4-3 Avs in OT.
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Just go out and win. :btThe Vancouver Canucks have been playing well at home late in the regular season. They'll try to rely on that home-ice advantage to end a long losing streak against the Colorado Avalanche and draw closer to a playoff berth.
After stopping one slide its last time out, Vancouver will try to snap a five-game skid against Colorado on Tuesday night.
The Canucks (39-30-10) posted a pair of one-goal victories in their first two games versus the Avalanche in 2007-08. Colorado, though, has dominated in five games since, outscoring Vancouver 19-9.
"We played well against them the last few games," Colorado coach Joel Quenneville said of Vancouver, 7-1-3 in its last 11 overall at GM Place. "We know it's going to be a very important game."
The Canucks' struggles against the Avs this season are just one reason why Vancouver has yet to clinch its sixth playoff berth in seven seasons. Alain Vigneault's club starts play in eighth place in the Western Conference, one point ahead of Nashville and two in front of Edmonton.
Vancouver will face Edmonton on Thursday before finishing up the regular season against Calgary on Saturday.
"There are a lot of teams in this (playoff race)," Vigneault said. "Edmonton is there, Nashville is there, Calgary is there, Colorado is there. Everybody is right in the mix."
The Canucks hope an offensive outburst from their last game will carry over to this one after they scored five unanswered goals - two from 19-year veteran Trevor Linden - in a 6-2 victory over the Flames on Sunday. Vancouver scored just six goals during its four-game losing streak.
It was the first multigoal game in more than five years for the 37-year-old Linden, long regarded as one of the best players in Canucks history.
"I thought (Washington's Alex) Ovechkin was out there tonight for us," Vancouver's Alex Burrows told the Canucks' official Web site. "(Trevor) was just flying and playing well, playing with confidence. ... It was two great goals for us and that's why we call him Mr. Clutch."
A healthy scratch for 23 games this season, Linden has failed to notch a point in his last nine against Colorado.
With three games remaining, Vancouver also needs clutch performances from Roberto Luongo. He made 27 saves against the Flames for his first win in five starts, but Luongo has allowed 17 goals during the losing streak to the Avs, starting all five contests.
Playing its second-to-last game of the season, sixth-place Colorado (42-31-7) has 91 points, three more than Vancouver. The Avs, though, had their three-game winning streak halted Sunday with a 3-2 loss to Minnesota when Jose Theodore was beaten by Marian Gaborik 3:10 into overtime.
"We know we're in a good position (to get into the playoffs), but we know we still have to win," Colorado's Joe Sakic said. "We have to play well in Vancouver."
Colorado played without Peter Forsberg, who was scratched with a groin injury and is day-to-day. The oft-injured 2003 MVP made his season debut March 4 at home against Vancouver, and had three assists Wednesday in a 6-3 victory over the Canucks in Denver.
Colorado is 6-1-0 with Forsberg in the lineup. He's got nine assists, but has yet to score a goal.
The Avalanche wrap up the regular season Sunday at home against playoff-bound Minnesota.
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No offense, but I hope the Canucks put up a better fight then last time they played the Avs. The 'Nucks are coming off a large win off Calgary and Colorado is looking to rebound from a Minny OT lost. It's a road game so im a bit nervous, im just hoping Forsberg's groin holds up.
Total and utter shet.
Nice collapse
I'll probably take heat for this but oh well.
Luongo has played like **** the last 3 outa 4 games and was the cause of this loss. He was outa possition on two of the four goals and looked like a fish out of water.!!
He is not earning his money plain and simple.
Should he have to carry this team.? NO
He should however make the routine saves and he's not, and that three outa the last four games has cost the team.
Reminds me of the weak goal that got the canucks knocked outa the playoffs last year against the ducks when he was more worried about a penalty call then stopping the puck.
I'll probably take heat for this but oh well.
Luongo has played like **** the last 3 outa 4 games and was the cause of this loss. He was outa possition on two of the four goals and looked like a fish out of water.!!
He is not earning his money plain and simple.
Should he have to carry this team.? NO
He should however make the routine saves and he's not, and that three outa the last four games has cost the team.
Reminds me of the weak goal that got the canucks knocked outa the playoffs last year against the ducks when he was more worried about a penalty call then stopping the puck.
I agree 100% Flyersfan.
I love Loungo, he truly is an elite goaltender, but as of late he hasn't playing up to his superstar status.
That being said, even if he was I'm not sure it would make a difference. It might give us a better chance to win but in the end I don't think the team has it in them.
BUT, maybe we could sneek into the playoffs in 8th and become this year's cinderella team? :dunno:
go nucks go
I love Loungo, he truly is an elite goaltender, but as of late he hasn't playing up to his superstar status.
That being said, even if he was I'm not sure it would make a difference. It might give us a better chance to win but in the end I don't think the team has it in them.
BUT, maybe we could sneek into the playoffs in 8th and become this year's cinderella team? :dunno:
go nucks go
Remember last summer I talked about Luongo needing to learn that he can't play 70+ games every season on the west coast?Nice collapse
I'll probably take heat for this but oh well.
Luongo has played like **** the last 3 outa 4 games and was the cause of this loss. He was outa possition on two of the four goals and looked like a fish out of water.!!
He is not earning his money plain and simple.
Should he have to carry this team.? NO
He should however make the routine saves and he's not, and that three outa the last four games has cost the team.
Reminds me of the weak goal that got the canucks knocked outa the playoffs last year against the ducks when he was more worried about a penalty call then stopping the puck.
This just isn't Florida and he can't keep this up and be mentally focussed enough at the end of the year. If nothing else, he should realize that doing this every year in Vancouver is going to knock 5 years off his career.
Vigneault needs to sit down with Luongo after the season and tell him that next year he'll be restricted to playing no more than 65 games and that's all there is to it.
<sigh> Yet another season swirls down the crapper out here in the Rim.
Luongo has been playing like crap and this lost mayb have cost the Canucks a playoff spot. Im really hoping we make the playoffs but if we do miss the playoffs it will give us a better postion to draft or trade up for the draft in June and we could obatin a top prospect. Next 2 are must win games
looks like luongo came back early to make sure they didn't make the playoffs so he could have some time with his new child. pro athlete or not, leaving your wife and new baby less than 24 hrs after the birth is going to mess with anyones head. not to mention he has the added pressure of basically carrying the team into the post season.
I can't believe people are blaming this on Luongo. If it wasn't for Luongo there wouldn't even be a playoff picture. Got to admit Luongo has cracked under the pressure but no reason to jump all over him.
In my opinion I blame the stupid penalties we take...
In my opinion I blame the stupid penalties we take...
Oh, I'm not blaming him pruches. If not for that MVP run he had back in Novemeber, they wouldn't even have a hope in hell of making the playoffs at this point.I can't believe people are blaming this on Luongo. If it wasn't for Luongo there wouldn't even be a playoff picture. Got to admit Luongo has cracked under the pressure but no reason to jump all over him.
In my opinion I blame the stupid penalties we take...
But let's be honost...he hasn't played his best down the stretch here, and this team needs him at his best, especially in March and April. It's what he's paid for.
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