Canuck Brunch- Bad News In A Good Way
Is it good news or bad that the Canucks are home from a costly road trip? Winners of 2 straight, tonight they look to put a dent in the Kings' playoff aspirations.
| Final - 3.24.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver Canucks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Colorado Avalanche | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Stories
Scoreboard Watching: Puck to the Groin Edition
Hot off Busted Twigg's keypad: That one hurt. Not much more to say about the Avs and Canucks. Colorado played well enough to win, but they didn't. Ultimately, that's all the numbers care about. ...
Canucks At Avalanche Recap: Christopher Higgins & Canucks Put Huge Dent In Avs Playoff Hopes; Win 3-2 In Overtime
The Colorado Avalanche let a huge point slip away tonight as they lose to the Vancouver Canucks in overtime. With the loss the Avs fall to 10th place in the Western Conference.
Canuck Brunch- Aftermath
The Duncan Keith sentence has been handed down by the NHL. One question remains: why were so many ready to defend him as an honorable player, and so few willing to do the same for the victim of the hit, who was the cleaner player of the two?
Canucks at Avalanche, Game 77 Preview
So, this is kind of important, eh? After a disastrous night on Thursday, the will try to get back into the swing of things against the Vancouver Canucks. The Avs have won 2 of the last 15...
Scoreboard Watching: Saturday, March 24. All is Quiet on the Western Front.
From Busted Twigg: Standings projections - Carnac the Magnificent edition.The NHL saw fit to schedule no games of significance to the Western Conference playoff race on Friday night. Fine. I'll...
Game 75: Canucks At Avalanche Preview: Raise My Fist And Resist
I like how the Canucks have improved over the past couple of games. But one thing remains here: LACK OF SCORING.
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Boxscore
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| First Period |
|---|
| - 1, Colorado Power-Play Goal - Gabriel Landeskog (22), from Milan Hejduk and Steve Downie at 1:13. Penalties - Dale Weise, Vancouver (Too many men/ice - bench), :36; Aaron Rome, Vancouver (Roughing), 6:34; Chuck Kobasew, Colorado (Charging), 6:34; Kevin Bieksa, Vancouver (Hooking), 7:24; Jan Hejda, Colorado (Tripping), 11:01; David Jones, Colorado (Delaying Game-Puck over glass), 11:46; Samuel Pahlsson, Vancouver (Holding the stick), 15:42; David Jones, Colorado (Hi stick - double minor), 17:35. |
| Second Period |
| - 2, Colorado Power-Play Goal - Jamie McGinn (20), from Paul Stastny and Semyon Varlamov at 11:01. 3, Vancouver Power-Play Goal - Mason Raymond (10), from Sami Salo and Henrik Sedin at 15:55. 4, Vancouver Goal - Chris Higgins (14), from Samuel Pahlsson and Kevin Bieksa at 17:30. Penalties - Sami Salo, Vancouver (Interference), 10:23; Alexandre Burrows, Vancouver (Roughing), 13:17; David Jones, Colorado (Holding), 14:08. |
| Third Period |
| - No scoring. Penalties - Samuel Pahlsson, Vancouver (Hooking), 6:23. |
| Overtime |
| - 5, Vancouver Goal - Chris Higgins (15), from Jannik Hansen and Kevin Bieksa at 1:40. |
Shots on Goal:
Vancouver 8 + 14 + 9 + 1 = 32.
Colorado 17 + 11 + 12 + 0 = 40.
Power Play Conversion: Vancouver 1-5. Colorado 2-6.
Goaltenders: Vancouver, Roberto Luongo 2-40-.950. Colorado, Semyon Varlamov 3-32-.906.
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Don Henderson
Power Play Conversion: Vancouver 1-5. Colorado 2-6.
Goaltenders: Vancouver, Roberto Luongo 2-40-.950. Colorado, Semyon Varlamov 3-32-.906.
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Jay Sharrers, Don Henderson
