Daniel Sedin gets hat trick as Vancouver Canucks dominate Colorado Avalanche with 6-0 shutout -NHL Update
Vancouver proved on Tuesday night, December 6, 2011, that they could pull through any contest despite how difficult it may be as Daniel Sedin picked up a hat-trick and the Canucks fought through an intense third period to dominate the Colorado Avalanche,
6-0, shutting them out at the sold-out Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
In the past two matchups now, Vancouver has emerged dominant by scoring a number of goals as they nearly wiped out the Calgary Flames, 5-1, earlier on Sunday and now Colorado Avalanche.
Roberto Luongo kicked off the match in net for the home team but after feeling a little lightheaded following 13 shot attempts, he was replaced with backup goaltender, Cory Schneider, who played the remaining 35:54 and blocked all 20 shots.
"Just had trouble breathing for a few seconds and felt fine afterwards," said Luongo, when being interviewed after the match. "A little bit lightheaded the rest of the way … I just didn't feel like myself for a little while. That's why we got the closer
in there."
Daniel Sedin kicked off the scoring for his 10th of the 2011-2012 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season at the 3:19 mark in the opening period. Vancouver was given a major power play opportunity midway through as Colorado’s, Kevin Porter,
was booked with a 10-minute game misconduct and five minute major for keening, which was served by Brandon Yip, but failed to score on the added man chance.
Jannik Hansen extended the Vancouver lead nearly midway through the second while the Canucks managed to kill off two straight penalties which could have resulted in Colorado levelling the contest.
Daniel Sedin potted two in the third period along with Jannik Hansen only 34 seconds after his second of the night while Alexander Edler made the finalising shot at the 9:40 mark for their first power play goal.
Vancouver certainly was on the down-low entering the new season, but according to Sedin, they will eventually have some good days and some bad.
"That's the way a season goes," Daniel Sedin said. "It's up and down, and you're going to have some games when you're not scoring, and some games when the pucks are going in."
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