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| 71 | COLORADO | +150 | Ov 5,-140 | +170 | Ov 5,-145 | | 72 | VANCOUVER | -170 | Un 5,+120 | -195 | Un 5,+125 |
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| All Games | 33-40-0 | -4.1 | 33-40 | -4.1 | 32-34 | 2.7 | 28.4 | 2.8 | 32.9 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 14-23-0 | -4.2 | 14-23 | -4.2 | 15-18 | 2.4 | 27.1 | 2.8 | 34.4 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3-0 | -1.4 | 2-3 | -1.4 | 2-2 | 3.0 | 30.0 | 2.8 | 32.2 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 73 | 196 | 54 | 58 | 73 | 11 | 13 | 2075 | 9.4% | 228 | 31 | 13.6% | 322 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 37 | 89 | 26 | 15 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 1001 | 8.9% | 109 | 17 | 15.6% | 141 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 150 | 10.0% | 12 | 2 | 16.7% | 25 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 205 | 58 | 68 | 67 | 12 | 14 | 2405 | 8.5% | 222 | 35 | 15.8% | 333 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | | 105 | 29 | 38 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1273 | 8.2% | 104 | 18 | 17.3% | 163 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 161 | 8.7% | 9 | 1 | 11.1% | 27 |
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| RETO BERRA (All Games) | 15 | 8 | 263 | 236 | 89.7% | 0 | 4-4 | -0.4 | 4-4-0 | 0 | 6-2 | | RETO BERRA (Road Games) | 9 | 4 | 122 | 111 | 91.0% | 0 | 2-2 | +0.4 | 2-2-0 | +1 | 3-1 | | RETO BERRA (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 0 | 64 | 60 | 93.7% | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | | CALVIN PICKARD (All Games) | 16 | 13 | 511 | 476 | 93.2% | 1 | 4-9 | -4.3 | 4-9-0 | -4 | 6-7 | | CALVIN PICKARD (Road Games) | 7 | 5 | 246 | 234 | 95.1% | 1 | 2-3 | -0.2 | 2-3-0 | 0 | 1-4 | | CALVIN PICKARD (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 121 | 111 | 91.7% | 0 | 1-3 | -1.2 | 1-3-0 | -1 | 2-2 | | SEMYON VARLAMOV (All Games) | 52 | 52 | 1621 | 1492 | 92.0% | 6 | 25-27 | +0.6 | 25-27-0 | +1 | 20-25 | | SEMYON VARLAMOV (Road Games) | 28 | 28 | 903 | 826 | 91.5% | 3 | 10-18 | -4.4 | 10-18-0 | -4 | 11-13 | | SEMYON VARLAMOV (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 103 | 92 | 89.3% | 0 | 1-3 | -2.4 | 1-3-0 | -2 | 2-2 |
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| All Games | 43-30-0 | +8.5 | 43-30 | +8.5 | 31-31 | 2.9 | 29.8 | 2.7 | 29.3 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 21-15-0 | -0.4 | 21-15 | -0.4 | 15-13 | 2.8 | 30.2 | 2.7 | 27.5 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1-0 | +2.6 | 4-1 | +2.6 | 2-1 | 3.6 | 38.2 | 2.2 | 28.4 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 73 | 211 | 45 | 84 | 73 | 9 | 24 | 2177 | 9.7% | 211 | 38 | 18.0% | 354 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 36 | 102 | 23 | 39 | 34 | 6 | 14 | 1089 | 9.4% | 111 | 21 | 18.9% | 171 | | Team Stats (Last 5 Games) | 5 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 191 | 9.4% | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | 28 | | Stats Against (All Games) | | 195 | 54 | 69 | 68 | 4 | 15 | 2138 | 9.1% | 237 | 34 | 14.3% | 318 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | | 96 | 26 | 33 | 36 | 1 | 8 | 991 | 9.7% | 104 | 16 | 15.4% | 152 | | Stats Against (Last 5 Games) | | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 142 | 7.7% | 9 | 2 | 22.2% | 16 |
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| EDDIE LACK (All Games) | 33 | 27 | 922 | 848 | 92.0% | 0 | 14-13 | -1.6 | 14-13-0 | -2 | 11-12 | | EDDIE LACK (Home Games) | 16 | 15 | 434 | 397 | 91.5% | 0 | 8-7 | -2 | 8-7-0 | -2 | 5-7 | | EDDIE LACK (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 112 | 103 | 92.0% | 0 | 3-1 | +1.6 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 2-0 | | JACOB MARKSTROM (All Games) | 3 | 2 | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 0 | 1-1 | -0.1 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | | JACOB MARKSTROM (Home Games) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 50.0% | 0 | 0-1 | -1.2 | 0-1-0 | -1 | 1-0 | | JACOB MARKSTROM (Last 4 Games) | 3 | 2 | 33 | 29 | 87.9% | 0 | 1-1 | -0.1 | 1-1-0 | 0 | 1-1 | | RYAN MILLER (All Games) | 44 | 44 | 1170 | 1068 | 91.3% | 2 | 28-16 | +10.2 | 28-16-0 | +10 | 19-18 | | RYAN MILLER (Home Games) | 20 | 20 | 544 | 496 | 91.2% | 2 | 13-7 | +2.8 | 13-7-0 | +4 | 9-6 | | RYAN MILLER (Last 4 Games) | 4 | 4 | 101 | 92 | 91.1% | 0 | 3-1 | +2.7 | 3-1-0 | +2 | 2-1 |
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| | Average power rating of opponents played: COLORADO 3.21, VANCOUVER 3.06 |
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| 2/27/2015 | at DALLAS | 5-4 | W | 0, +105 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 2/28/2015 | MINNESOTA | 1-3 | L | 0, +130 | L | 5 ov | U | | 3/4/2015 | PITTSBURGH | 3-1 | W | 0, +135 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/7/2015 | at COLUMBUS | 4-0 | W | 0, -115 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/8/2015 | at MINNESOTA | 3-2 | W | 0, +185 | W | 5 ev | P | | 3/10/2015 | LOS ANGELES | 2-5 | L | 0, +145 | L | 5 ov | O | | 3/12/2015 | NEW JERSEY | 2-1 | W | 0, -135 | W | 5 un | U | | 3/14/2015 | CALGARY | 3-2 | W | 0, -150 | W | 5 ov | P | | 3/19/2015 | at ARIZONA | 5-2 | W | 0, -145 | W | 5 ov | O | | 3/20/2015 | at ANAHEIM | 2-3 | L | 0, +165 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 3/23/2015 | at CALGARY | 2-3 | L | 0, +120 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 3/25/2015 | at EDMONTON | 3-4 | L | 0, -140 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 3/26/2015 | at VANCOUVER | | | 3/28/2015 | BUFFALO | | | 3/30/2015 | EDMONTON | | | 4/1/2015 | at SAN JOSE | | | 4/3/2015 | at ANAHEIM | | | 4/4/2015 | at LOS ANGELES | |
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| 3/1/2015 | ST LOUIS | 6-5 | W | 0, -110 | W | 5.5 un | O | | 3/3/2015 | SAN JOSE | 2-6 | L | 0, -115 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 3/5/2015 | at ARIZONA | 2-3 | L | 0, -165 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 3/7/2015 | at SAN JOSE | 3-2 | W | 0, +140 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/9/2015 | ANAHEIM | 2-1 | W | 0, -105 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/12/2015 | LOS ANGELES | 0-4 | L | 0, +105 | L | 5.5 un | U | | 3/14/2015 | TORONTO | 4-1 | W | 0, -235 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/17/2015 | PHILADELPHIA | 4-1 | W | 0, -150 | W | 5 ov | P | | 3/19/2015 | COLUMBUS | 2-6 | L | 0, -200 | L | 5.5 un | O | | 3/21/2015 | at LOS ANGELES | 4-1 | W | 0, +155 | W | 5 ov | P | | 3/22/2015 | at ARIZONA | 3-1 | W | 0, -180 | W | 5.5 un | U | | 3/24/2015 | WINNIPEG | 5-2 | W | 0, -175 | W | 5 ov | O | | 3/26/2015 | COLORADO | | | 3/28/2015 | DALLAS | | | 3/30/2015 | at ST LOUIS | | | 3/31/2015 | at NASHVILLE | | | 4/2/2015 | at CHICAGO | | | 4/4/2015 | at WINNIPEG | | | 4/6/2015 | LOS ANGELES | |
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| |  | COLORADO: LAST SEASON: 52-22-8, 112 points. Won the Central Division. Lost to Minnesota 4-3 in first round of playoffs.
COACH: Patrick Roy, 2nd season with Colorado, 52-22-8; 2nd overall in NHL.
ADDED: RW Jarome Iginla, D Brad Stuart, C Daniel Briere, C Jesse Winchester.
LOST: RW P.A. Parenteau, F Paul Stastny, G Jean-Sebastien Giguere, D Andre Benoit, D Cory Sarich.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Nathan MacKinnon. As hard as this may be to believe, the speedy 19-year-old may have even gotten faster in the offseason working out with the likes of Matt Duchene and Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby. MacKinnon was the league's rookie of the year in 2013-14 after scoring 24 goals and dishing out 39 assists. Roy isn't concerned with a sophomore jinx with MacKinnon, saying, ''I think Nate's going to do a very good job this year despite the way people think about a second-year player.''
OUTLOOK: The Avalanche surprised the hockey world by winning the Central Division in Roy's first season. Now, Roy's eager to see his squad take the next step, which is to go even deeper into the postseason. The team added more veteran leadership by signing Iginla, along with trading for Briere and Stuart. They also have Alex Tanguay back after he missed most of the season with knee and hip injuries. Colorado boasts two formidable lines that will include some combination of Matt Duchene, Ryan O'Reilly, captain Gabe Landeskog, Iginla, Tanguay and MacKinnon. Roy is still tinkering to find the best pairings. | | VANCOUVER: LAST SEASON: 36-35-11, finished 12th in the Western Conference and missed the playoffs.
COACH: Willie Desjardins, first season with the Canucks.
ADDED: C Nick Bonino, LW Derek Dorsett, G Ryan Miller, D Luca Sbisa, RW Radim Vrbata.
LOST: RW Zac Dalpe, D Jason Garrison, C Ryan Kesler, C Mike Santorelli, C Jordan Schroeder.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Ryan Miller. On June 29, 2013, the Canucks had a goaltending tandem of Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider. When Vancouver's season ended 288 days later, the duo in net was Eddie Lack and Jacob Markstrom after Schneider and Luongo were traded. In a combined 45 games with Vancouver, Lack and Markstrom were 17-19-5 with a 2.39 goals against average and .908 save percentage. Miller, who was signed to a three-year, $18 million free agent deal, has a 2.55 GAA and .916 save percentage the last four seasons.
OUTLOOK: The dismissals of coach John Tortorella and Kesler, traded to Anaheim, can be seen as addition by subtraction. Kesler's in-season trade request became a distraction for a team whose 2013-14 campaign was an unmitigated failure. So the Canucks can do nothing but improve in 2014-15. Will there be enough improvement to qualify for a playoff berth? That may be too much to ask for a team in the tough Western Conference. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER HOCKEY PREVIEW (COLORADO-VANCOUVER) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Avalanche-Canucks Preview* ===========================
By KEVIN CHROUST STATS Writer
Colorado (33-28-12) at Vancouver (43-26-4), 10:00 p.m. EDT
It was about this time last season that the Vancouver Canucks had won three straight with slim hopes to continue the surge into one of the final Western Conference playoff spots.
The Colorado Avalanche ended the winning streak and the Canucks concluded the season with losses in six of eight, finishing well out of contention.
They're again in position for a fourth straight win Thursday night against visiting Colorado, but this year the Canucks are much more in control of their fate.
Vancouver (43-26-4), second in the Pacific Division with 90 points while Calgary and Los Angeles sit close behind, put itself in a position to match a season-best winning streak with Tuesday's 5-2 home victory over Winnipeg. It's also won seven of nine.
"I'm not a mathematician, so to speak, but I know if we keep winning games, we'll make it," Kevin Bieksa told the team's official website. "We control our own destiny and we have nine games left, if we win seven of them it helps and we're securely in the playoffs. You want to get into the playoffs and finish as high as you can, I think home ice advantage is pretty important if you can get it, it's an added bonus."
Radim Vrbata had two goals and an assist, giving him three goals and four assists in the last three games heading into a matchup with an Avalanche team that's kept him without a goal in 11 straight games.
Vrbata's been a significant addition as the Canucks have improved an offense that ranked 28th in scoring a season ago with 2.33 goals per game. In 2014-15, they're in the top 10 (2.84).
"Once he gets the puck on his stick you see the first couple strides and there's no chance of catching him," Henrik Sedin said.
Henrik had a goal and two assists against the Jets, while Daniel Sedin added a pair of assists to extend a point streak to five games with two goals and six assists. Henrik Sedin has scored in three straight games against Colorado.
This game decides the three-game series after the teams split the first two meetings in Denver during the first month of the season, and the desperate Avalanche (33-28-12) are concluding a five-game road trip in a situation similar to what Vancouver faced a season ago.
Playoff hopes for the Avalanche are all but over, especially after Wednesday's 4-3 loss in Edmonton dropped them to 0-2-1 since winning six of seven. They trail Winnipeg by 10 points with a game in hand and nine to play.
"It was a big game for us to stay up in the standings," defenseman Nick Holden said. "Not getting those points is killer. We still have nine games left and you never know. We need to keep pushing right to the end and hopefully we get some luck."
Ryan O'Reilly remained hot with a goal and two assists to help Colorado even things after a 3-0 first-period deficit, and the left wing has nine points on a five-game point streak.
Semyon Varlamov was announced as the starter of both games in the back-to-back set prior to the loss to the Oilers, but he allowed three goals on the first seven shots he faced and was pulled after less than 10 minutes. He'd won six straight prior to his current three-game stretch with a 0-1-1 record and 4.18 goals-against average.
Varlamov is 3-1-0 against Vancouver over the past two seasons despite a 2.99 GAA.
Counterpart Eddie Lack continues to fill in impressively for Ryan Miller with a 6-2-1 record and 1.95 GAA in 10 games. He's 0-1-1 with a 4.96 GAA against Colorado, including a 7-3 road loss on Oct. 24 in which he was pummeled with 48 shots.
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