🐋 Away Canucks 31-35-4 before this game
2–4
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 47-17-6 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
VAN 1102
COL 2114

Canucks at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Canucks 4–2 at Ball Arena on March 18, 1997.

🗓 Tue, Mar 18, 1997 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 5–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Peter Forsberg
1 G, 2 A
8 shots · +1
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Claude Lemieux
2 G
4 shots · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Stephane Yelle
1 G
1 shots · -1

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Peter Forsberg Go-ahead 1st · 02:47
Unassisted
0–1
🏔️ Stephane Yelle 1st · 17:36
Assists: Eric Lacroix, Mike Keane
0–2
🐋 Gino Odjick 1st · 18:16
Assists: Alexander Mogilny, Scott Walker
1–2
2nd period
🏔️ Claude Lemieux PP 2nd · 12:53
Assists: Valeri Kamensky, Peter Forsberg
1–3
🐋 Mike Ridley 2nd · 18:26
Assists: Dave Babych, Adrian Aucoin
2–3
3rd period
🏔️ Claude Lemieux 3rd · 14:54
Assists: Peter Forsberg
2–4

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN COL🏔️
23 Shots on goal 31
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
12 Penalty minutes 10
VAN shooting 8.7% (2/23) COL shooting 12.9% (4/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Corey Hirsch
0/4
.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:13 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
0/2
.000 SV% · 2 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 — 2–3
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 5–0 Full head-to-head →
Mar 3, 1997
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
1–5 · Avalanche won
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

❓ VAN vs COL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Avalanche on March 18, 1997?

Avalanche won 4–2.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Canucks 2, Avalanche 4.

Who scored for Canucks?

Gino Odjick, Mike Ridley.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Claude Lemieux (2), Peter Forsberg, Stephane Yelle.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Corey Hirsch made 0 saves on 4 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 5–0 after 5 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 15
🐋VAN @ ⚡TBL
5–2 · VAN won
Next game · Mar 20
🦈SJS @ 🐋VAN
2–1 · SJS won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Mar 16
🐙DET @ 🏔️COL
2–4 · COL won
Next game · Mar 21
🦆ANA @ 🏔️COL
3–4 · COL won
Also on March 18, 1997
⚔️BUF @ 🐧PIT
3–5 final
Canucks season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule