Thursday, November 13, 2003
FLYERS 4, CANUCKS 3 (OT)
The Flyers and Canucks traded goals on this night, but unfortunately the Flyers scored the first and last goals on a night in which Vancouver never had the lead.
Goal scorers tonight for the Canucks were Jason King, Matt Cooke, and Todd Bertuzzi.
The top two lines' point totals...
Naslund (1 A), Morrison (zip), Bertuzzi (1 G) = 2 pts
D Sedin (1 A), King (1 G), H Sedin (1 G) = 3 pts
The Mattress Line was involved in what was described as a "pretty" goal, fed by passes from one end of the ice to the other (coast-to-coast in basketball terms), with the Sedins feeding rookie Jason King, who leads all rookies with 9 goals.
Unfortunately for the Canucks, there were two big giveaways in this game, and both were by experienced players. Sami Salo gave the puck away and fed the Flyers' goal on an outnumbered rush that put them up 3-2 with 3:49 to go in the game. In overtime, Brendan Morrison was caught coming down the ice with his back to the Flyer goal and had his pocket picked, feeding the 3-on-2 Flyer rush that resulted in Simon Gagne's game-winner. So no, you can't pin this one on Johan Hedberg in the net.
But the clutch play that netted the Canucks the single point in this game was Todd Bertuzzi camping out in front of the net and not being pushed around, thanks to his hugeness, and punching in the game-tying goal with just under 8 seconds left. Verrry clutch.
The Canucks also got Ed Jovanovski (1 A) and Magnus Arvedson back from injuries.
Game photos: one, two, three, four
Next Canuck game at Boston on Saturday.
Goal scorers tonight for the Canucks were Jason King, Matt Cooke, and Todd Bertuzzi.
The top two lines' point totals...
Naslund (1 A), Morrison (zip), Bertuzzi (1 G) = 2 pts
D Sedin (1 A), King (1 G), H Sedin (1 G) = 3 pts
The Mattress Line was involved in what was described as a "pretty" goal, fed by passes from one end of the ice to the other (coast-to-coast in basketball terms), with the Sedins feeding rookie Jason King, who leads all rookies with 9 goals.
Unfortunately for the Canucks, there were two big giveaways in this game, and both were by experienced players. Sami Salo gave the puck away and fed the Flyers' goal on an outnumbered rush that put them up 3-2 with 3:49 to go in the game. In overtime, Brendan Morrison was caught coming down the ice with his back to the Flyer goal and had his pocket picked, feeding the 3-on-2 Flyer rush that resulted in Simon Gagne's game-winner. So no, you can't pin this one on Johan Hedberg in the net.
But the clutch play that netted the Canucks the single point in this game was Todd Bertuzzi camping out in front of the net and not being pushed around, thanks to his hugeness, and punching in the game-tying goal with just under 8 seconds left. Verrry clutch.
The Canucks also got Ed Jovanovski (1 A) and Magnus Arvedson back from injuries.
Game photos: one, two, three, four
Next Canuck game at Boston on Saturday.
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