🐋 Away Canucks 41-30-8 before this game
2–1
Final
🏔️ Home Avalanche 48-27-4 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
VAN 1102
COL 1001

Canucks at Avalanche

Canucks beat Avalanche 2–1 at Ball Arena on April 9, 2002.

🗓 Tue, Apr 9, 2002 · 19:00 CDT 📍 Ball Arena, Denver 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Avalanche lead the season series 3–2 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Mattias Ohlund
1 G
4 shots · 27:30 TOI
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Markus Naslund
1 G
2 shots · 18:28 TOI · +1
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Todd Bertuzzi
1 A
3 shots · 17:50 TOI · +1
4rd star 🐋 VAN
Dan Cloutier
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🏔️ Rob Blake PP Go-ahead 1st · 13:37
Assists: Joe Sakic, Adam Foote · beat Dan Cloutier
0–1
🐋 Markus Naslund Tying 1st · 18:43
Assists: Todd Bertuzzi · beat Patrick Roy
1–1
2nd period
🐋 Mattias Ohlund PP Go-ahead 2nd · 13:48
Assists: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin · beat Patrick Roy
2–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN COL🏔️
22 Shots on goal 31
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
39 Hits 41
15 Blocked shots 13
13 Takeaways 11
4 Giveaways 10
14 Penalty minutes 8
VAN shooting 9.1% (2/22) COL shooting 3.2% (1/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Dan Cloutier
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🏔️Avalanche
Patrick Roy
20/22
.909 SV% · 2 GA · 58:39 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 41-30-8 (52% win rate, 79 games)
Avalanche
Avalanche — tied after 1st: 48-27-4 (61% win rate, 79 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Canucks
Canucks: no games found in this situation this year.
Avalanche
Avalanche: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Naslund · Morrison · Bertuzzi 18:28
L2 Linden · Chubarov · Letowski 15:37
L3 Cooke · Warriner · Cassels 12:13
L4 Sedin · Hlavac · Sedin 9:21
D1 Ohlund · Jovanovski 25:18
D2 Lachance · Sopel 20:46
D3 Baron · Helmer 12:50
🏔️Avalanche
L1 Tanguay · Sakic · Vrbata 22:37
L2 Reinprecht · Drury · Keane 15:06
L3 Messier · Yelle · Hinote 12:22
L4 Krestanovich · Hahl · Parker 7:40
D1 Blake · Foote 27:18
D2 De Vries · Skoula 19:28
D3 Kasparaitis · Muir 11:57

⚔️ Last meetings

Avalanche lead the season series 3–2 Full head-to-head →
Nov 30, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
5–2 · Avalanche won
Oct 25, 2001
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
1–4 · Avalanche won
Oct 13, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
0–4 · Canucks won
Oct 9, 2001
🐋VAN @ 🏔️COL
4–5 · Avalanche won
Apr 18, 2001
🏔️COL @ 🐋VAN
5–1 · Avalanche won

❓ VAN vs COL, answered

Who won Canucks vs Avalanche on April 9, 2002?

Canucks won 2–1.

What was the final score of Canucks vs Avalanche?

The final score was Canucks 2, Avalanche 1.

Who scored for Canucks?

Markus Naslund, Mattias Ohlund.

Who scored for Avalanche?

Rob Blake.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Dan Cloutier made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Avalanche goalie play?

Patrick Roy made 20 saves on 22 shots (.909 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 3–2 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 · Apr 7
🌵PHX @ 🐋VAN
3–4 · VAN won
Next game · Apr 11
👑LAK @ 🐋VAN
2–5 · VAN won
🏔️Avalanche
Previous game · Apr 7
🏔️COL @ 🎵STL
4–2 · COL won
Next game · Apr 12
🏔️COL @ 🦆ANA
3–1 · COL won
Also on April 9, 2002
⚡TBL @ 🐻BOS
2–2 final
🪶CHI @ 🦅WSH
1–3 final
🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL
3–4 final
🐯NSH @ 🎵STL
2–3 final
🌵PHX @ 🔥CGY
4–2 final
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