🐋 Away Canucks 3-2-1 before this game
2–9
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 3-3-1 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
VAN 0022
COL 0459

Canucks at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Canucks 9–2 at Ball Arena on October 19, 1996.

🗓 Sat, Oct 19, 1996 · 21:30 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
2 G, 1 A
5 shots · +3
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Scott Young
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Valeri Kamensky
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · +2

🚨 Scoring

11 goals · in order
2nd period
🏔️ Scott Young Go-ahead 2nd · 01:53
Assists: Joe Sakic, Uwe Krupp
0–1
🏔️ Sylvain Lefebvre 2nd · 10:25
Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Curtis Leschyshyn
0–2
🏔️ Aaron Miller 2nd · 15:08
Assists: Peter Forsberg, Rene Corbet
0–3
🏔️ Joe Sakic 2nd · 16:09
Assists: Scott Young, Eric Lacroix
0–4
3rd period
🏔️ Mike Keane 3rd · 07:05
Assists: Uwe Krupp
0–5
🏔️ Alexei Gusarov 3rd · 08:38
Assists: Stephane Yelle
0–6
🏔️ Joe Sakic 3rd · 09:25
Assists: Mike Ricci
0–7
🏔️ Valeri Kamensky 3rd · 10:39
Assists: Jon Klemm, Aaron Miller
0–8
🏔️ Scott Young PP 3rd · 12:23
Assists: Mike Ricci, Rene Corbet
0–9
🐋 Pavel Bure 3rd · 17:43
Assists: Martin Gelinas, Mike Ridley
1–9
🐋 Mike Sillinger 3rd · 19:09
Unassisted
2–9

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN COL🏔️
25 Shots on goal 32
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
10 Penalty minutes 2
VAN shooting 8.0% (2/25) COL shooting 28.1% (9/32)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Kirk McLean
0/9
.000 SV% · 9 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 GA · 59:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 3-2-1 (50% win rate, 6 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 3-3-1 (43% win rate, 7 games)
After 2nd — 0–4
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 Full head-to-head →
Apr 27, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
3–2 · Avalanche won
Apr 25, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
4–5 (OT) · Avalanche won
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

❓ VAN vs COL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Avalanche on October 19, 1996?

Avalanche won 9–2.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Canucks 2, Avalanche 9.

Who scored for Canucks?

Mike Sillinger, Pavel Bure.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Joe Sakic (2), Scott Young (2), Aaron Miller, Alexei Gusarov, Mike Keane, Sylvain Lefebvre, Valeri Kamensky.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Kirk McLean made 0 saves on 9 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.

What is the Canucks vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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 · Oct 17
🐋VAN @ ⭐DAL
6–1 · VAN won
Next game · Oct 23
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
4–1 · COL won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Oct 17
🐆FLA @ 🏔️COL
2–1 · FLA won
Next game · Oct 22
🏔️COL @ 🔥CGY
1–5 · CGY won
Also on October 19, 1996
😈NJD @ 🐳HFD
2–6 final
🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT
1–2 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
3–6 final
🏝️NYI @ 🐙DET
2–4 final
🍁TOR @ ⭐DAL
0–2 final
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