🐋 Away Canucks 29-31-3 before this game
1–5
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 43-15-5 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
VAN 1001
COL 2035

Canucks at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Canucks 5–1 at Ball Arena on March 3, 1997.

🗓 Mon, Mar 3, 1997 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 4–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Keith Jones
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
2 G
2 shots · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Scott Young
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Joe Sakic Go-ahead 1st · 01:28
Assists: Eric Lacroix, Adam Deadmarsh
0–1
🏔️ Peter Forsberg 1st · 07:23
Assists: Claude Lemieux, Keith Jones
0–2
🐋 Trevor Linden 1st · 19:54
Assists: Bret Hedican
1–2
3rd period
🏔️ Peter Forsberg 3rd · 00:19
Assists: Claude Lemieux, Keith Jones
1–3
🏔️ Scott Young 3rd · 10:37
Assists: Rene Corbet
1–4
🏔️ Keith Jones PP 3rd · 13:46
Assists: Scott Young, Jon Klemm
1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN COL🏔️
33 Shots on goal 23
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
18 Penalty minutes 20
VAN shooting 3.0% (1/33) COL shooting 21.7% (5/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Kirk McLean
0/5
.000 SV% · 5 GA · 59:55 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/1
.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–2
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–2
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 4–0 Full head-to-head →
Dec 11, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
6–1 · Avalanche won
Oct 23, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
4–1 · Avalanche won
Oct 19, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
2–9 · Avalanche won
Apr 27, 1996
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
3–2 · Avalanche won
Apr 25, 1996
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
4–5 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ VAN vs COL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Avalanche on March 3, 1997?

Avalanche won 5–1.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Canucks 1, Avalanche 5.

Who scored for Canucks?

Trevor Linden.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Peter Forsberg (2), Joe Sakic, Keith Jones, Scott Young.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Kirk McLean made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 0 saves on 1 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 4–0 after 4 games.

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 · Mar 1
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
3–0 · LAK won
Next game · Mar 5
🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN
1–1 · CHI won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Mar 1
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
1–2 · COL won
Next game · Mar 5
🏔️COL @ 🇨🇦MTL
7–3 · COL won
Also on March 3, 1997
🦈SJS @ 🗽NYR
4–5 final
🐻BOS @ 🍁TOR
2–4 final
Canucks season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule