Game

Canucks at Avalanche

Avalanche 3, Canucks 1 · first star Nathan MacKinnon (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Vancouver Canucks 1 at Colorado Avalanche 3

Canucks VAN

1 FINAL 3

Avalanche COL

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 · 9:00 PM ET · Ball Arena, Denver

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canucks	1	0	0	1	21
Avalanche	1	2	0	3	31

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canucks attack left, Avalanche attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: VAN 21, COL 31.

VAN in red COL in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canucks 21 shots on goal (1 goal, 18 missed, 19 blocked) attacking left; Avalanche 31 shots on goal (3 goals, 20 missed, 12 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VAN SOG	VAN G	VAN ATT	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT
1st	8	1	17	14	1	24
2nd	5	0	15	12	2	26
3rd	8	0	26	5	0	13
Total	21	1	58	31	3	63

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VAN SOG	VAN G	COL SOG	COL G
Even strength	20	1	27	3
Power play	1	0	4	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Avalanche took 52.1% of the shot attempts, and 56.4% of the 101 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Avalanche and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canucks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canucks at Avalanche
Period	COL CF%	COL FF%
1st	58.5	55.9
2nd	63.4	68.8
3rd	33.3	41.7
Game	52.1	56.7

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

02:55 Linus Karlsson (5) Arshdeep Bains (4), Aatu Räty (6) · backhand 1–0
19:23 Nathan MacKinnon (21) Devon Toews (8), Sam Malinski (11) · snap 1–1

2nd period

13:52 Brock Nelson (9) Gabriel Landeskog (8), Ross Colton (9) · snap 1–2
19:26 Nathan MacKinnon (22) Gabriel Landeskog (9), Josh Manson (3) · slap 1–3

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 2 G, 0 A
Gabriel Landeskog COL · L #92 · 0 G, 2 A
Brock Nelson COL · C #11 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	06:56	VAN	Marcus Pettersson	high sticking	2	Brock Nelson
2nd	01:05	COL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—

Boxscore

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Linus Karlsson #94	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	0.0	16:49
Aatu Räty #54	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	60.0	09:42
Arshdeep Bains #13	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	11:44
David Kampf #64	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	54.5	14:42
Elias Pettersson #40	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	45.5	22:06
Max Sasson #63	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	50.0	11:45
Drew O'Connor #18	L	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:16
Evander Kane #91	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13:29
Jake DeBrusk #74	L	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:59
Kiefer Sherwood #44	L	0	0	0	-1	6	4	0	0	50.0	15:48
Brock Boeser #6	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:54
Jonathan Lekkerimäki #23	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	15:31
Filip Hronek #17	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	0.0	25:12
Marcus Pettersson #29	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	0.0	19:55
Pierre-Olivier Joseph #7	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:42
Quinn Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	29:33
Tom Willander #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	13:49
Tyler Myers #57	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0.0	20:28

Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Kevin Lankinen #32	L	31	28	3	.903	24/27	4/4	56:36

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	FO%	TOI
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	2	0	2	+2	6	1	0	33.3	22:15
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	0.0	16:47
Brock Nelson #11	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	3	69.2	17:08
Ross Colton #20	C	0	1	1	+2	5	2	2	0.0	15:41
Devon Toews #7	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0.0	21:39
Josh Manson #42	D	0	1	1	+2	1	4	1	0.0	18:50
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0.0	16:36
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	12:54
Martin Necas #88	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	100.0	21:31
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0.0	12:04
Zakhar Bardakov #93	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	50.0	08:37
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.0	20:39
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0.0	10:00
Victor Olofsson #95	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	09:16
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0.0	12:50
Brent Burns #84	D	0	0	0	+2	3	0	2	0.0	19:57
Cale Makar #8	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0.0	24:05
Samuel Girard #49	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0.0	17:11

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	—	11	10	1	.909	9/10	1/1	32:28
Mackenzie Blackwood #39	W	10	10	0	1.000	10/10	0/0	27:32

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.