There haven’t been many nights quite like Sunday night.The Vancouver Canucks didn’t deserve a better fate. Their compete mantra was mangled. They chased the game. They were flat-footed.…
The Vancouver Canucks didn’t deserve a better fate. Their compete mantra was mangled. They chased the game. They were flat-footed. They were mistake prone. And the power play went into hibernation. If that wasn’t enough, winger Tyler Motte was lost to an upper-body injury in the second period.
Here’s what we learned as the Canucks were shut out 5-0 — their 10th blanking this season — to all but mathematically eliminate themselves from playoff contention in trailing the final Western Conference playoff spot by seven points with six games remaining: Anderson showed his size, speed and finish to open scoring when Bo Horvat bobbled the puck in the offensive zone and Derrick Pouliot was caught up on the half wall. Anderson picked the short side glove on Thatcher Demko late in the first period. The Blue Jackets would strike twice in the first seven minutes of the second period on a pair of miscues.
Baertschi buoyed by finally winging it againThere’s a piece of the action. And then there’s peace of mind. He couldn’t help but have his head on a swivel, but needed to play on the inside and in high-traffic areas to erase doubts that he could take contact. He dished a puck off early in his own zone when Markus Hannikainen had him in the crosshairs — and he was then jostled by the winger on the backcheck — before Boone Jenner rode Baertschi like he was in a rodeo in the second period.
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