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Stastny can continue torrid pace when Avalanche face Coyotes

Mar 17, 2007 - 3:36 PM Colorado (35-29-6) at Phoenix (28-39-3) 10:00 pm EST

GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Paul Stastny is having the kind of rookie season that is making his father proud.

Stastny tries to extend his rookie scoring streak to a league-record 20 consecutive games Saturday as the Colorado Avalanche look to keep their slim playoff hopes alive against the Phoenix Coyotes.

The 21-year-old Stastny has nine goals and 18 assists in the streak dating to February. He kept the run intact with a third-period tally in Wednesday's 3-2 triumph over the Calgary Flames.

The goal enabled Stastny to tie his father, Peter, for the second-longest scoring streak in franchise history. A Hall of Famer, the elder Stastny scored 450 goals and had 789 assists in a 15-year career, mostly with the Quebec Nordiques.

After winning six of their last seven games, the Avalanche are still clinging to postseason hopes. They are eight points behind the eight-place Flames (37-24-10) in the Western Conference.

The Coyotes have surrendered 26 goals in losing six of their last seven outings and have slipped past the Los Angeles Kings into last place in the West.

Playing the finale of a five-game homestand, Phoenix is coming off Thursday's 5-1 defeat to the San Jose Sharks.