🐋 Away Canucks 0-0 in series
2–5
Final
COL leads 4–2
🏔️ Home Avalanche 0-0 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
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Canucks at Avalanche — First Round Game 1

Avalanche, First Round Game 1, beat Canucks 5–2 at Ball Arena on April 16, 1996.

🗓 Tue, Apr 16, 1996 · 20:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1995-96 playoffs View the series → Head-to-head history →

🏒 First Round — Best of 7

VAN vs COL · COL leads 4–2 Full series →
Game 1
2–5
Final · COL
Game 2
5–4
Final · VAN
Game 3
4–0
Final · COL
Game 4
3–4
Final · VAN
Game 5
4–5
OT · COL
Game 6
3–2
Final · COL

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 G, 2 A
3 shots · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Valeri Kamensky
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · +2
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Claude Lemieux
3 A
5 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN COL🏔️
31 Shots on goal 27
0/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
12 Penalty minutes 18
VAN shooting 6.5% (2/31) COL shooting 18.5% (5/27)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Kirk McLean
0/3
.000 SV% · 3 GA · 20:53 TOI
Corey Hirsch
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 39:02 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 40-31-11 (49% win rate, 82 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 50-22-10 (61% win rate, 82 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 2nd: 40-31-11 (49% win rate, 82 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 50-22-10 (61% win rate, 82 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Mar 19, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
4–3 · Avalanche won
Mar 9, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
7–5 · Avalanche won
Jan 25, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
2–2 (OT) · Canucks won
Dec 18, 1995
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
4–2 · Canucks won
Nov 11, 1995
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
8–4 · Avalanche won

❓ VAN vs COL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Avalanche on April 16, 1996?

Avalanche won 5–2.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Canucks 2, Avalanche 5.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Kirk McLean made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 2 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🐋Canucks
Previous game · Apr 13
🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN
0–5 · VAN won
Next game · Apr 18
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
5–4 · VAN won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 14
👑LAK @ 🏔️COL
5–4 · LAK won
Next game · Apr 18
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
5–4 · VAN won
Also on April 16, 1996
⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI
3–7 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🗽NYR
3–2 final
🎵STL @ 🍁TOR
3–1 final
Canucks season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule