Canucks 4 Hawks 3
Sorry for not having a pre game blog up, I was busy getting ready to drive back home to see the family.
Like I said I spent yesterday coming home to see the family. I heard the whole game on the radio while driving. Listening to the game on the radio brings me back to lying in bed growing up listening to the third period on the radio because I was supposed to be sleeping and wasn't allowed to watch the rest on tv.
The game was a great game and really had some playoff feeling to it. Lead by their stars the Canucks had a great team effort last night.
The biggest star last night for the Canucks was by far Roberto Luongo. The last game that he faced Chicago he shut them out, last night he was in the zone and if not for him the Canucks would not have won. Luongo has been playing lights out lately and he was just that last night. There's a lot of talk about the bounces and calls in last night game but I think that's hockey. Yes the first goal that was not allowed was a pretty weak call. But you can't tell me that didn't even out with the bounce off Boynton and the bounce off Tanev. Luongo made saves throughout the entire game that were jaw dropping. The glove save on Kopecky was a thing of beauty. He won the game for the team and deserved to be the first star last night. His game is becoming more and more similar to the great season he had when he first came over to the Nucks and if he can keep that up into the playoffs the team will be well off.
The Twins stepped up last night when the team needed them. The first 38 minutes of the game the SSB line had a ton of chances. Apparently after the game last night the teams skill coach said to Burrows he had numerous chances to score and needed to be more patient. I have to agree, Burrows seemed to be a little quick to panic last night. It's something to keep your eyes on because of how good he has been playing lately, it was a bit strange to see him miss tap ins. At the end of the second the Twins stepped up their game on the PP and brought the game back to 2-2. In the third they took the game over with a great PP set up leading to Henrik's 3-3 goal. The goal was huge because the team was clearly down after the Tanev mishap. Six minutes later off the Burrows turnover the Twins worked their magic coming into the zone on a 3 on 3. They worked a give and go and got a nice bounce for the game winner. It's great to see the twins step up in a big game like last night. Daniel is now leading the league in points while Henrik is really showing why he was named captain of the best team in the NHL.
Canucks are now NINE points ahead of the 2nd place team in the West, thing Wings. Although Detroit does have two games in hand this is a huge lead in the NHL.
An update on Sami Salo. By now you all probably know that Salo scored two goals last night with the Moose and was named the first star in their 3-2 victory. We all know Sami can score, I'm more interested in seeing how he bounces back for his second game. He'll probably sit out tonights game for the Moose and play again on Sunday. Hopefully he can keep playing at a high level and we'll see him back in the lineup very soon.
Sweatt has been sent back down to the Moose as Rome played last night and Alberts is almost back.
The team is playing great and it will be great to see them keep this up into the playoffs.
Go Canucks Go!
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