4–6

Final

🏔️ Home Avalanche 19-4-6 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
VAN	0	0	0	4
COL	0	0	0	6

Canucks at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Canucks 6–4 at Ball Arena on December 6, 1997.

🗓 Sat, Dec 6, 1997 · 21:30 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 1997-98 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐋 VAN

Pavel Bure

3 G, 1 A

7 shots · 23:03 TOI · -1

2nd star 🏔️ COL

Eric Lacroix

2 G

3 shots · 11:33 TOI · +1

3rd star 🏔️ COL

Shean Donovan

1 G, 1 A

3 shots · 10:41 TOI · +3

🚨 Scoring

Goal-by-goal detail has not synced for this game yet.

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🐋VAN COL🏔️

35 Shots on goal 40

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/5

2 Hits 9

8 Blocked shots 6

5 Takeaways 7

4 Giveaways 1

24 Penalty minutes 24

VAN shooting 11.4% (4/35) COL shooting 15.0% (6/40)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🐋Canucks

Kirk McLean

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 26:56 TOI

Arturs Irbe

0/2

.000 SV% · 2 GA · 32:16 TOI

🏔️Avalanche

Patrick Roy

0/4

.000 SV% · 4 GA · 59:47 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Canucks

Canucks — tied after 1st: 10-12-6 (36% win rate, 28 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 1st: 19-4-6 (66% win rate, 29 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Canucks

Canucks — tied after 2nd: 10-12-6 (36% win rate, 28 games)

Avalanche

Avalanche — tied after 2nd: 19-4-6 (66% win rate, 29 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🐋Canucks

L1 Messier · Mogilny · Bure 23:52

L2 Gelinas · Scatchard · Noonan 14:24

L3 Naslund · Brashear · Walker 9:18

L4 Roberts · Sillinger · Bohonos 5:01

D1 Ohlund · Hedican 24:19

D2 Murzyn · Lumme 17:52

D3 Ledyard · Staios 6:18

🏔️Avalanche

L1 Kamensky · Sakic · Forsberg 23:41

L2 Messier · Yelle · Lemieux 19:37

L3 Lacroix · Corbet · Deadmarsh 11:33

L4 Donovan · Odgers 6:45

D1 Foote · Ozolinsh 20:25

D2 Krupp · Lefebvre 17:59

D3 Gusarov · Klemm 14:01

D4 Leroux 4:27

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 2–0 Full head-to-head →

Oct 19, 1997

🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN

4–4 (OT) · Avalanche won

❓ VAN vs COL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Avalanche on December 6, 1997?

Avalanche won 6–4.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Canucks 4, Avalanche 6.

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 4 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 2–0 after 2 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 · Dec 4

🏔️Avalanche

Previous game · Dec 4

Also on December 6, 1997

Canucks season page Avalanche season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule