Vancouver Skates Past Colorado 4-2 - Recap

Vancouver Skates Past Colorado 4-2 - Recap

The Avalanche came up short Wednesday against the Canucks, falling 4-2.

Vancouver won as a -157 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played PUSH the total of 6 were rewarded at the payout window.

Daniel Sedin, Ryan Kesler, Alexandre Burrows, and Kevin Bieksa each scored for the Canucks in the victory. Bieksa opened the scoring for Vancouver, finding the back of the net at 10:32 of the first period. The goal was assisted by Mikael Samuelsson and Manny Malhotra.

Roberto Luongo turned in a 21-save effort for the Canucks.

John-Michael Liles and Matt Duchene scored for the Avalanche, finding the net behind Roberto Luongo.

Colorado got a 9-stop effort from Peter Budaj in the loss.

Vancouver scored 0 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Colorado went 1-for-5 with the man advantage.

Colorado outshot Vancouver 23-19 in the game.

Next game, Vancouver takes its act home to face San Jose looking for another win. For Colorado, they head on the road to face Edmonton.