The Avalanche will take a six-game home winless streak into the Friday night game against the Panthers, who lost 4-3 in a shootout at Winnipeg Thursday night and didn’t have a morning skate in Denver. Florida’s Jaromir Jagr will enter the night with 1,884 career points and in third place on the all-time NHL scoring list, only three behind Mark Messier.
The Avalanche’s head coach and the Panthers’ winger both are 44 years old.
In fact, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar, born on Feb. 28, 1972, is 13 days younger than Jagr.
Also, Jagr (755) and the Avs’ Jarome Iginla (614) are the top two active career goal-scorers in the NHL.