Wednesday, March 17, 2004
PREDATORS 2, CANUCKS 2 (OT)
The Avalanche had already lost, and the Canucks appeared to be in complete control of the game, having gotten down 1-0 in the first period (for the fifth straight game the opposition scored first against the Canucks), but then scored two goals 38 seconds apart (tallied by Ryan Kesler, his 2nd goal, and Trevor Linden, his 13th goal). The Canucks had played extremely well with the lead, and it appeared that Nashville pretty much had nothing going for it. Then they found the need to wake up with a minute to go. Kimmo Timonen put one off the post, picked up the puck and went to the blueline and ripped another shot. Dan Cloutier stopped it and left the rebound right in the perfect place for Adam Hall, who put the puck in.
Instead of the Canucks getting within four points of the Avalanche, they are within five. The Canucks probably are mired in some seed below 3rd, but if they were to take the Northwest Division, they'd have to make up five points in nine games. A nine-game winning streak would net 18 points.
Dan Cloutier made some key stops in the overtime period, but it was his leaving the rebound in front of the net that made the overtime even happen in the first place. Nashville goaile Tomas Vokoun kept the Preds in the game and protected the tie in the overtime period. In the second period, he robbed Markus Naslund on a shot that would have put the Canucks up 3-1 and in all likelihood would have sewn up the two points for the Canucks. In the overtime, Vokoun stacked the pads on a Martin Rucnisky breakaway off a faceoff with under ten seconds to go.
The positive thing for the night was that the Kesler-Linden-Matt Cooke line did a pretty good job.
To preface the game notes, the three amigos talk first about the faceoff that occurred before Adam Hall's game-tying goal. Trevor Linden, the Canucks' best player on the faceoff, was waved out of the circle, and the Canucks lost the faceoff. Seconds later, Hall scored. The reason for the location of the faceoff was traced to Dan Cloutier covering up the puck, though he had more than enough time to play the puck and clear it away. The coverup was deemed to be defensible, though.
Game notes...totally lazy form:
dan: team scoring last in tie is always happier team
tom: like a 2pt victory for nsh; canucks have to be disappointed, unable to protect lead; has to be done to do well in playoffs
dan: winning faceoffs; linden waved out of faceoff circle
john: faceoff win led to timmonen chance, then goal...
dan: nashville no pressure till last minute
tom: thought van was putting on clinic on how to protect lead; vokoun not at bench till 38 secs left; van lost faceoff, rest was history; not a lot of nsh chances
john: what led to faceoff? cloutier covered up, but had time to play it; cover is defensible though
dan: kesler first star, adam hall star 2, cooke star 3
tom: where's vokoun? kesler and cooke looked great early; cooke made nifty passes to set up goals
dan: 6 of 12 canucks games have gone OT...they're streaky
john: no silver lining tonight
The Canucks travel to Dallas on Thursday.
Instead of the Canucks getting within four points of the Avalanche, they are within five. The Canucks probably are mired in some seed below 3rd, but if they were to take the Northwest Division, they'd have to make up five points in nine games. A nine-game winning streak would net 18 points.
Dan Cloutier made some key stops in the overtime period, but it was his leaving the rebound in front of the net that made the overtime even happen in the first place. Nashville goaile Tomas Vokoun kept the Preds in the game and protected the tie in the overtime period. In the second period, he robbed Markus Naslund on a shot that would have put the Canucks up 3-1 and in all likelihood would have sewn up the two points for the Canucks. In the overtime, Vokoun stacked the pads on a Martin Rucnisky breakaway off a faceoff with under ten seconds to go.
The positive thing for the night was that the Kesler-Linden-Matt Cooke line did a pretty good job.
To preface the game notes, the three amigos talk first about the faceoff that occurred before Adam Hall's game-tying goal. Trevor Linden, the Canucks' best player on the faceoff, was waved out of the circle, and the Canucks lost the faceoff. Seconds later, Hall scored. The reason for the location of the faceoff was traced to Dan Cloutier covering up the puck, though he had more than enough time to play the puck and clear it away. The coverup was deemed to be defensible, though.
Game notes...totally lazy form:
dan: team scoring last in tie is always happier team
tom: like a 2pt victory for nsh; canucks have to be disappointed, unable to protect lead; has to be done to do well in playoffs
dan: winning faceoffs; linden waved out of faceoff circle
john: faceoff win led to timmonen chance, then goal...
dan: nashville no pressure till last minute
tom: thought van was putting on clinic on how to protect lead; vokoun not at bench till 38 secs left; van lost faceoff, rest was history; not a lot of nsh chances
john: what led to faceoff? cloutier covered up, but had time to play it; cover is defensible though
dan: kesler first star, adam hall star 2, cooke star 3
tom: where's vokoun? kesler and cooke looked great early; cooke made nifty passes to set up goals
dan: 6 of 12 canucks games have gone OT...they're streaky
john: no silver lining tonight
The Canucks travel to Dallas on Thursday.
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