The Flames won this one wire-to-wire, dominating territorially despite the Canucks’ eagerness to battle in a game that had a lot of intensity and a little malice. (imacSportsnet)
got a lesson in Hockey 101 on Saturday night.soared to 101 points, hitting triple digits in the National Hockey League standings for the first time since 2006, with a 3-1 victory that might be the last closest thing the Canucks get to an actual playoff game this spring.
“You could feel the excitement in the building tonight and for the most part I thought we competed really well against that team,” Canucks defencemansaid. “They’ve got a great combination of skill and work ethic. I think we matched them on the work ethic, but we made a couple of mistakes, turned the puck over.
There is now a 27-point abyss separating the Canucks and Flames in the standings, but you wouldn’t guess the disparity between the teams by watching their season series. This patchwork group was outstanding last weekend when the Canucks swept back-to-back road games in Dallas and Chicago. But against Calgary, Vancouver’s defence was exposed. It struggled to make plays out of its end, and chased the speedy Flames around the Canucks’ zone.Jake Virtanen
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