Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche

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Vancouver Canucks

37-29-13

Final
4 - 1

Colorado Avalanche

48-28-4

Sherwood and Joshua help Canucks win 4-1 in Avalanche's last regular-season home game

Kiefer Sherwood's silky shot extends Canucks' lead vs. Avalanche

Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks, who’ve been eliminated from postseason contention. Nils Hoglander added an empty-net goal with 1:58 remaining.

Devon Toews had a goal and Mackenzie Blackwood made 26 saves for the Avalanche in their final home game of the regular season. Colorado will enter the postseason as the Central Division’s No. 3 seed and open a first-round series on the road.

By sitting out, MacKinnon's streak of 209 straight games was halted. He might not play in the final two regular-season games, either. MacKinnon is tied with Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov for the league lead with 116 points.

Colorado captain Gabriel Landeskog began a minor league conditioning assignment with the Colorado Eagles and could suit up with the Eagles this weekend.

Landeskog could be activated for Game 1 of Colorado’s playoff series if the conditioning assignment and additional practices go well. A knee injury and subsequent surgeries have sidelined Landeskog since he helped the Avalanche win the Stanley Cup in 2022.

Takeaways Canucks: Finished 3-0 against Colorado to sweep the season series for the first time since 2016-17.

Colorado: The short-handed Avalanche were without defensemen Ryan Lindgren (upper body) and Josh Manson (upper body), along with forwards Jonathan Drouin (upper body) and Ross Colton (lower body).

Key moment Joshua knocked in a loose puck with 13:46 remaining to make it a 3-1 game.

Key stat Colorado’s defensemen have a combined 206 points this season.

Up next Colorado wraps up the regular season with a back-to-back starting Saturday in Los Angeles. Vancouver hosts Minnesota on Saturday.

Regular Season Series

VAN wins series 3-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	2nd Period 4:50	Jake DeBrusk Goal (26) Tip-In, assists: Kiefer Sherwood (21)
Goal	2nd Period 7:51	Kiefer Sherwood Goal (19) Wrist Shot, assists: Dakota Joshua (7), Derek Forbort (9)
Goal	2nd Period 16:36	Devon Toews Goal (10) Tip-In, assists: Charlie Coyle (15), Cale Makar (62)
Goal	3rd Period 6:14	Dakota Joshua Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Aatu Raty (4), Marcus Pettersson (25)
Goal	3rd Period 18:02	Nils Hoglander Goal (8) Wrist Shot, assists: Conor Garland (30), Filip Hronek (28)

Statistics

VAN		COL
11	Blocked Shots	19
14	Hits	16
4	Takeaways	6
30	Shots	32
0	Power Play Goals	0
2	Power Play Opportunities	2
0.0	Power Play Percentage	0.0
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
36	Faceoffs Won	29
55.4	Faceoff Win Percent	44.6
12	Giveaways	21
3	Total Penalties	3
9	Penalty Minutes	9

Colorado Avalanche Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Gabriel Landeskog, LW	Injured Reserve	Apr 15
Jonathan Drouin, LW	Day-To-Day	Apr 14
Valeri Nichushkin, RW	Day-To-Day	Apr 14
Artturi Lehkonen, LW	Day-To-Day	Apr 14
Ryan Lindgren, D	Day-To-Day	Apr 14