2021–22 Colorado Avalanche season

2021–22 Colorado Avalanche
2021–22 Colorado Avalanche
Division	Central
Conference	Western
2021–22 record	39–10–4
Home record	22–3–2
Road record	17–7–2
Goals for	213
Goals against	150
Team information
General manager	Joe Sakic
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Nathan MacKinnon; Mikko Rantanen
Arena	Ball Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Colorado Eagles (AHL); Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Gabriel Landeskog (28)
Assists	Nazem Kadri (44)
Points	Nazem Kadri (66)
Penalty minutes	Kurtis MacDermid (58)
Plus/minus	Devon Toews (+42)
Wins	Darcy Kuemper (26)
Goals against average	Pavel Francouz (2.41)
	← 2020–21

The 2021–22 Colorado Avalanche season is the 43rd season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established in 1972, 26th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season, and 50th season overall, including their play in the World Hockey Association (WHA). ^[1]

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

Central Division
Pos	Team v t	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Colorado Avalanche	53	39	10	4	32	213	150	+63	82
2	St. Louis Blues	52	32	14	6	29	188	141	+47	70
3	Minnesota Wild	50	31	16	3	23	190	157	+33	65
4	Nashville Predators	53	30	19	4	23	163	151	+12	64
5	Dallas Stars	52	29	20	3	19	151	151	0	61
6	Winnipeg Jets	53	23	21	9	20	155	162	−7	55
7	Chicago Blackhawks	54	19	27	8	12	134	185	−51	46
8	Arizona Coyotes	53	14	35	4	10	122	195	−73	32

Updated to game(s) played on February 27, 2022. Source: National Hockey League^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 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 (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Conference standings[]

Western Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team v t	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	Nashville Predators	53	30	19	4	23	163	151	+12	64
2	CE	Dallas Stars	52	29	20	3	19	151	151	0	61

3	PA	Edmonton Oilers	53	29	21	3	24	176	171	+5	61
4	PA	Anaheim Ducks	55	25	21	9	17	161	169	−8	59
5	PA	Vancouver Canucks	54	26	22	6	20	152	151	+1	58
6	CE	Winnipeg Jets	53	23	21	9	20	155	162	−7	55
7	PA	San Jose Sharks	53	24	23	6	16	142	165	−23	54
8	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	54	19	27	8	12	134	185	−51	46
9	PA	Seattle Kraken	55	16	34	5	14	140	196	−56	37
10	CE	Arizona Coyotes	53	14	35	4	10	122	195	−73	32

Updated to game(s) played on February 27, 2022. Source: National Hockey League^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 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 (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)

Schedule and results[]

Preseason[]

2021 preseason game log: 2–4–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 28	Colorado	3–4	Vegas		Johansson	16,867	0–1–0	^[4]
2	September 30	Minnesota	4–6	Colorado		Annunen	11,092	1–1–0	^[5]
3	October 4	Colorado	1–3	Minnesota		Kuemper	13,112	1–2–0	^[6]
4	October 5	Vegas	7–4	Colorado		Johansson	—	1–3–0	^[7]
5	October 7	Colorado	1–3	Dallas		Kuemper	12,022	1–4–0	^[8]
6	October 9	Dallas	2–4	Colorado		Johansson	��	2–4–0	^[9]

Regular season[]

2021–22 game log

October: 4–4–0 (Home: 2–2–0 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 13	Chicago	2–4	Colorado		Kuemper	18,037	1–0–0	2	^[10]
2	October 16	St. Louis	5–3	Colorado		Kuemper	18,022	1–1–0	2	^[11]
3	October 19	Colorado	3–6	Washington		Kuemper	18,573	1–2–0	2	^[12]
4	October 21	Colorado	1–4	Florida		Johansson	11,245	1–3–0	2	^[13]
5	October 23	Colorado	4–3	Tampa Bay	SO	Kuemper	19,092	2–3–0	4	^[14]
6	October 26	Vegas	3–1	Colorado		Kuemper	17,724	2–4–0	4	^[15]
7	October 28	Colorado	4–3	St. Louis		Kuemper	16,558	3–4–0	6	^[16]
8	October 30	Minnesota	1–4	Colorado		Kuemper	17,708	4–4–0	8	^[17]

November: 7–2–1 (Home: 5–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
9	November 3	Columbus	5–4	Colorado	OT	Johansson	16,634	4–4–1	9	^[18]
10	November 6	Colorado	2–4	Columbus		Kuemper	16,494	4–5–1	9	^[19]
11	November 11	Vancouver	1–7	Colorado		Kuemper	17,226	5–5–1	11	^[20]
12	November 13	San Jose	2–6	Colorado		Kuemper	18,015	6–5–1	13	^[21]
13	November 17	Colorado	4–2	Vancouver		Kuemper	18,361	7–5–1	15	^[22]
14	November 19	Colorado	7–3	Seattle		Kuemper	17,151	8–5–1	17	^[23]
15	November 22	Ottawa	5–7	Colorado		Kuemper	16,706	9–5–1	19	^[24]
16	November 24	Anaheim	2–5	Colorado		Johansson	16,343	10–5–1	21	^[25]
17	November 26	Colorado	1–3	Dallas		Kuemper	18,532	10–6–1	21	^[26]
18	November 27	Nashville	2–6	Colorado		Johansson	17,050	11–6–1	23	^[27]

December: 6–2–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
19	December 1	Colorado	3–8	Toronto		Johansson	18,931	11–7–1	23	^[28]
20	December 2	Colorado	4–1	Montreal		Johansson	20,092	12–7–1	25	^[29]
21	December 4	Colorado	5–6	Ottawa	OT	Annunen	14,237	12–7–2	26	^[30]
22	December 6	Colorado	7–5	Philadelphia		Annunen	16,649	13–7–2	28	^[31]
23	December 8	Colorado	7–3	NY Rangers		Kuemper	16,714	14–7–2	30	^[32]
24	December 10	Detroit	3–7	Colorado		Kuemper	18,021	15–7–2	32	^[33]
25	December 12	Florida	2–3	Colorado		Kuemper	16,548	16–7–2	34	^[34]
26	December 14	NY Rangers	2–4	Colorado		Kuemper	17,198	17–7–2	36	^[35]
27	December 16	Colorado	2–5	Nashville		Francouz	17,184	17–8–2	36	^[36]
—	December 18	Tampa Bay		Colorado	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[37] Moved to February 10.^[38]
—	December 20	Colorado		Detroit	Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 23.^[38]
—	December 22	Colorado		Buffalo	Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 19.^[38]
—	December 23	Colorado		Boston	Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 21.^[38]
—	December 27	Colorado		Vegas	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[39] Moved to February 16.^[38]
—	December 29	Dallas		Colorado	Postponed due to COVID-19.^[40] Moved to February 15.^[38]
—	December 31	Colorado		Dallas	Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 13.^[38]

January: 15–0–1 (Home: 10–0–0 ; Road: 5–0–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
28	January 2	Anaheim	2–4	Colorado		Kuemper	17,305	18–8–2	38	^[41]
29	January 4	Colorado	4–3	Chicago	OT	Kuemper	16,784	19–8–2	40	^[42]
30	January 6	Winnipeg	1–7	Colorado		Kuemper	15,171	20–8–2	42	^[43]
31	January 8	Toronto	4–5	Colorado	OT	Francouz	17,354	21–8–2	44	^[44]
32	January 10	Seattle	3–4	Colorado		Francouz	17,516	22–8–2	46	^[45]
33	January 11	Colorado	4–5	Nashville	OT	Kuemper	17,159	22–8–3	47	^[46]
34	January 14	Arizona	3–4	Colorado	SO	Francouz	17,072	23–8–3	49	^[47]
35	January 15	Colorado	5–0	Arizona		Kuemper	14,313	24–8–3	51	^[48]
36	January 17	Minnesota	3–4	Colorado	SO	Francouz	17,565	25–8–3	53	^[49]
37	January 19	Colorado	2–0	Anaheim		Francouz	11,240	26–8–3	55	^[50]
38	January 20	Colorado	3–1	Los Angeles		Kuemper	15,387	27–8–3	57	^[51]
39	January 22	Montreal	2–3	Colorado	OT	Kuemper	17,646	28–8–3	59	^[52]
40	January 24	Chicago	0–2	Colorado		Francouz	16,503	29–8–3	61	^[53]
41	January 26	Boston	3–4	Colorado	OT	Kuemper	18,041	30–8–3	63	^[54]
42	January 28	Colorado	6–4	Chicago		Francouz	17,992	31–8–3	65	^[55]
43	January 30	Buffalo	1–4	Colorado		Kuemper	17,456	32–8–3	67	^[56]

February: 7–2–1 (Home: 2–1–1 ; Road: 5–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
44	February 1	Arizona	3–2	Colorado	SO	Kuemper	15,345	32–8–4	68	^[57]
45	February 10	Tampa Bay	2–3	Colorado		Kuemper	18,018	33–8–4	70	^[58]
46	February 13	Colorado	4–0	Dallas		Kuemper	18,167	34–8–4	72	^[59]
47	February 15	Dallas	4–1	Colorado		Francouz	17,503	34–9–4	72	^[60]
48	February 16	Colorado	2–0	Vegas		Kuemper	18,209	35–9–4	74	^[61]
49	February 19	Colorado	5–3	Buffalo		Kuemper	10,526	36–9–4	76	^[62]
50	February 21	Colorado	1–5	Boston		Kuemper	17,850	36–10–4	76	^[63]
51	February 23	Colorado	5–2	Detroit		Francouz	18,562	37–10–4	78	^[64]
52	February 25	Winnipeg	3–6	Colorado		Francouz	18,037	38–10–4	80	^[65]
53	February 26	Colorado	3–2	Vegas		Kuemper	18,333	39–10–4	82	^[66]

March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
54	March 1	NY Islanders		Colorado
55	March 3	Colorado		Arizona
56	March 5	Calgary		Colorado
57	March 7	Colorado		NY Islanders
58	March 8	Colorado		New Jersey
59	March 10	Colorado		Carolina
60	March 13	Calgary		Colorado
61	March 15	Colorado		Los Angeles
62	March 18	Colorado		San Jose
63	March 21	Edmonton		Colorado
64	March 23	Vancouver		Colorado
65	March 25	Philadelphia		Colorado
66	March 27	Colorado		Minnesota
67	March 29	Colorado		Calgary
68	March 31	San Jose		Colorado

April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
69	April 2	Pittsburgh		Colorado
70	April 5	Colorado		Pittsburgh
71	April 8	Colorado		Winnipeg
72	April 9	Colorado		Edmonton
73	April 13	Los Angeles		Colorado
74	April 14	New Jersey		Colorado
75	April 16	Carolina		Colorado
76	April 18	Washington		Colorado
77	April 20	Colorado		Seattle
78	April 22	Colorado		Edmonton
79	April 24	Colorado		Winnipeg
80	April 26	St. Louis		Colorado
81	April 28	Nashville		Colorado
82	April 29	Colorado		Minnesota

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics[]

As of February 26, 2022^[67]

Skaters

Regular season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM
Nazem Kadri	50	22	44	66	+22	52
Mikko Rantanen	50	26	39	65	+34	44
Cale Makar	49	18	38	56	+34	8
Gabriel Landeskog	45	28	26	54	+27	57
Nathan MacKinnon	38	15	36	51	+12	16
André Burakovsky	51	16	24	40	+11	14
Devon Toews	42	9	30	39	+42	10
Valeri Nichushkin	37	14	15	29	+20	10
Sam Girard	51	5	22	27	+5	18
Alex Newhook	43	11	10	21	+7	10
Logan O'Connor	53	6	13	19	+10	23
J. T. Compher	41	10	8	18	+8	19
Erik Johnson	53	5	11	16	+19	16
Nicolas Aubé-Kubel^†	40	7	8	15	+9	37
Tyson Jost	52	6	8	14	+2	26
Bowen Byram	18	5	6	11	+3	6
Jack Johnson	49	1	7	8	+8	34
Darren Helm	41	4	3	7	−6	6
Ryan Murray	27	0	4	4	−2	2
Kurtis MacDermid	39	1	2	3	0	58
Jayson Megna	20	0	3	3	−2	4
Kiefer Sherwood	11	1	1	2	+3	0
Dylan Sikura	3	0	1	1	+1	0
Mikhail Maltsev	18	0	0	0	−5	2
Sampo Ranta	10	0	0	0	−4	2
Jacob MacDonald	7	0	0	0	−2	2
Martin Kaut	6	0	0	0	+2	0
Justin Barron	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Stefan Matteau	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jordan Gross	1	0	0	0	0	4

Goaltenders

Regular season
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	A
Darcy Kuemper	37	37	2,098:08	26	6	2	86	2.46	1,070	.920	3	0
Pavel Francouz	11	9	622:40	9	2	0	25	2.41	315	.921	2	0
Jonas Johansson^‡	9	6	370:18	3	2	1	23	3.73	200	.885	0	0
Justus Annunen	2	1	96:46	1	0	1	7	4.34	51	.863	0	1

^†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.

Suspensions/fines[]

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Gabriel Landeskog	Boarding against Chicago Blackhawks forward Kirby Dach during NHL game no. 5 in Colorado on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 16:22 of the third period.	2 games	$70,000	October 14, 2021^[68]

Current roster[]

Updated February 25, 2022^[69]^[70]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	RW	R	25	2021	Sorel, Quebec
95	Andre Burakovsky	LW	L	27	2019	Klagenfurt, Austria
4	Bowen Byram	D	L	20	2019	Cranbrook, British Columbia
37	J. T. Compher	C	R	26	2015	Northbrook, Illinois
39	Pavel Francouz	G	R	31	2018	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
49	Sam Girard	D	L	23	2017	Roberval, Quebec
43	Darren Helm	C	L	35	2021	St. Andrews, Manitoba
6	Erik Johnson	D	R	33	2011	Bloomington, Minnesota
3	Jack Johnson	D	L	35	2021	Indianapolis, Indiana
17	Tyson Jost	C	L	23	2016	St. Albert, Alberta
91	Nazem Kadri	C	L	31	2019	London, Ontario
35	Darcy Kuemper	G	L	31	2021	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
92	Gabriel Landeskog (C)	LW	L	29	2011	Stockholm, Sweden
56	Kurtis MacDermid	D	L	27	2021	Quebec City, Quebec
29	Nathan MacKinnon (A)	C	R	26	2013	Springhill, Nova Scotia
8	Cale Makar	D	R	23	2017	Calgary, Alberta
28	Ryan Murray	D	L	28	2021	Regina, Saskatchewan
18	Alex Newhook	C	L	21	2019	St. John's, Newfoundland
13	Valeri Nichushkin	RW	L	26	2019	Chelyabinsk, Russia
25	Logan O'Connor	RW	R	25	2018	Missouri City, Texas
96	Mikko Rantanen (A)	RW	L	25	2015	Nousiainen, Finland
7	Devon Toews	D	L	28	2020	Abbotsford, British Columbia

Transactions[]

The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades[]

Date	Details		Ref
July 15, 2021 (2021-07-15)	To New Jersey Devils Ryan Graves	To Colorado Avalanche Mikhail Maltsev NYI 2nd-round pick in 2021 ()	^[71]
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	To Seattle Kraken 4th-round pick in 2023	To Colorado Avalanche Kurtis MacDermid	^[72]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	To Arizona Coyotes Conor Timmins 1st-round pick in 2022	To Colorado Avalanche Darcy Kuemper Conditional^[a] 3rd-round pick in	^[73]

Notes:

^[a] Arizona will receive a third-round pick in 2024 if Colorado wins the 2022 Stanley Cup and Kuemper in 50% of their playoff games; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.

Players acquired[]

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Roland McKeown	Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	Free agency	^[74]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Darren Helm	Detroit Red Wings	1-year	Free agency	^[75]
	Stefan Matteau	Columbus Blue Jackets	1-year	Free agency	^[75]
	Dylan Sikura	Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	Free agency	^[75]
July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)	Jordan Gross	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	^[76]
August 2, 2021 (2021-08-02)	Ryan Murray	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	^[77]
November 13, 2021 (2021-11-13)	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Philadelphia Flyers		Waivers	^[78]
December 16, 2021 (2021-12-16)		Colorado Eagles (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[79]

Players lost[]

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	Joonas Donskoi	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft	^[80]
July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)	Matt Calvert			Retirement	^[81]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year	Free agency	^[82]
	Kyle Burroughs	Vancouver Canucks	2-year	Free agency	^[83]
	Sheldon Dries	Vancouver Canucks	1-year	Free agency	^[83]
	Philipp Grubauer	Seattle Kraken	6-year	Free agency	^[84]
	Patrik Nemeth	New York Rangers	3-year	Free agency	^[85]
	Liam O'Brien	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	^[86]
	T. J. Tynan	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	^[87]
	Adam Werner	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	^[88]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Dan Renouf	Detroit Red Wings	1-year	Free agency	^[89]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Brandon Saad	St. Louis Blues	5-year	Free agency	^[90]
August 5, 2021 (2021-08-05)	Mike Vecchione	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[91]
December 13, 2021 (2021-12-13)	Jonas Johansson	Florida Panthers		Waivers	^[92]

Signings[]

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 22, 2021 (2021-07-22)	Kiefer Sherwood	1-year	Re-signing	^[93]
July 24, 2021 (2021-07-24)	Cale Makar	6-year	Re-signing	^[94]
July 27, 2021 (2021-07-27)	Gabriel Landeskog	8-year	Re-signing	^[95]
August 6, 2021 (2021-08-06)	Oskar Olausson	3-year	Entry-level	^[96]
August 16, 2021 (2021-08-16)	Dennis Gilbert	1-year	Re-signing	^[97]
September 22, 2021 (2021-09-22)	Logan O'Connor	1-year	Re-signing	^[98]

Draft picks[]

Below are the Colorado Avalanche's selections at the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on July 23 and 24, 2021, virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	28	Oskar Olausson	RW	Sweden	HV71 (SHL)
2	61		D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
3	92		C	Kazakhstan	Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL)
7	220		LW	Canada	Brooks Bandits (AJHL)

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^ "Avalanche Re-Signs Kiefer Sherwood". NHL.com. July 22, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
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v t Colorado Avalanche
Formerly the Quebec Nordiques Founded in 1972 Based in Denver, Colorado
Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Expansion draft Seasons Current season
History	Records Award winners Retired numbers Broadcasters
Personnel	Owner(s) Kroenke Sports & Entertainment (Stan Kroenke, chairman) General manager Joe Sakic Head coach Jared Bednar Team captain Gabriel Landeskog Current roster
Arenas	McNichols Sports Arena Ball Arena
Affiliates	AHL Colorado Eagles ECHL Utah Grizzlies
Media	TV Altitude Sports and Entertainment Radio KKSE-FM
Culture and lore	Colorado Rockies (NHL) Quebec Nordiques Bernie Howler Frozen Fury Todd Bertuzzi–Steve Moore incident Avalanche–Red Wings brawl "Stanley's Cup" (South Park) 2016 NHL Stadium Series 2020 NHL Stadium Series NHL Outdoors at Lake Tahoe
Category Commons

v t Colorado Avalanche seasons
Pre-1995	Quebec Nordiques
1990s	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

v t 2021–22 NHL season
Pacific	Anaheim Calgary Edmonton Los Angeles San Jose Seattle Vancouver Vegas
Central	Arizona Chicago Colorado Dallas Minnesota Nashville St. Louis Winnipeg
Atlantic	Boston Buffalo Detroit Florida Montreal Ottawa Tampa Bay Toronto
Metropolitan	Carolina Columbus New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington
See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft Winter Classic All-Star Game Stadium Series Heritage Classic Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals Transactions Three Star Awards Suspensions and fines