Canucks 4 Stars 1: Happy New Year Indeed!
by Sean Zandberg on Jan 1, 2011 2:22 AM PST
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PrintDid you go out partying and miss the game? Well you missed a good one! Here are the highlights:
Another gutsy effort from the Canucks. We have talked about them putting the foot on the gas and burying teams in the past, and not doing so. Well not anymore. Right from the opening faceoff they attacked the Stars with a fierce tenacity and buried key chances when they got them, attaining a 2-0 lead after 1 period and a 4-0 lead after 2. Cory Schneider had to be solid and was. Very exciting watching him play so well.
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-The Stars outshot the Canucks 37-14 in the final 2 periods and 45-22 overall. A lot of those shots were perimeter but many forced Schneider to be outstanding as well. Schneider had a .978 save percentage and was the game's first star.
-After Kari Lehtonen was pulled we got to see Andrew Raycroft in goal! By that time the game was out of reach for the Stars and the Canucks hardly tested their old buddy (8 not-so significant shots).
-Alexandre Burrows only played 13:19, had no points and no shots. The Sedins combined for 2 goals, 2 assists, a zero +/- rating and 5 shots.
-Unfortunately, Ryan Kesler's point streak came to an end but he played well regardless.
-Canucks going 3 for 4 on the power play was a killer for the Stars.
-Kevin Bieksa continues to impress. 1 goal and 1 assist, a +1, and played more minutes than any other player out there (24:22). The guy is cool as a cucumber.
-Raffi Torres scored the winning goal and it was a beauty.
-Jamie Benn, Brad Richards, Loui Eriksson and James Neal combined for 24 shots, 1 assist, and a -2 rating.
THE NHL CHARTS
-The Sedins are creeping up the NHL scoring chart.
-Daniel Sedin has 29 points in 18 road games this season, tops in the NHL.
-Manny Malhotra is 2nd in the NHL in faceoff percentage.
-The Canucks have still scored more 3rd period goals than anybody else, have allowed the fewest goals against in the 1st period, 15th in goals against in the 2nd period, and 4th-best in goals against in the 3rd period.
-The Canucks have allowed the 3rd-fewest power play goals against in the NHL.
-The Canucks have won 11 games by 3 goals and lost 3 by the same margin. That winning % is tops in the NHL. That's a cool stat because they aren't as good in 1 or 2 goal differential games.
-Like Reggie pointed out: who's your effing daddy?
These are great times to be a Canucks fan. Savor it! The week from hell approaches!
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“I want to keep winning” – CS
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Fantastic win!!! And to see that shitty smirk finally wiped off of Crawford’s face:
Priceless.
Canucks really put the gas pedal to the medal so to speak.
Tomorrow, the Avs here in Denver. What fun!
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What a pass
That pp goal was sick. I actually can hardly believe the saucer pass from twin to twin to Eddie back to twin. Just think about how hard it is to play against our first line pp.
The only blemish for me lately is the fourth line. Not sure if volpatti stays with the team. Him and Bolduc don’t seem to have chemistry. However we keep on winning and i am probably nitpicking.
A great win. CS was great. Twins too.
Hmm. In the game I watched last night, the Stars had the better scoring-chances in all three periods, but either Ginger made an amazing save or the Stars didn’t bury the puck. The Canucks were helped by a masterful PP & PK (other than Ginger’s misplay) while the Stars PK was pathetic. However, we gave-up far too much 5 on 5. If Lehtonen plays just a little bit better, it could easily have been 6-1 for the Stars. But, it was 4-1 for the Canucks and I’m glad for the win, though I’d mostly like to forget how we got it.
I gotta agree with Carolina Canuck...
I’m not sure where this euphoric ‘ooooo what a game!’ thing is coming from, but the game I watched we played well for a period and a half then sat back and let dallas’s incompetence and schneids’ skill do all the work. When u open with a statement like
We have talked about them putting the foot on the gas and burying teams in the past, and not doing so. Well not anymore.I have to wonder if we watched the same game? We utterly took the foot off the gas in the back half of that game, we just happened to still bury them thanks to a couple good saves and some lack of finish.
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Of course saying all that...
I still need to go ‘OOOOO what a game!’ ;)
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When they were announcing how many shots Dallas had somewhere in the 3rd I was surprised. It didn’t seem like they had that many. I thought the Canucks played good D despite the shot total. Super-quality chances were avoided mostly, IMO
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 1, 2011 12:20 PM PST up reply actions
that and/or Schneider made it look really easy
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 1, 2011 12:21 PM PST up reply actions
Who keeps track of shot totals? Is it league officials, or a home team employee? Some of these totals seem a little inflated.
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by Smoboy41 on Jan 1, 2011 1:56 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
there were a lot of shots from in close (dallas net-crashing). I don’t know how quickly those added up. I tend to trust the SOG totals.
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by Sean Zandberg on Jan 1, 2011 2:01 PM PST up reply actions
Dallas out hustled and out worked us throughout the game. That’s because the Canucks did in fact have their foot a smidge off the gas. They still won. They’re an amazing, outstanding team right now and that’s so exciting to be witnessing. I’d like them to develop a killer instinct like Detroit, though.
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Detroit loses games you know. And they also have games where they don’t play that well. Just like the Nucks. They win when they don’t necessarily play their best. That’s what has separated them in the past. Doing just enough to win. We seem to have that this year. That’s the most encouraging sign for me.
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by Section 312 on Jan 1, 2011 11:36 PM PST up reply actions
Missed the game for obviously reasons but it looked like a great win.
The passing on Hank’s PP goal is ridiculous!!
Sick goal by Raffi, he seems to be heating up lately.
Red was amazing obviously.
I love this team.
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