Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche
Playoffs · Thursday, April 25, 1996 · McNichols Sports Arena
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in overtime on Thursday, April 25, 1996 at McNichols Sports Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Canucks 33–20.
Joe Sakic scored a hat trick and Trevor Linden scored a hat trick. Josef Beranek, Valeri Kamensky and Rene Corbet also scored.
Patrick Roy made 16 saves on 20 shots for the win; Corey Hirsch stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Sakic (4)Claude Lemieux (4), Peter Forsberg (4)0–109:07 COL · 
Josef Beranek (2)Markus Naslund (2)1–115:15 VAN
2nd period
Valeri Kamensky (3)Uwe Krupp (5), Peter Forsberg (5)1–208:17 COL
Trevor Linden (2)Alexander Mogilny (6), Jyrki Lumme (3)2–214:29 VAN · - Trevor Linden (3)Cliff Ronning (2), Russ Courtnall (2)3–215:56 VAN ·
3rd period
Rene Corbet (1)Alexei Gusarov (3)3–309:12 COL- Trevor Linden (4)Russ Courtnall (3), Gino Odjick (1)4–310:08 VAN
- Joe Sakic (5)Sandis Ozolinsh (3), Uwe Krupp (6)4–414:07 COL ·
Overtime
- Joe Sakic (6)Sandis Ozolinsh (4), Adam Deadmarsh (1)4–500:51 COL
Team stats
VANCOL
2033
0%0%
2/82/6
1427
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 0:22 into the first period
Rene Corbet · interference goalkeeper2 min - 7:40 into the first period
Martin Gelinas · tripping2 min - 13:11 into the first periodMike Keane · cross checking2 min
- 13:11 into the first periodStephane Yelle · cross checking2 min
- 13:11 into the first periodAlexander Mogilny · slashing2 min
- 18:01 into the first periodMarkus Naslund · hooking obstruction2 min
- 3:11 into the second periodAdam Foote · tripping obstruction2 min
- 5:32 into the second periodCorey Hirsch · tripping2 min
- 12:14 into the second periodJoe Sakic · holding2 min
- 13:26 into the second periodTroy Murray · high sticking5 min
- 13:26 into the second periodTroy Murray · game misconduct10 min
- 20:00 into the second periodClaude Lemieux · cross checking2 min
- 3:47 into the third periodAdrian Aucoin · interference2 min
- 12:18 into the third periodMike Ridley · interference obstruction2 min
- 12:53 into the third periodDana Murzyn · tripping2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 16Trevor LindenC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 9Russ CourtnallR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 7Cliff RonningC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 22Markus NaslundL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 29Gino OdjickL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 42Josef BeranekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 89Alexander MogilnyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 21Jyrki LummeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Mike RidleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 23Martin GelinasL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 25Jim SandlakR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 26Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 2Frantisek KuceraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 3Bret HedicanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 5Dana MurzynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 6Adrian AucoinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Leif RohlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kirk McLeanG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Corey HirschG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 19Joe SakicC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 9 | – |
| 21Peter ForsbergC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | – |
| 4Uwe KruppD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 8Sandis OzolinshD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 13Valeri KamenskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 18Adam DeadmarshR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 20Rene CorbetL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 22Claude LemieuxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 5Alexei GusarovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 9Mike RicciC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 10Troy MurrayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 12Chris SimonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 25Mike KeaneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 26Stephane YelleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 48Scott YoungR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 2Sylvain LefebvreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 7Curtis LeschyshynD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 52Adam FooteD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Patrick RoyG | W | 20 | 4 | .800 |
| 35Stephane FisetG | 0 | 0 | – |