Overview
- Colorado closed the regular season with a 2-0 win over Seattle on Thursday, finishing 55-16-11 and reaching 121 points for the top mark in team history.
- Scott Wedgewood stopped 22 shots for his fourth shutout of the season and his 31st win.
- Nick Blankenburg broke the deadlock late in the second after an earlier goal was erased on an offside challenge, and Parker Kelly added an insurance strike with Valeri Nichushkin assisting twice.
- Colorado rested several regulars, and Nathan MacKinnon still finished with 53 goals to claim the Rocket Richard Trophy as the league’s top goal scorer.
- The Avalanche open the playoffs at Ball Arena on Sunday against the Kings, the teams’ first postseason meeting since 2002.