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| All Games | 13-22-0 | -8.8 | 13-22 | -8.8 | 17-16 | 2.6 | 29.1 | 3.0 | 34.1 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 6-11-0 | -3.4 | 6-11 | -3.4 | 8-7 | 2.2 | 27.4 | 3.1 | 33.8 | | Last 5 Games | 3-2-0 | +2 | 3-2 | +2 | 2-3 | 2.8 | 28.2 | 1.6 | 34.2 | | vs. Division | 3-9-0 | -6.2 | 3-9 | -6.2 | 4-7 | 2.1 | 28.2 | 3.2 | 34.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 35 | 92 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 5 | 5 | 1018 | 9.0% | 116 | 17 | 14.7% | 157 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 17 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 465 | 8.2% | 53 | 8 | 15.1% | 60 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 9.9% | 16 | 4 | 25.0% | 24 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 12 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 339 | 7.4% | 49 | 9 | 18.4% | 46 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 106 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 8 | 7 | 1192 | 8.9% | 127 | 19 | 15.0% | 174 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 53 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 575 | 9.2% | 61 | 9 | 14.8% | 82 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 171 | 4.7% | 17 | 3 | 17.6% | 14 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 38 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 415 | 9.2% | 49 | 7 | 14.3% | 60 |
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| RETO BERRA (All Games) | 10 | 8 | 187 | 165 | 88.2% | 0 | 4-4 | -0.4 | 4-4-0 | 0 | 6-2 | | RETO BERRA (Road Games) | 6 | 4 | 80 | 71 | 88.7% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.4 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 3-1 | | RETO BERRA (vs. Division) | 2 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 94.1% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | RETO BERRA (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 3 | 48 | 38 | 79.2% | 0 | 2-1 | +1 | 2-1-0 | +1 | 2-1 | | CALVIN PICKARD (All Games) | 14 | 11 | 457 | 427 | 93.4% | 1 | 4-7 | -2.3 | 4-7-0 | -2 | 5-6 | | CALVIN PICKARD (Road Games) | 6 | 4 | 200 | 190 | 95.0% | 1 | 2-2 | +0.8 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 1-3 | | CALVIN PICKARD (vs. Division) | 6 | 6 | 210 | 194 | 92.4% | 0 | 2-4 | -2 | 2-4-0 | -2 | 3-3 | | CALVIN PICKARD (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 144 | 137 | 95.1% | 1 | 2-2 | +0.8 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 2-2 | | SEMYON VARLAMOV (All Games) | 16 | 16 | 543 | 496 | 91.3% | 3 | 5-11 | -6.1 | 5-11-0 | -5 | 6-8 | | SEMYON VARLAMOV (Road Games) | 9 | 9 | 294 | 262 | 89.1% | 1 | 2-7 | -4.7 | 2-7-0 | -4 | 4-3 | | SEMYON VARLAMOV (vs. Division) | 6 | 6 | 184 | 168 | 91.3% | 1 | 1-5 | -4.2 | 1-5-0 | -4 | 1-4 | | SEMYON VARLAMOV (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 106 | 95 | 89.6% | 1 | 2-2 | +0.2 | 2-2-0 | 0 | 2-1 |
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| All Games | 21-14-0 | +2.6 | 21-14 | +2.6 | 15-8 | 2.9 | 31.2 | 2.6 | 27.6 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 12-5-0 | +3.2 | 12-5 | +3.2 | 8-2 | 3.4 | 30.6 | 2.3 | 26.4 | | Last 5 Games | 1-4-0 | -4.1 | 1-4 | -4.1 | 3-1 | 2.8 | 26.0 | 4.0 | 31.0 | | vs. Division | 7-5-0 | +0.4 | 7-5 | +0.4 | 5-3 | 2.7 | 31.0 | 2.9 | 29.7 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 35 | 103 | 29 | 29 | 39 | 6 | 7 | 1093 | 9.4% | 121 | 30 | 24.8% | 177 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 17 | 58 | 19 | 12 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 520 | 11.2% | 62 | 15 | 24.2% | 104 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 130 | 10.8% | 13 | 5 | 38.5% | 26 | | Team Stats (vs. Division) | 12 | 32 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 372 | 8.6% | 42 | 6 | 14.3% | 50 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 90 | 23 | 31 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 967 | 9.3% | 120 | 27 | 22.5% | 152 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 39 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 448 | 8.7% | 54 | 10 | 18.5% | 67 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 20 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 12.9% | 26 | 9 | 34.6% | 36 | | Stats Against (vs. Division) | | 35 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 356 | 9.8% | 45 | 11 | 24.4% | 63 |
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| JAKE ALLEN (All Games) | 19 | 18 | 486 | 437 | 89.9% | 1 | 12-6 | +4.4 | 12-6-0 | +5 | 9-4 | | JAKE ALLEN (Home Games) | 9 | 8 | 206 | 183 | 88.8% | 1 | 6-2 | +2.8 | 6-2-0 | +2 | 6-1 | | JAKE ALLEN (vs. Division) | 7 | 7 | 206 | 184 | 89.3% | 0 | 4-3 | +0 | 4-3-0 | 0 | 3-2 | | JAKE ALLEN (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 108 | 94 | 87.0% | 0 | 1-3 | -3.1 | 1-3-0 | -3 | 2-1 | | MARTIN BRODEUR (All Games) | 5 | 3 | 120 | 107 | 89.2% | 0 | 1-2 | -1 | 1-2-0 | -1 | 3-0 | | MARTIN BRODEUR (Home Games) | 1 | 1 | 34 | 32 | 94.1% | 0 | 1-0 | +1 | 1-0-0 | +1 | 1-0 | | MARTIN BRODEUR (vs. Division) | 2 | 1 | 34 | 30 | 88.2% | 0 | 0-1 | -1 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | MARTIN BRODEUR (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 2 | 96 | 87 | 90.6% | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 2-0 | | BRIAN ELLIOTT (All Games) | 14 | 14 | 360 | 335 | 93.1% | 3 | 8-6 | -0.7 | 8-6-0 | -1 | 3-4 | | BRIAN ELLIOTT (Home Games) | 8 | 8 | 207 | 195 | 94.2% | 0 | 5-3 | -0.6 | 5-3-0 | -1 | 1-1 | | BRIAN ELLIOTT (vs. Division) | 4 | 4 | 116 | 107 | 92.2% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.4 | 3-1-0 | +1 | 1-1 | | BRIAN ELLIOTT (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 84 | 79 | 94.0% | 1 | 2-2 | -1.6 | 2-2-0 | -1 | 0-1 |
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| 12/4/2014 | at CALGARY | 3-4 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5.5 ev | O | | 12/5/2014 | at WINNIPEG | 2-6 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5 ov | O | | 12/9/2014 | NASHVILLE | 0-3 | L | 0, +125 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 12/11/2014 | WINNIPEG | 4-3 | W | 0, +100 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 12/13/2014 | ST LOUIS | 2-3 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 12/18/2014 | at PITTSBURGH | 0-1 | L | 0, +175 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 12/20/2014 | at BUFFALO | 5-1 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5 ov | O | | 12/21/2014 | at DETROIT | 2-1 | W | 0, +180 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/23/2014 | ST LOUIS | 5-0 | W | 0, +120 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/27/2014 | CHICAGO | 2-5 | L | 0, +145 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 12/29/2014 | at ST LOUIS | | | 12/31/2014 | PHILADELPHIA | | | 1/2/2015 | EDMONTON | | | 1/4/2015 | COLUMBUS | | | 1/6/2015 | at CHICAGO | | | 1/8/2015 | OTTAWA | |
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| 12/3/2014 | at CHICAGO | 1-4 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5 ov | P | | 12/4/2014 | at NASHVILLE | 3-4 | L | 0, +140 | L | 5 un | O | | 12/6/2014 | at NY ISLANDERS | 6-4 | W | 0, +105 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 12/8/2014 | FLORIDA | 4-2 | W | 0, -180 | W | 5 ov | O | | 12/11/2014 | NY ISLANDERS | 6-3 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5.5 ov | O | | 12/13/2014 | at COLORADO | 3-2 | W | 0, -160 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 12/16/2014 | LOS ANGELES | 5-2 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5 ov | O | | 12/18/2014 | at LOS ANGELES | 4-6 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5 ov | O | | 12/20/2014 | at SAN JOSE | 2-3 | L | 0, +110 | L | 5 ov | P | | 12/23/2014 | at COLORADO | 0-5 | L | 0, -140 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 12/27/2014 | DALLAS | 3-4 | L | 0, -170 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 12/29/2014 | COLORADO | | | 12/30/2014 | at NASHVILLE | | | 1/2/2015 | at ANAHEIM | | | 1/3/2015 | at SAN JOSE | | | 1/6/2015 | at ARIZONA | | | 1/8/2015 | SAN JOSE | |
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| |  | COLORADO: LAST SEASON: 52-22-8, 112 points. Won the Central Division. Lost to Minnesota 4-3 in first round of playoffs.
COACH: Patrick Roy, 2nd season with Colorado, 52-22-8; 2nd overall in NHL.
ADDED: RW Jarome Iginla, D Brad Stuart, C Daniel Briere, C Jesse Winchester.
LOST: RW P.A. Parenteau, F Paul Stastny, G Jean-Sebastien Giguere, D Andre Benoit, D Cory Sarich.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Nathan MacKinnon. As hard as this may be to believe, the speedy 19-year-old may have even gotten faster in the offseason working out with the likes of Matt Duchene and Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby. MacKinnon was the league's rookie of the year in 2013-14 after scoring 24 goals and dishing out 39 assists. Roy isn't concerned with a sophomore jinx with MacKinnon, saying, ''I think Nate's going to do a very good job this year despite the way people think about a second-year player.''
OUTLOOK: The Avalanche surprised the hockey world by winning the Central Division in Roy's first season. Now, Roy's eager to see his squad take the next step, which is to go even deeper into the postseason. The team added more veteran leadership by signing Iginla, along with trading for Briere and Stuart. They also have Alex Tanguay back after he missed most of the season with knee and hip injuries. Colorado boasts two formidable lines that will include some combination of Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly, captain Gabe Landeskog, Iginla, Tanguay and MacKinnon. Roy is still tinkering to find the best pairings. | | ST LOUIS: LAST SEASON: 52-23-7, 111 points. Tied for third overall in Western Conference, lost in first round to Chicago.
COACH: Ken Hitchcock, third full season with Blues. 124-55-20. 657-405-178 overall in 18 seasons, seventh on career win list.
ADDED: C Paul Stastny, C Jori Lehtera, D Carl Gunnarsson, C Colin Fraser, F Robby Fabbri.
LOST: G Ryan Miller, D Roman Polak, F Vladimir Sobotka, F Brenden Morrow.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Jaden Schwartz. Signing Stastny in free agency creates open ice for everyone else. Schwartz led team at plus-28 last season and scored 25 goals.
OUTLOOK: They've been among the NHL's best regular-season teams the last few seasons, and one of the stingiest, too. Last season they allowed the third-fewest goals, plus defensemen Alex Pietrangelo and Kevin Shattenkirk are highly productive joining the rush. They appear to have enough firepower to contend for an ever-elusive first Stanley Cup, although as usual there's plenty of competition at the top of the Western Conference. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (COLORADO-ST LOUIS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Avalanche-Blues Preview* =========================
By JACK CASSIDY STATS Writer
Colorado (13-14-8) at St. Louis (21-11-3), 8:00 p.m. EDT
The comforts of home are usually kind to the St. Louis Blues, but even a return to the Scottrade Center has failed to reunite them with the win column.
St. Louis will look to break out of its season-worst four-game losing streak Monday night when it hosts the Colorado Avalanche.
The Blues (21-11-3) entered the Christmas break with three consecutive losses, all on the road, then came home following the layoff and fell again, 4-3 to Dallas on Saturday for their first regulation home loss since Nov. 8.
"I think the mistakes are the same they've been for four games," coach Ken Hitchcock said. "Other than the game in San Jose, I think they've been the same mistakes. Can't defend in our own zone. We're going to have to play with the same ferocity in our zone that we do in the offensive zone."
The four-game skid, which includes losses in Los Angeles, San Jose and Colorado, has displayed a dramatic shift in both offensive and defensive production for St. Louis.
Through 31 games, the Blues had averaged 31.8 shots while allowing just 26.9 - the second-best mark in the NHL through Dec. 17. In four games since, however, St. Louis has managed only 26.8 shots per game and allowed 33.0.
That trend realigned Saturday with the Blues holding Dallas to 24 shots, but the result remained the same as goaltender Jake Allen had 20 saves. Martin Brodeur gets the nod Monday looking to bounce back from a 6-4 loss in Los Angeles in his last start.
Both Brodeur and Allen continue to serve as placeholders while the Blues await the return of opening-day starter Brian Elliot, who posted a 1.82 goals against average before suffering a lower-body injury Nov. 25. Elliot is expected to rejoin the Blues in the "next several days," according to the team's website.
Vladimir Tarasenko continues to serve as a bright spot for St. Louis, picking up his 21st goal Saturday to match his career best from last season.
Colorado (13-14-8) blanked Tarasenko and the Blues 5-0 in the most recent meeting on Tuesday. The Avalanche, though, failed to carry any momentum through the holiday break and lost 5-2 in Chicago on Saturday.
Erik Johnson got his sixth goal in as many games and is tied for the league lead among defensemen with 10 goals - which matches a career best for the seven-year veteran.
Of course, he'd sacrifice that production if it meant boosting Colorado out of last place in the Central Division.
"I'd trade it for a win any day of the week," Johnson said to the Avalanche's official site. "It's just a number, but it's good to contribute and hopefully I can continue to do that in winning ways."
Semyon Varlamov, who beat St. Louis in his return from injured reserve Tuesday, owns an impressive 1.75 GAA against the Blues in his career, including three shutouts in his last eight meetings. He is 5-6-6 with a 3.01 GAA overall this season.
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