Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche — April 1, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Colorado Avalanche 8-6 on April 1, 2026. Expected goals were closely matched at 5-on-5 (COL 2.78, VAN 2.85), making this a tightly contested game on both sides of the puck. The Colorado Avalanche created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Vancouver Canucks at 5-on-5. Brock Boeser recorded a hat trick with 3 goals. Teddy Blueger scored 2 goals. Sam Malinski scored 2 goals. Curtis Douglas was the most dangerous skater with 0.63 individual expected goals on 5 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Vancouver Canucks 30-26 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche progressed on Apr 1, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

VAN8 - 6COL

Apr 1, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
COL	P1	16	21	43.2	15	17	46.9	7	12	36.8	8	17	32.0	0	3	0.0	0.89	1.31	40.5	2	3	40.0
	P2	18	15	54.5	11	14	44.0	6	8	42.9	11	11	50.0	6	4	60.0	0.90	1.33	40.3	1	3	25.0
	P3	28	14	66.7	20	11	64.5	17	6	73.9	24	11	68.6	7	3	70.0	1.58	0.88	64.1	3	2	60.0
	Total	62	50	55.4	46	42	52.3	30	26	53.6	43	39	52.4	13	10	56.5	3.37	3.53	48.8	6	8	42.9
VAN	P1	21	16	56.8	17	15	53.1	12	7	63.2	17	8	68.0	3	0	100.0	1.31	0.89	59.5	3	2	60.0
	P2	15	18	45.5	14	11	56.0	8	6	57.1	11	11	50.0	4	6	40.0	1.33	0.90	59.7	3	1	75.0
	P3	14	28	33.3	11	20	35.5	6	17	26.1	11	24	31.4	3	7	30.0	0.88	1.58	35.9	2	3	40.0
	Total	50	62	44.6	42	46	47.7	26	30	46.4	39	43	47.6	10	13	43.5	3.53	3.37	51.2	8	6	57.1

Win Probability

COL Favored

VAN Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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VAN

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

VAN Attempts

COL Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

VAN ShootCOL Shoot

Shot on Net

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (COL) performed against every skater on the away team (VAN) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = COL players, Columns = VAN players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the COL player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

COL ↓ / VAN →	Blueger	Pettersson	Karlsson	Sasson	Rossi	Räty	Douglas	DeBrusk	Ohgren	O'Connor	Hoglander	Boeser	Hronek	Pettersson	Willander	Pettersson	Buium	Joseph
Necas	57	72	57	57	50	63	50	75	69	50	60	67	72	67	56	80	67	50
Nelson	59	64	50	58	40	44	33	64	63	40	50	67	67	72	53	50	44	25
MacKinnon	59	64	57	57	40	67	50	64	69	50	60	50	64	65	64	80	64	50
Kadri	75	87	80	75	33	67	100	79	71	33	50	69	81	79	77	80	33	75
Kelly	31	50	42	42	0	0	0	29	56	0	0	29	36	67	44	29	22	25
Drury	21	33	33	33	0	0	0	20	50	0	0	0	27	33	25	0	27	14
Colton	0	70	0	0	33	0	—	50	70	29	0	56	50	43	67	83	0	67
Lehkonen	44	43	43	50	40	75	100	43	43	33	100	33	57	56	55	60	50	0
Landeskog	20	57	27	30	67	38	20	57	57	67	33	60	57	29	38	57	14	0
Kiviranta	18	50	22	22	0	0	0	50	50	0	0	0	29	33	20	0	22	14
Nichushkin	25	50	14	33	40	29	20	20	57	50	33	63	50	50	40	50	13	0
O'Connor	0	75	0	0	33	17	20	60	75	25	17	29	17	30	57	50	0	33
Malinski	59	70	60	63	20	50	50	63	62	20	60	64	64	75	64	70	46	33
Toews	60	65	56	60	22	100	—	50	71	33	100	61	68	72	64	75	45	25
Burns	20	29	19	21	40	43	25	33	43	40	33	45	47	22	30	53	8	14
Kulak	22	60	43	43	25	38	33	56	50	20	33	20	36	47	50	20	44	29
Manson	9	67	11	13	0	20	17	67	75	0	17	0	14	45	50	20	13	50
Blankenburg	22	60	27	30	33	14	14	50	60	33	17	33	64	11	0	55	25	0