Vancouver Canucks Drop 5-3 Decision as Ducks Stay Hot
In what felt like heartbreak territory on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena, Mason McTavish broke a 3-3 tie at 5:45 […]
Bob Frid-Imagn Images In what felt like heartbreak territory on Tuesday night at Rogers Arena, Mason McTavish broke a 3-3 tie at 5:45 of the third period. The game slowly slipped away from the Vancouver Canucks from that point, with Troy Terry adding an empty-netter with five seconds left to confirm the Anaheim Ducks ’ 5-3 victory. Anaheim got two goals from Mikael Granlund, three assists from John Carlson, and 27 saves from Lukas Dostal in its third straight win.
Reuters reported that the Ducks have now stretched their point streak to five games and recorded their 24th comeback victory of the season, which is tied for the NHL lead. That’s all positive for Ducks fans. A better start, same finish Let’s cut to the chase: this was not an ugly loss for the Canucks.
It wasn’t flat or lifeless. Even Sportsnet stated that the Canucks’ effort was better than what it showed against St. Louis and Tampa Bay , and the shot count backed that up.
Anaheim was up only 34-30. Even so, the same weakness kept showing up. Too many Grade-A looks against, too much open ice, too many chances that made Kevin Lankinen work harder than he should have.