The Colorado Avalanche will be playing Game 2 of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Winnipeg Jets at the Canada Life Center, looking to bounce back from a narrow loss in the opener Sunday night. In Game 2 of the playoffs, Colorado/Quebec holds his all-time record of 30-21. Puck drop for Game 2 between the Avalanche and Jets is scheduled for 7:50 PM CT/8:50 PM CT locally on Altitude TV and nationally on ESPN. It will be broadcast.
Round 1 Schedule and Results VS. WPG
- April 21 Winnipeg – Game 1. Result: WPG: 7 COL: 6
- April 23, Winnipeg – Game 2, 7:30 p.m. ET/8:30 p.m. CT (ALT, CBC, TVAS, ESPN)
- April 26 vs. Winnipeg – Game 3, 8pm MT / 9pm CT (ALT, TNT, TruTV, Max)
- April 28 vs. Winnipeg – Game 4, 12:30pm Standard Time / 1:30pm Central Time (ALT, TNT, TruTV, Max)
- April 30th Winnipeg – Game 5,to be decided
May 2 vs. Winnipeg – Game 6,to be decided
May 4 Winnipeg – Game 7*, TBA
*If necessary
Regular season results VS. WPG
- Dec. 7 vs. Winnipeg (L, 4-2)
- Dec. 16 in Winnipeg (L, 6-2)
- April 13 vs. Winnipeg (L, 7-0)
game one glory
Cale Makar had 1G/2A in Game 1 against Winnipeg, marking his 15th multi-point game in the playoffs, a new record for an Avalanche/Nordics defense. The last time a Colorado defenseman started a 3-point game in a playoff series was when Makar did it in Game 1 of the first round against Nashville in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs (1g/2a) .
Makar was recognized as the third star of the game, behind Adam Lowry (1st star; 2g/0a) and Mark Scheifele (2nd star; 1g/2a).
Valeri Nichushkin scored the Avalanche's first postseason goal. He has scored in the last two games of the Stanley Cup Playoffs dating back to 2023, and he has scored in three of the last five games played in the postseason dating back to 2022.
Casey Mittelstadt found the back of the net in his first career Stanley Cup Playoff game, and Miles Wood scored his first goal of the 2024 postseason. This was Wood's third career goal in the playoffs.
tape story
The Avalanche/Nordiques have 178 wins in the playoffs, 160 more than the Jets/Thrashers, who have won 18.
Colorado has 13 active Stanley Cup winners, while Winnipeg only has two.
The Abs have won three Stanley Cups (1996, 2001 and 2022), and the Jets are one of 11 active NHL teams to never win a Stanley Cup. Twelve of the Avalanche's 13 winners are with the club in 2022, with Ross Colton winning in 2021 with Tampa Bay.
Entering the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Winnipeg has been eliminated in the first round in half of their eight postseason appearances, while the Avalanche have been eliminated in the first round eight times through 20 playoff campaigns.
Nothing But the Net: Game 1 Recap
The Avalanche faced the Jets in the first game of the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, with Winnipeg winning 7-6 in a close game. In total, he had 20 players make the scoresheet in this high-scoring game, and with both teams scoring six or more goals in multiple periods, he was only the second playoff game in NHL history (1982 Division Semifinals) in which he scored six or more goals. Game 1, LAK vs. EDM). Valeri Nichushkin led the Avalanche, but the Jets quickly took the lead with goals from Josh Morrissey and Vladislav Namestnikov. Colorado responded with scores from Miles Wood and Nathan MacKinnon within 18 seconds of each other, marking the eighth-fastest consecutive goal streak in franchise history and taking a 3-2 lead. Mark Scheifele scored the tying goal for the Jets late in the first period. Adam Rowley was the only scorer in the second frame, giving Winnipeg a 4-3 lead. Lowry opened the third period with his second goal of the night, and Kyle Connor extended the lead with a power play goal. Artturi Lehkonen scored the Avalanche goal on the power play. Connor scored his second goal of the night shortly after. The Avalanche gained momentum late on goals from Cale Makar and Casey Mittelstadt, narrowing the score to 7-6, but the Jets secured victory in their playoff opener.
grand entrance
1,001
Nathan MacKinnon scored 1,001 career points (regular and postseason), making him the fourth player in franchise history to reach 1,000 or more total points for the club, joining Joe Sakic, Peter Stastny and Michel Goulet.
1,000
The Avalanche's second goal in Game 1 was the franchise's 1,000th career playoff goal.
1,107
Colorado's active players have a total of 1,107 playoff wins, while Winnipeg skaters have won 801 times.
memorable quotes
“This is playoff hockey. Both teams have to push each other, both teams are pushed to the brink, teams play in different ways. For us, that's obviously part of the strategy. There were moments where we could have done that tonight, but unfortunately all the mistakes we made ended up behind the goal.”
– Colorado D Cale Makar in Game 1 against Winnipeg.
