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Mackenzie Blackwood

Position	Goaltender	Current Team	Colorado Avalanche
Catches	Left	Current Contract	5 years
Height	6'4"	Expires	2029-30
Weight (lbs)	225	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	33
Age	28 (Dec 9, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 2, Overall 42 (NJD)

Date	Team	Transaction
Oct 6, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Placed on IR
Dec 27, 2024	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 5 years @ $5.250M AAV starting in 2025-26
Dec 9, 2024	Colorado Avalanche	Acquired from San Jose Sharks
Dec 9, 2024	San Jose Sharks	Traded to Colorado Avalanche
Jul 1, 2023	San Jose Sharks	Signed 2 years @ $2.350M AAV starting in 2023-24
Dec 23, 2020	New Jersey Devils	Signed 3 years @ $2.800M AAV starting in 2020-21
Dec 30, 2015	New Jersey Devils	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

5v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2018-19	NJD	23	989:38	43.96	32.01	2.38	2.24	0.13	92.99	92.58	0.41
2019-20	NJD	47	2052:31	45.16	32.33	2.56	2.43	0.14	92.50	92.07	0.43
2020-21	NJD	35	1717:39	41.08	30.29	2.37	2.62	-0.25	91.35	92.17	-0.82
2021-22	NJD	25	1153:37	44.52	32.04	2.53	3.28	-0.75	89.77	92.11	-2.34
2022-23	NJD	22	928:54	41.86	29.45	2.54	2.84	-0.30	90.35	91.36	-1.01
2023-24	SJS	44	1959:30	46.30	32.18	2.88	3.03	-0.15	90.58	91.05	-0.47
2024-25	SJS	19	846:25	49.05	32.68	2.87	2.98	-0.10	90.89	91.21	-0.32
2024-25	COL	37	1760:24	38.51	25.73	2.26	2.11	0.15	91.79	91.20	0.58
2024-25	COL, SJS	56	2606:49	41.94	27.99	2.46	2.39	0.07	91.45	91.21	0.24

4v5 Goalie Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAA/60	SA/60	xGA/60	GA/60	GS/60	Sv%	xSv%	Sv%AE
2018-19	NJD	23	97:58	67.98	48.38	6.06	5.51	0.55	88.61	87.47	1.13
2019-20	NJD	47	210:12	62.80	48.24	5.44	6.57	-1.12	86.39	88.71	-2.32
2020-21	NJD	35	147:46	74.31	54.00	7.01	9.34	-2.33	82.71	87.01	-4.31
2021-22	NJD	25	99:15	58.64	42.92	4.97	4.84	0.13	88.73	88.43	0.31
2022-23	NJD	22	81:43	67.55	46.99	6.52	7.34	-0.82	84.38	86.13	-1.75
2023-24	SJS	44	213:30	88.81	61.26	8.93	7.31	1.63	88.07	85.42	2.66
2024-25	SJS	19	81:58	83.45	54.17	8.23	5.12	3.11	90.54	84.80	5.74
2024-25	COL	37	151:02	73.89	54.03	7.65	5.56	2.08	89.71	85.85	3.86
2024-25	COL, SJS	56	233:00	77.25	54.08	7.85	5.41	2.44	90.00	85.48	4.52

Legend

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Glossary

Statistic	Definition
SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes.
SA/60	Shots Against per 60 minutes.
xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes.
GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
GS/60	Goals Saved per 60 minutes (xGA/60 -GA/60).
Sv%	Save Percentage.
xSv%	Expected Save Percentage.
Sv%AE	Save Percentage above Expected (Sv% - xSv%).

Data from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16).

News and Opinions

3 Takeaways From the Avalanche’s 4-1 Win Over the Kings at The Hockey Writers (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
3 players to watch in Avalanche 2025-26 season opener at Mile High Sticking (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Projected Lineups for the Avalanche vs Kings – 10/07/25 at The Hockey Writers (Tue Oct 7, 2025)
Roster Is Set. Avalanche Open 2025-26 Season With 3 Rookies, 3 Goalies at Colorado Hockey Now (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
How the Colorado Avalanche made good use of the preseason at Mile High Sticking (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Blackwood Taking Shots at Avalanche Practice. Will He Start Season on 23-man Roster? at Colorado Hockey Now (Mon Oct 6, 2025)
Avalanche Waive Ahcan and Middleton at Colorado Hockey Now (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Preseason is Over. Here’s My Projected Avalanche Opening Night Lineup at Colorado Hockey Now (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Final Avalanche roster taking shape at Mile High Hockey (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
3 Bold Predictions for 2025-26 Colorado Avalanche Season at The Hockey Writers (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Central Division Preview: 3 burning questions for the Colorado Avalanche at Blackhawk Up (Thu Oct 2, 2025)
Latest Avalanche Updates for Blackwood, Girard Injuries at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Avalanche Make 5 More Cuts. How Many More Are Needed Before Opening Night? at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: It’s Finally October!; Kaprizov Signs Historic Contract; Undefeated in Preseason at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Oct 1, 2025)
Fantasy hockey goalie guide: The goaltending timeshares to target at ESPN (Tue Sep 30, 2025)
Ranking the NHL’s 32 Starting Goalies – Preseason Update at The Hockey Writers (Mon Sep 29, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Submit Your Avalanche Mailbag Questions; Carter Hart Nearing a Decision? at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Ex-Devils Goalie Could Miss Start Of Season at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Sep 25, 2025)
Ovi breaks another Gretzky record? A draft lottery surprise? Bold predictions for every NHL team at ESPN (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
Avalanche Practice: Blackwood Takes Shots, PP Drills Begin at Colorado Hockey Now (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Four-team mock draft strategy: When to draft Tkachuk, Kucherov and others at ESPN (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
Plant my flag list: Greg Wyshynski's 10 must-draft players at ESPN (Mon Sep 22, 2025)
Avalanche preseason games delayed as travel issues force later start times at Mile High Sticking (Sun Sep 21, 2025)
Landeskog Will Play in Avalanche’s Preseason Opener; Burns, MacKinnon Will Not at Colorado Hockey Now (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
10 Observations Heading Into Avalanche Training Camp at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
NHL Morning Coffee Headlines – September 18, 2025 at Spectors Hockey (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
Avalanche get the best news about Gabriel Landeskog since his return to the ice at Mile High Sticking (Thu Sep 18, 2025)
NHL Teams Give Injury Updates On Bruins' Pastrnak, Leafs' Domi, Lightning's Paul And 10 Others at The Hockey News (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Avalanche Open Camp With Injuries to O’Connor, Blackwood, and Girard at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Sep 17, 2025)
Avalanche Enter Preseason Battling Injuries Already? at Mile High Hockey (Sat Sep 13, 2025)
2025-26 Fantasy Hockey Rankings: Goalie Tiers — Does Drafting an Elite Guy Really Matter? at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Sep 12, 2025)
Keys to the Stanley Cup Part 4: Colorado Avalanche climb to the peak at Mile High Sticking (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
3 Questions Facing the Avalanche: Gabe Landeskog, Goaltending, and the Arrival of Brent Burns at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Blackwood Season Preview; New Threads for Sens and Canes; Hilarious Reilly Smith Clip at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Stat Stories: How Blackwood and Wedgewood transformed the Colorado Avalanche at Mile High Sticking (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche Season Preview: Goaltending at The Hockey Writers (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Season Preview: Blackwood Aims to Be the Avalanche’s Backbone in Goal at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Ranking NHL Teams By Goaltenders at The Hockey Writers (Wed Sep 3, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Team Canada Goalie Battle; Wild, Rossi Re-Engage; Nazar Signed For How Much? at Colorado Hockey Now (Fri Aug 22, 2025)
Room for Blackwood? Team Canada GM Says Goalie Competition Is ‘Wide Open’ for Olympics at Colorado Hockey Now (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Altitude host Kyle Keefe makes bold prediction about Avalanche roster potential at Mile High Sticking (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Current Devils Taking Aim At Franchise Records at All About the Jersey (Mon Aug 18, 2025)
No Excuses Left: The Avalanche’s Imperative for Redemption and Renewal at Mile High Hockey (Sat Aug 16, 2025)
High expectations put Jared Bednar under the microscope at Mile High Sticking (Wed Aug 13, 2025)

Current Contract

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	28	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
2026-27	29	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	$1,000,000	$4,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
2027-28	30	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
2028-29	31	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
2029-30	32	M-NTC	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-	-	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	UFA
Total					-	$1,000,000	$25,250,000	$26,250,000	$26,250,000

Signed: Dec 27, 2024

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Chris MacFarland

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 5.5

Clause: Player has a 6 team no trade list through 2028-29 and a 4 team no trade list in 2029-30.

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2023-24	26	$2,350,000	$2,350,000	-	-	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	$2,200,000	RFA-arb
2024-25	27	$2,350,000	$2,350,000	-	-	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	UFA
Total				-	-	$4,700,000	$4,700,000	$4,700,000

Signed: July 1, 2023

Team: San Jose Sharks

GM: Mike Grier

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 2.81

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2020-21	23	$2,800,000	$2,800,000	-	-	$1,475,000	$1,475,000	$1,475,000	RFA
2021-22	24	$2,800,000	$2,800,000	-	-	$2,800,000	$2,800,000	$2,800,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	25	$2,800,000	$2,800,000	-	-	$4,125,000	$4,125,000	$4,125,000	RFA-arb
Total				-	-	$8,400,000	$8,400,000	$8,400,000

Signed: Dec 23, 2020

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Tom Fitzgerald

Exp. Status: UFA(no QO)

Cap %: 3.44

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	18	$709,167	$925,000	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2016-17	19	$703,333	$919,167	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2017-18	20	$697,500	$913,333	-	$92,500	$650,000	$742,500	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$697,500	$913,333	-	-	$650,000	$650,000	$70,000	ELC
2019-20	22	$697,500	$913,333	-	-	$700,000	$700,000	$70,000	ELC
Total				-	$277,500	$2,000,000	$2,277,500	$210,000

Signed: Dec 30, 2015

Team: New Jersey Devils

GM: Ray Shero

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid two seasons as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	GA	GAA	Sv%
2011-12	Minor-ON		38		15	13			121	3.08
2012-13	ON-Jr.B		24		10	8			74	3.39
2013-14	OHL		45		23	15		1265	124	2.98	0.902	10		5	4		250	24	2.61	0.904
2014-15	OHL		51		33	14	2	1612	152	3.09	0.906	9		5	4		347	27	2.88	0.922
2015-16	WJC-A		3			2		85	12	3.95
2015-16	OHL		43		28	13		1403	111	2.72	0.921	13		6	5		426	36	2.71	0.915
2015-16	WJC-20		3			2		85	12	3.95	0.859
2016-17	AHL		36		17	14	4	935	87	2.55	0.907	4		1	3		125	9	2.13	0.928
2017-18	ECHL		5		2	1	1	125	10	2.48	0.920	5		3	1		112	4	1.00	0.964
2017-18	AHL		32		7	17	6	872	103	3.41	0.882
2018-19	NHL		23	23	10	10		669	55	2.61	0.918
2018-19	WC		1					3		0.00	1.000
2018-19	AHL		20		8	10	1	571	56	2.95	0.902
2019-20	NHL		47	47	22	14	8	1452	124	2.77	0.915
2020-21	NHL		35	35	14	17	4	1081	106	3.04	0.902
2021-22	NHL		25	25	9	10	4	731	79	3.39	0.892
2022-23	NHL		22	22	10	6	2	563	60	3.20	0.893
2022-23	AHL		2		1	1		55	6	3.03	0.891
2023-24	NHL		44	44	10	25	4	1383	140	3.45	0.899
2024-25	NHL		19	19	6	9	3	583	53	3.00	0.911
2024-25	NHL		37	37	22	12	3	966	84	2.33	0.913	7	7	3	4		176	19	2.71	0.892
NHL Career			252	252	103	103	28	7428	701	2.96	0.906	7	7	3	4	0	176	19	2.71	0.892