Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche

Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 9:00 PM ET Pepsi Center, Denver Regular Season Final

Final score

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 6–3 on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at home.

Final score, Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche
Team	Goals	2007-2008 record
Vancouver Canucks	3	39-33-10
at Colorado Avalanche	6	44-31-7

Goals by period, Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Vancouver Canucks	2	1	0	3
Colorado Avalanche	1	4	1	6

Shots on goal by period, Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Vancouver Canucks	11	11	9	31
Colorado Avalanche	8	23	6	37

Scoring summary

Every goal, Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:10	Colorado Avalanche	Jordan Leopold (5)	Ruslan Salei (24), Andrew Brunette (36)	Power play	VAN 0, COL 1
1st	09:59	Vancouver Canucks	Daniel Sedin (29)	Henrik Sedin (57), Kevin Bieksa (6)	Even strength	VAN 1, COL 1
1st	13:18	Vancouver Canucks	Taylor Pyatt (16)	Henrik Sedin (58), Markus Naslund (29)	Even strength	VAN 2, COL 1
2nd	04:54	Colorado Avalanche	Paul Stastny (23)	Milan Hejduk (23), Peter Forsberg (4)	Even strength	VAN 2, COL 2
2nd	06:07	Colorado Avalanche	Cody McLeod (4)	John-Michael Liles (26)	Even strength	VAN 2, COL 3
2nd	10:29	Colorado Avalanche	Milan Hejduk (25)	Paul Stastny (44), Peter Forsberg (5)	Even strength	VAN 2, COL 4
2nd	11:31	Colorado Avalanche	Ben Guite (11)	Wojtek Wolski (28), Andrew Brunette (37)	Even strength	VAN 2, COL 5
2nd	19:50	Vancouver Canucks	Sami Salo (7)	Alexandre Burrows (19), Daniel Sedin (43)	Even strength	VAN 3, COL 5
3rd	00:23	Colorado Avalanche	Milan Hejduk (26)	Paul Stastny (45), Peter Forsberg (6)	Even strength	VAN 3, COL 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Vancouver Canucks skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 B. Morrison	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	25%	04:42
Number 9 T. Pyatt	L	1	0	1	+1	4	3	1	0	100%	17:02
Number 14 A. Burrows	R	0	1	1	+1	4	3	0	0	100%	14:43
Number 16 T. Linden	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	60%	16:07
Number 17 R. Kesler	C	0	0	0	+1	0	5	2	3	33.3%	18:13
Number 19 M. Naslund	L	0	1	1	-2	0	3	1	0		16:56
Number 20 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	-2	5	0	2	0		13:14
Number 22 D. Sedin	L	1	1	2	0	0	4	0	0		16:05
Number 25 M. Pettinger	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		14:15
Number 27 B. Isbister	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50%	13:34
Number 33 H. Sedin	C	0	2	2	-2	0	1	1	0	38.9%	16:33
Number 37 R. Rypien	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	36.4%	15:28
Number 3 K. Bieksa	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	5		26:39
Number 6 S. Salo	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	2		21:21
Number 8 W. Mitchell	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		21:23
Number 18 M. Weaver	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:03
Number 23 A. Edler	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		21:08
Number 28 L. Bourdon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	3		16:01

Vancouver Canucks goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 R. Luongo	23	18	5	.783	31:31	Loss
Number 41 C. Sanford	14	13	1	.929	28:17

Colorado Avalanche skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 W. Wolski	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	0	0		14:27
Number 14 I. Laperriere	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	33.3%	09:37
Number 15 A. Brunette	L	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:17
Number 19 J. Sakic	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	2	0	60%	17:35
Number 21 P. Forsberg	C	0	3	3	+3	0	4	0	0	0		14:44
Number 23 M. Hejduk	R	2	1	3	+1	0	5	0	0	0	66.7%	14:53
Number 26 P. Stastny	C	1	2	3	+1	0	3	0	2	0	52.9%	20:07
Number 28 B. Guite	R	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	2	0	60%	12:02
Number 39 T. Arnason	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	72.7%	14:26
Number 54 D. Jones	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	100%	12:38
Number 55 C. McLeod	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	1	0		10:47
Number 94 R. Smyth	L	0	0	0	-1	8	1	1	0	0		16:03
Number 4 J. Liles	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	0	0		22:33
Number 6 J. Finger	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	0		21:01
Number 22 S. Hannan	D	0	0	0	+2	2	1	0	1	0		26:03
Number 24 R. Salei	D	0	1	1	-1	2	5	4	3	0		18:50
Number 34 K. Sauer	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	0		20:21
Number 44 J. Leopold	D	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	1		08:38

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 60 J. Theodore	31	28	3	.903	59:58	Win

Penalties, Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:25	Vancouver Canucks	Taylor Pyatt	Interference	2
1st	07:56	Colorado Avalanche	Ryan Smyth	Hooking	2
1st	14:16	Colorado Avalanche	Ian Laperriere	Fighting (major)	5
1st	14:16	Vancouver Canucks	Jeff Cowan	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	07:49	Vancouver Canucks	Taylor Pyatt	Tripping	2
2nd	14:46	Colorado Avalanche	Ruslan Salei	Interference	2
2nd	20:00	Colorado Avalanche	Ryan Smyth	Roughing	2
2nd	20:00	Colorado Avalanche	Ryan Smyth	Roughing	2
2nd	20:00	Vancouver Canucks	Alexandre Burrows	Roughing	2
2nd	20:00	Vancouver Canucks	Alexandre Burrows	Roughing	2
3rd	06:39	Colorado Avalanche	Ryan Smyth	Tripping	2
3rd	12:40	Colorado Avalanche	Scott Hannan	Hooking	2

Vancouver Canucks head coach: Alain Vigneault
Colorado Avalanche head coach: Joel Quenneville
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Vaughan Rody
Vancouver Canucks scratches: Aaron Miller, Mattias Ohlund, Byron Ritchie, Jason Jaffray, Lukas Krajicek, Drew MacIntyre, Zack Fitzgerald, Nathan McIver, Mike Brown, Jannik Hansen, Ryan Shannon, Mason Raymond
Colorado Avalanche scratches: Adam Foote, Scott Parker, Brett Clark, Wyatt Smith, Cody McCormick, Marek Svatos, Tyler Weiman, Johnny Boychuk, Brad Richardson, Michael Wall, T.J. Hensick, Kyle Cumiskey, Jaroslav Hlinka

Every Vancouver Canucks and Colorado Avalanche game in the 2007-2008 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Colorado Avalanche 3	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche, Sat, Nov 3, 2007
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final/OT	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks, Fri, Nov 9, 2007
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Colorado Avalanche 3	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche, Sun, Dec 23, 2007
Colorado Avalanche 6 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks, Sat, Feb 9, 2008
Colorado Avalanche 3 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final/SO	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks, Wed, Feb 27, 2008
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Colorado Avalanche 2	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche, Tue, Mar 4, 2008
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Colorado Avalanche 6	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche, Wed, Mar 26, 2008
Colorado Avalanche 4 at Vancouver Canucks 2	Final	Game page: Colorado Avalanche at Vancouver Canucks, Tue, Apr 1, 2008

Other NHL games on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Matchup	Status	Details
Chicago Blackhawks 0 at Columbus Blue Jackets 4	Final	Game page: Chicago Blackhawks at Columbus Blue Jackets, Wed, Mar 26, 2008
Edmonton Oilers 1 at Minnesota Wild 3	Final	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Minnesota Wild, Wed, Mar 26, 2008
Los Angeles Kings 1 at Anaheim Ducks 2	Final/SO	Game page: Los Angeles Kings at Anaheim Ducks, Wed, Mar 26, 2008