Teodor Blüger in the victory over “Avalanche” (8:6) broke A streak of 10 games, in which the Latvian failed to score points. Blüger scored two goals against Colorado. The Latvian spent a total of 19 minutes and 10 seconds on the ice. He played three minutes and two seconds in the minority. Blüger has two shots on goal this time (both successful) and nine shots won (9/17 or 52.9%).
For the first time in his career, Blügers scored two goals in one game on March 25, 2019, when the Latvian beat the New York “Rangers” goalkeeper, while the second time it happened in 2021/22. 2018 season (November 18), when Blüger scored two goals and had an assist in a 6-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens. In both matches, the Latvian represented his first NHL team, Pittsburgh “Penguins”.
Colorado Avalanche and Vancouver Canucks are playing diametrically opposite this season. The Denver-based team is currently the leading team in the NHL, coming close to winning the President’s Trophy, while the Vancouver Canucks are by far the weakest team in the NHL this season.
The Canucks, who had lost six in a row before this game, scored a goal in the 30th second of the game when Max Sassoon scored (1-0). Nathan McKinnon less than a minute later, scoring his 50th goal of the season, made it 1-1, but then Blüger had his say.
The Latvian in the minority received a pass from Liam Ohgram and sent the puck into the goal (2:1). Blüger scored his third goal in the minority this season. In the entire NHL, the best score for a minority is five goals (Ryan McLeod of the Sabres), while five hockey players have four goals for the minority.
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In the continuation of the first period, the teams exchanged goals, and the period ended with the “Canucks” leading by one goal (3:2). In the sixth minute of the second period, Blügers was accurate for the second time – after receiving an excellent pass from Sassoon, the Latvian sent the puck between the legs of the Colorado goalkeeper (4:2). The continuation of the period was followed by two more “Canucks” goals (6:2), while 22 seconds after Vancouver’s sixth goal, Sam Malinski recovered one goal for the league leader (3:6). Shortly before that, the Avalanche made a goaltending change.
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His second of the game gives the @Canucks a 4-2 lead! pic.twitter.com/phmQ2j6nxH
— NHL (@NHL) April 2, 2026
The NHL leader played back. In the 15th second of the third period, Parker Kelly scored his team’s fourth goal, but in the 14th minute, 37 seconds of the period, “Avalanche” beat Kevin Lankinen twice, making it 6-6 on the scoreboard.The Avalanche’s joy did not last too long, because 23 seconds later Marcus Peterson scored a goal to restore the Canucks’ lead (7:6)..
“Avalanche”, with a little more than two minutes left to play, sent a forward to the ice instead of the goalkeeper – it did not give a result, because Brock Besser sent the puck from the field into the goal of the other end and completed his third goal, or hat-trick (8:6). Besser scored three goals in a game for the eighth time in his career.
The Canucks snapped a six-game losing streak with a league-leading 8-6 victory. This does not significantly change the team’s place in the table – Vancouver is still the weakest team in the league. In 74 games, it has 52 points, while the Flames have 70 points.
