2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season
The 2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season is the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season. The Avalanche advanced to the playoffs for the third straight season, after last missing the playoffs in the 2016–17 season.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Two of the Avalanche's players tested positive for COVID-19. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The Avalanche advanced to the playoffs and are scheduled to play in a round-robin tournament, which will determine the team's seed for the playoffs.
Standings
Divisional standings
Western Conference
;Tiebreaking procedures- Fewer number of games played.
- Greater number of regulation wins.
- Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime.
- Greater amount of total wins.
- 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.
- Greater goal differential.
- Greater amount of goals scored.
Schedule and results
Preseason
The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.Regular season
The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.Playoffs
The Avalanche will play in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs.Player statistics
;Skaters| Player | ||||||
| 69 | 35 | 58 | 93 | +13 | 12 | |
| 57 | 12 | 38 | 50 | +12 | 12 | |
| 58 | 20 | 25 | 45 | +11 | 22 | |
| 54 | 21 | 23 | 44 | −2 | 47 | |
| 42 | 19 | 22 | 41 | −2 | 14 | |
| 51 | 19 | 17 | 36 | +7 | 97 | |
| 70 | 4 | 30 | 34 | +1 | 17 | |
| 65 | 16 | 17 | 33 | +2 | 26 | |
| 67 | 11 | 20 | 31 | +9 | 18 | |
| 65 | 13 | 14 | 27 | +26 | 14 | |
| 69 | 9 | 17 | 26 | +40 | 45 | |
| 65 | 4 | 22 | 26 | +21 | 36 | |
| 50 | 12 | 13 | 25 | +13 | 39 | |
| 67 | 8 | 15 | 23 | +11 | 22 | |
| 69 | 9 | 13 | 22 | +2 | 17 | |
| 70 | 8 | 13 | 21 | +7 | 6 | |
| 59 | 3 | 13 | 16 | +9 | 20 | |
| 64 | 4 | 9 | 13 | +6 | 65 | |
| 38 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −2 | 8 | |
| † | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +2 | 8 |
| 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +6 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −1 | 0 | |
| 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 16 | |
| ‡ | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 |
;Goaltenders
| Player | ||||||||||||||
| † | 1 | 1 | 60:00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 18 | .944 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 31 | 1,914:26 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 77 | 2.41 | 996 | .923 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 36 | 36 | 2,057:06 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 90 | 2.63 | 1067 | .916 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 91:45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3.27 | 42 | .881 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 1 | 87:50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3.42 | 58 | .914 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†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.
Roster
Transactions
The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2019–20 season.Trades
Free agents
Waivers
Contract terminations
Retirement
Signings
Draft picks
Below are the Colorado Avalanches' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/Junior/Club Team |
| 1 | 4 | Bowen Byram | D | Canada | Vancouver Giants |
| 1 | 16 | Alex Newhook | C | Canada | Victoria Grizzlies |
| 2 | 47 | Drew Helleson | D | United States | U.S. National Team Development Program |
| 3 | 63 | Matthew Stienburg | C | Canada | St. Andrew's College |
| 3 | 78 | Alex Beaucage | RW | Canada | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies |
| 5 | 140 | Sasha Mutala | RW | Canada | Tri-City Americans |
| 6 | 171 | Luka Burzan | RW | Canada | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| 7 | 202 | Trent Miner | G | Canada | Vancouver Giants |