis Blues H 6:1 W
1 Oct Los Angeles Kings H 8:4 W
26 Sep Utah Mammoth A 0:2 L

Honours of Colorado Avalanche

Pacific Division 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 8
Central Division 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026 4
Presidents' Trophy 1997, 2001, 2021, 2026 4
Stanley Cup 1996, 2001, 2022 3
Northwest Division 2014 1

Team news

Ice hockey

Kaprizov 5th on Forbes' 2026 NHL earnings list

Leo Carlsson tops Forbes' 2026 NHL pay rankings on $21.2m, ahead of McDavid, Gauthier and Bedard, with Kaprizov fifth on $19.4m.

30 September 2026 ·Updated Read more →

Ice hockey

Ovechkin, Vasilevskiy and Kucherov Lead Russian Storylines as NHL Season Opens

Kommersant picks the NHL's top storylines: Ovechkin's Capitals as contenders, Hellebuyck's Winnipeg standoff, Marchand's injury and rising $10m contracts.

28 September 2026 ·Updated Read more →