The NHL’s regular season unofficially ended Saturday, and if all games hadn’t been postponed since March 12, the Avalanche would have hosted the St. Louis Blues in the season finale for both teams at the Pepsi Center.
The game probably would have had massive implications in identifying the Center Division winner and Western Conference regular-season champion. The NHL’s “pause” began with the Blues (42-19-10) leading the Avs (42-20-8) by two points (94-92), with Colorado having a game in hand.
St. Louis had 11 remaining games, the Avs 12. The next-closest Central Division challenger was Dallas, a distant 10 points behind Colorado with 13 remaining games.