2008–09 Colorado Avalanche
Western Conference · Central Division · 32-44-5, 69 pts
The 2008–09 Colorado Avalanche went 32-44-5 (69 points) in the Northwest Division. Milan Hejduk led the team with 59 points (27 G, 32 A). Andrew Raycroft had 12 wins in goal.
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Skaters
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | PTS | +/- | PIM | PPG | SOG | SH% | TOI/GP | HIT | BLK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Hejduk | R | 82 | 27 | 32 | 59 | -19 | 16 | 10 | 211 | 12.8 | 19:56 | 30 | 31 |
| Ryan Smyth | L | 77 | 26 | 33 | 59 | -15 | 62 | 10 | 257 | 10.1 | 20:17 | 46 | 31 |
| Wojtek Wolski | L | 79 | 14 | 28 | 42 | -13 | 28 | 2 | 169 | 8.3 | 18:23 | 55 | 41 |
| John-Michael Liles | D | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 | -19 | 31 | 6 | 146 | 8.2 | 21:33 | 58 | 106 |
| Paul Stastny | C | 45 | 11 | 25 | 36 | -9 | 22 | 7 | 118 | 9.3 | 21:14 | 19 | 37 |
| Marek Svatos | R | 69 | 14 | 20 | 34 | -6 | 34 | 6 | 140 | 10.0 | 13:06 | 37 | 21 |
| Tyler Arnason | C | 71 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -16 | 14 | 2 | 108 | 4.6 | 13:19 | 6 | 15 |
| Ruslan Salei | D | 70 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -4 | 72 | 1 | 93 | 4.3 | 21:06 | 107 | 143 |
| T.J. Hensick | C | 61 | 4 | 17 | 21 | -7 | 14 | 1 | 116 | 3.4 | 12:54 | 14 | 22 |
| Cody McLeod | L | 79 | 15 | 5 | 20 | -11 | 162 | 0 | 118 | 12.7 | 11:35 | 194 | 32 |
| Jordan Leopold | D | 64 | 6 | 14 | 20 | -10 | 18 | 1 | 82 | 7.3 | 18:10 | 45 | 80 |
| Ian Laperriere | R | 74 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 163 | 0 | 61 | 11.5 | 13:50 | 103 | 69 |
| Chris Stewart | R | 53 | 11 | 8 | 19 | -18 | 54 | 1 | 98 | 11.2 | 12:20 | 80 | 8 |
| Darcy Tucker | R | 63 | 8 | 8 | 16 | -13 | 67 | 2 | 94 | 8.5 | 14:07 | 102 | 21 |
| David Jones | R | 40 | 8 | 5 | 13 | -8 | 8 | 1 | 47 | 17.0 | 12:44 | 54 | 13 |
| Brett Clark | D | 76 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -16 | 32 | 0 | 97 | 2.1 | 22:20 | 73 | 238 |
| Cody McCormick | C | 55 | 1 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 92 | 0 | 66 | 1.5 | 9:36 | 115 | 20 |
| Ben Guite | R | 50 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +2 | 30 | 0 | 63 | 7.9 | 12:43 | 88 | 32 |
| Joe Sakic | C | 15 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 6 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 | 18:07 | 7 | 5 |
| Scott Hannan | D | 81 | 1 | 9 | 10 | -21 | 26 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 | 22:22 | 56 | 162 |
| Adam Foote | D | 42 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -12 | 30 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 | 19:41 | 54 | 77 |
| Brian Willsie | R | 42 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -6 | 14 | 0 | 59 | 1.7 | 11:47 | 36 | 21 |
| Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 14:40 | 12 | 29 |
| TJ Galiardi | L | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 | 16:21 | 11 | 9 |
| Ray Macias | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 17:59 | 2 | 8 |
| Mike Vernace | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 | 19:39 | 20 | 17 |
| Derek Peltier | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 13:15 | 2 | 13 |
| Philippe Dupuis | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 9:34 | 4 | 1 |
| Kyle Cumiskey | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8:32 | 2 | 3 |
| Aaron MacKenzie | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 14:38 | 6 | 8 |
| Lawrence Nycholat | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10:33 | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Hendricks | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 8:30 | 8 | 1 |
| Per Ledin | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 9:56 | 3 | 0 |
| Wes O'Neill | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10:52 | 5 | 3 |
| Chris Durno | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 6:02 | 6 | 0 |
Goaltenders
| Player | GP | GS | W | L | OTL | SA | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Raycroft | 82 | 27 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 836 | .892 | 3.14 | 0 |
| Peter Budaj | 82 | 55 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 1531 | .899 | 2.86 | 2 |
Schedule & results
| Date | Opponent | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9 | vs BOS | L 4–5 | Final |
| Oct 12 | @ EDM | L 2–3 | Final |
| Oct 14 | @ CGY | L 4–5 | Final |
| Oct 16 | vs PHI | W 5–2 | Final |
| Oct 18 | @ DAL | W 5–4 | Final |
| Oct 20 | @ LAK | W 4–3 | Final |
| Oct 23 | vs EDM | W 4–1 | Final |
| Oct 25 | vs BUF | W 2–1 | Final/SO |
| Oct 28 | @ CGY | L 0–3 | Final |
| Oct 30 | vs CBJ | L 2–4 | Final |
| Nov 2 | vs SJS | L 3–5 | Final |
| Nov 3 | @ CHI | L 2–6 | Final |
| Nov 6 | vs MIN | L 1–3 | Final |
| Nov 8 | vs NSH | W 1–0 | Final |
| Nov 12 | @ VAN | W 2–1 | Final/SO |
| Nov 15 | @ EDM | W 3–2 | Final/SO |
| Nov 18 | @ CGY | L 1–4 | Final |
| Nov 20 | vs CGY | L 0–1 | Final |
| Nov 22 | @ LAK | W 4–3 | Final/SO |
| Nov 24 | @ ANA | L 1–4 | Final |
| Nov 26 | vs STL | W 3–1 | Final |
| Nov 28 | @ PHX | L 1–2 | Final |
| Nov 29 | vs TBL | W 4–3 | Final |
| Dec 1 | @ MIN | W 6–5 | Final |
| Dec 4 | @ NSH | L 2–3 | Final |
| Dec 5 | @ DAL | L 1–2 | Final/SO |
| Dec 7 | vs VAN | W 5–4 | Final/SO |
| Dec 9 | vs LAK | W 6–1 | Final |
| Dec 12 | vs CHI | L 3–4 | Final |
| Dec 15 | @ DET | W 3–2 | Final |
| Dec 16 | @ PHI | L 2–5 | Final |
| Dec 18 | @ TBL | W 2–1 | Final/SO |
| Dec 21 | @ FLA | L 0–3 | Final |
| Dec 23 | vs PHX | W 5–4 | Final/OT |
| Dec 27 | vs DET | W 4–3 | Final/SO |
| Dec 29 | vs NSH | W 5–1 | Final |
| Dec 31 | @ PHX | L 1–3 | Final |
| Jan 2 | vs CBJ | L 1–6 | Final |
| Jan 4 | vs MIN | L 0–2 | Final |
| Jan 6 | @ NSH | W 2–1 | Final |
| Jan 8 | vs CHI | W 2–1 | Final |
| Jan 10 | vs PIT | W 5–3 | Final |
| Jan 13 | @ CBJ | L 3–4 | Final |
| Jan 15 | @ STL | L 2–5 | Final |
| Jan 16 | vs EDM | L 2–3 | Final |
| Jan 18 | vs CGY | W 6–2 | Final |
| Jan 21 | vs LAK | L 5–6 | Final |
| Jan 27 | vs SJS | L 0–3 | Final |
| Jan 29 | vs TOR | L 4–7 | Final |
| Jan 31 | vs ANA | L 3–4 | Final |
| Feb 2 | vs CGY | W 4–3 | Final |
| Feb 5 | vs DAL | W 3–2 | Final |
| Feb 7 | @ STL | L 1–4 | Final |
| Feb 10 | @ CBJ | L 0–3 | Final |
| Feb 11 | @ MIN | L 2–3 | Final |
| Feb 13 | vs MTL | L 2–4 | Final |
| Feb 15 | @ DET | W 6–5 | Final/SO |
| Feb 17 | vs OTT | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Feb 20 | @ WSH | W 4–1 | Final |
| Feb 22 | @ CAR | L 2–5 | Final |
| Feb 24 | @ ATL | L 3–4 | Final |
| Feb 26 | @ NJD | L 0–4 | Final |
| Feb 28 | @ NYR | L 1–6 | Final |
| Mar 2 | @ NYI | L 2–4 | Final |
| Mar 4 | vs DET | L 2–3 | Final |
| Mar 8 | @ CHI | W 5–1 | Final |
| Mar 10 | vs ATL | L 0–3 | Final |
| Mar 12 | vs MIN | W 2–1 | Final/SO |
| Mar 14 | @ EDM | W 3–2 | Final/OT |
| Mar 15 | @ VAN | L 2–4 | Final |
| Mar 17 | @ MIN | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Mar 19 | vs EDM | L 1–8 | Final |
| Mar 22 | @ SJS | L 1–3 | Final |
| Mar 25 | vs ANA | L 2–7 | Final |
| Mar 27 | vs VAN | L 1–4 | Final |
| Mar 29 | @ ANA | L 1–4 | Final |
| Apr 1 | vs PHX | L 0–3 | Final |
| Apr 5 | @ VAN | W 4–1 | Final |
| Apr 7 | @ SJS | L 0–1 | Final/SO |
| Apr 9 | vs DAL | L 2–3 | Final/SO |
| Apr 11 | vs VAN | L 0–1 | Final/OT |
| Apr 12 | vs STL | L 0–1 | Final |