2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season

2019–20 Colorado Avalanche
Division	2nd Central
Conference	2nd Western
2019–20 record	42–20–8
Home record	18–9–6
Road record	24–11–2
Goals for	237
Goals against	191
General Manager	Joe Sakic
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Erik Johnson Nathan MacKinnon
Arena	Pepsi Center
Team leaders
Goals	Nathan MacKinnon (35)
Assists	Nathan MacKinnon (58)
Points	Nathan MacKinnon (93)
Penalties in minutes	Nazem Kadri (97)
Wins	Pavel Francouz (21)
Goals against average	Michael Hutchinson (1.00)

The 2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season. The Avalanche advanced to the playoffs for the third straight season, after last missing the playoffs in the 2016–17 season.

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Two of the Avalanche's players tested positive for COVID-19. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. In the Playoffs, the Avalanche defeated the Arizona Coyotes in the first round, before losing to the Dallas Stars in seven games in the second round.

Standings

Divisional standings

2019-20 NHL Central Division standings

Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OL	RW	GF	GA	Pct.
1	St.Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	.662
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	.657
3	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	.594
4	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	.565
5	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	.563
6	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	.558
7	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	.514

Western Conference

2019-20 NHL Western Conference standings

Pos.	Team	GP	W	L	OL	RW	GF	GA	Pct.
1	St.Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	.662
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	.585
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	.450

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.

2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Vegas	5–0	Colorado		Werner	—	0–1–0	Recap
2	September 19	Dallas	2–1	Colorado		Grubauer	—	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 21	Colorado	3–4	Minnesota		Francouz	16,833	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 22	Minnesota	2–3	Colorado	SO	Grubauer	—	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 25	Colorado	4–1	Vegas		Francouz	17,954	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 28	Colorado	3–4	Dallas	SO	Grubauer	13,112	2–3–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.

2019–20 game log
October: 8–2–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Calgary 3–5 Colorado Grubauer 18,016 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 October 5 Minnesota 2–4 Colorado Grubauer 17,090 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 October 10 Boston 2–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,045 3–0–0 6 Recap 4 October 12 Arizona 2–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,053 4–0–0 8 Recap 5 October 14 Colorado 6–3 Washington Grubauer 18,573 5–0–0 10 Recap 6 October 16 Colorado 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Grubauer 18,458 5–0–1 11 Recap 7 October 18 Colorado 5–4 Florida OT Grubauer 13,382 6–0–1 13 Recap 8 October 19 Colorado 6–2 Tampa Bay Francouz 19,092 7–0–1 15 Recap 9 October 21 Colorado 1–3 St. Louis Grubauer 18,096 7–1–1 15 Recap 10 October 25 Colorado 6–1 Vegas Grubauer 18,420 8–1–1 17 Recap 11 October 26 Anaheim 5–2 Colorado Francouz 18,039 8–2–1 17 Recap 12 October 30 Florida 4–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 16,022 8–2–2 18 Recap
November: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Dallas 2–1 Colorado Grubauer 18,020 8–3–2 18 Recap 14 November 2 Colorado 0–3 Arizona Francouz 17,125 8–4–2 18 Recap 15 November 5 Colorado 1–4 Dallas Grubauer 18,108 8–5–2 18 Recap 16 November 7 Nashville 4–9 Colorado Francouz 17,492 9–5–2 20 Recap 17 November 9 Columbus 2–4 Colorado Francouz 18,070 10–5–2 22 Recap 18 November 12 Colorado 4–0 Winnipeg Werner 15,325 11–5–2 24 Recap 19 November 14 Colorado 2–6 Edmonton Werner 17,188 11–6–2 24 Recap 20 November 16 Colorado 5–4 Vancouver OT Bibeau 18,409 12–6–2 26 Recap 21 November 19 Colorado 3–2 Calgary Grubauer 18,698 13–6–2 28 Recap 22 November 21 Colorado 2–3 Minnesota Grubauer 17,574 13–7–2 28 Recap 23 November 23 Toronto 5–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,137 13–8–2 28 Recap 24 November 27 Edmonton 1–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,021 14–8–2 30 Recap 25 November 29 Colorado 5–2 Chicago Francouz 21,822 15–8–2 32 Recap 26 November 30 Chicago 3–7 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 16–8–2 34 Recap
December: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 4 Colorado 3–1 Toronto Grubauer 19,351 17–8–2 36 Recap 28 December 5 Colorado 3–2 Montreal Francouz 21,302 18–8–2 38 Recap 29 December 7 Colorado 4–1 Boston Francouz 17,850 19–8–2 40 Recap 30 December 9 Calgary 5–4 Colorado OT Francouz 17,588 19–8–3 41 Recap 31 December 11 Philadelphia 1–3 Colorado Francouz 17,905 20–8–3 43 Recap 32 December 13 New Jersey 1–3 Colorado Francouz 18,034 21–8–3 45 Recap 33 December 16 Colorado 2–5 St. Louis Grubauer 18,096 21–9–3 45 Recap 34 December 18 Colorado 4–1 Chicago Francouz 21,481 22–9–3 47 Recap 35 December 19 Carolina 3–1 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 22–10–3 47 Recap 36 December 21 Chicago 5–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,056 22–11–3 47 Recap 37 December 23 Colorado 7–3 Vegas Francouz 18,425 23–11–3 49 Recap 38 December 27 Minnesota 6–4 Colorado Francouz 18,146 23–12–3 49 Recap 39 December 28 Colorado 2–3 Dallas SO Grubauer 18,532 23–12–4 50 Recap 40 December 31 Winnipeg 7–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,147 23–13–4 50 Recap
January: 5–2–2 (Home: 4–0–2 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 St. Louis 3–7 Colorado Grubauer 18,135 24–13–4 52 Recap 42 January 4 Colorado 5–2 New Jersey Grubauer 16,514 25–13–4 54 Recap 43 January 6 Colorado 0–1 NY Islanders Francouz 13,241 25–14–4 54 Recap 44 January 7 Colorado 3–5 NY Rangers Grubauer 17,082 25–15–4 54 Recap 45 January 10 Pittsburgh 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,132 25–15–5 55 Recap 46 January 14 Dallas 3–2 Colorado OT Grubauer 18,015 25–15–6 56 Recap 47 January 16 San Jose 0–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,014 26–15–6 58 Recap 48 January 18 St. Louis 3–5 Colorado Grubauer 18,132 27–15–6 60 Recap 49 January 20 Detroit 3–6 Colorado Francouz 18,110 28–15–6 62 Recap
February: 11–3–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 8–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Colorado 3–6 Philadelphia Grubauer 19,745 28–16–6 62 Recap 51 February 4 Colorado 6–1 Buffalo Grubauer 16,859 29–16–6 64 Recap 52 February 6 Colorado 4–1 Ottawa Grubauer 11,465 30–16–6 66 Recap 53 February 8 Colorado 2–1 Columbus Grubauer 19,022 31–16–6 68 Recap 54 February 9 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Francouz 17,444 32–16–6 70 Recap 55 February 11 Ottawa 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 33–16–6 72 Recap 56 February 13 Washington 3–2 Colorado Grubauer 18,146 33–17–6 72 Recap 57 February 15 Los Angeles 3–1 Colorado Francouz 43,574 (outdoors) 33–18–6 72 Recap 58 February 17 Tampa Bay 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,107 33–18–7 73 Recap 59 February 19 NY Islanders 1–3 Colorado Francouz 18,011 34–18–7 75 Recap 60 February 21 Colorado 1–0 Anaheim Francouz 16,742 35–18–7 77 Recap 61 February 22 Colorado 2–1 Los Angeles SO Francouz 18,230 36–18–7 79 Recap 62 February 26 Buffalo 2–3 Colorado Francouz 18,020 37–18–7 81 Recap 63 February 28 Colorado 3–2 Carolina Francouz 18,680 38–18–7 83 Recap 64 February 29 Colorado 3–2 Nashville Francouz 17,619 39–18–7 85 Recap
March: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Colorado 2–1 Detroit Hutchinson 17,708 40–18–7 87 Recap 66 March 4 Anaheim 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,033 40–18–8 88 Recap 67 March 6 Colorado 3–6 Vancouver Francouz 18,871 40–19–8 88 Recap 68 March 8 Colorado 4–3 San Jose Francouz 14,694 41–19–8 90 Recap 69 March 9 Colorado 1–3 Los Angeles Francouz 15,011 41–20–8 90 Recap 70 March 11 NY Rangers 2–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,025 42–20–8 92 Recap
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 13 Vancouver Colorado 72 March 15 Vegas Colorado 73 March 17 San Jose Colorado 74 March 19 Colorado Nashville 75 March 21 Montreal Colorado 76 March 23 Colorado Minnesota 77 March 25 Edmonton Colorado 78 March 27 Colorado Winnipeg 79 March 29 Nashville Colorado 80 March 31 Arizona Colorado 81 April 2 Winnipeg Colorado 82 April 4 St. Louis Colorado
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

The Avalanche played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Colorado finished with a 2–0–1 record to clinch the second seed for the playoffs.

The Avalanche faced the Arizona Coyotes in the first round and defeated them in five games.

The Avalanche faced the Dallas Stars in the second round, but lost in seven games.

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 2 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado Grubauer 1–0–0 2 Recap 2 August 5 Colorado 4–0 Dallas Francouz 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 August 8 Vegas 4–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 2–0–1 5 Recap
Western Conference First Round vs. (7) Arizona Coyotes: Colorado won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Arizona 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 1–0 Recap 2 August 14 Arizona 2–3 Colorado Grubauer 2–0 Recap 3 August 15 Colorado 2–4 Arizona Francouz 2–1 Recap 4 August 17 Colorado 7–1 Arizona Grubauer 3–1 Recap 5 August 19 Arizona 1–7 Colorado Grubauer 4–1 Recap Western Conference Second Round vs. (3) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 22 Dallas 5–3 Colorado Francouz 0–1 Recap 2 August 24 Dallas 5–2 Colorado Francouz 0–2 Recap 3 August 26 Colorado 6–4 Dallas Francouz 1–2 Recap 4 August 30 Colorado 4–5 Dallas Francouz 1–3 Recap 5 August 31 Dallas 3–6 Colorado Hutchinson 2–3 Recap 6 September 2 Colorado 4–1 Dallas Hutchinson 3–3 Recap 7 September 4 Dallas 5–4 Colorado OT Hutchinson 3–4 Recap
Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final statsColorado Avalanche Stats - 2019-2020. Retrieved on March 11, 2020.</ref>

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon 69 35 58 93 +13 12 Makar, CaleCale Makar 57 12 38 50 +12 12 Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky 58 20 25 45 +11 22 Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog 54 21 23 44 −2 47 Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen 42 19 22 41 −2 14 Kadri, NazemNazem Kadri 51 19 17 36 +7 97 Girard, SamuelSamuel Girard 70 4 30 34 +1 17 Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi 65 16 17 33 +2 26 Compher, J. T.J. T. Compher 67 11 20 31 +9 18 Nichushkin, ValeriValeri Nichushkin 65 13 14 27 +26 14 Graves, RyanRyan Graves 69 9 17 26 +40 45 Cole, IanIan Cole 65 4 22 26 +21 36 Calvert, MattMatt Calvert 50 12 13 25 +13 39 Jost, TysonTyson Jost 67 8 15 23 +11 22 Bellemare, Pierre-ÉdouardPierre-Édouard Bellemare 69 9 13 22 +2 17 Nieto, MattMatt Nieto 70 8 13 21 +7 6 Johnson, ErikErik Johnson 59 3 13 16 +9 20 Zadorov, NikitaNikita Zadorov 64 4 9 13 +6 65 Kamenev, VladislavVladislav Kamenev 38 1 7 8 −2 8 Namestnikov, VladislavVladislav Namestnikov † || 9 || 4 || 2 || 6 || +2 || 8 Wilson, ColinColin Wilson 9 0 4 4 +6 0 Kaut, MartinMartin Kaut 8 2 1 3 −1 0 O'Connor, LoganLogan O'Connor 16 2 0 2 0 2 Barberio, MarkMark Barberio 21 0 2 2 +3 16 Rosen, CalleCalle Rosen ‡ || 8 || 0 || 2 || 2 || +2 || 4 Tynan, T. J.T. J. Tynan 16 0 1 1 −1 2 Lindholm, AntonAnton Lindholm 4 0 1 1 +1 0 Megna, JaysonJayson Megna 8 0 0 0 −1 2 Dries, SheldonSheldon Dries 5 0 0 0 −2 0 Connauton, KevinKevin Connauton 4 0 0 0 –2 0 Timmins, ConorConor Timmins 2 0 0 0 +2 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon 15 9 16 25 +13 12 Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen 15 7 14 21 +11 6 Kadri, NazemNazem Kadri 15 9 9 18 +3 10 Burakovsky, AndreAndre Burakovsky 15 7 10 17 +7 4 Makar, CaleCale Makar 15 4 11 15 +12 0 Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog 14 2 11 13 +7 12 Girard, SamuelSamuel Girard 15 1 9 10 +4 6 Compher, J. T.J. T. Compher 15 3 5 8 +7 4 Donskoi, JoonasJoonas Donskoi 9 3 3 6 +1 2 Namestnikov, VladislavVladislav Namestnikov 12 4 1 5 +1 4 Zadorov, NikitaNikita Zadorov 15 3 2 5 +5 18 Nichushkin, ValeriValeri Nichushkin 15 2 1 3 0 2 Bellemare, Pierre-ÉdouardPierre-Édouard Bellemare 15 2 1 3 0 6 Graves, RyanRyan Graves 15 1 2 3 +9 6 Nieto, MattMatt Nieto 14 1 2 3 +1 4 Calvert, MattMatt Calvert 8 1 2 3 +1 4 Cole, IanIan Cole 15 0 2 2 +2 10 Johnson, ErikErik Johnson 9 0 2 2 +3 0 Jost, TysonTyson Jost 12 1 0 1 –1 8 O'Connor, LoganLogan O'Connor 5 0 1 1 0 0 Connauton, KevinKevin Connauton 4 0 1 1 –2 6 Timmins, ConorConor Timmins 2 0 0 0 +1 4 Dries, SheldonSheldon Dries 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson † || 1 || 1 || 60:00 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1.00 || 18 || .944 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
Francouz, PavelPavel Francouz	34	31	1,914:26	21	7	4	77	2.41	996	.923	1	0	0	2
Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer	36	36	2,057:06	18	12	4	90	2.63	1067	.916	2	0	0	0
Bibeau, AntoineAntoine Bibeau	2	1	91:45	1	0	0	5	3.27	42	.881	0	0	0	0
Werner, AdamAdam Werner	2	1	87:50	1	1	0	5	3.42	58	.914	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Grubauer, PhilippPhilipp Grubauer	7	7	385:20	5	0	1	12	1.87	153	.922	1	0	0	0
Hutchinson, MichaelMichael Hutchinson	4	3	196:11	2	1	0	9	2.75	100	.910	0	0	0	0
Francouz, PavelPavel Francouz	6	5	315:45	2	4	0	17	3.23	157	.892	1	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.

Roster

Updated July 25, 2010.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
41	United States	Anderson, CraigCraig Anderson	1.0 G	L	42	2009	Park Ridge, Illinois
31	Slovakia	Budaj, PeterPeter Budaj	1.0 G	L	41	2001	Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
10	Canada	Cumiskey, KyleKyle Cumiskey	2.0 D	L	37	2006	Abbotsford, British Columbia
9	Canada	Duchene, MattMatt Duchene	4.0 C	L	33	2009	Peterborough, Ontario
52	Canada	Foote, AdamAdam Foote  (C)	2.0 D	R	52	2008	Whitby, Ontario
39	United States	Galiardi, TJTJ Galiardi	6.0 LW	L	35	2007	Calgary, Alberta
22	Canada	Hannan, ScottScott Hannan	2.0 D	L	45	2007	Richmond, British Columbia
23	Czech Republic	Hejduk, MilanMilan Hejduk  (A)	7.0 RW	R	48	1994	Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
54	Canada	Jones, DavidDavid Jones	7.0 RW	R	39	2003	Guelph, Ontario
28	Czech Republic	Koci, DavidDavid Koci	6.0 LW	L	42	2009	Prague, Czechoslovakia
4	United States	Liles, John-MichaelJohn-Michael Liles	2.0 D	L	43	2000	Zionsville, Indiana
55	Canada	McLeod, CodyCody McLeod	6.0 LW	L	39	2007	Binscarth, Manitoba
88	United States	Mueller, PeterPeter Mueller  (RFA)	4.0 C	R	35	2010	Bloomington, Minnesota
37	Canada	O'Reilly, RyanRyan O'Reilly	4.0 C	L	33	2009	Clinton, Ontario
12	United States	Porter, KevinKevin Porter	4.0 C	L	38	2010	Detroit, Michigan
27	Canada	Quincey, KyleKyle Quincey	2.0 D	L	38	2009	Kitchener, Ontario
26	United States	Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny  (A)	4.0 C	L	38	2005	Quebec City, Quebec
25	Canada	Stewart, ChrisChris Stewart  (RFA)	7.0 RW	R	36	2006	Toronto, Ontario
29	United States	Stoa, RyanRyan Stoa	4.0 C	L	36	2005	Bloomington, Minnesota
44	Canada	Wilson, RyanRyan Wilson	2.0 D	L	37	2009	Windsor, Ontario
34	Canada	Winnik, DanielDaniel Winnik	4.0 C	R	39	2010	Toronto, Ontario
18	Canada	Yip, BrandonBrandon Yip	7.0 RW	R	38	2004	Vancouver, British Columbia

Transactions

The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)	To Arizona Coyotes Carl Soderberg	To Colorado Avalanche Kevin Connauton ARI's 3rd-round pick in 2020
June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)	To Washington Capitals Scott Kosmachuk 2nd-round pick in 2020 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Colorado Avalanche Andre Burakovsky
June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)	To Florida Panthers Dominic Toninato	To Colorado Avalanche Jacob MacDonald
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tyson Barrie Alexander Kerfoot 6th-round pick in 2020	To Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri Calle Rosen TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2020
September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)	To San Jose Sharks Nicolas Meloche	To Colorado Avalanche Antoine Bibeau
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Ottawa Senators 4th-round pick in 2021	To Colorado Avalanche Vladislav Namestnikov
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Calle Rosen	To Colorado Avalanche Michael Hutchinson

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Andrew Agozzino	to Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	from Vegas Golden Knights	2-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Joonas Donskoi	from San Jose Sharks	4-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Spencer Martin	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Patrik Nemeth	to Detroit Red Wings	2-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Semyon Varlamov	to New York Islanders	4-year
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	David Warsofsky	to Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Jayson Megna	from Washington Capitals	1-year
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Dan Renouf	from Carolina Hurricanes	2-year
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	T. J. Tynan	from Vegas Golden Knights	1-year
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Sven Andrighetto	to Avangard Omsk (KHL)	1-year
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Sergei Boikov	to Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	2-year
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Julien Nantel	to Colorado Eagles (AHL)	1-year
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Max McCormick	to Carolina Hurricanes	1-year
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)	Valeri Nichushkin	from Dallas Stars	1-year
August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21)	Derick Brassard	to New York Islanders	1-year
August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)	Gabriel Bourque	to Winnipeg Jets	1-year
September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	Mason Geertsen	to Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	1-year

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)		from/to

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Retirement Date Player Ref July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Colin Wilson	1-year
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Nikita Zadorov	1-year
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Ryan Graves	1-year
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Andre Burakovsky	1-year
July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)	J. T. Compher	4-year
July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19)	Bowen Byram	3-year
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Anton Lindholm	2-year
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Sheldon Dries	1-year
July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30)	Vladislav Kamenev	1-year
July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31)	Samuel Girard	7-year
August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01)	A. J. Greer	1-year
September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28)	Mikko Rantanen	6-year
February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)	Pavel Francouz	2-year

Draft picks

See also: List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanches' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Bowen Byram	D	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
1	16	Alex Newhook	C	Canada	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
2	47	Drew Helleson	D	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program
3	63	Matthew Stienburg	C	Canada	St. Andrew's College
3	78	Alex Beaucage	RW	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
5	140	Sasha Mutala	RW	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	171	Luka Burzan	RW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7	202	Trent Miner	G	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)