Vancouver Canucks 8, Colorado Avalanche 6: final score and stats
Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado Avalanche, Vancouver Canucks 8 to Colorado Avalanche 6, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026 at Ball Arena, Denver, CO. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Colorado Avalanche vs Vancouver Canucks.
NHLWednesday, April 1, 2026
DateApr 1, 2026
Start time8:30 PM ET
VenueBall Arena, Denver, CO
TVESPN+
Attendance18,103
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Canucks | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Vancouver CanucksColorado Avalanche
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
22-44-8Record49-15-10
8th in Pacific DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
2-9Road record / home record7-3
LLLLLLast 5WWLLW
L6StreakW2
Team stats
Vancouver CanucksColorado Avalanche
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Vancouver Canucks
Filip Chytil C · Shoulder - Not Specified
Injured ReserveMackenzie MacEachern LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveThatcher Demko G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveTom Willander D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayColorado Avalanche
Josh Manson D · Ankle
Injured ReserveZachary L'Heureux LW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Vancouver Canucks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teddy Blueger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:48 | 0:06 | 3:02 | 16:40 | 27 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 52.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Boeser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:57 | 3:08 | 2:24 | 13:25 | 25 | 3 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 | 2:53 | 0:36 | 13:33 | 25 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Curtis Douglas | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 6:18 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Hoglander | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 6:57 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:57 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Linus Karlsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:59 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 16:01 | 28 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Drew O'Connor | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12:43 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 12:03 | 20 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Ohgren | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:15 | 0:53 | 2:06 | 14:16 | 25 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Pettersson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:04 | 3:12 | 0:54 | 15:58 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aatu Raty | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 | 0:33 | 2:31 | 8:48 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 69.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Rossi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 | 3:21 | 0:00 | 10:15 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Sasson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:18 | 0:07 | 0:25 | 14:46 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeev Buium | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 15:48 | 1:13 | 0:00 | 14:35 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Hronek | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 28:47 | 3:04 | 3:49 | 21:54 | 32 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Olivier Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:01 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:01 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25:07 | 0:00 | 3:43 | 21:24 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias N. Pettersson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:31 | 0:00 | 2:17 | 15:14 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Willander | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:57 | 1:02 | 2:13 | 15:42 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Lankinen | 6 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .800 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Colton | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 9:35 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:35 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:31 | 0:00 | 1:58 | 9:33 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nazem Kadri | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 17:59 | 4:38 | 0:00 | 13:21 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Kelly | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 | 0:00 | 1:51 | 10:12 | 17 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Kiviranta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8:11 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 7:25 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Landeskog | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:26 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 13:59 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:53 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 15:30 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nathan MacKinnon | 0 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 24:21 | 5:20 | 0:00 | 19:01 | 21 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 44.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Necas | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 25:06 | 4:36 | 0:00 | 20:30 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Nelson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:29 | 4:32 | 1:31 | 16:26 | 23 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 30.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Valeri Nichushkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 | 1:25 | 1:39 | 9:57 | 19 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan O'Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:15 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 8:29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Blankenburg | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 | 1:12 | 1:43 | 16:14 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brett Kulak | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 19:13 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 18:09 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Malinski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:52 | 2:48 | 0:44 | 17:20 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Manson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:55 | 0:00 | 2:43 | 14:12 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Toews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:54 | 2:39 | 2:11 | 20:04 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Colorado Avalanche Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackenzie Blackwood | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .684 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 35:21 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Wedgewood | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .833 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22:24 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
COL wins series 2-1
Apr 1, 2026VAN 8, COL 6
Dec 2, 2025VAN 1, COL 3
Nov 9, 2025COL 5, VAN 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche?
Vancouver Canucks won, 8-6, on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
What was the final score of Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche?
Vancouver Canucks 8, Colorado Avalanche 6.
Who were the top performers?
Vancouver Canucks: Brock Boeser (3 goals). Colorado Avalanche: Sam Malinski (2 goals).
Where is Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche played?
Ball Arena, Denver, CO.
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