Tuesday, December 16, 2003
CANUCKS 2, PREDATORS 1 (OT)
This is getting a little too crazy. Overtime again for the Canucks. This one is the Canucks' fifth straight overtime and their 11th in the past 15 games. They are now 6-2-3 in those overtime games. That totals out to 15 out of a possible 22 points.
Dan Cloutier came back from an injury tonight and gave up only one goal, flying in the face of his giving-up-goals-in-twos tendencies. He made 29 stops, though the goal allowed in the latter half of the third period was a shorthanded one by Rem Murray.
Scoring goals tonight for the Canucks were Mattias Ohlund (5th this year) and Brendan Morrison (game winner, 12th overall goal this year).
Todd Bertuzzi has five assists in his last four games.
Right now, the Canucks sit at 17-7-5-2 with 41 points, good for what would be the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs if the season were to end right now. The hated Detroit Red Wings would be number one with 42 points. The Canucks have a three-point lead on Colorado in their division, which is a very good thing. The LA Kings lead the pathetic Pacific division with 36 points, a point total that is a mere fifth-best in the conference...but alas, they lead their division.
It's divisions like that and the NHL Southeast division (crappy teams like Washington, Carolina, and Tampa Bay win it every year) that make my mind draw comparisons at the 1994, 1995, and 1998 AL West divisions like I did earlier.
Canucks tomorrow night at Dallas. I know Dallas has been crap this year...but it's still Dallas, and it's still the second game of a back-to-back.
Dan Cloutier came back from an injury tonight and gave up only one goal, flying in the face of his giving-up-goals-in-twos tendencies. He made 29 stops, though the goal allowed in the latter half of the third period was a shorthanded one by Rem Murray.
Scoring goals tonight for the Canucks were Mattias Ohlund (5th this year) and Brendan Morrison (game winner, 12th overall goal this year).
Todd Bertuzzi has five assists in his last four games.
Right now, the Canucks sit at 17-7-5-2 with 41 points, good for what would be the second seed in the Western Conference playoffs if the season were to end right now. The hated Detroit Red Wings would be number one with 42 points. The Canucks have a three-point lead on Colorado in their division, which is a very good thing. The LA Kings lead the pathetic Pacific division with 36 points, a point total that is a mere fifth-best in the conference...but alas, they lead their division.
It's divisions like that and the NHL Southeast division (crappy teams like Washington, Carolina, and Tampa Bay win it every year) that make my mind draw comparisons at the 1994, 1995, and 1998 AL West divisions like I did earlier.
Canucks tomorrow night at Dallas. I know Dallas has been crap this year...but it's still Dallas, and it's still the second game of a back-to-back.
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