Colorado Avalanche Quarter Season Review: Above .500 Hockey

Team Leaders

At the time of writing, Nathan MacKinnon was the scoring leader with 22 points (7 goals, 15 assists). He also leads the team in assists. For goals, he’s tied for second place with rookie Alexander Kerfoot. The captain, Gabriel Landeskog, leads the team with eight goals.

Here’s the top 5 points leaders:

1. Nathan MacKinnon (22)
2. Mikko Rantanen (17)
3. Tyson Barrie (16)
4. Gabriel Landeskog (15)
5. Alexander Kerfoot (15)

MacKinnon and Barrie are tied for first place for game-winning goals with two each. For power play goals, the rank is as follows:

1. Mikko Rantanen (10)
2. Nathan MacKinnon (8)
3. Tyson Barrie (6)
4. Alexander Kerfoot (5)
5. Sven Andrighetto (4)

Unfortunately, with Matt Duchene gone, Colorado is falling behind in faceoff wins — he was above 50%. Without Duchene, Carl Soderberg has been the best faceoff center, winning 39.9% followed by Colin Wilson (38.7%) and Nathan MacKinnon (38.2). Rookie Dominic Toninato has only played two games, but he’s won 9 of 17 faceoffs for 52.9% — here’s hoping he stays with the team and keeps that stat up.