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Playoff Profile: Colorado Avalanche

A look at the 2007-08 Colorado Avalanche going into the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoff

By Jamie Fitzpatrick, About.com

NHL rankings in each category are noted in brackets

2007-08 Regular Season Record:

  • Overall: 44-31-7 for 95 points (10th)
  • Home: 27-12-2 (4th)
  • Away: 17-19-5 (24th)
  • Second half: 23-15-4
  • Last quarter: 14-6-2
  • Last ten games: 5-4-1
  • Own Division: 20-10-2
  • Own Conference: 36-29-7

    Team Statistics

  • Goals for: 231 (12th)
  • Goals against: 219 (11th)
  • Power play success: 14.6% (28th)
  • Times shorthanded: 301 (30th)
  • Penalty kill success: 81.4% (T20th)

    Team Leaders

  • Points: Paul Stastny 71
  • Goals: Milan Hejduk 29
  • Assists: Paul Stastny 47
  • Defenseman points: John-Michael Liles 32
  • Plus/Minus: Paul Stastny plus-22
  • Forward ice time: Paul Stastny 21:04
  • Defense ice time: Adam Foote 23:23

    Goaltenders

    Jose Theodore: 53 games, 28-21-3
    2.44 GAA (6th in NHL), .910 SV PCT (18th), 3 SO (T-20th)*
    Peter Budaj: 35 games, 16-10-4
    2.57 GAA (20th in NHL), .903 SV PCT (33rd), 0 SO (T-43rd)*
    *goaltending rankings among those with at least 25 games played.

    Injuries (as of April 6)
    D Brett Clark: Shoulder injury, sidelined indefinitely - IR
    D Jordan Leopold: Hip injury, day-to-day
    RW Scott Parker: Right ankle injury, day-to-day
    RW Marek Svatos: Torn left ACL, remainder of the regular season

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