The Vancouver Canucks snapped their 3 game losing streak with a win on Saturday, January 18th in a bizarre game against the Calgary Flames, winning 3-2 in the shootout. The game began with a line brawl two seconds into the game, leaving each team without four players, and only four defencemen. There were no goals in the first period, which had ended with 188 penalty minutes. During the first intermission, a furious Coach John Tortorella had to be restrained after going into the tunnel that lead to the Calgary locker room. Early in the second period, Calgary's Mark Giordano opened up the scoring on the powerplay, but not long after that Ryan Kesler tied the game at 1-1. In the third, Matt Stajan of the Flames made the score 2-1, but Yannick Weber tied it up again on the powerplay. The game went on to the shootout after a goal-less OT. After goals from Colborne and Weber, Chris Higgins wins the game for the Canucks in the fifth round, and ends their 3 game losing streak. Tortorella later apologized to the players that were on the ice at the beginning of the game during the brawl, especially rookie Kellan Lain, whose first NHL game lasted a grand total of two seconds.
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