2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Series – Vancouver Canucks win 5-1 against the Minnesota Wild at home
The 97th game of the NHL season took place this Friday as the Vancouver Canucks played host to the Minnesota Wild. The game was played at the Rogers Arena with 19,000 fans that came to witness the match. The match saw the Minnesota Wild play 7th
game of the season and the Vancouver play in their 8th game of the 2010 Compuware NHL Premiere Season thus far. The game saw the home team come up with a domination performance as they won the match 5-1.
1st Period
The away team, Minnesota Wild put up quite a show during the early stages of the match as they shot on the opposing goal. The plays that led to shots were splendid and well worked that saw many applauding them.
The home team on the hand took some time to settle. As they got into the game, the Vancouver Canucks started to dictate the proceedings with the offence that they had up front. Not only this but they maintained a very tight defence that was non porous and
didn’t allow any players come near the goal.
The home team got the confidence they needed and with the backing of the home fans, the Vancouver Canucks score in the 11th minute to take the lead. The goal was scored by Raffi Torres from a close range and perfectly placed shot. The rest of
the period didn’t see much as the home team came up with chances regularly but they couldn’t score.
At the end of the period, the Vancouver Canucks scored 1 goal out of the 10 goal attempts they made and the Minnesota Wild couldn’t score any goals out of the 5 goal attempts made.
2nd Period
The home team started off in a very impressive manner as they combined well leading to attacks. The Vancouver Canucks showed brilliant abilities in the department of defence and offence.
They managed to establish 2 goals to their advantage when the Vancouver Canucks scored in the 5th minute through Ryan Kesler from a backhand shot from 10 feet. The Vancouver Canucks didn’t press a lot after scoring the 2nd goal and
mostly waited for opportunities to come their way. This happened a few times but they weren’t able to capitalize from it.
On the other hand, the Minnesota Wild came up with attacks also as the period neared its end. The Minnesota Wild pushed forward while keeping the back line intact. The defence made sure that there weren’t any more goals scored against them.
However, neither of the teams could score more goals and the period ended with the Vancouver Canucks in the lead. During the period, the Vancouver Canucks scored once out of the 12 goal attempts they made and the Minnesota Wild couldn’t score despite firing
13 shot on target.
3rd Period
The 3rd period started slowly but as minutes passed, the game got tougher and tougher. During the start of the period, there were chances for both team but they couldn’t score.
However, the Vancouver Canucks scored another goal in the 12th minute to take the score to 3-0. The goal was scored by Manny Malhotra through a tip in from 9 feet. The minutes that followed didn’t see much happening.
But the Minnesota Wild was caught on a counter attack in the 17th minute as the Vancouver Canucks scored their 4th goal of the match. The goal was scored by Manny Malhotra who bagged his 2nd for the night.
The Minnesota Wild led their attack after play started and caught the opposing defence off guard and scored. The goal was no more than consolation with the score 4-1. The goal was scored by Antti Miettinen in the 18th minute when he hit a powerful
shot from 37 feet.
The Vancouver Canucks were determined to grab another goal as the match neared its end. They were successful in doing so as they sealed the win with a goal in the 18th minute in response to Minnesota Wild goal scored early in the minute. The goal
was scored by Jeff Tambellini from a decent shot from close range.
"I still thought it was a game doing into the third period 2-0," Wild Coach Todd Richards said. "I think we gave them opportunities, we gave them goals, just by making poor decisions on the ice."
"It's the best job in hockey," a smiling Tambellini said.
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