2025–26 Colorado Avalanche season

2025–26 Colorado Avalanche
2025–26 Colorado Avalanche
Division	Central
Conference	Western
Team information
General manager	Chris MacFarland
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Nathan MacKinnon; Cale Makar; Devon Toews
Arena	Ball Arena
Minor league affiliate(s)	Colorado Eagles (AHL); Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)

The 2025–26 Colorado Avalanche season will be the 47th season for the Avalanche as the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that joined the league in 1979, and their 30th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec City to Denver prior to the start of the 1995–96 season.^[1]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Avalanche preseason schedule was released on June 20, 2025.^[2]

2025 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Arena
1^A	September 21	Colorado	–	Utah	TBD
2^A	September 21	Utah	–	Colorado	Ball Arena
3	September 27	Dallas	–	Colorado	Ball Arena
4	September 30	Vegas	–	Colorado	Ball Arena
5	October 1	Colorado	–	Vegas	T-Mobile Arena
6	October 4	Colorado	–	Dallas	American Airlines Center

Legend

Win Loss OT/SO Loss ^A – Split Squad

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.^[3]

2025–26 game log

October: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
1	October 7	@ Los Angeles	–				0–0–0
2	October 9	Utah	–				0–0–0
3	October 11	Dallas	–				0–0–0
4	October 13	@ Buffalo	–				0–0–0
5	October 16	@ Columbus	–				0–0–0
6	October 18	Boston	–				0–0–0
7	October 21	@ Utah	–				0–0–0
8	October 23	Carolina	–				0–0–0
9	October 25	@ Boston	–				0–0–0
10	October 26	@ New Jersey	–				0–0–0
11	October 28	New Jersey	–				0–0–0
12	October 31	@ Vegas	–				0–0–0

November: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
13	November 1	@ San Jose	–				0–0–0
14	November 4	Tampa Bay	–				0–0–0
15	November 8	@ Edmonton	–				0–0–0
16	November 9	@ Vancouver	–				0–0–0
17	November 11	Anaheim	–				0–0–0
18	November 13	Buffalo	–				0–0–0
19	November 16	NY Islanders	–				0–0–0
20	November 20	NY Rangers	–				0–0–0
21	November 22	@ Nashville	–				0–0–0
22	November 23	@ Chicago	–				0–0–0
23	November 26	San Jose	–				0–0–0
24	November 28	@ Minnesota	–				0–0–0
25	November 29	Montreal	–				0–0–0

December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
26	December 2	Vancouver	–				0–0–0
27	December 4	@ NY Islanders	–				0–0–0
28	December 6	@ NY Rangers	–				0–0–0
29	December 7	@ Philadelphia	–				0–0–0
30	December 9	@ Nashville	–				0–0–0
31	December 11	Florida	–				0–0–0
32	December 13	Nashville	–				0–0–0
33	December 16	@ Seattle	–				0–0–0
34	December 19	Winnipeg	–				0–0–0
35	December 21	@ Minnesota	–				0–0–0
36	December 23	Utah	–				0–0–0
37	December 27	@ Vegas	–				0–0–0
38	December 29	Los Angeles	–				0–0–0
39	December 31	St. Louis	–				0–0–0

January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
40	January 3	@ Carolina	–				0–0–0
41	January 4	@ Florida	–				0–0–0
42	January 6	@ Tampa Bay	–				0–0–0
43	January 8	Ottawa	–				0–0–0
44	January 10	Columbus	–				0–0–0
45	January 12	Toronto	–				0–0–0
46	January 16	Nashville	–				0–0–0
47	January 19	Washington	–				0–0–0
48	January 21	Anaheim	–				0–0–0
49	January 23	Philadelphia	–				0–0–0
50	January 25	@ Toronto	–				0–0–0
51	January 28	@ Ottawa	–				0–0–0
52	January 29	@ Montreal	–				0–0–0
53	January 31	@ Detroit	–				0–0–0

February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
54	February 2	Detroit	–				0–0–0
55	February 4	San Jose	–				0–0–0
56	February 25	@ Utah	–				0–0–0
57	February 26	Minnesota	–				0–0–0
58	February 28	Chicago	–				0–0–0

March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
59	March 1	@ Los Angeles	–				0–0–0
60	March 3	@ Anaheim	–				0–0–0
61	March 6	@ Dallas	–				0–0–0
62	March 8	Minnesota	–				0–0–0
63	March 10	Edmonton	–				0–0–0
64	March 12	@ Seattle	–				0–0–0
65	March 14	@ Winnipeg	–				0–0–0
66	March 16	Pittsburgh	–				0–0–0
67	March 18	Dallas	–				0–0–0
68	March 20	@ Chicago	–				0–0–0
69	March 22	@ Washington	–				0–0–0
70	March 24	@ Pittsburgh	–				0–0–0
71	March 26	@ Winnipeg	–				0–0–0
72	March 28	Winnipeg	–				0–0–0
73	March 30	Calgary	–				0–0–0

April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
74	April 1	Vancouver	–				0–0–0
75	April 4	@ Dallas	–				0–0–0
76	April 5	St. Louis	–				0–0–0
77	April 7	@ St. Louis	–				0–0–0
78	April 9	Calgary	–				0–0–0
79	April 11	Vegas	–				0–0–0
80	April 13	@ Edmonton	–				0–0–0
81	April 14	@ Calgary	–				0–0–0
82	April 16	Seattle	–				0–0–0

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) OT/SO loss (1 point)

Transactions

The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2025–26 season.

Key:

† Contract is entry-level.
‡ Contract initially takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2025	To Colorado Avalanche Gavin Brindley 3rd-round pick in 2025 conditional CBJ 2nd-round pick in 2027 or MIN 2nd-round pick in 2027	To Columbus Blue Jackets Charlie Coyle Miles Wood	^[4]
July 25, 2025	To Colorado Avalanche Danil Gushchin	To San Jose Sharks Oskar Olausson	^[5]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Ronnie Attard	Edmonton Oilers	1-year	Free agency	^[6]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Brent Burns	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency	^[7]
July 4, 2025 (2025-07-04)	Alex Barre-Boulet	Laval Rocket (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[8]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Jonathan Drouin	New York Islanders	2-year	Free agency	^[9]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Ryan Lindgren	Seattle Kraken	4-year	Free agency	^[10]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Calle Rosen	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[11]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30)	Sam Malinski	1-year	^[12]
June 30, 2025 (2025-06-30)	Trent Miner	2-year	^[13]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Jack Ahcan	1-year	^[14]
	Parker Kelly	4-year	^[15]
	T. J. Tynan	1-year	^[14]
July 10, 2025 (2025-07-10)	Josh Manson	2-year	^[16]
August 8, 2025 (2025-08-08)	Joel Kiviranta	1-year	^[17]

Draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanche's selections at the 2025 NHL entry draft, which will be held on June 27th and 28th, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team	League
3	77^[A]	Francesco Dell'Elce	D	Canada	UMass Minutemen	Hockey East
4	118	Linus Funck	D	Sweden	Luleå HF J20	J20 Nationell
7	214	Nolan Roed	C	United States	Tri-City Storm	USHL

Notes

^ The Columbus Blue Jackets' third-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on June 27, 2025, that sent Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood to Columbus in exchange for Gavin Brindley, a conditional second-round pick in 2027 and this pick.^[4]

References

^ "Colorado Avalanche (Franchise Overview)". Retrieved June 26, 2023.
^ "Avalanche Announces 2025–26 Preseason Schedule".
^ "Avalanche Announces 2025-26 Schedule".
^ ^a ^b "Coyle, Wood traded to Blue Jackets by Avalanche". nhl.com. June 27, 2025. Retrieved June 28, 2025.
^ "Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks give prospects fresh start". July 25, 2025.
^ "Avalanche Signs Attard". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
^ "Avalanche Agrees to Terms with Brent Burns". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
^ "Avalanche Sings Barre-Boulet". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 4, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
^ "Islanders Sign Drouin". NHL.com. New York Islanders. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
^ "Seattle Kraken Agree to Terms with Defenseman Ryan Lindgren to Four-Year Contract". NHL.com. Seattle Kraken. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
^ "Capitals Sign Louie Belpedio, Calle Rosen and Graeme Clarke". NHL.com. Washington Capitals. July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
^ "Avalanche Signs Malinski". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. June 30, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
^ "Avalanche Signs Miner". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. June 30, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "Avalanche Signs Tynan, Ahcan". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.
^ "Avalanche Signs Kelly". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.
^ "Avalanche Signs Manson". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
^ "Kiviranta signs 1-year contract with Avalanche". NHL.com. August 8, 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.

[18] The Columbus Blue Jackets' third-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on June 27, 2025, that sent Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood to Columbus in exchange for Gavin Brindley, a conditional second-round pick in 2027 and this pick.^[4]

[1] "Colorado Avalanche (Franchise Overview)". Retrieved June 26, 2023.

[2] "Avalanche Announces 2025–26 Preseason Schedule".

[3] "Avalanche Announces 2025-26 Schedule".

[CoyleWoodBrindley-4] "Coyle, Wood traded to Blue Jackets by Avalanche". nhl.com. June 27, 2025. Retrieved June 28, 2025.

[GushchinOlausson-5] "Colorado Avalanche and San Jose Sharks give prospects fresh start". July 25, 2025.

[6] "Avalanche Signs Attard". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.

[7] "Avalanche Agrees to Terms with Brent Burns". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.

[8] "Avalanche Sings Barre-Boulet". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 4, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.

[9] "Islanders Sign Drouin". NHL.com. New York Islanders. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.

[10] "Seattle Kraken Agree to Terms with Defenseman Ryan Lindgren to Four-Year Contract". NHL.com. Seattle Kraken. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.

[11] "Capitals Sign Louie Belpedio, Calle Rosen and Graeme Clarke". NHL.com. Washington Capitals. July 2, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.

[12] "Avalanche Signs Malinski". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. June 30, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.

[13] "Avalanche Signs Miner". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. June 30, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.

[TynanAhcan-14] "Avalanche Signs Tynan, Ahcan". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 3, 2025.

[15] "Avalanche Signs Kelly". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 4, 2025.

[16] "Avalanche Signs Manson". NHL.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 10, 2025. Retrieved July 13, 2025.

[17] "Kiviranta signs 1-year contract with Avalanche". NHL.com. August 8, 2025. Retrieved August 8, 2025.

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Colorado Avalanche
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