Canucks 8 - 6 Avalanche — Recap

Wed, Apr 1, 2026

12:30 AM

FinalRegular season

Ball Arena

VAN

8–6

COL

L L L L L

L L L L L L

L OW L W L L L L L L

W L W W OW

W L W W OW W

W L W W OW W OL L L W

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

VAN 17%83% COL

Probable score

2 - 5

Regulation win (home)

82%

OT / shootout probability

8%

Elo home / away

1605 / 1406

3 injured/absent player(s) excluded from predictions.

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

Nathan MacKinnon0.76 goal · 53%1

Martin Necas0.58 goal · 44%0

Brock Nelson0.47 goal · 38%0

Nazem Kadri0.41 goal · 34%0

Gabriel Landeskog0.39 goal · 32%1

Artturi Lehkonen0.39 goal · 32%0

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

Nathan MacKinnon0.76 goal · 53%1

Martin Necas0.58 goal · 44%0

Brock Nelson0.47 goal · 38%0

Nazem Kadri0.41 goal · 34%0

Gabriel Landeskog0.39 goal · 32%1

Artturi Lehkonen0.39 goal · 32%0

Likely assists

2/6 correct

Nathan MacKinnon0.72 assist · 51%0

Martin Necas0.63 assist · 47%0

Nazem Kadri0.34 assist · 29%0

Gabriel Landeskog0.32 assist · 27%0

Brock Nelson0.30 assist · 26%1

Valeri Nichushkin0.29 assist · 25%2

Likely point getters

4/6 correct

Nathan MacKinnon1.48 point · 77%1

Martin Necas1.21 point · 70%0

Brock Nelson0.77 point · 54%1

Nazem Kadri0.75 point · 53%0

Gabriel Landeskog0.71 point · 51%1

Valeri Nichushkin0.67 point · 49%2

Tonight's matchup

Elias Pettersson

VAN · C · 74 GP

vs

Nathan MacKinnon

COL · C · 80 GP

VAN	Stat	COL
15	G	53
36	A	74
51	PTS	127
11.4%	S%	15.1%
19.0	TOI	22.3

VAN 3 – 5 COL · goal diff (home) 0.13

Dec 2VAN1–3COL2025-26 Nov 9COL5–4VANOT2025-26 Apr 10VAN4–1COL2024-25 Feb 4COL0–3VAN2024-25 Dec 16COL1–3VAN2024-25 Mar 13COL4–3VANOT2023-24 Feb 20VAN1–3COL2023-24 Nov 22VAN2–5COL2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

B. Boeser

R · VAN

3G · 1A · 4P

2

S. Malinski

D · COL

2G · 1A · 3P

3

T. Blueger

C · VAN

2G · 0A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

00:29
VANM. Sasson(12)
F. Hronek (35), Z. Buium (19)
VAN 1–0 COL
01:22
COLN. MacKinnon(50)TYING
D. Toews (18), S. Malinski (30)
VAN 1–1 COL
05:21
VANT. Blueger(7)SH
L. Ohgren (8)
VAN 2–1 COL
11:38
VANJ. DeBrusk(17)PP
E. Pettersson (32), M. Rossi (20)
VAN 3–1 COL
16:05
COLG. Landeskog(12)
B. Burns (20), V. Nichushkin (29)
VAN 3–2 COL

2nd period

05:02
VANT. Blueger(8)
M. Sasson (5), M. Pettersson (14)
VAN 4–2 COL
09:42
VANB. Boeser(19)
T. Willander (15), M. Rossi (21)
VAN 5–2 COL
15:21
VANB. Boeser(20)
D. O'Connor (11)
VAN 6–2 COL
15:43
COLS. Malinski(6)
D. Toews (19)
VAN 6–3 COL

3rd period

00:14
COLP. Kelly(19)
J. Drury (17), J. Manson (25)
VAN 6–4 COL
13:21
COLB. Burns(11)
B. Nelson (29), V. Nichushkin (30)
VAN 6–5 COL
13:58
COLS. Malinski(7)TYING
VAN 6–6 COL
14:21
VANM. Pettersson(2)
B. Boeser (22), D. O'Connor (12)
VAN 7–6 COL
18:31
VANB. Boeser(21)EN
M. Pettersson (15)
VAN 8–6 COL

Team comparison

VAN	Stat	COL
26	Shots	30
1	Power play	—
21	Hits	11
14	Blocked shots	8
4	PIM	6

Actual result

Goal scorers(10)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(10)

Goal scorers(10)

Assists(17)

Points(22)