Monday, March 22, 2004
BLUE JACKETS 5, CANUCKS 4
I was traveling back to B-town during the game, so no postgame comments from the Canuck crew. I'll do my best via the SportsLine game stats and recap.
Ugh...if there's any Mariner fans that are feeling nostalgic and/or need their fix of first half greatness and second half mediocrity, look no further than the Vancouver Canucks.
In this one, the Canucks had a 4-2 lead with 17:19 to go after Artem Chubarov's second goal of the game, an offensive explosion for him. With a 4-2 lead, I would imagine most Canuck fans liked their chances up two goals against COLUMBUS.
But even with the returns of Ed Jovanovski (out 25 games) and Henrik Sedin (out five of last six) to the lineup, it wasn't enough to stave off a four-point night from Russian 19-year-old Nikolai Zherdev.
Reading through the recap, Johan Hedberg had his second terrible night in a row. One goal was off a defenseman's shoulder, and another was screened, so those might be somewhat possible, but most of the others just come down to the bottom line -- stop or no stop.
Canuck goals: Brendan Morrison (20), Henrik Sedin (10), Artem Chubarov twice (10)
The Canucks are 8-13-6 at the Garage after blazing out of the gate at 9-0-1.
Kings at Canucks, Wednesday.
Ugh...if there's any Mariner fans that are feeling nostalgic and/or need their fix of first half greatness and second half mediocrity, look no further than the Vancouver Canucks.
In this one, the Canucks had a 4-2 lead with 17:19 to go after Artem Chubarov's second goal of the game, an offensive explosion for him. With a 4-2 lead, I would imagine most Canuck fans liked their chances up two goals against COLUMBUS.
But even with the returns of Ed Jovanovski (out 25 games) and Henrik Sedin (out five of last six) to the lineup, it wasn't enough to stave off a four-point night from Russian 19-year-old Nikolai Zherdev.
Reading through the recap, Johan Hedberg had his second terrible night in a row. One goal was off a defenseman's shoulder, and another was screened, so those might be somewhat possible, but most of the others just come down to the bottom line -- stop or no stop.
Canuck goals: Brendan Morrison (20), Henrik Sedin (10), Artem Chubarov twice (10)
The Canucks are 8-13-6 at the Garage after blazing out of the gate at 9-0-1.
Kings at Canucks, Wednesday.
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