Sunday, January 12, 2014

Canucks- First Games of January

Vancouver Canucks

On New Year's Day, the Canucks lost to Tampa Bay, with a final score of 4-2. Brad Richardson opened the scoring, putting Vancouver on top with 8:35 left in the period. Zac Dalpe scored his first goal with the Canucks after two consecutive goals from Tampa Bay, tieing the game at   2-2. Kucherov took back the lead after Chris Higgins failed to clear the zone, with another goal from the Lightning to end the game 4-2.

On Saturday, January 4th, the Canucks lost 3-1 to the LA kings, with 1 goal by the Canucks in the first period, followed by 3 goals by the Kings in the last period.

In the following week, Vancouver lost twice, losing 3-2 to the Ducks in overtime, then losing 5-4 to the Pittsburgh Penguins in the shootout.

On Friday, January 10th, the Canucks finally broke their five-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues, and ended St. Louis' seven-game winning streak as well. Zac Dalpe opened the scoring, and Mike Santorelli added another early in the third period. Alex Pietrangelo scored the only goal for the Blues, who lost in regulation for the first time in 11 games.    

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