Sunday, February 29, 2004
CANUCKS 2, BLUES 0
Columbus had beaten Colorado in overtime tonight, so the Canucks used this victory to jump to within one point of the Avalanche for the Northwest Division lead.
I wasn't able to catch the radio postgame show, so I can't fill in too much on what the crew thought of the game. One thing's for sure. Johan Hedberg was great in the net, which is good because he hasn't been getting a lot of chances to stay sharp. He had a couple of amazing saves tonight, and his 31st and final save of the night came on a Pavol Demitra penalty shot, where he sprawled to his left to glove the shot and preserve the shutout.
The Canucks scored on two somewhat odd goals. Artem Chubarov scored the first goal after Chris Osgood tried to clear the puck out of his own zone, hit one of his own men, and the puck went right to Chubarov. Artem made good on the wrist shot. The second goal came when Chris Osgood lost his stick after some ruckus in front of the net, leaving him defenseless for the most part when Mattias Ohlund launched a slap shot.
Canuck goals: Artem Chubarov (8), Mattias Ohlund (10)
The Canucks' biggest game of the year is Wednesday at Denver. Right now the Canucks are one point back of Colorado for the division lead. Colorado has a home game against Tampa Bay on Monday, and the Lightning has been a very tough team of late, so Colorado could be tired after that, you never know.
I wasn't able to catch the radio postgame show, so I can't fill in too much on what the crew thought of the game. One thing's for sure. Johan Hedberg was great in the net, which is good because he hasn't been getting a lot of chances to stay sharp. He had a couple of amazing saves tonight, and his 31st and final save of the night came on a Pavol Demitra penalty shot, where he sprawled to his left to glove the shot and preserve the shutout.
The Canucks scored on two somewhat odd goals. Artem Chubarov scored the first goal after Chris Osgood tried to clear the puck out of his own zone, hit one of his own men, and the puck went right to Chubarov. Artem made good on the wrist shot. The second goal came when Chris Osgood lost his stick after some ruckus in front of the net, leaving him defenseless for the most part when Mattias Ohlund launched a slap shot.
Canuck goals: Artem Chubarov (8), Mattias Ohlund (10)
The Canucks' biggest game of the year is Wednesday at Denver. Right now the Canucks are one point back of Colorado for the division lead. Colorado has a home game against Tampa Bay on Monday, and the Lightning has been a very tough team of late, so Colorado could be tired after that, you never know.