Roberto Luongo beats Leafs
Thanks Roberto, Another Canucks Win!
If it wasn’t for Roberto Luongo’s impressive first period, including almost a solid two minutes of 5 on 3 penalty killing time, the Vancouver Canucks would not have won the game tonight against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Canucks netminder was stellar in the new Canucks 3rd jerseys, while the offensive players scared away Toskala from the Leafs net after scoring 4 goals on 9 shots through a period and a half. pavol Demitra returned to the line-up tonght, making a three assist effort. Kyle Wellwood opened the scoring on a beautiful deflection into the net, against his former team. Wellwood leads the Canucks in goals scored.
Tonight’s goal scorers included Kyle Wellwood (Pavol Demitra, Shane O’Brien), Ryan Kesler PP (Mattias Ohlund, Pavol Demitra), Willie Mitchell (Alexandre Burrows, Jannik Hansen), and Daniel Sedin (Laurence Nycholat, Pavol Demitra).
The Canucks found themselves in the penalty box alot again tonight, especially in the third period when the Leafs tried staging a comeback. The Leafs scored on one of their third period power plays while pulling Curtis Joseph (who replaced Toskala in net half way through the second) for the extra attacker, making it a 6 on 4. Overall, the Leafs were one for eight, and the Canucks were one for five on the power play.
Tonight’s three stars were picked by CBC’s Hockey Night In Canada and were 1- Roberto Luongo 2- Willie Mitchell and 3- Pavol Demitra. The Canucks ended their six game home stand with a 4-1-1 record.
The Canucks now head out on a four game road trip, playing their next game agianst the New York Islanders on Monday night at 4pm, the game being broadcast on Sportsnet Pacific and streaming live online on Team1040.ca
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Tags: Alexandre Burrows, Daniel Sedin, Jannik Hansen, Kyle Wellwood, Laurence Nycholat, Mattias Ohlund, Pavol Demitra, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Kesler, Shane O'Brien, Toronto Maple Leafs, Willie Mitchell, Win
