Henrik Sedin's goal 40 seconds into overtime Saturday handed the Vancouver Canucks a 1-0 win over Colorado. The Canucks claimed the Northwest Division title when regulation ended in a scoreless tie, and then posted their third straight win when a Sedin pass caromed off the skate of Colorado's Scott Hannan past Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj for the game-winner. Vancouver's Roberto Luongo stopped 22 shots in his ninth shutout of the season and the 47th of his NHL career. Budaj finished with 32 saves in the third straight loss for the Avalanche. Vancouver (45-27-10) has locked up the third seed in the Western Conference and is waiting to see whether it will play Anaheim, Columbus or St.

Mike Ribeiro's shootout goal gave the Dallas Stars a 3-2 victory Thursday over the Colorado Avalanche. Steve Begin and Fabian Brunnstrom scored in regulation for Dallas, which was knocked out of the playoff picture last weekend. Matt Climes stopped 25 shots for the Stars. Chris Stewart and John-Michael

San Jose's Joe Pavelski scored the only goal in an overtime shootout Tuesday to notch a 1-0 Sharks win over the Colorado Avalanche. Pavelski fired a wrist shot in the first San Jose attempt that ruined what had been a solid 30-save night for Colorado goalie Peter Budaj. Budaj withstood a furious San

Bobby Ryan led Anaheim to its sixth win in seven games Sunday, scoring two goals in a 4-1 Ducks victory over the slumping Colorado Avalanche. Corey Perry and Drew Miller posted the other Anaheim goals and Jonas Hiller blocked 26 shots. John-Michael Liles scored for Colorado, which has dropped seven straight games. Avalanche goalie Peter Budaj stopped 27 shots. Anaheim remained a point behind St.

Corey Perry scored twice Wednesday and Anaheim produced the game's first six goals in crushing Colorado 7-2. The Ducks took advantage of poor goaltending to win their fifth straight and their sixth out of seven. Anaheim moved into seventh place in the tightly bunched Western Conference with 80 points.