The Vancouver Canucks won their third straight game, and seventh in their last nine with a 5-2 stomping of the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night. Darcy Hordichuk scored his 1st goal on his 1st shot of the year, Matt Pettinger scored his first of the year while Mason Raymond, Henrik Sedin and Alex Burrows on an empty net completed the scoring for Vancouver. Kyle Brodziak scored both goals for the Wild.
Niklas Backstrom was pulled after the 2nd period in favour of Josh Harding, while Andrew Raycroft was once again spectacular in net for the Canucks making 28 saves and keeping his GAA to a league leading 1.60.
Vancouver is right back at it tonight in Dallas for a meeting with the Stars. Corey Schneider is expected to get his 1st start of the year for the Canucks.
Our take: It's quite amazing that the Canucks are still finding ways to win considering their incredible injury woes. If they can remain over .500 without Luongo and other key parts - then the future looks bright for when they arrive.
Also, how nice is it that Kevin Bieksa is playing forward? No more turnovers from the backend and his forecheck is actually pretty good. I would seriously consider keepeing him there going forward, or at least while we still are short bodies up front.
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