Thursday, October 30, 2003
CANUCKS 3, KINGS 1
Sure, the Canucks got their first road win of the year tonight, but they played like crap.
Goals tonight were from Mattias Ohlund, Daniel Sedin, and Brendan Morrison. No points from Naslund or Bertuzzi. Morrison has points in six straight games now, but coach Marc Crawford said after the game that "a center's gotta do more than that," probably alluding to wanting Morrison to set up his linemates for more points.
But basically the game can be summed up by two things. One, the LA Kings outshot the Canucks by a 38-15 margin -- more than a 2-to-1 ratio. Two, Dan Cloutier basically stood on his head and stopped 37 of those 38 Kings shots.
It should also be noted that the Kings couldn't finish on their opportunities all night, and that they were the better team on the ice on this night. The Canucks were flat.
Yeah, if anything seems to detailed above, it's because I listened to the Canuck postgame show on CKNW.
Canucks at Phoenix tomorrow, where the announcers hate that the cameras are on the side of the arena opposite the press boxes, the sightlines behind one goal are brutal, and when the crowd gets up, the announcers can't see for crap. The new Coyotes arena in Glendale will open soon.
Tonight's pictures: one, two, three
Goals tonight were from Mattias Ohlund, Daniel Sedin, and Brendan Morrison. No points from Naslund or Bertuzzi. Morrison has points in six straight games now, but coach Marc Crawford said after the game that "a center's gotta do more than that," probably alluding to wanting Morrison to set up his linemates for more points.
But basically the game can be summed up by two things. One, the LA Kings outshot the Canucks by a 38-15 margin -- more than a 2-to-1 ratio. Two, Dan Cloutier basically stood on his head and stopped 37 of those 38 Kings shots.
It should also be noted that the Kings couldn't finish on their opportunities all night, and that they were the better team on the ice on this night. The Canucks were flat.
Yeah, if anything seems to detailed above, it's because I listened to the Canuck postgame show on CKNW.
Canucks at Phoenix tomorrow, where the announcers hate that the cameras are on the side of the arena opposite the press boxes, the sightlines behind one goal are brutal, and when the crowd gets up, the announcers can't see for crap. The new Coyotes arena in Glendale will open soon.
Tonight's pictures: one, two, three
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