It's time again to run down the special teams units and this week we're talking about the penalty kill. With a larger sample size, I'm going to dig a bit deeper into the numbers and see what's been going well for the Avalanche so far this season. All statistics will be courtesy of the stats pages over at NHL.com
Looking at the numbers
The Colorado Avalanche have been shorthanded 52 times so far this season, which ranks 11th in the league. They have only allowed six power play goals this season, which ties them for 3rd in the league in that category and in penalty kill percentage with a solid 88.