{"id":534484,"date":"2026-04-01T10:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/534484\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:09:24","slug":"nhl-game-preview-vancouver-canucks-at-colorado-avalanche-with-line-combinations-04-01-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/534484\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 04\/01\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\tNHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 04\/01\/2026 | Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"skip-link screen-reader-text\" href=\"#content\">Skip to content<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" class=\"custom-logo-link\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764203590_941_Clean-Logo-1.png\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Inside The Rink Logo\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/boxscorejunkie.com\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cropped-Life-Insurance.png .webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/\" rel=\"home nofollow noopener\" itemprop=\"item\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/category\/nhl\/\" itemprop=\"item\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL<\/a>NHL Game Preview: Vancouver Canucks at Colorado Avalanche with Line Combinations 04\/01\/2026<\/p>\n<p>          <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-87.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>AP photo\/David Zalubowski<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks (21-44-8, 50 pts) at Colorado Avalanche (49-14-10, 108 pts) <\/p>\n<p>Venue: Ball Arena<br \/>Date: Wednesday, April 1<br \/>Time: 8:30 pm EST<br \/>How To Watch:\u00a0ESPN+\/SN\/TVAS\/ALT<br \/>Radio: Sportsnet 650\/96.7 FM The Ticket<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/5142595\/264167\/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks News and Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Canucks suffered their sixth straight loss on Monday with a 4-2 defeat to the Golden Knights. During their skid, they\u2019ve averaged 1.8 goals per game while allowing 4.8 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche News &amp; Notes:<\/p>\n<p>The Avalanche got back in the win column with a 9-2 win against the Flames on Monday. They\u2019ve won five of their last six games, averaging 4.5 goals per game while allowing 2.2 goals per game.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p>Ohgren-E.Pettersson-Karlsson<br \/>O\u2019Connor-Rossi-Boeser<br \/>Kane-Blueger-DeBrusk<br \/>Douglas-Raty-Hoglander<\/p>\n<p>Buium-Hronek<br \/>M.Pettersson-Willander<br \/>E.N. Pettersson-Mancini<\/p>\n<p>Lankinen<br \/>Tolopilo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/carolina-hockey?_pos=1&amp;_psq=carolina&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/collections\/vancouver-hockey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Get Vancouver Hockey Merchandise Here:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche Projected Lines:<\/p>\n<p id=\"h-\">Lehkonen-MacKinnon-Necas <br \/>Landeskog-Nelson-Nichushkin<br \/>Colton-Kadri-O\u2019Connor<br \/>Kelly-Drury-Kiviranta <\/p>\n<p>Kulak-Makar<br \/>Toews-Malinski<br \/>Manson-Burns<\/p>\n<p>Blackwood<br \/>Wedgewood<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.insidetherink.com\/search?q=Colorado&amp;options%5Bprefix%5D=last\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get your Colorado Hockey Merchandise Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Players To Watch:<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks:<\/p>\n<p>Linus Karlsson has a goal in each game against the Avalanche this season. <\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n<p>Nathan MacKinnon has seven points in two games against the Canucks this season, on four goals and three assists. <\/p>\n<p>Injury Report:<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks:<\/p>\n<p>F Filip Chytil \u2013 Out<br \/>D Derek Forbort \u2013 LTIR<br \/>G Thatcher Demko \u2013 LTIR<\/p>\n<p>Colorado Avalanche<\/p>\n<p>F\u00a0Nicolas Roy\u00a0\u2013 DTD<br \/>D Cale Makar \u2013 GTD<\/p>\n<p>Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>\tDiscover more from Inside The Rink<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:15px\">Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/author\/clavallee\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/276326315b493f582c4d87a8721917f57a6f9df6b8a3bc8ca3c490d0be2e9c6e.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-75 photo\" height=\"75\" width=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/nhl-game-preview-winnipeg-jets-at-chicago-blackhawks-with-line-combinations-03-31-2026\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WINNIPEG-JETS-VS-CHICAGO-BLACKHAWKS-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>              <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/trey-augustine-signs-elc-with-detroit-red-wings\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" class=\"featured-image\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n          <img width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Untitled-design-2-21-300x150.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>        <\/a>            <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/insidetherink.com\/trey-augustine-signs-elc-with-detroit-red-wings\/\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trey Augustine Signs ELC with Detroit Red Wings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Red Wings are signing goalie Trey Augustine to a three-year entry-level contract today. 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