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2001 NHL Preliminary round - Series 827.
Vancouver Canucks vs Colorado Avalanche

Schedule and 2001 Results
Regular Season Records: Colorado 52-16-10-4=118pts, Vancouver 36-28-11-7=90pts
Game 1 on Thursday, 12 April: Vancouver loses at Colorado, 5-4
Game 2 on Saturday, 14 April: Vancouver loses at Colorado, 2-1
Game 3 on Monday, 16 April: Colorado wins at Vancouver in OT, 4-3
Game 4 on Wednesday, 18 April: Colorado wins at Vancouver, 5-1

OVERALL SUBSTANCE: Colorado sweeps Vancouver:
The four-game sweep by Colorado over Vancouver is the 17th in NHL Prelim round best-of-7 series, the 90th in NHL best-of-7 series (all rounds), and the 144th in NHL, NBA, or MLB best-of-7 series.

SERIES NOTES: Game 4: Colorado defeats Vancouver 5-goals-1 to sweep series 827; the sweep is the second for the Avalanche, which also swept Florida in the NHL Stanley Cup Finals in 1996; the sweep is the third suffered by Vancouver and the first suffered in a best-of-7 Prelim round; previous Vancouver series losses in four games occurred in the 1982 NHL best-of-7 Stanley Cup Finals vs. the New York Islanders, and in the 1995 NHL best-of-7 Qtrs vs. the Chicago Blackhawks; Colorado ends series 827 with a best-of-7 playoffs games record of 55-31 (.640) -- the best of any NHL, NBA, or MLB franchise in best-of-7 playoff competition; Colorado now has a 9-2 series record when opening a best-of-7 NHL playoff series at home . . . Game 3: Colorado defeats Vancouver 4-3 in OT; Colorado as of this Game 3 victory now has a 54-31 (.635) record in best-of-7 series playoff games, which is currently the record with the highest winning percentage of any NHL, or NBA, or MLB team -- the New York MLB Yankees are second at .630; with this Game 3 loss, Vancouver's best-of-7 playoff game record at home (all rounds) falls below .500 at 24-25 . . . Game 2: Colorado defeats Vancouver 2-1; Colorado as of this Game 2 victory now has a 53-31 (.631) record in best-of-7 series playoff games, which is currently the record with the highest winning percentage of any NHL, or NBA, or MLB team -- the New York MLB Yankees are second at .630 . . . Game 1: Colorado welcomed Vancouver back to the NHL playoffs (after a five-year absence by the Canucks) by defeating the Canucks, 5-4; in 38 previous best-of-7 NHL playoff series had nine goals been tallied in Game 1 -- in those 38 series, the Game 1 winner won the series 21 times . . . Pre-series: In best-of-7 NHL playoff history from 1939 through 2000, the team with the 28-point regular season advantage vs. a playoff opponent (as Colorado enjoys over Vancouver) had a 9-1 series record vs. that opponent -- the sole loss occurred in series 52, when Montreal fell to 28-point underdog Toronto in the 1945 best-of-7 Semifinals.