2013–14 Colorado Avalanche season

2013–14 Colorado Avalanche
Central Division champions
Division	1st Central
Conference	2nd Western
2013–14 record	52–22–8
Home record	26–11–4
Road record	26–11–4
Goals for	250
Goals against	220
Team information
General manager	Greg Sherman
Coach	Patrick Roy
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Paul Stastny Cody McLeod
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	16,295 (92.1%) Total: 668,133
Minor league affiliate(s)	Lake Erie Monsters (AHL) Denver Cutthroats (CHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Ryan O'Reilly (28)
Assists	Matt Duchene (47)
Points	Matt Duchene (70)
Penalty minutes	Cody McLeod (122)
Plus/minus	Gabriel Landeskog (+21)
Wins	Semyon Varlamov (41)
Goals against average	Semyon Varlamov (2.41)

The 2013–14 Colorado Avalanche season was the 35th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 19th season since the franchise relocated to Colorado to start the 1995–96 NHL season. The Avalanche managed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since the 2009–10 season.

Off-season

On May 23, 2013, the Avalanche named former goaltender Patrick Roy as their new head coach and vice president of hockey operations.

Regular season

On October 30, 2013, goaltender Semyon Varlamov turned himself into Denver police on charges of kidnapping and assault. The charges were later dismissed.

Four players were chosen to represent their country at the 2014 Winter Olympics: Matt Duchene (Canada), Gabriel Landeskog (Sweden), Paul Stastny (United States) and Semyon Varlamov (Russia).

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Colorado Avalanche	82	52	22	8	47	250	220	+30	112
2	x – St. Louis Blues	82	52	23	7	43	248	191	+57	111
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	46	21	15	40	267	220	+47	107
4	Minnesota Wild	82	43	27	12	35	207	206	+1	98
5	Dallas Stars	82	40	31	11	36	235	228	+7	91
6	Nashville Predators	82	38	32	12	36	216	242	−26	88
7	Winnipeg Jets	82	37	35	10	29	227	237	−10	84

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2013 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–3–0 (Home: 1–2–0; Road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Anaheim	2–1	Colorado		Varlamov		0–1–0	Recap
2	September 20	Los Angeles	3–4	Colorado	OT	Pickard		1–1–0	Recap
3	September 22	Colorado	2–1	Anaheim		Varlamov	12,743	2–1–0	Recap
4	September 24	Dallas	5–3	Colorado		Giguere	10,000	2–2–0	Recap
5	September 26	Colorado	1–5	Dallas		Varlamov	6,590	2–3–0	Recap
6[a]	September 28	Colorado	3–2	Los Angeles		Giguere	11,722	3–3–0	Recap
Notes: a Game was played at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Regular season

2013–14 Game Log
October: 10–1–0 (Home: 5–1–0; Road: 5–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 2 Anaheim 1–6 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 4 Nashville 1–3 Colorado Varlamov 14,494 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 8 Colorado 2–1 Toronto Varlamov 19,388 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 10 Colorado 2–0 Boston Giguere 17,565 4–0–0 8 Recap 5 October 12 Colorado 5–1 Washington Varlamov 18,506 5–0–0 10 Recap 6 October 15 Dallas 2–3 Colorado Varlamov 15,208 6–0–0 12 Recap 7 October 17 Detroit 4–2 Colorado Varlamov 18,101 6–1–0 12 Recap 8 October 19 Colorado 4–2 Buffalo Giguere 18,422 7–1–0 14 Recap 9 October 21 Colorado 1–0 Pittsburgh Giguere 18,606 8–1–0 16 Recap 10 October 25 Carolina 2–4 Colorado Varlamov 16,177 9–1–0 18 Recap 11 October 27 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado Varlamov 13,927 10–1–0 20 Recap
November: 9–5–0 (Home: 5–3–0; Road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 12 November 1 Colorado 3–2 Dallas OT Varlamov 15,223 11–1–0 22 Recap 13 November 2 Montreal 1–4 Colorado Giguere 18,152 12–1–0 24 Recap 14 November 6 Nashville 6–4 Colorado Varlamov 14,043 12–2–0 24 Recap 15 November 8 Calgary 2–4 Colorado Giguere 17,620 13–2–0 26 Recap 16 November 10 Washington 1–4 Colorado Varlamov 17,625 14–2–0 28 Recap 17 November 12 Colorado 1–2 Carolina Varlamov 13,278 14–3–0 28 Recap 18 November 14 Colorado 3–7 St. Louis Varlamov 14,190 14–4–0 28 Recap 19 November 16 Florida 4–1 Colorado Varlamov 17,321 14–5–0 28 Recap 20 November 19 Chicago 1–5 Colorado Varlamov 17,348 15–5–0 30 Recap 21 November 21 Colorado 4–3 Phoenix OT Varlamov 12,285 16–5–0 32 Recap 22 November 23 Colorado 1–0 Los Angeles OT Varlamov 18,118 17–5–0 34 Recap 23 November 27 St. Louis 4–1 Colorado Varlamov 17,595 17–6–0 34 Recap 24 November 29 Colorado 3–1 Minnesota Giguere 19,081 18–6–0 36 Recap 25 November 30 Minnesota 2–3 Colorado SO Varlamov 17,857 19–6–0 38 Recap
December: 5–5–4 (Home: 3–1–2; Road: 2–4–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 5 Colorado 2–8 Edmonton Varlamov 16,839 19–7–0 38 Recap 27 December 6 Colorado 3–2 Calgary Giguere 19,289 20–7–0 40 Recap 28 December 8 Colorado 1–3 Vancouver Giguere 18,910 20–8–0 40 Recap 29 December 10 Phoenix 3–1 Colorado Varlamov 14,110 20–9–0 40 Recap 30 December 12 Colorado 4–3 Winnipeg SO Varlamov 15,004 21–9–0 42 Recap 31 December 14 Minnesota 2–1 Colorado SO Varlamov 16,188 21–9–1 43 Recap 32 December 16 Dallas 2–6 Colorado Varlamov 13,915 22–9–1 45 Recap 33 December 17 Colorado 2–3 Dallas Giguere 15,143 22–10–1 45 Recap 34 December 19 Edmonton 2–4 Colorado Varlamov 13,135 23–10–1 47 Recap 35 December 21 Colorado 2–3 Los Angeles SO Varlamov 18,118 23–10–2 48 Recap 36 December 23 Colorado 4–5 San Jose SO Varlamov 17,562 23–10–3 49 Recap 37 December 27 Colorado 2–7 Chicago Giguere 22,201 23–11–3 49 Recap 38 December 29 Winnipeg 2–1 Colorado OT Varlamov 17,733 23–11–4 50 Recap 39 December 31 Columbus 3–5 Colorado Varlamov 16,177 24–11–4 52 Recap
January: 10–3–1 (Home: 5–2–1; Road: 5–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 January 2 Philadelphia 1–2 Colorado Varlamov 16,793 25–11–4 54 Recap 41 January 4 San Jose 3–4 Colorado Varlamov 17,154 26–11–4 56 Recap 42 January 6 Calgary 4–3 Colorado Giguere 12,027 26–12–4 56 Recap 43 January 8 Ottawa 3–4 Colorado OT Varlamov 12,487 27–12–4 58 Recap 44 January 10 NY Islanders 2–1 Colorado OT Varlamov 17,430 27–12–5 59 Recap 45 January 11 Colorado 4–2 Minnesota Varlamov 19,117 28–12–5 61 Recap 46 January 14 Colorado 3–2 Chicago OT Varlamov 21,412 29–12–5 63 Recap 47 January 16 New Jersey 1–2 Colorado SO Varlamov 14,090 30–12–5 65 Recap 48 January 18 Colorado 5–4 Nashville Varlamov 17,113 31–12–5 67 Recap 49 January 21 Toronto 5–2 Colorado Varlamov 14,877 31–13–5 67 Recap 50 January 24 Colorado 3–2 Florida Varlamov 17,274 32–13–5 69 Recap 51 January 25 Colorado 2–5 Tampa Bay Aittokallio 19,204 32–14–5 69 Recap 52 January 27 Colorado 4–3 Dallas Varlamov 11,678 33–14–5 71 Recap 53 January 30 Minnesota 4–5 Colorado Varlamov 14,697 34–14–5 73 Recap
February: 4–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 54 February 1 Buffalo 1–7 Colorado Varlamov 16,649 35–14–5 75 Recap 55 February 3 Colorado 2–1 New Jersey OT Giguere 14,213 36–14–5 77 Recap 56 February 4 Colorado 1–5 NY Rangers Varlamov 18,006 36–15–5 77 Recap 57 February 6 Colorado 1–3 Philadelphia Varlamov 19,982 36–16–5 77 Recap 58 February 8 Colorado 5–2 NY Islanders Giguere 15,360 37–16–5 79 Recap 59 February 26 Los Angeles 6–4 Colorado Giguere 16,754 37–17–5 79 Recap 60 February 28 Phoenix 2–4 Colorado Varlamov 17,649 38–17–5 81 Recap
March: 9–3–1 (Home: 5–2–0; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 61 March 2 Tampa Bay 3–6 Colorado Varlamov 15,592 39–17–5 83 Recap 62 March 4 Colorado 4–2 Chicago Varlamov 21,361 40–17–5 85 Recap 63 March 6 Colorado 3–2 Detroit OT Giguere 20,066 41–17–5 87 Recap 64 March 8 St. Louis 2–1 Colorado Varlamov 18,137 41–18–5 87 Recap 65 March 10 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado OT Varlamov 15,250 42–18–5 89 Recap 66 March 12 Chicago 2–3 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 43–18–5 91 Recap 67 March 14 Anaheim 6–4 Colorado Varlamov 18,030 43–19–5 91 Recap 68 March 16 Colorado 3–1 Ottawa Varlamov 19,501 44–19–5 93 Recap 69 March 18 Colorado 3–6 Montreal Giguere 21,273 44–20–5 93 Recap 70 March 19 Colorado 4–5 Winnipeg OT Berra 15,004 44–20–6 94 Recap 71 March 21 Boston 2–0 Colorado Varlamov 18,007 44–21–6 94 Recap 72 March 25 Colorado 5–4 Nashville SO Varlamov 16,438 45–21–6 96 Recap 73 March 27 Vancouver 2–3 Colorado OT Varlamov 16,965 46–21–6 98 Recap 74 March 29 San Jose 2–3 Colorado Varlamov 18,077 47–21–6 100 Recap
April: 5–1–2 (Home: 1–0–1; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 Colorado 3–2 Columbus OT Varlamov 16,550 48–21–6 102 Recap 76 April 3 NY Rangers 2–3 Colorado SO Varlamov 16,721 49–21–6 104 Recap 77 April 5 Colorado 4–0 St. Louis Varlamov 19,153 50–21–6 106 Recap 78 April 6 Pittsburgh 3–2 Colorado SO Varlamov 18,007 50–21–7 107 Recap 79 April 8 Colorado 4–1 Edmonton Giguere 16,839 51–21–7 109 Recap 80 April 10 Colorado 4–2 Vancouver Varlamov 18,910 52–21–7 111 Recap 81 April 11 Colorado 1–5 San Jose Berra 17,562 52–22–7 111 Recap 82 April 13 Colorado 2–3 Anaheim OT Giguere 17,528 52–22–8 112 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (WC) Minnesota Wild: Wild Win Series 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 17 Minnesota 4–5 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,074 1–0 Recap 2 April 19 Minnesota 2–4 Colorado Varlamov 18,402 2–0 Recap 3 April 21 Colorado 0–1 Minnesota OT Varlamov 19,221 2–1 Recap 4 April 24 Colorado 1–2 Minnesota Varlamov 19,396 2–2 Recap 5 April 26 Minnesota 3–4 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,418 3–2 Recap 6 April 28 Colorado 2–5 Minnesota Varlamov 19,314 3–3 Recap 7 April 30 Minnesota 5–4 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,511 3–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Matt Duchene	71	23	47	70	8	19
Gabriel Landeskog	81	26	39	65	21	71
Ryan O'Reilly	80	28	36	64	−1	2
Nathan MacKinnon	82	24	39	63	20	26
Paul Stastny	71	25	35	60	9	22
Erik Johnson	80	9	30	39	5	61
Jamie McGinn	79	19	19	38	−3	30
Tyson Barrie	64	13	25	38	17	20
P. A. Parenteau	55	14	19	33	3	30
John Mitchell	75	11	21	32	13	36
Andre Benoit	79	7	21	28	2	26
Nick Holden	54	10	15	25	12	22
Maxime Talbot†	70	7	18	25	4	43
Jan Hejda	78	6	11	17	8	40
Cody McLeod	71	5	8	13	2	122
Patrick Bordeleau	82	6	5	11	−1	115
Alex Tanguay	16	4	7	11	7	4
Cory Sarich	54	1	9	10	7	38
Nate Guenin	68	1	8	9	3	46
Marc-Andre Cliche	76	1	6	7	−11	17
Steve Downie‡	11	1	6	7	4	36
Ryan Wilson	28	0	6	6	1	12
Brad Malone	32	3	2	5	−4	23
Stefan Elliott	1	1	0	1	0	0
David Van Der Gulik	2	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Hunwick	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Carey	12	0	0	0	0	2
Karl Stollery	2	0	0	0	1	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Paul Stastny	7	5	5	10	−1	4
Nathan MacKinnon	7	2	8	10	2	4
Ryan O'Reilly	7	2	4	6	3	0
Jamie McGinn	7	2	3	5	−1	2
Gabriel Landeskog	7	3	1	4	−2	8
Nick Holden	7	3	1	4	2	8
P. A. Parenteau	7	1	2	3	0	2
Matt Duchene	2	0	3	3	−1	2
Erik Johnson	7	1	1	2	−6	2
Tyson Barrie	3	0	2	2	3	0
Ryan Wilson	4	0	2	2	−1	2
Cody McLeod	7	1	0	1	−1	22
Andre Benoit	7	0	1	1	3	6
Nate Guenin	7	0	1	1	1	4
Joey Hishon	3	0	1	1	0	2
Maxime Talbot	7	0	0	0	−3	4
Jan Hejda	7	0	0	0	−6	6
Patrick Bordeleau	7	0	0	0	−1	10
Marc-Andre Cliche	7	0	0	0	−3	2
Brad Malone	6	0	0	0	−1	2
Paul Carey	3	0	0	0	−1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Semyon Varlamov	63	60	3640	41	14	6	146	2.41	2013	.927	2	0	3	2
Jean-Sebastien Giguere	22	19	1212	11	6	1	53	2.62	608	.913	2	0	0	4
Reto Berra†	2	2	72	0	1	1	7	5.83	32	.781	0	0	0	0
Sami Aittokallio	1	1	40	0	1	0	3	4.50	18	.833	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Semyon Varlamov	7	7	432	3	4	20	2.78	231	.913	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

Awards and honours

Awards

Regular season

Player	Award	Date
Nathan MacKinnon	Calder Memorial Trophy	June 24, 2014
Patrick Roy	Jack Adams Award	June 24, 2014
Ryan O'Reilly	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	June 24, 2014
Semyon Varlamov	2013-14 NHL Second All-Star Team	June 24, 2014

Transactions

The following transactions took place during the 2013–14 NHL season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 27, 2013	To Calgary Flames David Jones Shane O'Brien	To Colorado Avalanche Alex Tanguay Cory Sarich
October 31, 2013	To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Downie	To Colorado Avalanche Maxime Talbot
March 5, 2014	To Calgary Flames 2nd-round pick in 2014	To Colorado Avalanche Reto Berra

Free agents acquired

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Andre Benoit	Ottawa Senators	1 year, $900,000
Nate Guenin	Norfolk Admirals	1 year, $600,000
Guillaume Desbiens	Chicago Wolves	1 year, $600,000
J. T. Wyman	Tampa Bay Lightning	1 year, $750,000
Nick Holden	Columbus Blue Jackets	2 years, $1.2 million
Cody Corbett	Edmonton Oil Kings	3 years, $1.850 million entry-level contract
Samuel Henley	Val-d'Or Foreurs	3 years, $1.76 million entry-level contract
Dennis Everberg	Rögle BK	2 years, $1.225 million entry-level contract
Roman Will	BK Mladá Boleslav	2 years, $1.145 million entry-level contract
Borna Rendulic	HPK	2 years, $1.24 million entry-level contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Aaron Palushaj	Carolina Hurricanes	1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers

Player	Former team	Date claimed off waivers
Marc-Andre Cliche	Los Angeles Kings	September 22, 2013

Lost via waivers

Player

New team

Date claimed off waivers

Lost via retirement

Player

Milan Hejduk

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
David Van der Gulik	July 5, 2013	1 year, $600,000
Colin Smith	July 5, 2013	3 years, $1.885 million entry level contract
Nathan MacKinnon	July 9, 2013	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Brad Malone	July 17, 2013	1 year, $735,000
Matt Duchene	July 18, 2013	5 years, $30 million contract extension
Gabriel Landeskog	August 15, 2013	7 years, $39 million contract extension
Chris Bigras	September 17, 2013	3 years, $2.715 million entry-level contract
Nate Guenin	January 7, 2014	2 years, $1.6 million contract extension
Semyon Varlamov	January 30, 2014	5 years, $29.5 million contract extension
Marc-Andre Cliche	February 27, 2014	2 years, $1.4 million contract extension
Reto Berra	March 14, 2014	3 years, $4.35 million contract extension
John Mitchell	March 14, 2014	3 years, $5.4 million contract extension
Troy Bourke	May 29, 2014	3 years, $1.895 million entry-level contract
Jamie McGinn	June 19, 2014	2 years, $5.9 million contract extension

Draft picks

Colorado Avalanche's picks at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, to be held in Newark, New Jersey, on June 30, 2013.

See also: List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/junior/club team (league)
1	1	Nathan MacKinnon	C	Canada	Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL)
2	32	Chris Bigras	D	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3	63	Spencer Martin	G	Canada	Mississauga Steelheads (OHL)
4	93	Mason Geertsen	D	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
5	123	Will Butcher	D	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
6	153	Ben Storm	D	United States	Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)
7	183	Wilhelm Westlund	D	Sweden	Färjestad BK (SHL)

References