Saturday, October 17, 2009

Canucks tame the Wild

The Vancouver Canucks played a solid 60 minutes of hockey tonight at GM place to defeat the injury plague against Minnesota Wild 2-1.

The Wilds Andrew Brunette extended his 7 game point streak with an assist to Mikko Koivu for the opening goal of the first period. The Canucks out-shot the Wild, 10-4 in the first period alone, but couldn't put anything past Niklas Backstrom, the 31 year old native of Helsinki, Finland.

At 4:23 of the 2nd period, Ryan Kesler took advantage of a stick-less Niklas Backstrom to tie the game. The Canucks were all over the Wild in the 2nd period and they out shot the Wild, 27-8. The period ended with 1-1.
Vancouver dominated the 3rd and final frame. Mikael Samuelsson scored his 4th team leading goal of the year for the winner. Roberto Luongo only faced 18 shot on the night and he played a good game compared to the 2 recent games.
The Kesler line was full of high energy. The Kesler, Grabner, and Raymond line had 17 of the 39 shots on net. The 3 stars of the game were Backstrom, Kesler, and Raymond.
The Canucks are playing the 4 and 2 Oilers, Monday night. Hopefully they continue to play a full 60 minute game and start putting pucks in the net! The well rested Oilers haven't played since they beat the Minnesota Wild 5-2 on Friday night.

Badbilly

Western Conference
Central GPWLOTPTSGFGAHOMEAWAYL10
Chicago85211129233-1-12-1-05-2-1
Columbus65101018123-0-02-1-05-1-0
St Louis6321719151-2-02-0-13-2-1
Detroit7331722253-1-10-2-03-3-1
Nashville7241510221-3-01-1-12-4-1
Northwest GPWLOTPTSGFGAHOMEAWAYL10
Colorado86111327182-0-04-1-16-1-1
Calgary85211130283-1-02-1-15-2-1
Edmonton7421928213-1-11-1-04-2-1
Vancouver7340622233-1-00-3-03-4-0
Minnesota7160215251-0-00-6-01-6-0
Pacific GPWLOTPTSGFGAHOMEAWAYL10
Phoenix75201018102-1-03-1-05-2-0
Dallas7313924201-1-12-0-23-1-3
San Jose8431925232-0-12-3-04-3-1
Los Angeles8440824282-1-02-3-04-4-0
Anaheim7331716211-2-02-1-13-3-1
Eastern Conference
Atlantic GPWLOTPTSGFGAHOMEAWAYL10
NY Rangers87101432154-0-03-1-07-1-0
Pittsburgh87101428182-1-05-0-07-1-0
New Jersey7430818191-3-03-0-04-3-0
Philadelphia6321721191-1-12-1-03-2-1
NY Islanders6033313230-2-10-1-20-3-3
Northeast GPWLOTPTSGFGAHOMEAWAYL10
Ottawa75201022163-1-02-1-05-2-0
Buffalo6411918123-1-11-0-04-1-1
Boston7340620232-3-01-1-03-4-0
Montréal7250415240-2-02-3-02-5-0
Toronto7061114320-4-10-2-00-6-1
Southeast GPWLOTPTSGFGAHOMEAWAYL10
Washington84221028243-1-11-1-14-2-2
Atlanta5410820131-0-03-1-04-1-0
Tampa Bay7232617272-0-10-3-12-3-2
Carolina7241515222-1-10-3-02-4-1
Florida6240414221-2-01-2-02-4-0
x - clinched playoff spoty - clinched divisionz - clinched conference
p - clinched Presidents' Trophy (best record in NHL)

GP - Games PlayedW - Wins
L - LossesOT - OT/Shootout losses (worth one point)
PTS - Points


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