🐯 Away Predators 31-36-8 before this game
1–5
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 45-26-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
NSH 1001
COL 1315

Predators at Avalanche

Avalanche beat Predators 5–1 at Ball Arena on April 1, 2002.

🗓 Mon, Apr 1, 2002 · 20:00 CST 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏔️ COL
Radim Vrbata
2 G
2 shots · 18:11 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏔️ COL
Martin Skoula
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 20:48 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏔️ COL
Joe Sakic
2 A
6 shots · 19:26 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Radim Vrbata Go-ahead 1st · 01:16
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Rob Blake · beat Tomas Vokoun
0–1
🐯 Kimmo Timonen PP Tying 1st · 10:23
Assists: Martin Erat, Denis Arkhipov · beat Patrick Roy
1–1
2nd period
🏔️ Riku Hahl Go-ahead 2nd · 02:27
Assists: Jordan Krestanovich, Scott Parker · beat Tomas Vokoun
1–2
🏔️ Radim Vrbata 2nd · 06:18
Assists: Joe Sakic, Martin Skoula · beat Tomas Vokoun
1–3
🏔️ Martin Skoula PP 2nd · 08:28
Assists: Joe Sakic, Alex Tanguay · beat Tomas Vokoun
1–4
3rd period
🏔️ Steve Reinprecht 3rd · 07:47
Unassisted · beat Tomas Vokoun
1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH COL🏔️
23 Shots on goal 33
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
40 Hits 29
8 Blocked shots 22
13 Takeaways 9
3 Giveaways 3
15 Penalty minutes 15
NSH shooting 4.3% (1/23) COL shooting 15.2% (5/33)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Tomas Vokoun
28/33
.848 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
22/23
.957 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Predators
Predators — tied after 1st: 31-36-8 (41% win rate, 75 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 45-26-4 (60% win rate, 75 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Predators
Predators: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Orszagh · Johnson · Yachmenev 19:33
L2 Hartnell · Arkhipov · Dubinsky 17:14
L3 Classen · Erat · Tenkrat 11:47
L4 Simpson · Hentunen · Perrott 5:45
D1 Timonen · Skrastins 22:18
D2 Karalahti · Hulse 20:00
D3 Delmore · Houlder 17:40
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Vrbata 18:11
L2 Messier · Reinprecht · Willsie 16:36
L3 Larsen · Drury · Yelle 12:22
L4 Krestanovich · Hahl · Parker 7:27
D1 Blake · De Vries 24:26
D2 Kasparaitis · Skoula 20:50
D3 Muir · Trepanier 13:23

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 Full head-to-head →
Mar 17, 2002
🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH
5–4 · Avalanche won
Jan 30, 2002
🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL
5–2 · Predators won
Jan 1, 2002
🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH
4–4 (OT) · Avalanche won
Jan 27, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐯NSH
5–1 · Avalanche won
Dec 29, 2000
🐯NSH @ 🏔️COL
1–3 · Avalanche won

❓ NSH vs COL, answered

Who won Predators vs Avalanche on April 1, 2002?

Avalanche won 5–1.

What was the final score of Predators vs Avalanche?

The final score was Predators 1, Avalanche 5.

Who scored for Predators?

Kimmo Timonen.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Radim Vrbata (2), Martin Skoula, Riku Hahl, Steve Reinprecht.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Tomas Vokoun made 28 saves on 33 shots (.848 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 22 saves on 23 shots (.957 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Avalanche played?

At Ball Arena in Denver, the Avalanche home rink.

What is the Predators vs Avalanche season series?

Avalanche lead the season series 3–1 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
🐯Predators
Previous game · Mar 30
🎵STL @ 🐯NSH
4–2 · STL won
Next game · Apr 3
🐯NSH @ 🪶CHI
3–1 · NSH won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Mar 30
🏔️COL @ 🌵PHX
3–5 · PHX won
Next game · Apr 3
🐦ATL @ 🏔️COL
0–6 · COL won
Also on April 1, 2002
🔔PHI @ ⚔️BUF
1–3 final
😈NJD @ 🏝️NYI
2–4 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🐧PIT
3–0 final
🗽NYR @ ⚡TBL
6–4 final
🍁TOR @ 🐙DET
5–4 final
🧥CBJ @ ⭐DAL
1–3 final
🎵STL @ 🌵PHX
3–5 final
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