2023–24 Colorado Avalanche season
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The 2023–24 Colorado Avalanche season was the 45th season for the Avalanche as the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that joined the league in 1979, and their 28th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.[1]
2023–24 Colorado Avalanche | |
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Division | 3rd Central |
Conference | 4th Western |
2023–24 record | 50–25–7 |
Home record | 31–9–1 |
Road record | 19–16–6 |
Goals for | 304 |
Goals against | 254 |
Team information | |
General manager | Chris MacFarland |
Coach | Jared Bednar |
Captain | Gabriel Landeskog |
Alternate captains | Nathan MacKinnon Mikko Rantanen |
Arena | Ball Arena |
Minor league affiliate(s) | Colorado Eagles (AHL) Utah Grizzlies (ECHL) |
Team leaders | |
Goals | Nathan MacKinnon (51) |
Assists | Nathan MacKinnon (89) |
Points | Nathan MacKinnon (140) |
Penalty minutes | Josh Manson (87) |
Plus/minus | Nathan MacKinnon (+35) |
Wins | Alexandar Georgiev (38) |
Goals against average | Justus Annunen (2.25) |
On March 30, 2024, the Avalanche clinched a playoff berth for the seventh consecutive season after a 7–4 win against the Nashville Predators.[2] On April 18, Nathan MacKinnon broke the single season point record, across both the Nordiques and Avalanche, with 140 points. In the playoffs, the Avalanche defeated the Winnipeg Jets in five games in the first round,[3] before losing to the Dallas Stars in the second round in six games.[4]
On June 27, MacKinnon became the first Avalanche player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy since Peter Forsberg in the 2002–03 season.