NHL Highlights | Canucks vs. Avalanche – December 2, 2025

NHL Highlights | Canucks vs. Avalanche – December 2, 2025

He’s had a series of key defensive moments, particularly on Saturday in LA. Also, seven points in his last seven games and he begins this one as usual on the blue line with Quinn Hughes. Well, six games in extra time. They’ve only won one of the seven that dominant. Here’s Brock Besser bringing the puck in on the right wing. Drop pass keeper. Sher with the shot knocked down by Wedgewood. But with this condensed schedule, they’re going to give as much rest as possible. Fred Burns with a shot and Kevin Lankin and has his first save. Gloving that one. Burns has three goals this year. All three gamewinners. Samuel Gerard couldn’t keep the puck in the Vancouver zone. He retreats and now throws one up the left wing to Nushkin. He delays now risks one on goal and trapping that one against his body as Kevin Lanken with the whistle. We’ll check in with Burn. That was against Florida in Florida. Atu Ratu nice pass onto the left wing our Steve Bane centers Carlson scores. Leis Carlson with a deep to the backand and the Canucks a three-way passing play off the rush. Open the scoring here in Denver. That was pretty and right at the front of the net. Down as Baines will put it right on the plate for Lenus Carlson. Gets it on the forehand, pulls across in the backand and beats Wedgewood. Valinsky the defenseman couldn’t back up in time and knock that pass down from Beans. And the third pairing for the Colorado Avalanche are suspect. And it’s not just you the confidence he’s playing with. It’s he’s able to jump around to get to pucks. Another chance that one from Besser slows things down. Dushkin gets the puck off the draw. Wards off a check of Okconor. now goes wide and throws one on goal. Knocked away by Lankin. Now McKinnon moves to the top of the face. Officer dishes one across off the corner boards. Stacious back to Mar. Kale Mar. McKinnon with a blast. Stopped by Lankin and Tyler Meyers after the loose puck. Can’t get it. McKinnon backhands it around for Martin Nas. Minute 10 to go on the power play. Here’s Mac. Nous shot stopped by Lincoln and he’s able to cover with Landiskog there looking for a loose puck. Now Mar shoots the puck into the corner. Nous to the near side for Nathan McKinnon. McKinnon to the crease off a skate and held out by Lankin. Havs putting on pressure here with a man advantage. Macar with a shot at top of stick and into the corner. Broke the stick of David Camp. Joseph gets the puck. Clearing attempt blocked. Camp able to grab a new stick at the bench and now he’s back into his zone to defend. Nous gets it past Camp through to Mar. Wrist shot kicked out. Rebound. Hughes able to backhand the puck down the ice. Feeds into the corner for Nelson. Brett Burns onto the puck. Here’s Taves at the blue line with a wrist shot. Stopped by L. Rebound put wide on the backand Ross. Colton couldn’t steer it on goal after Lank and failed to control the rebound. And now he makes another save and a long shot from the line. Here’s Kelly with a wrist shot. Oh, that came up and hit Hughes in the face. I think it deflected off Quinn’s stick. He’s all right. Went down initially to check for damage. Here’s a shot by Malinsky. Lank it got bumped, but he made the save. Minsky again. And one more for good measure. Lankin turning again with it. Puts it behind the goal. Kelly finds Drury. Jack Drury finds some room in the corner. Puts one in front. Wrist shot wide. Kirat missed the net. Good pressure here from the ABS. Just past the halfway mark of the first. Molinsky. Wrist shot. Ling in the save. Couldn’t cover. McKinnon’s come onto the ice. Top block key for Sherwood after the loose puck. Can’t get it. But now it’s tipped out to center and Besser gets it ahead. Here’s Sherwood on a breakaway. Stopped by Wedgewood. couple seasons for keeper Sherwood in Colorado. One-handed pass, setting up the shot, trying to go over the glove. There was room up high as Wedgwood was starting to crouch down, get a little bit wider, but he makes the glove save. [Music] Sherwood pass to Queen Hughes turning on Kiranta. Hughes spins again, shoots, knocked down by the goalender and then swatted by Mar out of midair. Quinn Hughes head to Brock Besser. Relays to Ke for Sherwood. Wrist shot blocker. Save by Wedgewood and the puck is outside the line. Devonte into Vancouver territory. Nushkin turns in the corner. Dishes back. Malinsky with the shot. Tip. Rebound. McKinnon scores. [Music] Lank unable to stop the deflected point shot for his 21st of the year to tie the game at one. Puck is driven deep and then the point man’s open. And it’s a shot towards the net. And Joseph thinks he has the stick of McKinnon. But that rebound leaks to number 29. And he gets just enough on it to get it past Lanin. And the Conucks find themselves tied. And they feel they’re just better at that type of game. But the Canucks, as you saw there, certainly hung with them in the first period. Underway. Period number two. The last of a four-game road trip for the Canucks who have one of each through the first three. Meyers back around for Patterson. It’s out of his reach. Down for the left point comes Pio Joseph to keep the puck in twice. He was able to keep it deep in the avalanche zone. Now he flushes out Nathan McKinnon who barreled to Kefir Sherwood who gives him a little slash on the back of the legs. This is when McKinnon runs into Sherwood and those two former teammates. Drew O’ Conor. He was checked inside the blue line. Lin ahead. McKinnon has a step, throws on the brakes and shoots. And a blocker save by Lank comes all the way down. McKinnon is so good about fast feet and fast stick and dangerously towards the Vancouver goal. Another one was deflected off the skate up into the goalender equipment. That was close. Now Burn centers. That was tipped on goal by Olivan held his ground on the goal line working on Tyler Meyers. put the hold on him for a sec. Now he makes sure to show that he let go. Gerard centers Lincoln at a left pad save. Rob Jack Drury and out comes Aander Kane with the P. Change up top that allows the point or pardon me. Quinn Hughes gains center and flips the puck into Colorado territory. Burns back. Veronic tried to move down but the puck got past him. Here comes Colorado. Puck sent in front and Nelson scores. [Applause] Canucks tried to get back after Heronic aggressively tried to keep the puck in, but Nelson got in behind. The pinch along the right wing and then it’s going to turn it a twoon one. [Music] And a quick stick handle and shot by Brock Nelson. [Applause] are going to let this roll and the Nelson. Brock Nelson doing it at both ends of the ice. Now he’s dropped pass and a shot stopped by Lankin and as Colton cutting off the right wing. Canucks have a chance to break back. Brock Nelson takes it off the other way. Thinks he’s going to be able to make something happen that gets diffused. [Applause] drops off for Sherwood into the middle. A one-time blocked. Manson got in front of that shot from Marcus Patterson. Now McKinnon trying to move in. Landisk turns on the near side. McKinnon scores. The ABS take a 3-1 lead. fortunate bounce here off of Tyler Meyers and McKinnon’s able to find it first and then he opens up as the puck gets away from him but to land and right in that soft slot area ready to shoot and past blanket averaged over 27 minutes per game was back in 201617 with both Dustin Bufflin and Drew Dowy did it the only one above of 27. Zack Winsky is the one-time kind of went up his stick a little bit weirdly and it wasn’t converted. Here’s Cissone with speed cutting in front and he’s stopped by Blackwood just able to hang the left skate long enough. Shot by Meyers goes wide. Hughes Coronic steps in on the right wing into the middle. Patterson shoots. Blocker save. Patterson on his own rebound and that hit something. It went out of play. Back hands the puck around for Quinn Hughes. Minute and a half to go. Hughes. Oh, what a move on Landisto. Hughes shoots. Broke the stick of the Avalanche player and then Carlson another chance. Put it wide on the rebound. Final drop of the puck. McKinnon drops it off to Mar. And that’s going to do it as the Avalanche score three unanswered after Lenus Carlson open the scoring for Vancouver. Mackenzie Blackwood comes on in relief. Gets the win. [Music]

Nathan MacKinnon scored his 21st and 22nd goals of the season while Gabriel Landeskog added two assists to help the Colorado Avalanche beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-1.

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