2008-09 Colorado Avalanche Statistics
National Hockey League (NHL)
Team Record: 32-45-5 (SO: 9-4) - 69 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Tony Granato (32-45, 5 OTL)
Location: Denver, Colorado
2008-09 Colorado Avalanche RosterTeam Record: 32-45-5 (SO: 9-4) - 69 points
Finishing 5th in the NHL's Northwest Division
Coach: Tony Granato (32-45, 5 OTL)
Location: Denver, Colorado
2008-09 Colorado Avalanche Results
The Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League ended the 2008-09 season with a record of 32 wins and 45 losses (and 5 overtime losses), with a 9-4 showing in shootouts for 69 points, finishing fifth in the NHL's Northwest Division.
The Avalanche potted 199 goals, worst in the circuit and conceded 257. Milan Hejduk scored 27 goals for Colorado, while Ryan Smyth contributed 33 assists. Peter Budaj topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.86 goals against average, pacing goaltenders with enough qualifying appearances.
Tony Granato coached the team.
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Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | GTG | SOG | SG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan Hejduk | R | 82 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 16 | -19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 211 | 12.8 |
| Ryan Smyth | L | 77 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 62 | -15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 257 | 10.1 |
| Wojtek Wolski | L | 78 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 28 | -13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 8.3 |
| John-Michael Liles | D | 75 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 31 | -19 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 146 | 8.2 |
| Paul Stastny | C | 45 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 22 | -9 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 9.3 |
| Marek Svatos | R | 69 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 34 | -6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 140 | 10.0 |
| Tyler Arnason | C | 71 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 14 | -16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 108 | 4.6 |
| T.J. Hensick | C | 61 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 14 | -7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 116 | 3.4 |
| Ruslan Salei | D | 70 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 72 | -4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 4.3 |
| Cody McLeod | L | 79 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 162 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 118 | 12.7 |
| Jordan Leopold | D | 64 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 18 | -10 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 7.3 |
| Chris Stewart | R | 53 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 54 | -18 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 11.2 |
| Ian Laperriere | C | 74 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 11.5 |
| Darcy Tucker | C | 63 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 67 | -13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 94 | 8.5 |
| David Jones | R | 40 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | -8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 17.0 |
| Ben Guite | C | 50 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 63 | 7.9 |
| Brett Clark | D | 76 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 32 | -16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 2.1 |
| Joe Sakic | C | 15 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 4.3 |
| Cody McCormick | C | 55 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 92 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 1.5 |
| Scott Hannan | D | 81 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 26 | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1.4 |
| Adam Foote | D | 42 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.3 |
| T.J. Galiardi | L | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21.4 |
| Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 |
| Brian Willsie | R | 42 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 1.7 |
| Peter Budaj | G | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raymond Macias | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Aaron MacKenzie | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Matt Hendricks | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Lawrence Nycholat | D | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Wes O'Neill | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
| Michael Vernace | D | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Derek Peltier | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Kyle Cumiskey | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Raycroft | G | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Philippe Dupuis | C | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 |
| Per Ledin | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Chris Durno | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 1562 | 190 | 329 | 519 | 1044 | -250 | 50 | 94 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 2359 | 8.1 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Budaj | 56 | 3232 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 154 | 2.86 | 1531 | 1377 | .899 |
| Andrew Raycroft | 31 | 1722 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 90 | 3.14 | 836 | 746 | .892 |
| Totals | 87 | 4954 | 32 | 45 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 244 | 2.96 | 2611 | 2367 | .907 |
