The 2022–23 Colorado Avalanche season was the 44th season for the Avalanche as the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that joined the league in 1979, the 27th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season, and the 51st season overall, including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA), where the franchise was established in 1972. They entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions.

On April 4, 2023, the Avalanche clinched a playoff spot after an overtime win against the San Jose Sharks. They were upset in the first round by the Seattle Kraken, losing in seven games.

Standings

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Schedule and results

Preseason 2022 preseason game log: 3–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 1–1–1) # Date Away Score Home Decision Location Attendance Record Recap 1 September 25 Colorado 2–3 Minnesota Annunen Xcel Energy Center 14,199 0–0–1 2 September 25 Vegas 1–3 Colorado Johnansson Ball Arena 14,137 1–0–1 3 September 27 Minnesota 5–2 Colorado Francouz Ball Arena 13,706 1–1–1 4 September 28 Colorado 1–7 Vegas Georgiev T-Mobile Arena 17,169 1–2–1 5 October 3 Colorado 3–1 Dallas Francouz American Airlines Center 12,678 2–2–1 6 October 5 Dallas 1–2 Colorado Georgiev Ball Arena 14,953 3–2–1 Legend:

– Split Squad

Regular season 2022–23 game logOctober: 4–4–1 (home: 1–1–1; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 12 Chicago 2–5 Colorado Georgiev 18,143 1–0–0 2 2 October 13 Colorado 3–5 Calgary Francouz 19,289 1–1–0 2 3 October 17 Colorado 6–3 Minnesota Georgiev 17,437 2–1–0 4 4 October 19 Winnipeg 4–3 Colorado OT Georgiev 18,062 2–1–1 5 5 October 21 Seattle 3–2 Colorado Francouz 18,131 2–2–1 5 6 October 22 Colorado 3–2 Vegas Georgiev 18,207 3–2–1 7 7 October 25 Colorado 3–2 NY Rangers SO Georgiev 18,006 4–2–1 9 8 October 28 Colorado 0–1 New Jersey Francouz 12,502 4–3–1 9 9 October 29 Colorado 4–5 NY Islanders Georgiev 17,255 4–4–1 9 November: 8–3–0 (home: 4–2–0; road: 4–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 4 Columbus 3–6 Colorado Georgiev 12,882 5–4–1 11 11 November 5 Colorado 5–1 Columbus Georgiev 12,897 6–4–1 13 12 November 10 Nashville 3–5 Colorado Georgiev 18,134 7–4–1 15 13 November 12 Carolina 1–4 Colorado Francouz 18,127 8–4–1 17 14 November 14 St. Louis 3–2 Colorado Georgiev 18,104 8–5–1 17 15 November 17 Colorado 3–2 Carolina OT Francouz 18,680 9–5–1 19 16 November 19 Colorado 4–0 Washington Georgiev 18,573 10–5–1 21 17 November 21 Colorado 3–2 Dallas SO Georgiev 18,532 11–5–1 23 18 November 23 Vancouver 4–3 Colorado Francouz 18,132 11–6–1 23 — November 25 Colorado Nashville Postponed due to a water main break at Bridgestone Arena. Moved to April 14. 19 November 26 Dallas 1–4 Colorado Georgiev 18,129 12–6–1 25 20 November 29 Colorado 0–5 Winnipeg Georgiev 13,510 12–7–1 25 December: 7–6–2 (home: 4–3–2; road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 21 December 1 Colorado 6–4 Buffalo Georgiev 12,805 13–7–1 27 22 December 3 Colorado 1–5 Boston Francouz 17,850 13–8–1 27 23 December 5 Colorado 3–5 Philadelphia Georgiev 18,361 13–9–1 27 24 December 7 Boston 4–0 Colorado Georgiev 18,119 13–10–1 27 25 December 9 NY Rangers 2–1 Colorado SO Georgiev 18,112 13–10–2 28 26 December 11 Colorado 3–2 St. Louis OT Francouz 18,096 14–10–2 30 27 December 13 Philadelphia 2–3 Colorado Francouz 18,082 15–10–2 32 28 December 15 Buffalo 4–2 Colorado Georgiev 18,103 15–11–2 32 29 December 17 Nashville 1–3 Colorado Georgiev 18,131 16–11–2 34 30 December 19 NY Islanders 0–1 Colorado SO Georgiev 18,110 17–11–2 36 31 December 21 Montreal 1–2 Colorado OT Georgiev 18,091 18–11–2 38 32 December 23 Colorado 3–2 Nashville OT Georgiev 17,159 19–11–2 40 33 December 27 Colorado 3–6 Arizona Georgiev 4,600 19–12–2 40 34 December 29 Los Angeles 5–4 Colorado SO Georgiev 18,132 19–12–3 41 35 December 31 Toronto 6–2 Colorado Georgiev 18,136 19–13–3 41 January: 8–5–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 2 Vegas 3–2 Colorado Georgiev 18,092 19–14–3 41 37 January 5 Colorado 2–4 Vancouver Georgiev 18,706 19–15–3 41 38 January 7 Colorado 3–2 Edmonton OT Georgiev 18,347 20–15–3 43 39 January 10 Florida 5–4 Colorado Georgiev 18,102 20–16–3 43 40 January 12 Colorado 2–3 Chicago Francouz 16,532 20–17–3 43 41 January 14 Ottawa 0–7 Colorado Francouz 18,124 21–17–3 45 42 January 16 Detroit 3–6 Colorado Francouz 18,117 22–17–3 47 43 January 18 Colorado 4–1 Calgary Georgiev 17,768 23–17–3 49 44 January 20 Colorado 4–1 Vancouver Georgiev 18,813 24–17–3 51 45 January 21 Colorado 2–1 Seattle SO Francouz 17,151 25–17–3 53 46 January 24 Washington 2–3 Colorado Georgiev 18,132 26–17–3 55 47 January 26 Anaheim 5–3 Colorado Francouz 18,124 26–18–3 55 48 January 28 St. Louis 2–4 Colorado Georgiev 18,137 27–18–3 57 February: 7–1–2 (home: 3–0–1; road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 7 Colorado 1–2 Pittsburgh OT Francouz 18,096 27–18–4 58 50 February 9 Colorado 0–5 Tampa Bay Georgiev 19,092 27–19–4 58 51 February 11 Colorado 5–3 Florida Georgiev 17,472 28–19–4 60 52 February 14 Tampa Bay 4–3 Colorado SO Georgiev 18,072 28–19–5 61 53 February 15 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Georgiev 17,965 29–19–5 63 54 February 18 Colorado 4–1 St. Louis Annunen 18,096 30–19–5 65 55 February 19 Edmonton 5–6 Colorado OT Georgiev 18,134 31–19–5 67 56 February 24 Colorado 5–1 Winnipeg Georgiev 14,157 32–19–5 69 57 February 25 Calgary 1–4 Colorado Georgiev 18,131 33–19–5 71 58 February 27 Vegas 0–3 Colorado Georgiev 18,117 34–19–5 73 March: 10–5–1 (home: 4–4–1; road: 6–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 1 New Jersey 7–5 Colorado Annunen 18,131 34–20–5 73 60 March 4 Colorado 3–7 Dallas Georgiev 18,532 34–21–5 73 61 March 5 Seattle 3–2 Colorado OT Georgiev 18,107 34–21–6 74 62 March 7 San Jose 0–6 Colorado Georgiev 18,092 35–21–6 76 63 March 9 Los Angeles 5–2 Colorado Georgiev 18,117 35–22–6 76 64 March 11 Arizona 2–3 Colorado OT Georgiev 18,124 36–22–6 78 65 March 13 Colorado 8–4 Montreal Georgiev 21,105 37–22–6 80 66 March 15 Colorado 2–1 Toronto SO Georgiev 19,102 38–22–6 82 67 March 16 Colorado 5–4 Ottawa Johansson 19,158 39–22–6 84 68 March 18 Colorado 5–1 Detroit Georgiev 19,515 40–22–6 86 69 March 20 Chicago 0–5 Colorado Georgiev 18,121 41–22–6 88 70 March 22 Pittsburgh 5–2 Colorado Georgiev 18,130 41–23–6 88 71 March 24 Arizona 1–3 Colorado Georgiev 18,136 42–23–6 90 72 March 26 Colorado 4–3 Arizona SO Georgiev 4,600 43–23–6 92 73 March 27 Colorado 5–1 Anaheim Johansson 13,158 44–23–6 94 74 March 29 Minnesota 4–2 Colorado Georgiev 18,140 44–24–6 94 April: 7–0–1 (home: 2–0–1; road: 5–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Dallas 2–5 Colorado Georgiev 18,139 45–24–6 96 76 April 4 Colorado 4–3 San Jose OT Georgiev 11,067 46–24–6 98 77 April 6 Colorado 6–2 San Jose Georgiev 12,772 47–24–6 100 78 April 8 Colorado 4–3 Los Angeles Georgiev 18,230 48–24–6 102 79 April 9 Colorado 5–4 Anaheim OT Francouz 13,992 49–24–6 104 80 April 11 Edmonton 2–1 Colorado OT Georgiev 18,135 49–24–7 105 81 April 13 Winnipeg 2–4 Colorado Georgiev 18,137 50–24–7 107 82 April 14 Colorado 4–3 Nashville Georgiev 17,159 51–24–7 109 Legend:

Notes: Game was played at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland.

Playoffs

2023 Stanley Cup playoffsWestern Conference first round vs. (WC1) Seattle Kraken: Seattle won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 18 Seattle 3–1 Colorado Georgiev 18,138 0–1 2 April 20 Seattle 2–3 Colorado Georgiev 18,141 1–1 3 April 22 Colorado 6–4 Seattle Georgiev 17,151 2–1 4 April 24 Colorado 2–3 Seattle OT Georgiev 17,151 2–2 5 April 26 Seattle 3–2 Colorado Georgiev 18,143 2–3 6 April 28 Colorado 4–1 Seattle Georgiev 17,151 3–3 7 April 30 Seattle 2–1 Colorado Georgiev 18,143 3–4 Legend:

Player statistics Final stats

Skaters

Regular season Player 71 42 69 111 +29 30 82 55 50 105 +15 82 60 17 49 66 +16 30 82 17 35 52 +8 33 64 21 30 51 +8 28 80 7 43 50 +39 26 53 17 30 47 +15 2 69 16 23 39 +7 30 76 6 31 37 −10 16 82 14 16 30 0 22 82 9 17 26 +11 37 42 10 14 24 +7 38 79 10 9 19 +6 44 † 42 11 6 17 +5 4 47 4 6 10 +4 12 27 2 8 10 +13 42 † 36 4 5 9 +7 8 63 0 8 8 +8 12 † 24 3 4 7 +4 10 44 1 5 6 −1 55 39 4 0 4 −6 6 † 25 2 2 4 +10 12 ‡ 27 1 2 3 −2 4 ‡ 36 0 3 3 +1 26 ‡ 33 0 2 2 −3 11 ‡ 25 1 0 1 −7 13 ‡ 14 0 0 0 −2 4 ‡ 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 −1 0 9 0 0 0 −3 6 11 0 0 0 −8 4 11 0 0 0 −1 4 9 0 0 0 −2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 ‡ 14 0 0 0 −2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 4 ‡ 3 0 0 0 +1 0

Playoffs Player 7 7 3 10 +4 2 7 1 8 9 +5 0 7 3 4 7 +8 4 7 3 3 6 +3 6 6 1 4 5 +5 6 7 1 4 5 +4 2 7 0 3 3 +1 0 7 1 1 2 –2 0 7 0 2 2 –4 2 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 –2 0 7 0 1 1 –3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 –1 0 1 0 0 0 –1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 –3 2 5 0 0 0 –3 8 6 0 0 0 –2 2 7 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 6

Goaltenders Regular season Player 62 62 3700 40 16 6 156 2.53 1904 .918 5 0 1 0 16 16 965 8 7 1 42 2.61 493 .915 1 0 1 0 † 3 2 143 2 0 0 5 2.10 73 .932 0 0 0 0 2 2 117 1 1 0 7 3.58 48 .854 0 0 0 0 † 1 0 28 0 0 0 1 2.15 9 .889 0 0 0 0 Playoffs Player 7 7 415 3 4 18 2.60 210 .914 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 2022–23 season.

Key:

Contract is entry-level. Contract initially takes effect in the 2023–24 season.

Trades Date Details Ref To New York Rangers3rd-round pick in 20223rd-round pick in 20235th-round pick in 2022 To Colorado AvalancheAlexandar Georgiev To Toronto Maple LeafsDryden Hunt To Colorado AvalancheDenis Malgin To San Jose SharksMartin KautJacob MacDonald To Colorado AvalancheRyan MerkleyMatt Nieto To Boston BruinsShane Bowers To Colorado AvalancheKeith Kinkaid To Chicago BlackhawksAndreas Englund To Colorado AvalancheJack Johnson To Washington Capitals2nd-round pick in 2025 To Colorado AvalancheLars Eller To New York RangersAnton Blidh To Colorado AvalancheGustav Rydahl

Players acquired Date Player Former team Term Via Ref Andreas Englund Colorado Eagles (AHL) 1-year Free agency Charles Hudon Tampa Bay Lightning Josh Jacobs Carolina Hurricanes Jonas Johansson Florida Panthers Spencer Smallman Carolina Hurricanes 2-year Brad Hunt Vancouver Canucks Anton Blidh Boston Bruins 1-year Evan Rodrigues Pittsburgh Penguins Jonas Johansson Arizona Coyotes Waivers Dryden Hunt New York Rangers Alex Galchenyuk Colorado Eagles (AHL) 1-year Free agency Jason Polin Western Michigan Broncos (NCHC) 1-year Sam Malinski Cornell Big Red (ECAC) 2-year Ondřej Pavel Minnesota State Mavericks (CCHA)

Players lost Date Player New team Term Via Ref Nicolas Aube-Kubel Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency Andre Burakovsky Seattle Kraken 5-year Dennis Gilbert Calgary Flames 2-year Darcy Kuemper Washington Capitals 5-year Nico Sturm San Jose Sharks 3-year Jordan Gross Nashville Predators 2-year Roland McKeown Kiefer Sherwood 1-year Dylan Sikura Chicago Blackhawks Stefan Matteau Linköping HC (SHL) 2-year Jack Johnson Chicago Blackhawks 1-year Nazem Kadri Calgary Flames 7-year Ryan Murray Edmonton Oilers 1-year Jonas Johansson Arizona Coyotes Waivers Lukas Sedlak Philadelphia Flyers Jayson Megna Anaheim Ducks Danila Zhuravlyov Contract termination Ak Bars Kazan (KHL) 1-year Free agency Gustav Rydahl Frölunda HC (SHL) 5-year Free agency Sampo Ranta Modo Hockey (SHL) 2-year Free agency

Signings