The Colorado Avalanche won’t play their next NHL game until Sunday, February 14th.
By the time they next hit the ice, some teams will have already played in as many as 18 games — leaving the Avalanche, who have only played 11 games, to eventually scramble to catch up.
But for now, at least, they’re still sitting pretty. They remain in first in the Honda West Division as North America heads into Super Bowl Sunday, boasting a 7-3-1 record that’s only beat in points percentage by eight other teams. Considering that four of those teams have only played in eight games due to extra pauses for their own covid-related precautionary game postponements, and two of those teams played in the final round for the Stanley Cup in August, that’s a pretty good sign for the Avalanche despite their impending chance to be overtaken in the standings by one of the handful of other Honda West teams creeping up on them.