Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche are a National Hockey League team in the Central Division (Western Conference), founded in 1972. 2 Stanley Cups.
The basics
| Founded | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Conference | Western |
| Division | Central |
| Stanley Cups | 2 (all-time) |
All-time record
Regular-season wins–losses–ties in franchise history (1972–2024). Pre-2018 from the Hockey Databank; 2018–2024 from fastRhockey (where overtime losses count as losses).
| All-time | 1704–1479–261 |
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Season by season
Every season the sources carry. To 2017 that is the full row, from the Hockey Databank. 2018 onwards carry wins and losses only — fastRhockey does not record the rest, and overtime losses are counted there as losses. Pick a figure to chart it; the year links to that season’s page where there is one. A dash means the source carries no figure for that season — a season not played, or a column the source does not record that year. It is not a nought, so this page does not print one, and the all-time row adds only the seasons that have a figure.
| Season | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | Finish | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979–80 | 25 | 44 | 11 | — | 61 | 248 | 313 | 5th | — |
| 1980–81 | 30 | 32 | 18 | — | 78 | 314 | 318 | 4th | Made the play-offs |
| 1981–82 | 33 | 31 | 16 | — | 82 | 356 | 345 | 4th | Reached the conference finals |
| 1982–83 | 34 | 34 | 12 | — | 80 | 343 | 336 | 4th | Reached the division semi-finals |
| 1983–84 | 42 | 28 | 10 | — | 94 | 360 | 278 | 3rd | Reached the division finals |
| 1984–85 | 41 | 30 | 9 | — | 91 | 323 | 275 | 2nd | Reached the conference finals |
| 1985–86 | 43 | 31 | 6 | — | 92 | 330 | 289 | 1st | Reached the division semi-finals |
| 1986–87 | 31 | 39 | 10 | — | 72 | 267 | 276 | 4th | Reached the division finals |
| 1987–88 | 32 | 43 | 5 | — | 69 | 271 | 306 | 5th | — |
| 1988–89 | 27 | 46 | 7 | — | 61 | 269 | 342 | 5th | — |
| 1989–90 | 12 | 61 | 7 | — | 31 | 240 | 407 | 5th | — |
| 1990–91 | 16 | 50 | 14 | — | 46 | 236 | 354 | 5th | — |
| 1991–92 | 20 | 48 | 12 | — | 52 | 255 | 318 | 5th | — |
| 1992–93 | 47 | 27 | 10 | — | 104 | 351 | 300 | 2nd | Reached the division semi-finals |
| 1993–94 | 34 | 42 | 8 | — | 76 | 277 | 292 | 5th | — |
| 1994–95 | 30 | 13 | 5 | — | 65 | 185 | 134 | 1st | Made the play-offs |
| 1995–96 | 47 | 25 | 10 | — | 104 | 326 | 240 | 1st | Won the Stanley Cup |
| 1996–97 | 49 | 24 | 9 | — | 107 | 277 | 205 | 1st | Reached the conference finals |
| 1997–98 | 39 | 26 | 17 | — | 95 | 231 | 205 | 1st | Made the play-offs |
| 1998–99 | 44 | 28 | 10 | — | 98 | 239 | 205 | 1st | Reached the conference finals |
| 1999–00 | 42 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 96 | 233 | 201 | 1st | Reached the conference finals |
| 2000–01 | 52 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 118 | 270 | 192 | 1st | Won the Stanley Cup |
| 2001–02 | 45 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 212 | 169 | 1st | Reached the conference finals |
| 2002–03 | 42 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 105 | 251 | 194 | 1st | Made the play-offs |
| 2003–04 | 40 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 100 | 236 | 198 | 2nd | Reached the conference semi-finals |
| 2005–06 | 43 | 30 | — | 9 | 95 | 283 | 257 | 2nd | Reached the conference semi-finals |
| 2006–07 | 44 | 31 | — | 7 | 95 | 272 | 251 | 4th | — |
| 2007–08 | 44 | 31 | — | 7 | 95 | 231 | 219 | 2nd | Reached the conference semi-finals |
| 2008–09 | 32 | 45 | — | 5 | 69 | 199 | 257 | 5th | — |
| 2009–10 | 43 | 30 | — | 9 | 95 | 244 | 233 | 2nd | Made the play-offs |
| 2010–11 | 30 | 44 | — | 8 | 68 | 227 | 288 | 4th | — |
| 2011–12 | 41 | 35 | — | 6 | 88 | 208 | 220 | 3rd | — |
| 2012–13 | 16 | 25 | — | 7 | 39 | 116 | 152 | 5th | — |
| 2013–14 | 52 | 22 | — | 8 | 112 | 250 | 220 | 1st | Made the play-offs |
| 2014–15 | 39 | 31 | — | 12 | 90 | 219 | 227 | 7th | — |
| 2015–16 | 39 | 39 | — | 4 | 82 | 216 | 240 | 6th | — |
| 2016–17 | 22 | 56 | — | 4 | 48 | 166 | 278 | 7th | — |
| 2017–18 | 43 | 30 | — | 9 | 95 | 257 | 237 | 4th | Made the play-offs |
| 2018–19 | 45 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019–20 | 45 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020–21 | 51 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021–22 | 45 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022–23 | 72 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023–24 | 54 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| All-time | 1704 | 1479 | 261 | 116 | 3147 | 9788 | 9771 |
Where this came from
The information used herein was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by the Hockey Databank project. Recent seasons (2018–2024) are from fastRhockey.
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