Each round of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs we’ll give a shout out to one NHL team’s coaching staff for pulling ahead of the pack. How’s scoring work? We look at 5 categories for how teams perform in each round:

1. Points %
2. Shutouts
3. Power Play %
4. Penalty Kill %
5. Face-Off %

Congrats to the Colorado Avalanche coaching staff, including Jared Bednar (Head Coach), Ray Bennett and Nolan Pratt (Assistant Coaches), Jussi Parkkila (Goaltending Coach) and Brett Heimlich (Head Video Coach), for clinching Round One!

THE STATS:
4-1 record
1 shutout
35.0 Power Play %
93.3 Penalty Kill %
51.9 Face-Off %
22 Goals For
8 Goals Against