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NHL Plus/Minus Leaders: Colorado Avalanche
2026-27All situationsThrough 3 team games
This board ranks every NHL skater by plus/minus, regular season only. Pick any season back to 2017-18 above the table.
Plus/minus adds one for every even-strength or shorthanded goal the team scores with the player on the ice and subtracts one for every one allowed. Power-play goals for do not count; empty-net goals do. Plus/minus is still a category in many leagues but it mostly reflects team quality and goaltending. The per-60 view helps compare players with different minutes.
Leader for the Colorado Avalanche in 2026-27: Sam Malinski (COL), 5 +/-.
- Early sample: teams have played at most 3 games in 2026-27. Expect big swings.
Plus/Minus leaderboard
| # | Player | Team | +/- | GP | Per game | PTS | G | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam MalinskiDCOL | COL | 5 | 2 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 | 55%▲32 |
| 2 | Josh MansonDCOL | COL | 4 | 2 | 2.00 | 3 | 1 | 32%▲16 |
| 3 | Artturi LehkonenFCOL | COL | 4 | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 3 | 57%▲40 |
| 4 | Parker KellyFCOL | COL | 4 | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 1 | 11%▲5.6 |
| 5 | Martin NecasFCOL | COL | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 4 | 2 | 100%▲1.8 |
| 6 | Nazem KadriFCOL | COL | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 71%▼9 |
| 7 | Devon ToewsDCOL | COL | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 2 | 0 | 62%▼1 |
| 8 | Nicolas RoyFCOL | COL | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 3 | 2 | 4.9%▲4.7 |
| 9 | Brett KulakDCOL | COL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Nathan MacKinnonFCOL | COL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 5 | 2 | 100%▲0.9 |
| 11 | Noah JuulsenDCOL | COL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Cale MakarDCOL | COL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 3 | 1 | 100%▲1 |
| 13 | Fedor SvechkovFCOL | COL | 1 | 2 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 8.0%▲7.9 |
| 14 | Brock NelsonFCOL | COL | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 88%▼3.6 |
| 15 | Gabriel LandeskogFCOL | COL | 0 | 2 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 50%▲32 |
| 16 | Brent BurnsDCOL | COL | -1 | 2 | -0.50 | 1 | 0 | 50%▼14 |
| 17 | Jaden SchwartzFCOL | COL | -2 | 2 | -1.00 | 2 | 0 | 11%▲11 |
| 18 | T.J. HughesFCOL | COL | -3 | 2 | -1.50 | 0 | 0 | 26%▲26 |
How to read it
Goals for minus goals against while on the ice (power-play goals for excluded).
How reliable is it?
Plus/minus is noisy and team-driven; on-ice goal and expected-goal shares at 5-on-5 tell you more about the player.
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