DENVER -- Dakota Joshua and Kiefer Sherwood each scored a goal and had an assist, and the Vancouver Canucks won 4-1 against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena on Thursday. Jake DeBrusk and Nils Hoglander also scored for the Canucks (37-29-13), who have won two straight and three of their past four games. Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves.

Kiefer Sherwood and Dakota Joshua had a goal and an assist, Kevin Lankinen stopped 31 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado 4-1 as the Avalanche gave their leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon the game off to rest and heal for the postseason.

That was obvious on Thursday when the Canucks wholly earned a 4-1 victory over the powerful Colorado Avalanche, giving Vancouver an impressive two-game road sweep that began with Tuesday’s historic last-minute comeback in a 6-5 win over the championship-calibre Dallas Stars.