The Colorado Avalanche have played in 22 Game 82s. But even those of us who’ve been Avs fans from the beginning only really remember one Game 82.
It happened on April 7, 2018. They played at Pepsi Center. And it was such an important game because whomever won got to go to the playoffs. The opponent was the St. Louis Blues.
That’s why we remember it so clearly. No other Game 82 that I can remember carried such significance. Either the team had clinched or been eliminated in previous final games of the season.
And this chance to make the playoffs came after the Dreadful 48-Point Season, the one where the Avs had been eliminated for weeks before Game 82 ever came around.