The lights on the Vancouver Canucks’ playoff hopes were still flickering, ever so faintly, before they flew to Denver to face the Colorado Avalanche, and they’re still burning, barely, …
The lights on the Vancouver Canucks’ playoff hopes were still flickering, ever so faintly, before they flew to Denver to face the Colorado Avalanche, and they’re still burning, barely, after a 3-2 shootout loss for the Avs on Wednesday night at the Pepsi Center.
Jacob Markstrom made 39 saves in regulation — and four more in overtime — to carry his team, who finally found their game halfway through the second period. Still, the Canucks were in it until the game’s final moments and managed to draw even with 3:02 to play, as Josh Leivo fired home on a one-timer from the top of the right face-off circle, a set play off a face-off that saw Ryan Spooner feed him off the half-wall.The Canucks got their first goal from Antoine Roussel, on a first-period tip of an Alex Biega point shot.How he stood tall in the first period, keeping his team in the game, was yet another chapter in his excellent season.
In that time, the Canucks have scored 2.78 goals per hour on the PP. Seven NHL teams have scored more goals per hour at five-on-five. Long bombThe point shot is a dying thing because they’re such low-percentage shots. But if you’ve watched Alex Biega, you know he doesn’t care. He’s just looking to get pucks to the net.
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