Avalanche v. Canucks - Scoring Chances #20

Tm	P	Time	Note	COL						Opponent
VAN	1	18:06		5	20	37	40	41	55	1	5	17	21	27	33	5v5
VAN	1	18:04	Goal	5	20	37	40	41	55	1	5	8	17	21	33	5v5
COL	1	13:02		8	16	27	37	40	41	1	6	10	13	23		5v4
VAN	1	12:53	Goal	8	16	27	37	40	41	1	6	10	13	21	23	5v5
VAN	1	11:55		10	15	25	28	41	52	1	5	14	26	27	42	5v5
VAN	1	9:02	Goal	8	10	26	41	52	54	1	6	10	15	23	36	5v5
VAN	1	8:05		9	16	22	23	27	41	1	3	8	17	21	33	5v5
COL	1	2:22		5	9	16	20	40	41	1	3	5	13	14	33	5v5
VAN	1	0:54		8	22	26	27	41	54	1	3	8	10	18	36	5v5
COL	2	19:47		8	22	26	27	41	54	1	3	8	17	21	33	5v5
COL	2	15:49		5	8	16	25	37	41	1	3	8	14	18		5v4
COL	2	14:59		9	20	23	26	27	41	1	6	10	21	23		5v4
VAN	2	13:17		16	22	25	26	27	41	1	3	8	17	21	33	5v5
VAN	2	11:40	Goal	15	22	27	28	40	41	1	5	14	26	27	42	5v5
COL	2	11:05		5	8	9	20	23	41	1	6	13	18	23	37	5v5
VAN	2	8:02		22	41	52	54			1	6	17	18	27	33	3v5
VAN	2	6:37		5	10	15	26	41	55	1	5	14	23	26	42	5v5
VAN	2	3:46		9	10	16	23	41	52	1	6	10	15	23	36	5v5
COL	2	0:10		5	8	16	20	41	55	1	6	17	21	23		5v4
COL	3	15:20		5	9	20	23	26	31	1	5	8	10	13		5v4
COL	3	15:05		5	8	16	20	31	40	1	6	14	17	23		5v4
COL	3	14:28		8	10	16	27	31	40	1	3	8	10	36		5v4
COL	3	14:10	Goal	8	10	16	27	31	40	1	3	8	10	36		5v4
COL	3	13:43		22	23	26	31	52	55	1	5	17	21	23	33	5v5
COL	3	13:42		22	23	26	31	52	55	1	5	17	21	23	33	5v5
VAN	3	12:15		8	9	10	16	31	52	1	3	14	26	27	42	5v5
COL	3	11:18		22	23	26	27	31	40	1	5	17	21	23	33	5v5
COL	3	9:12		10	15	31	37	52	54	1	3	8	14	26	42	5v5
COL	3	9:10	Goal	10	15	31	37	52	54	1	3	8	14	26	42	5v5
VAN	3	8:45	Goal	5	15	20	31	37	54	1	5	10	18	23	36	5v5
VAN	3	7:09	Goal	22	23	26	27	31		1	5	17	21	23	33	4v5
VAN	3	2:26	Goal	5	15	27	31	37	52	1	3	8	13	18	37	5v5
VAN	3	0:17	Goal	5	8	20	31	37	40	1	3	10	15	27	36	5v5

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
5	B. CLARK	10:57	2	6	4:55	4	0	3:53	0	0
8	W. WOLSKI	12:56	2	5	4:40	6	0	0:25	0	0
9	M. DUCHENE	12:31	2	3	4:41	2	0	0:00	0	0
10	K. CUMISKEY	13:31	2	5	2:55	2	0	2:58	0	0
15	M. HENDRICKS	7:34	2	5	0:04	0	0	3:17	0	0
16	D. TUCKER	11:51	1	5	4:45	6	0	0:00	0	0
20	T. PREISSING	10:07	2	4	3:00	4	0	0:00	0	0
22	S. HANNAN	16:42	4	4	0:19	0	0	4:33	0	1
23	M. HEJDUK	11:24	4	2	4:28	2	0	1:40	0	1
25	C. STEWART	9:02	0	2	1:05	1	0	0:00	0	0
26	P. STASTNY	11:25	4	4	5:08	2	0	2:37	0	1
27	K. QUINCEY	16:01	2	6	4:51	4	0	2:02	0	1
28	D. KOCI	2:01	0	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
31	P. BUDAJ	14:46	5	4	2:11	4	0	3:03	0	1
37	R. O'REILLY	10:12	2	6	3:05	2	0	5:02	0	0
40	M. SVATOS	9:57	2	5	3:10	4	0	0:00	0	0
41	C. ANDERSON	25:46	3	11	7:33	4	0	5:16	0	0
52	A. FOOTE	14:30	4	5	0:15	0	0	3:17	0	0
54	D. JONES	11:55	3	3	0:31	0	0	1:42	0	0
55	C. MCLEOD	10:22	2	3	0:48	1	0	1:50	0	0

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	2	7	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	5	5	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	9	5	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	16	17	8	15	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

Well, this was yet another slow start for the Avalanche. The Avalanche were outchanced badly at even strength in the first period and the second wasn't much better. They came out hard in the third but after narrowing at 4-0 lead to 4-2 the Canucks were able to score on the power play to make it 5-2 only 25 seconds later. The Avalanche didn't get a single scoring chance after that point. They tightened things up in the third period once the Canucks decided not to go for any offence but that shouldn't be much consolation (for more on how the Avalanche and other times have done with the score tied, check out this post by JLikens). The one bright spot may have been special teams which were good again tonight, although the PK again got burned by a pass through the seam for a one timer. They're going to need to take a look at that because one timers coming across the ice around the faceoff dot are not easy to stop.

I didn't much care for the way the Avalanche were responded to getting down early. Kyle Quincey took a bad penalty in the first with Colorado down three and then Adam Foote basically mugged a Canuck player while short-handed. I thought he was very lucky not to put his team down two guys (he definitely deserved an extra penalty). The officials actually made a couple of other odd calls. When Alex Burrows clipped Craig Anderson and Anderson went down the refs need to call a penalty. With a fall like that it's either tripping or diving but it isn't nothing (it was tripping in this case). Then, at the end of the second period Cody McLeod slewfoots his man off the faceoff and ends up with a scoring chance. That was just a terrible non-call.

Funniest moment for me was Kevin Weekes commenting on a Milan Hejduk (a nice first game back for him, not so much for Tom Preissing and Darcy Tucker continues to suck) shot from a bad angle: "Sharp-angled shots are hard for goalies to save." And that's why Kevin Weekes is a commentator instead of an NHL goalie this year. Weekes also mentioned (a few times!) that the Avalanche just needed to play with more desperation in order to be successful. Judging from how often they've won games so far this season what they really need is either better goaltending or better luck.