Paul Stastny and John-Michael Liles scored to give Colorado its fourth straight win. Andrew Brunette collected two assists.

Center Peter Forsberg made his Avalanche debut but didn't score on any of his three shots in 19:57 of ice time.

Colorado has 76 points on the season, bringing it within three points of Minnesota and Calgary for first place in the Northwest Division.

Ryan Shannon scored Vancouver's only goal. Roberto Luongo made 29 saves for the Canucks, who are 0-2-2 in their last four games and have fallen to ninth place in the Western Conference.