Suddenly hot Canucks look to beat Desert Dogs: Preview and Game Thread
by Sean Zandberg on Feb 12, 2009 2:49 PM PST
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Vancouver Canucks at Phoenix Coyotes, Feb 12, 2009 6:00 PM PST
This will be the 3rd time these 2 teams have met this season. Each team has won a game: 4-1 Coyotes in January hell and a 1-0 Canucks victory early in the season. So we have only scored 2 goals against Phoenix this year. The Coyotes snapped a 6-game losing skid last night by defeating the surging Stars 1-0. Huh. How good is Ilya Bryzgalov going to play against us? What kind of effect will playing 2 games in 2 nights have on Phoenix?
Tough to say. No one knows better than Vancouver as to how much 1 win after multiple losses positively affects a teams' psyche. So this could be a really close match.
The Coyotes are part of the Western Conference pack that are close to-but do not hold a playoff spot. A win by them puts them 1 point away from 8th spot Vancouver. A loss by Vancouver in regulation means they will fall to 9th spot as the Oilers have more wins. So it's going to be a playoff-like game.
For a team that has the same amount of wins as us, the Coyotes suck in most of the significant categories:
They rank 20th or worse in the following categories:
Now for the good:
Winning % when leading after 1 period: 8th
Winning % when leading after 2 periods: 3rd
Now, if we just just leave Joakim Lindstrom off the scoresheet we perhaps should be better off than the 4-1 loss to Phoenix in January. That was Luongo's first game back after his groin injury. Lindstrom not only scored on the Coyotes' first shot of the game. He also scored another goal in the opening period. Dammit, I can still remember that like it was yesterday. Luongo was not sharp in his return. In fact, he still is not playing to his 100% abilities right now. Can he outplay Bryzgalov?
There is no reason why this renewed Canucks team cannot beat the Dogs.
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Good goalie battle
Bryzgalov pitched a SO last night against the Stars. While I endorse beating the Stars and Bryzgalov getting shutouts (for my fantasy team) I’m afraid we’ll need him to get blown out tonight.
If Detroit can dust off Minny, then a Van win puts them in sixth tomorrow morning, setting up yet another huge game with the Stars.
And I don’t know why but I always hope for a Bieksa/Jovo fight when these teams play. Instead I’m sure we’ll get Fedoruk/Hordichuk again which is fine. We haven’t see Darcy “black out” in awhile.
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I'll be checking this one out tonight...
Stars need a Phoenix win tonight, you guys have won too many in a row for my tastes. This is going to set up a huge game tomorrow night.
How have you guys done in back to backs this year?
Defending Big D: A Dallas Stars blog on SBN: easy to use, free to join.
They were decent earlier in the year on back to backs. And lucky for you there’s talk of Labarbera jumping in tomorrow, but that may depend on tonight. I think if they win, they’ll change little and you’ll get the best we got tomorrow. No doubt, Friday is huge.
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by Yankee Canuck on Feb 12, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions
Yeah I actually had to make sure I was watching the right game when i heard it
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by Yankee Canuck on Feb 12, 2009 6:11 PM PST up reply actions
Whore
The Sedins really need a stern talking to.
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Yeah I read where they blocked 25 shots last night to Dallas’s four.
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by Yankee Canuck on Feb 12, 2009 6:30 PM PST up reply actions
Hmmm
Something seems oddly familiar about how this game is going.
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I do have center ice but that won’t help. You tried http://atdhe.net/#?
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It’s pissing me off. They also seem more eager; their jump on the puck is better than Vancouver’s. Which is more annoying when I think about the fact the Canucks are rested and Phoenix isn’t.
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by Yankee Canuck on Feb 12, 2009 7:27 PM PST up reply actions
now we're talking
ohlund makes up for that fucking double minor
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Labarbera
It’s time. WTF is wrong with our captain?
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A small point
…but good for Hordichuk to not freak out getting manhandled there and put the guys short handed.
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DAAAAAANIEL!
He and Wellwood are peas in a fucking pod tonight.
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MINI JOVO!!
The D is massssive tonight. Can’t believe they pulled this back for the tie.
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haha, yeah. it’s amazing what more than one option can do huh?
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by Yankee Canuck on Feb 12, 2009 8:20 PM PST up reply actions
NIIIIIIIICE
Jovo takes a misconduct and the Canucks get a 5-on-3! HAHA.
A win is a win is a win. Into sixth place they go.
And if they can get past Dallas tomorrow night, they’re in fifth to start the weekend. See Sean this is what I was talking about with that CDC post. They kept pressing; it’s a friggin beautiful thing.
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Wow another great comeback, whatever AV is doing better continue tomorrow, because I’ll be watching!
Later guys.
Night man
Thanks for hanging out
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by Yankee Canuck on Feb 12, 2009 8:37 PM PST up reply actions
Empty Net Futility
Yikes. Seriously man. The only goal we normal humans can score they can’t. Funny.
Salo with two assists and the third star! I really do have to trash everyone more.
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www.freetheanimal.com/www.modernforager.com (and links off there) eat your hear out baby. Never been healthier.
Hmm… so if you had to choose Ohlund or Salo?
Yeah, but who do you put there instead?
Right now with Wellwood that line is a (small) threat, which gives you 3 lines you have to at least think about guarding against.
Leave fucking Pyatt there. He wasn’t that bad. The Sedins will cycle and a big fucker needs to get open in front of the net.
by Sean Zandberg on Feb 12, 2009 9:00 PM PST up reply actions
Ah well, time to sign off, time to get the kids at daycare. Do ignore the hyperbole please.
Btw. Who is on the shutdown line now and how is it doing? It’s the one thing the radio is not good at describing.
i think its Bernier, Wellwood and Pyatt. Hansen is on the fourth line with Johnson/Hordichuk
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by Yankee Canuck on Feb 12, 2009 8:57 PM PST up reply actions
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