New Vancouver goalie / Slugbutter's Evilness
Tonight's 5-4 game was kinda interesting, at least from a goalie standpoint. The first Edmonton Oiler goalie (Mark Morrison) let in two goals on four shots, so of course he was pulled in favor of Jussi Markkanen. Alex Auld wasn't playing for us: Maxime Ouellet played in his first NHL game this year. Ouellet made several key saves, but then let in at least one soft goal... he was a loser in his debut for us, letting in Horcoff's slapshot. Opening up a six-game homestand with a loss... aiya! We picked up a point, but Edmonton had two...
The Canucks never trailed in this game, but gave up three power-play goals and a shorthanded goal. Edmonton tied the game at 2-2, and then Todd Bertuzzi scored 26 seconds later... about 90 seconds after that, Anson Carter scored to give the Canucks a 4-2 lead. Unfortunately, two Oiler goals went through to make the score 4-4. These two teams had a shootout in the second game of the season: Raffi Torres scored twice and once in that shootout on his 24th birthday.
We had 4-on-4 overtime... we should have been able to win the game going into the third period since the score was 2-2 then. But the Canucks had a bunch of penalties in a row. Michael Peca scored 4:08 in overtime... the Canucks can't win in their own division (5-7-3), but they'd better start soon. Now they're 13-1-1 on home ice, with this second loss on home ice. This holiday homestand's going to be important for the team, too.
The three stars were Bertuzzi, Stoll, and Hemsky. Edmonton's back in town on Wednesday, so that will be interesting. The Canucks used Ouellet in this divisional game (instead of Monday's non-divisional game) because Marc Crawford's aware of the media pressure on young goalies, and had a plan. He thinks Maxim gave the team a chance to win, heh.
In other NHL news, Wayne Gretzky is taking an indefinite leave of absence from the Phoenix Coyotes bench because his mom has lung cancer. Owner-player Mario Lemieux has a recurrence of his heart problem (an irregular heartbeat), and the Panthers' road losing streak has now stretched to 13 games.
How evil are you?
The Canucks never trailed in this game, but gave up three power-play goals and a shorthanded goal. Edmonton tied the game at 2-2, and then Todd Bertuzzi scored 26 seconds later... about 90 seconds after that, Anson Carter scored to give the Canucks a 4-2 lead. Unfortunately, two Oiler goals went through to make the score 4-4. These two teams had a shootout in the second game of the season: Raffi Torres scored twice and once in that shootout on his 24th birthday.
We had 4-on-4 overtime... we should have been able to win the game going into the third period since the score was 2-2 then. But the Canucks had a bunch of penalties in a row. Michael Peca scored 4:08 in overtime... the Canucks can't win in their own division (5-7-3), but they'd better start soon. Now they're 13-1-1 on home ice, with this second loss on home ice. This holiday homestand's going to be important for the team, too.
The three stars were Bertuzzi, Stoll, and Hemsky. Edmonton's back in town on Wednesday, so that will be interesting. The Canucks used Ouellet in this divisional game (instead of Monday's non-divisional game) because Marc Crawford's aware of the media pressure on young goalies, and had a plan. He thinks Maxim gave the team a chance to win, heh.
In other NHL news, Wayne Gretzky is taking an indefinite leave of absence from the Phoenix Coyotes bench because his mom has lung cancer. Owner-player Mario Lemieux has a recurrence of his heart problem (an irregular heartbeat), and the Panthers' road losing streak has now stretched to 13 games.
How evil are you?
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