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March 31st - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Martin Gerber for Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks
1st
Period: NO Scoring
2nd Period: Anaheim Goal Ruslan Salei (assists Joffrey
Lupul, Steve Rucchin) 2:38 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Markus Naslund
(assists Brendan Morrison, Matt Cooke) 6:15 of the 2nd
3rd Period:
Vancouver Goal Sami Salo (assist Brendan Morrison) 19:39 of the 3rd
FINAL: Vancouver 2 - Anaheim 1
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 43 - Anaheim 23
Geoff Sanderson got the Game off to
a good start for the Canucks early in the 1st Period.
Jason King tried to
score on a deflection as he put the puck over the crossbar over Martin
Gerber.
There was no scoring in the 1st Period.
The Canucks got scored
on as Ruslan Salei fired a shot towards the net going wide and deflecting
off Sami Salo and into the net at 2:38 of the 2nd Period.
A few minutes
later, Matt Cooke made a nice pass to Brendan Morrison
who got the puck
to Markus Naslund as he scored his 34th Goal of the Year
by a deke on the
backhand putting the puck in the air past Gerber.
Anaheim took a
penalty for hooking giving Vancouver a powerplay opportunity.
The Canucks
applied the pressure as Ed Jovanovski shot the puck and
Martin Rucinsky
tried to score on the rebound.
They lost control of the puck and Niclas
Havelid had a short handed shot on Goal stopped by Cloutier.
Naslund had
a chance as he stole the puck and tried a wrap around with around 9 minutes
to go in the 2nd.
Cooke, Morrison and Naslund played well together
tonight creating chances.
Martin Rucinsky had another shot on Gerber who
made a nice save.
Cooke made a pass to Naslund but he was brought down
and sent into the net by Sergei Fedorov.
Sanderson, Daniel and Henrik
Sedin were good around the net in the last minute of the 2nd.
Naslund and
Morrison also applied the pressure before the period was over.
Both teams
battled back and forth as they tried to break the tie in the 3rd.
The
Ducks almost scored on a 150 foot screen shot by Martin Skoula
but
Cloutier managed to make the save.
With time running down, Morrison got
a face off win in the Ducks zone with the puck going to Sami Salo
who
shot the puck as Cooke screened the net beating Gerber on a slapshot glove side
under the bar
with 20.3 seconds left to go in regulation time.
March 29th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Brian Boucher for Phoenix Coyotes
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks
1st Period: NO Scoring
2nd Period: Vancouver Goal
Matt Cooke (assists Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison) 6:23 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Markus Naslund (assists Marc Bergevin, Sami Salo) 11:31 of
the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assists Geoff Sanderson, Sami Salo)
11:58 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Brent Sopel (assist Geoff Sanderson)
19:00 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Artem Chubarov (assists Jason
King, Martin Rucinsky) 10:09 of the 3rd
Vancouver Goal Jason King
(assists Ryan Kesler, Trevor Linden) 17:17 of the 3rd
Phoenix Goal Ivan
Novoseltsev (assist Krystofer Kolanos) 17:53 of the 3rd
FINAL: Vancouver
6 - Phoenix 1
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 45 - Phoenix 17
The Canucks proved tonight that one
of the secrets to success is to shoot the puck.
Goalie Brian Boucher made
some great saves for Phoenix as he was peppered with shots.
The Canucks
were shooting the puck with the first period shots 16-5
in their favour but there was no scoring in the 1st.
Around two minutes into the 2nd Period, Markus Naslund had a great chance on
a wrist shot
then trying a wrap around on Boucher after he got the puck
back.
Geoff Sanderson flew in towards the Phoenix net and got a shot on
Boucher who made the glove save.
At the other end, Mattias Ohlund bumped
Daniel Cleary into the net behind Dan Cloutier
having the puck go into the net
with Cleary.
The Goal went under video review to determine the obvious no
goal.
Chubarov, Linden and Ohlund tried to make things happen
for Brent Sopel as he hit the post.
Matt Cooke opened the scoring on a
give-and-go between Naslund and Morrison,
Morrison back to Naslund then
to Cooke for his 10th Goal of the Year.
Marc Bergevin took a shot that
was almost deflected into the Phoenix net by Cooke,
who was quite active
in the play tonight.
Marc Bergevin and Sami Salo helped Markus Naslund as
he made a great effort skating
through the defense,
shooting the puck falling down and beating Boucher
glove side.
Just 27 seconds later, Sanderson and Salo assisted on Daniel
Sedin's 18th Goal of the Year
resulting in the Coyotes calling a
time-out.
Sopel kept shooting the puck, this time creating a rebound
chance for Trevor Linden and Ryan Kesler
with around 7 minutes to go in
the 2nd.
Sopel then got a nice pass from
Sanderson to score his 10th Goal of the Year at 19:00 of the 2nd.
Around
5 minutes into the 3rd, Naslund made a nice lead pass to Cooke
just out of his
reach but he skated to beat out the icing call.
Morrison joined in the
play with Cooke and the puck was centered for Naslund but the puck stayed
out.
Sanderson, Daniel and Henrik Sedin were good cycling the puck
tonight.
Tyler Bouck attempted a wrap around as Kesler waited in front of the
net.
Jason King was back in the Canucks line up tonight as he made a nice
pass to Martin Rucinsky
who was stopped on a great chance on the
backhand.
Geoff Sanderson shot the puck towards Brian Boucher and as
Boucher bobbled the puck,
the whistle was blown and Daniel Sedin put the
puck in the net with around 12 minutes to go. It was no goal.
The
Canucks had a 3 on 1 against Radoslav Suchy with King, Rucinsky and
Chubarov.
King and Rucinsky drew the assists as Chubarov scored his 10th
Goal of the Year at 10:09 of the 3rd.
Tyler Bouck got into his second
fight of the year with Brad Ference as they drew penalties for 5:00 each.
Jason King showed he has what it takes to score on a beauty backhand between
his legs with his back to the net,
and past Boucher for his 12th Goal of
the Year with assists by Ryan Kesler and Trevor
Linden.
With under 3 minutes left to go in the 3rd, Ivan Novoseltsev managed
to get the puck past Dan Cloutier,
who made some good saves but wasn't
tested much in the game.
It was Dan Cloutier's 30th Win of
the Season for the Canucks.
March 27th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Ron Tugnutt for Dallas Stars
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver
Canucks
1st Period: Dallas Goal Brenden Morrow (assists Rob DiMaio,
Philippe Boucher) 6:04 of the 1st
Vancouver Goal Daniel Sedin (assist Marek
Malik) 18:30 of the 1st
2nd Period: Dallas Goal Pierre Turgeon (assist
Lubomir Sekeras) 1:25 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Geoff
Sanderson (assists Brent Sopel, Mattias Ohlund) 9:38 of the 3rd
Overtime:
Vancouver Goal Brendan Morrison (unassisted) 0:40 of OT
FINAL: Vancouver
3 - Dallas 2 after Overtime
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 30 - Dallas 24
Determined from the get-go, the
Canucks tried to score early on about 3 minutes into the Game
with Markus
Naslund and Ryan Kesler creating scoring chances.
Brad May received an
Interference penalty while the Canucks did a good job defending
as the
Stars had no shots on Goal during their powerplay.
Dallas scored first
though, as Mike Modano hit the post with the shot going to
Philippe
Boucher who got the puck to Rob DiMaio then to Brenden Morrow
who puck
the puck in after the play was set up from behind the net.
Marek Malik set up Daniel Sedin
at 18:30 of the 1st as Malik shot and
D. Sedin put the
puck in the net for his 17th Goal of the Year.
Pierre Turgeon scored the
only 2nd Period Goal for Dallas early into the period on a Vancouver turnover.
The Canucks continued to apply the pressure, with Daniel Sedin and
Martin Rucinsky putting on the moves.
Mattias Ohlund dished out some body
checks including one on Blake Sloan.
Steve Ott served a penalty for
Interference on Goalie Dan Cloutier as he got knocked around a bit.
Later, with good Canucks pressure around the Dallas net,
Richard Matvichuk
cross-checked Brendan Morrison into the net
giving Vancouver another
powerplay opportunity.
Martin Rucinsky had a good shot stopped by Goalie
Ron Tugnutt
and Markus Naslund also had a good chance to score.
The
Vancouver powerplay carried over into the 3rd Period but they were unable to
capitalize.
Trevor Linden, Ryan Kesler and Matt Cooke tried to score but
the play was stopped by Tugnutt.
Dallas had a 3 on 1 chance as Cloutier
made a great save on DiMaio.
Naslund, Sopel, Rucinsky, Ohlund and Kesler
contributed with more scoring opportunities for the Canucks.
Brent Sopel
made a nice pass to Geoff Sanderson at around the Canuck blue line as he
skated towards the other end to the net and beat Ron Tugnutt on a shot that
went over his blocker.
Blake Sloan fired a hot shot at Cloutier in the
last minute of the 3rd.
The Game stayed tied at 2-2 in the 3rd sending it to
Overtime.
Brendan Morrison made a great effort as he gained the zone with
nobody checking him,
beating Goalie Ron Tugnutt with a wrist shot going
5-hole on an Unassisted Goal at 0:40 of OT.
Brendan Morrison leads the Canucks
with 6 OT Goals.
The Canucks had their 11th OT Win of the Season tonight.
March 24th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Cristobal Huet for Los Angeles Kings
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks
1st Period: Vancouver Goal Matt Cooke (assists Marek Malik, Markus Naslund)
9:19 of the 1st
2nd Period: NO Scoring
3rd Period: NO Scoring
FINAL: Vancouver 1 - Los Angeles 0
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 27 - Los Angeles
15
The Canucks scored only one Goal in
the Game tonight but dominated the play over the Kings.
The Goal came after
Markus Naslund passed to Marek Malik
who streaked
to the net,
and while being knocked down got the puck to Matt Cooke who
put the puck in the net for his 9th Goal of the Year.
Brad May was physical throwing hits throughout the
Game like the one
on Derek Armstrong and exchanging punches with Jeff Cowan.
Trent Klatt hit the crossbar trying to score for L.A. in the 2nd,
and Geoff
Sanderson hit the post on a pass from Malik while trying to score for
Vancouver in the 3rd
Period.
Goalie Dan Cloutier stopped Luc Robitaille as he tried to tie the
Game.
Dan Cloutier played his 300th Game in the NHL and had
his 15th Career Shutout tonight.
March 21st - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Marc Denis for Columbus Blue Jackets
Goalie: Johan Hedberg for
Vancouver Canucks
1st Period: Vancouver Goal Brendan Morrison (assists Ed
Jovanovski, Marek Malik) 2:16 of the 1st
Vancouver Goal Henrik Sedin
(assists Daniel Sedin, Ed Jovanovski) 3:38 of the 1st
Columbus Goal Brian
Holzinger (assists Nikolai Zherdev, Todd Marchant) 5:00 of the 1st
2nd
Period: Columbus Goal Rick Nash (unassisted) 3:31 of the 2nd
Vancouver
Goal Artem Chubarov (assist Sami Salo) 19:30 of the 2nd
3rd Period:
Vancouver Goal Artem Chubarov (assists Mike Keane, Brad May) 2:41 of the 3rd
Columbus Goal Nikolai Zherdev (assist Anders Eriksson) 8:25 of the 3rd
Columbus Goal Todd Marchant (assists Nikolai Zherdev, Duvie Westcott) 15:13
of the 3rd
Columbus Goal Nikolai Zherdev (assists Trevor Letowski, Manny Malhotra) 18:05 of the 3rd
FINAL: Columbus 5 - Vancouver 4
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 31 - Columbus 22
The Canucks welcomed back Ed
Jovanovski and Henrik Sedin into their lineup tonight
after coming back
from injuries. Both contributed to the team effort throughout the Game.
Henrik Sedin scored a Goal with assists by his brother Daniel and by
Ed Jovanovski.
Jovanovski skated well and had another assist along with
Marek Malik on the Brendan Morrison Goal.
The Canucks had a 2 Goal lead
until after the Blue Jackets scored on a Goal by Brian Holzinger in
the 1st Period.
Morrison was good on the penalty kill later in the 1st along with
Matt Cooke
and Bryan Allen who had a short-handed shot on Goal.
Columbus came back
to tie the game at 2-2 early in the 2nd on an
unassisted Goal by Rick Nash as Bryan Allen tried to defend.
Artem Chubarov made some good plays tonight including his first Goal
of the Game
where he got a pass by Sami Salo gaining the offensive zone
at the Columbus blue line,
skating
along the side towards the net, shooting the puck,
and beating Goalie
Marc Denis.
Trevor Linden also played well shooting the puck and making
plays with Chubarov.
Early into the 3rd Period, Brad May created the chance
when he shot the puck
towards the net, followed the rebound, passed to Mike Keane
who then passed
the puck to Chubarov giving Chubarov his second Goal of the Game.
At this
point, the Canucks had another 2 Goal lead of 4-2 at 2:41 of the 3rd Period.
Columbus came back to tie the Game on Goals by Nikolai Zherdev and Todd
Marchant.
The Blue Jackets took the lead with the Game winning Goal by Nikolai Zherdev at 18:05 of the 3rd
as the puck went throught Sami Salo's
legs.
The Canucks pulled Goalie Johan Hedberg for the extra attacker
with about a minute to go but time ran out before they could score to tie
the game.
March 19th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Michael Leighton for Chicago Blackhawks
Goalie: Johan Hedberg for Vancouver Canucks
Goalie: Alex Auld for Vancouver Canucks, Goaltender Change 6:53 of the 2nd
Period
1st
Period: Vancouver Goal Brendan Morrison (assists Brent Sopel, Markus Naslund)
17:03 of the 1st
2nd Period: Chicago Goal Tyler Arnason (assist Eric
Daze) 1:37 of the 2nd
Chicago Goal Tyler Arnason (assists Tuomo Ruutu, Deron Quint)
4:30 of the 2nd
Chicago Goal Jim Vandermeer (assist Mark Bell) 6:53 of
the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Matt Cooke (assists Daniel Sedin, Geoff Sanderson)
13:44 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Trevor Linden (assist Matt
Cooke) 12:30 of the 3rd
Overtime: Chicago Goal Tyler Arnason (assist
Bryan Berard) 1:44 of OT
FINAL: Chicago 4 - Vancouver 3 after Overtime
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 35 - Chicago 35
The Game started off with good early
pressure by the Canucks.
Mattias Ohlund made a nice pass early into the
1st Period to Artem
Chubarov
who was in the play and creating scoring chances all night.
Wade Brookbank and Ryan VandenBussche got into a tussle and both received
fighting penalties.
Jarkko Ruutu jumped into the play trying to
create offense.
Brent Sopel made some nice plays too, checking Mark Bell
but as Bell went down,
from a laying position he still got a shot on Hedberg
who made the easy save.
Matt Cooke had a good scoring opportunity with
around 12 minutes
left in the 1st Period but was stopped by Goalie Michael Leighton.
Then with a pass by Markus Naslund to Brent Sopel who shot the puck having
it go to Brendan Morrison
who made no mistake to put the puck in the net
for his 19th Goal of the Season.
Trevor Linden helped create traffic around
the Blackhawks net when the Canucks scored.
Jim Vandermeer stirred things up with Brad May and
they both received
Unsportsmanlike Penalties towards the end of the 1st
Period.
Morrison continued his effort with another shot on net early in the 2nd
Period.
Ohlund took an Interference Penalty at 0:35 of the 2nd giving
Chicago a Powerplay.
Goalie Johan Hedberg came out of his net to play the
puck and from behind the net made a bad clearing attempt.
The puck went to
Eric Daze then Tyler Arnason who put the puck into the open net.
A few minutes later,
Arnason scored again with assists going to Tuomo Ruutu and Deron Quint.
Chicago pulled ahead to take a 3-1 lead when Jim Vandermeer
scored a
powerplay goal after Daniel Sedin took a holding penalty.
Goalie Alex Auld then came in to replace Hedberg after the Vandermeer goal.
Markus Naslund took a good shot on Goalie Michael Leighton who made the
save.
Matt Cooke scored for Vancouver with help from Daniel Sedin and
Geoff Sanderson.
Sanderson made a nice play to Morrison in the corner by
the Blackhawks net,
back to Sanderson again who almost scored for Vancouver.
The Canucks came back to tie the Game at 12:30 of the 3rd while they
had the extra attacker on a delayed penalty call with
a nice shot by Trevor Linden for his 14th Goal of the Season assisted by
Matt Cooke.
The Canucks took another penalty while Matt Cooke and Tyler
Bouck were good on the penalty kill.
Ryan Kesler had a good chance to
score with around 8 minutes left in the 3rd.
Artem Chubarov went to the
Blackhawks net as he tried to score but the net was knocked off its
supports.
The Canucks looked to have a 4 on 1 as they attacked the
offensive zone
and Kesler had another shot on the Chicago net.
The
Game remained a 3-3 tie after three periods and went to Overtime.
Tyler Arnason
scored a hat trick for his 3rd Goal of the Game set up
by Bryan Berard giving
Chicago the win at 1:44 of OT.
Hedberg made 12 saves on 15 shots and Auld
made 19 saves on 20 shots as they shared the goaltending tonight.
Leighton made 32 saves for the Blackhawks on 35 shots against him.
The Canucks came back from a two
goal deficit to tie the game in the 3rd Period,
earning 1 point for the tie
and sending it to Overtime.
The Vancouver team has 21 points so far this season
by coming back after trailing in a game.
March
18th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Marty Turco for Dallas Stars
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks
Goalie: Johan Hedberg for Vancouver Canucks, Goaltender Change starting the
3rd Period
1st Period:
Dallas Goal Philippe Boucher (assists Jason Arnott, Bill Guerin) 12:23 of
the 1st
2nd Period: Dallas Goal Jason Arnott (assists Bill Guerin, Valeri
Bure) 2:43 of the 2nd
Dallas Goal Bill Guerin (assist Jason Arnott) 12:49
of the 2nd
3rd Period: NO Scoring
FINAL Dallas 3 - Vancouver 0
Shots on Goal: Dallas 21 - Vancouver 20
Gritty hockey with both teams having
their chances to start off the 1st Period.
Tyler Bouck had a good shot on
net against Marty Turco early in the 1st,
and Brent Sopel created a
scoring chance for the Canucks when he put the puck through the crease
on a pass to Geoff Sanderson. They missed the chance as the puck went
through Sanderson's legs.
Philippe Boucher scored for Dallas with assists
going to Jason Arnott and Bill Guerin.
In the last 3 minutes of the 1st
Period, Mike Modano and Jere Lehtinen tried to put the moves on Dan Cloutier
as Modano put the puck through the crease and skated into the net past
Cloutier.
The net came off its supports and the puck stayed out.
Jason
Arnott and Bill Guerin scored for the Stars in the 2nd Period.
As the
Game went to the 3rd Period, the Canucks tried to gain position on the Stars
who
seemed to be in the right place at the right time throughout the game.
Ryan Kesler had a great chance to score for Vancouver
about 5 minutes
into the 3rd but was stopped by Goalie Marty Turco.
Goalie Dan Cloutier
made 14 Saves through the first two Periods,
and Johan Hedberg
switched places with Cloutier to start the last Period.
Hedberg did
not allow any goals on the 4 Shots against him and neither team scored in
the 3rd Period.
Dallas Stars Goalie Marty Turco had his 8th Shutout of
the Season and 20th Career Shutout tonight.
March 16th - Game
Day ReCap
Goalie:
Tomas Vokoun for Nashville Predators
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver
Canucks
1st Period: Nashville Goal Andreas Johansson (assists Greg
Johnson, Adam Hall) 6:45 of the 1st
Vancouver Goal Ryan Kesler (assists Matt Cooke, Trevor Linden) 9:36 of the
1st
Vancouver Goal Trevor Linden (assists Matt Cooke, Ryan Kesler) 10:14 of the 1st
2nd
Period: NO Scoring
3rd Period: Nashville Goal Adam Hall (assists Kimmo
Timonen, Steve Sullivan) 19:38 of the 3rd
Overtime: NO Scoring
FINAL:
Vancouver 2 - Nashville 2 after Overtime
Shots
On Goal: Nashville 28 - Vancouver 27
Even though it was a close game and
it was tied in the end, the Canucks fan spirit is clearly alive and well at a home
game,
where the fans are heard cheering on team.
Ryan Kesler skated
well with Trevor Linden as they both had one Goal and one Assist each.
Matt Cooke helped with two Assists tonight.
Andreas Johansson scored for
Nashville,
then Kesler and Linden scored Goals 38 seconds apart to give
Vancouver the lead later in the 1st Period.
There was no scoring in the
2nd Period.
Adam Hall tied the Game for Nashville on a rebound off the post with 22 seconds left in the 3rd sending it to
Overtime.
Both Goalies Cloutier and Vokoun played well while both teams
were good on offense and defense.
March 13th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Martin Prusek for Ottawa Senators
Goalie: Johan Hedberg for Vancouver Canucks
1st Period: NO Scoring
2nd Period: Ottawa Goal Marian Hossa (assist Peter
Bondra) 0:46 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Pat Kavanagh (assists Sami Salo,
Jarkko Ruutu) 3:34 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Ottawa Goal Daniel Alfredsson
(unassisted) 11:00 of the 3rd
FINAL: Ottawa 2 - Vancouver 1
Shots on
Goal Vancouver 20 - Ottawa 20
In the second Senators vs. Canucks
meeting of the season since November 27, 2003,
the first Ottawa Goal was waved off
as Mike Fisher seemed to interfere with Goalie Johan Hedberg.
Then in the
2nd Period, Hedberg drifted out of his net to play the puck only to have
Marian Hossa score for Ottawa.
The Canucks tied the game on a Goal by Pat
Kavanagh for his 1st Goal of the year,
which came under the second video
review on a goal for the night, this time for a high stick, but being ruled
fair play.
Johan Hedberg was good on the penalty kill clearing the puck
tonight for the Canucks.
Morrison, Sanderson and Ohlund all created scoring
chances. Sami Salo and Jarkko Ruutu assisted on the Goal.
Daniel
Alfredsson scored for Ottawa at 11:00 of the 3rd.
Trevor Linden was honoured tonight
for becoming the all time Canucks points leader.
March 12th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Jussi Markkanen for Edmonton Oilers
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks
1st Period:
Edmonton Goal Shawn Horcoff (assists Steve Staios, Ryan Smyth) 2:15 of the
1st
Vancouver Goal Bryan Allen (assists Geoff Sanderson, Daniel Sedin)
18:04 of the 1st
2nd Period: Edmonton Goal Petr Nedved (assists
Marc-Andre Bergeron, Eric Brewer) 1:33 of the 2nd
Edmonton Goal Petr
Nedved (assists Adam Oates, Eric Brewer) 10:07 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal
Martin Rucinsky (assists Markus Naslund, Brendan Morrison) 13:46 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Brendan Morrison (assists Daniel Sedin, Martin
Rucinsky) 12:56 of the 3rd
Overtime: Vancouver Goal Geoff Sanderson
(assist Markus Naslund) 4:27 of OT
FINAL: Vancouver 4 - Edmonton 3 after
Overtime
Shots on Goal: Edmonton 27 - Vancouver 24
The Oilers struck first with a Goal
by Shawn Horcoff early in the 1st Period.
Bryan Allen scored with help
from Geoff Sanderson and Daniel Sedin towards the end of the 1st.
Petr
Nedved put in two more Goals for the Oilers,
followed by a beauty of a Goal
by Martin Rucinsky for his first as a Canuck on a 1 on 1 against Jason Smith.
Markus Naslund
and Brendan Morrison assisted on the Rucinsky Goal.
Brendan Morrison scored
with assists by Daniel Sedin and Martin Rucinsky
to tie the game in the 3rd
Period,
sending it to Overtime.
Geoff Sanderson scored the winner for the
Canucks assisted by
Markus Naslund.
Highlights inlcude Geoff Sanderson with 1 Goal and 1
Assist, Martin Rucinsky with 1 Goal and 1 Assist,
Brendan Morrison with 1 Goal and 1 Assist,
Bryan Allen with 1 Goal,
Markus Naslund with 2 Assists, and Daniel Sedin with 2 Assists.
March
10th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Dwayne Roloson for Minnesota Wild
Goalie:
Dan Cloutier for Vancouver
Canucks
1st Period: NO Scoring
2nd Period: Minnesota Goal Andrew
Brunette (assists Jason Wiemer, Alexandre Daigle) 15:09 of the 2nd
3rd
Period: Vancouver Goal Geoff Sanderson (assists Matt Cooke, Sami Salo) 15:43
of the 2nd
Overtime: NO Scoring
FINAL: Vancouver 1 - Minnesota 1
Shots on Goal: Vancouver 30 - Minnesota 21
With emotion and pressure in
Vancouver after the Colorado Game and skating without Todd Bertuzzi,
the
Canucks made a good effort to pull off a tie.
Both Goalies Dan Cloutier
and Dwayne Roloson made some good saves.
Andrew Brunette scored first for
the Wild in the 2nd Period,
and Canuck newcomer Geoff Sanderson scored
his first Goal in his first Game since he was traded back to the Canucks.
Martin Rucinsky and Marc Bergevin, also newly acquired Canucks, played well
helping out
the team
by creating scoring chances and with defense.
Filip Kuba
almost scored for Minnesota but the puck hit the post and stayed out with
1.7 seconds left in the 3rd Period.
The Game went
to Overtime but remained undecided in a 1-1 tie.
March 8th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: David Aebischer for Colorado Avalanche
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks
Goalie: Johan Heberg for Vancouver Canucks, Goaltender
Change 15:31 of the 1st Period
1st Period: Colorado Goal Milan Hejduk (assist Joe
Sakic) 6:54 of the 1st
Colorado Goal Steve Konowalchuk (assists Dan
Hinote, Riku Hahl) 14:40 of the 1st
Colorado Goal Joe Sakic (unassisted)
15:09 of the 1st
Colorado Goal Darby Hendrickson (assist Derek Morris)
15:31 of the 1st
Colorado Goal Steve Moore (assist Peter Worrell) 16:19 of the 1st
2nd Period: Vancouver Goal Brad May (assists Matt Cooke, Trevor Linden) 7:24
of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Brad May (assists Brent Sopel, Trevor Linden)
8:16 of the 2nd
Colorado Goal Derek Morris (assists Joe Sakic, Paul
Kariya) 12:16 of
the 2nd
3rd Period: Colorado Goal Paul Kariya (unassisted) 1:09 of the
3rd
Colorado Goal Milan Hejduk (assist Joe Sakic, Karlis Skrastins) 3:16 of the 3rd
Colorado Goal Milan Hejduk (assists Alex Tanguay, John-Michael Liles) 11:59
of the 3rd
FINAL: Colorado 9 - Vancouver 2
Shots on Goal: Colorado 35
- Vancouver 18
Fights throughout the Game starting
early in the 1st Period as the Game escalated in penalties from there.
The Canucks made several bad defensive plays and the Avalanche capitalized.
It was 5-0 for Colorado after the 1st Period.
Both Canuck Goals came by Brad May, and Trevor Linden had two assists in the
2nd Period.
The penalties continued in the Game (156 penalty minutes in
total) as did the Colorado
Goals.
Todd Bertuzzi was one of the physical players tonight as he punched
Steve Moore who fell to the ice
and left the Game injured with 11:19 left
in the 3rd Period.
Bertuzzi's hit is being reviewed by the league as he
faces suspension for the incident in a Game that turned ugly.
March 6th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Marc Denis for Columbus Blue Jackets
Goalie: Johan Hedberg for
Vancouver Canucks
1st Period: Vancouver Goal Mattias Ohlund (assists
Markus Naslund, Todd Bertuzzi) 13:39 of the 1st
2nd Period: Vancouver
Goal Matt Cooke (assists Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin) 4:42 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Markus Naslund (assists Todd Bertuzzi, Bryan Allen) 11:01 of
the 2nd
3rd Period: Vancouver Goal Tyler Bouck (assist Mike Keane) 1:03
of the 3rd
FINAL: Vancouver 4 - Columbus 0
Shots on Goal: Columbus 32
- Vancouver 24
Wade Brookbank and Jody Shelley
stirred things up with a couple of fights in the Game.
Mattias Ohlund
scored in the 1st Period with help from Naslund and Bertuzzi.
Sean Pronger took a holding penalty,
and Brendan Morrison with a great effort
almost scored another short-handed
Goal for the Canucks.
Matt Cooke scored in the 2nd Period with help
from both Daniel and Henrik Sedin.
Markus Naslund scored Goal number 262
as a Canuck assisted by Todd Bertuzzi and Bryan Allen.
Jarkko Ruutu and
Jody Shelley both received roughing penalties for getting physical.
Sean
Pronger later received another holding penalty late in the 2nd Period.
As the penalty carried over into the 3rd,
Tyler Bouck scored a short-handed Goal
with a nice effort for his first Goal as a Canuck,
set up from behind
Marc Denis' net by Mike Keane.
Johan Hedberg was solid in net for the
Canucks as he had his 10th Career Shutout and 3rd Shutout of the Season.
Hedberg last played for the Canucks on February 28th and also had a Shutout in
that Game
when they played against the St. Louis Blues.
March 5th - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: Manny Legace
for Detroit Red Wings
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for Vancouver Canucks
1st
Period: NO Scoring
2nd Period: Detroit Goal Brendan Shanahan (assist
Nicklas Lidstrom) 3:15 of the 2nd
Detroit Goal Brett Hull (assists
Nicklas Lidstrom, Robert Lang) 6:19 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Detroit Goal
Nicklas Lidstrom (assist Ray Whitney) 6:07 of the 3rd
Vancouver Goal Mike
Keane (assist Sean Pronger) 15:01 of the 3rd
FINAL: Detroit 3 - Vancouver
1
Shots on Goal: Detroit 27 - Vancouver 24
The Canucks and Red Wings battled
hard through the 1st Period with neither team scoring.
Detroit came on
strong to score three straight goals.
The Canucks got
into penalty trouble and there seemed to be several non-penalty calls on
the Detroit team as the Game went on.
Brendan Shanahan and Brett Hull scored on
one-timers and Nicklas Lidstrom had one Goal and two assists.
Mike Keane
spoiled Manny Legace's shutout to score for the Canucks
assisted by Sean
Pronger after a face off win.
Sean Pronger earned his first point as a
Canuck in his first Game as a Canuck.
March 3rd - Game Day ReCap
Goalie: David Aebischer for Colorado Avalanche
Goalie: Dan Cloutier for
Vancouver Canucks
1st Period: Colorado Goal Joe Sakic (assist Alex
Tanguay) 3:01 of the 1st
Colorado Goal Joe Sakic (assists Alex Tanguay,
Milan Hejduk) 11:02 of the 1st
Vancouver Goal Brendan Morrison (assist Brent
Sopel) 14:07 of the 1st
Vancouver Goal Brent Sopel (assist Markus Naslund) 18:40 of the 1st
2nd Period: Colorado Goal Alex Tanguay (assists Travis Brigley, Paul Kariya)
1:10 of the 2nd
Colorado Goal Joe Sakic (assists John-Michael Liles, Alex
Tanguay) 8:19 of the 2nd
Vancouver Goal Markus Naslund (assists Todd
Bertuzzi, Brendan Morrison) 19:06 of the 2nd
3rd Period: Colorado Goal
Alex Tanguay (assists Joe Sakic, Milan Hejduk) 1:20 of the 3rd
Vancouver
Goal Marek Malik (assists Brendan Morrison, Todd Bertuzzi) 6:08 of the 3rd
Vancouver Goal Mattias Ohlund (assists Markus Naslund, Brent Sopel) 7:50 of
the 3rd
Overtime: NO Scoring
FINAL: Vancouver 5 - Colorado 5 after
Overtime
Shots on Goal: Colorado 34 - Vancouver 24
Brendan Morrison scored a
short-handed Goal for the Canucks in the 1st Period and had two assists in
the Game.
Brent Sopel also scored in the 1st Period and had two assists.
Markus
Naslund scored in the 2nd Period and had two assists.
Marek Malik did
some fancy stick work to score in the 3rd Period with help from Brendan
Morrison and Todd Bertuzzi.
Todd Bertuzzi had two assists tonight and was
a presence on the ice.
Mattias Ohlund scored shortly after Marek
Malik's Goal.
'Burnaby
Joe' Sakic scored his 14th Career Hat-trick and had one assist for the Avalanche.
Alex Tanguay also did well with two Goals and three assists.
The Game
could not be decided after Regulation Time and Overtime,
ending in a 5-5
Tie with each team earning one point.
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