The Colorado Avalanche have played their final 10 games of the regular season for the 2025–26 season, wrapping up on Thursday night against the Seattle Kraken. They finished what has been the best regular season in their history.

In this 10-game stretch, the Avs went 7–2–1 to finish the regular season. There wasn’t much to play for, nor was there much to analyze.

The good

Colorado did its job in this 10-game stretch. They clinched both the Central Division and Western Conference titles in a road win over the St. Louis Blues, rebounding nicely after being stumped by the same team two nights earlier.

In addition, they played the Calgary Flames three times in the final 10 games and swept them. Their second win over the Flames saw them clinch the Presidents’ Trophy and gain home-ice advantage throughout the playoffs.

The Avs have had some particularly close games down the stretch, showing a different play style, still leading to success. Ever since the loss to the Vancouver Canucks (more on that later), they have only scored a maximum of three goals a game.

On the flip side, they played strong defensive games. They shut out the Dallas Stars to all but clinch the division and conference. They eked out wins against the Edmonton Oilers and Kraken, which was another shutout to end the regular season.

There were some good guys stepping up, including Nick Blankenburg in relief as the seventh defenseman. Parker Kelly reached 20 goals on the season, and the team wrapped up more awards as a team and individually.

Nathan MacKinnon won his first Rocket Richard Trophy for scoring the most goals in the regular season with 53. Scott Wedgewood and Mackenzie Blackwood won the William M. Jennings Memorial Trophy for the fewest goals against in the regular season.

Finally, the Avs set a new franchise record for points in the regular season with 121. The other two highest seasons came in 2000–2001 and 2021–22. There are certainly some similarities between those two teams, and Colorado will look for a similar result at the end of this season.

The bad

Really, the only bad Colorado dealt with were injuries. Granted, a lot of the people who were sitting weren’t majorly injured and left out for precautionary reasons.

Cale Makar was one of those players who was hurt, but he has since returned and been okay. Josh Manson was hurt and hasn’t played since his injury.

In the forward group, Nazem Kadri suffered a hand injury and hasn’t played. However, he’s played through a hand injury at the biggest moments before and stepped up big time.

Luckily, these injuries had little effect on the Avs. They also won’t last long-term, as Jared Bednar said he expects everyone to be available for Game One.

Speaking of Bednar, he is also dealing with an injury. He took a puck to the face against the Vegas Golden Knights and missed two games. Now, he’ll head into the postseason sporting two shiners.

The ugly

Really, the only ugly thing in this stretch was the game against the Vancouver Canucks. The Avs lost 8–6 and missed out on the opportunity to clinch the Central Division and Western Conference on the road against the Dallas Stars in their next game.

However, the game was a hot mess for Colorado. They went down early, eventually chasing Blackwood after six goals on 19 shots. The Avs were down 6–3 after two, but then rallied impressively to even it up at six before allowing Vancouver to score the game-winning goal just 23 seconds later.

Ultimately, the game meant nothing in the end for the Avalanche and was just a bad blemish on their record as of late. After the loss, they bounced back to win six of their last nine games.

Up Next

Now the real fun begins for the Avalanche. They start their first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Kings on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. MT.