Vancouver Canucks (10-13-3) @ Colorado Avalanche (18-1-6)
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For the second consecutive game, the Avalanche will host a Canadian team when they take on the Vancouver Canucks on Grateful Dead Night on Tuesday. This is the second of three regular season games between the teams, as the Avs defeated the Canucks 5–4 in overtime on November 9 in Vancouver and they will meet again on April 1 in Denver.
Latest Result (COL): MTL 2, COL 7
Latest Result (WAN): WAN 1, Lakh 2 (OT)
successful saturday
Brock Nelson had two goals and two assists along with a pair from Gabriel Landeskog to help the Avalanche defeat the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday at Ball Arena. Brent Burns, Nathan MacKinnon and Devon Toews added figures for Colorado, while Martin Necas added three assists and Arturi Lehkonen recorded a pair of assists. In net for the Avs, Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 21 of the 23 shots he faced. Nelson opened the scoring at 7:32 of the first period with his seventh goal of the season and 600th career point via a wrist shot from the slot set up by Lehkonen’s feed. At 13:25 of the first period, Landeskog doubled Colorado’s lead with his fourth goal of the season when he deflected Nelson’s shot while being pushed across the goal. Montreal challenged Talley for goaltender interference, but it was unsuccessful and the goal was upheld. Burns gave the Avs a 3–0 lead 50 seconds into the middle frame with his third goal of the season via a wrist shot from the high slot set up by Nelson’s right-circle faceoff win. The goal was the game-winner and the 45th such goal of Burns’ career, tying him for the third-most game-winning goals by a defenseman in NHL history, surpassing Al McInnis and Denis Potvin. At 3:55 of the middle frame, Nelson scored his second goal of the game and eighth of the season via a shot from the right door set up by Necas’ perfect backhand feed to give the Avs a 4–0 lead. Ivan Demidov put the Canadiens on the board via a one-timer from below the right circle at 8:27 of the second period. MacKinnon gave the Avs a 5–1 lead at 19:05 of the second period with his 20th goal of the season on a shot from the left slot, and cleaned up a rebound scored by Landeskog’s right-circle shot from Rush. At 2:51 of the third period, Toews scored his first goal of the season on a two-on-one rush when his cross-crease pass bounced off the stick of a Canadiens player. Lane Hutson scored a power-play goal for Montreal via a one-timer at 5:10 of the third period to make it a 6–2 game. Landeskog gave the Avs a 7–2 lead on the power play with his second goal of the game and fifth of the season at 6:52 of the third period via a net-front redirection.
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nate great
MacKinnon leads the NHL in points (44), is first in goals (20) and third in assists (24).
all hail black
Cale Makar leads all NHL defensemen in points (32), is first in assists (23) and second in goals (9). Among all skaters, Makar ranked fourth in assists and ninth in points.
Marty Party
Necas is seventh in the NHL in points (33).
History of the series
In the last 134 regular season games against the Canucks, the Avalanche have a record of 67–49–18. The teams have met twice in the playoffs, with the Avs winning the 1996 and 2001 Western Conference Quarterfinals in six and four games, respectively.
loss in los angeles
The Canucks lost 2-1 to the Los Angeles Kings in overtime at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday. Anze Kopitar put the Kings first at 17:19 of the first period, before Evander Kane tied the game for Vancouver at 2:52 of the middle frame. At 3:58 of overtime, Adrian Kempe scored the game-winning goal for the Kings.
creating offense against the canucks
MacKinnon has posted 34 points (11g/23a) in 29 games against the Canucks.
In 13 contests against Vancouver, Makar has recorded 18 points (3g/15a).
Nelson has recorded 18 points (10g/8a) in 23 games against the Canucks.
Canucks contributors
Kiefer Sherwood leads the Canucks in goals (12) and is third in points (16).
Quinn Hughes leads the Canucks in assists (20) and is tied for the team lead in points (22).
Elias Pettersson is tied for the team lead in points (22), is second in assists (14) and is third in goals (8).
a number game
264
Burns’ 264 career goals are tied with Nicklas Lidstrom for ninth-most goals among defensemen in NHL history.
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Nelson became the 10th Minnesota-born player to record 600-career points.
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MacKinnon’s 20 even-strength points in November led the NHL.
Quotes that left an impression
“He seemed to have great legs again tonight. And he was awesome last night, especially in the third period against (Minnesota). So, it’s starting to come together for him. Feeling confident. Looks like he’s finding his game again.”
– Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar on Gabriel Landeskog
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