🐋 Away Canucks 2-2 in series
4–5
Final / OT
COL leads 4–2
🏔️ Home Avalanche 2-2 in series
Scoring 1st2nd3rdOTF
VAN 12104
COL 11215

Canucks at Avalanche — First Round Game 5

Avalanche, First Round Game 5, beat Canucks 5–4 in overtime at Ball Arena on April 25, 1996.

🗓 Thu, Apr 25, 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
Joe Sakic
3 G
9 shots · +2
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Trevor Linden
3 G
3 shots
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 A
4 shots

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Joe Sakic PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:07
Assists: Claude Lemieux, Peter Forsberg
0–1
🐋 Josef Beranek Tying 1st · 15:15
Assists: Markus Naslund
1–1
2nd period
🏔️ Valeri Kamensky Go-ahead 2nd · 08:17
Assists: Uwe Krupp, Peter Forsberg
1–2
🐋 Trevor Linden PP Tying 2nd · 14:29
Assists: Alexander Mogilny, Jyrki Lumme
2–2
🐋 Trevor Linden PP Go-ahead 2nd · 15:56
Assists: Cliff Ronning, Russ Courtnall
3–2
3rd period
🏔️ Rene Corbet Tying 3rd · 09:12
Assists: Alexei Gusarov
3–3
🐋 Trevor Linden Go-ahead 3rd · 10:08
Assists: Russ Courtnall, Gino Odjick
4–3
🏔️ Joe Sakic PP Tying 3rd · 14:07
Assists: Sandis Ozolinsh, Uwe Krupp
4–4
Overtime
🏔️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead OT · 00:51
Assists: Sandis Ozolinsh, Adam Deadmarsh
4–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN COL🏔️
20 Shots on goal 33
2/8 Power play (goals / chances) 2/6
14 Penalty minutes 27
VAN shooting 20.0% (4/20) COL shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Corey Hirsch
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:44 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 60:11 TOI
Stephane Fiset
0/0
.000 SV% · 0 GA · 00:40 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 42-33-11 (49% win rate, 86 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 52-24-10 (60% win rate, 86 games)
After 2nd — 3–2
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Full head-to-head →
Apr 22, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
3–4 · Canucks won
Apr 20, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
4–0 · Avalanche won
Apr 18, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
5–4 · Canucks won
Apr 16, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
2–5 · Avalanche won
Mar 19, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
4–3 · Avalanche won

❓ VAN vs COL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Avalanche on April 25, 1996?

Avalanche won 5–4 in overtime.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Canucks 4, Avalanche 5, in overtime.

Who scored for Canucks?

Trevor Linden (3), Josef Beranek.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic (3), Rene Corbet, Valeri Kamensky.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Corey Hirsch made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 4 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 22
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
3–4 · VAN won
Next game · Apr 27
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
3–2 · COL won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 22
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
3–4 · VAN won
Next game · Apr 27
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
3–2 · COL won
Also on April 25, 1996
⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI
1–4 final
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
2–6 final
🎵STL @ 🍁TOR
4–5 final
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