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Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Wednesday, April 1, 2026 · Ball Arena

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8–6

Final

SOG 26–30

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Game summary

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Colorado Avalanche 8-6 on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Canucks 30-26.

Teddy Blueger scored twice, Brock Boeser scored a hat trick and Sam Malinski scored twice. Max Sasson, Nathan MacKinnon, Jake DeBrusk, Gabriel Landeskog, Parker Kelly, Brent Burns and Marcus Pettersson also scored.

Kevin Lankinen made 24 saves on 30 shots for the win; Scott Wedgewood stopped 5 of 6.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vancouver CanucksVAN332826
Colorado AvalancheCOL213630

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBrock BoeserVAN · 3G 1A
  2. ★2nd starSam MalinskiCOL · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starTeddy BluegerVAN · 2G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:24

2–1 · 1st 5:21 · Blueger. MacKinnon was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVAN on iceCOL on ice

1–0 VAN

1st 0:29 · Sasson

Manson 0:29

1–1 COL

1st 1:22 · MacKinnon

Ohgren 0:53

2–1 VAN

1st 5:21 · SH · Blueger

Long shift: MacKinnon 1:24

3–1 VAN

1st 11:38 · PP · DeBrusk

Manson 0:49

3–2 COL

1st 16:05 · Landeskog

Boeser 0:49

4–2 VAN

2nd 5:02 · Blueger

Kulak 0:33

5–2 VAN

2nd 9:42 · Boeser

Blankenburg 0:52

6–2 VAN

2nd 15:21 · Boeser

Long shift: Colton 1:02

6–3 COL

2nd 15:43 · Malinski

Buium 0:27

6–4 COL

3rd 0:14 · Kelly

Blueger 0:14

6–5 COL

3rd 13:21 · Burns

Joseph 0:45

6–6 COL

3rd 13:58 · Malinski

Blueger 0:37

7–6 VAN

3rd 14:21 · Pettersson

Kadri 0:23

8–6 VAN

3rd 18:31 · EN · Boeser

MacKinnon 1:14

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

VANCOL
26Shots on goal30
56%Faceoff %44%
1/3Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes6
21Hits11
14Blocked shots8
8Giveaways24
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 04:41Jake DeBrusk · slashing2 min
  • 1st 11:24Gabriel Landeskog · tripping2 min
  • 1st 19:33Artturi Lehkonen · holding2 min
  • 2nd 10:33Linus Karlsson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 15:43Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 3rd 14:57Gabriel Landeskog · high sticking2 min

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