Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, March 24, 2012 · Pepsi Center
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Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Canucks 40-32.
Chris Higgins scored twice. Gabriel Landeskog, Jamie McGinn and Mason Raymond also scored.
Roberto Luongo made 38 saves on 40 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Gabriel Landeskog (1)Milan Hejduk (1), Steve Downie (1)0–101:13 COL · PPG
2nd period
Jamie McGinn (1)Paul Stastny (1), Semyon Varlamov (1)0–211:01 COL · PPG
Mason Raymond (1)Sami Salo (1), Henrik Sedin (1)1–215:55 VAN · PPG
Chris Higgins (1)Samuel Pahlsson (1), Kevin Bieksa (1)2–217:30 VAN
OT period
- Chris Higgins (2)Jannik Hansen (1), Kevin Bieksa (2)3–201:40 VAN
Team stats
VANCOL
32Shots on goal40
47%Faceoff %53%
1/5Power play2/6
14Penalty minutes12
22Hits24
24Blocked shots18
3Giveaways11
7Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 00:36
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 06:34Aaron Rome · roughing2 min
- 1st 06:34
Chuck Kobasew · charging2 min - 1st 07:24Kevin Bieksa · hooking2 min
- 1st 11:01Jan Hejda · tripping2 min
- 1st 11:46David Jones · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 1st 15:42Samuel Pahlsson · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 17:35David Jones · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 10:23Sami Salo · interference2 min
- 2nd 13:17Alexandre Burrows · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:08David Jones · holding2 min
- 3rd 06:23Samuel Pahlsson · hooking2 min
Season series
Vancouver Canucks
| 20Chris HigginsL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:40 |
| 3Kevin BieksaD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 26:44 |
| 21Mason RaymondL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 19:18 |
| 26Samuel PahlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:04 |
| 33Henrik SedinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 36Jannik HansenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 6Sami SaloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 7David BoothL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 9Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 14Alexandre BurrowsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:52 |
| 17Ryan KeslerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:06 |
| 27Manny MalhotraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 32Dale WeiseR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:26 |
| 40Maxim LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:46 |
| 2Dan HamhuisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:10 |
| 8Chris TanevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 23Alexander EdlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 28:24 |
| 29Aaron RomeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Roberto LuongoG | W | 40 | 38 | 2 | .950 | 61:40 |
| 35Cory SchneiderG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 11Jamie McGinnL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:39 |
| 23Milan HejdukR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14:16 |
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:31 |
| 27Steve DownieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:29 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 22:44 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14:57 |
| 16Jay McClementC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:11 |
| 17Chuck KobasewR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:33 |
| 37Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:55 |
| 40Mark OlverC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:09 |
| 54David JonesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:32 |
| 3Ryan O'ByrneD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:27 |
| 5Shane O'BrienD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:01 |
| 22Matt HunwickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:37 |
| 41Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 44Ryan WilsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | O | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 61:38 |
| 35Jean-Sebastien GiguereG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |