Saturday, November 14, 2009

Avalanche v. Canucks - Scoring Chances #20

TmPTimeNoteCOLOpponent
VAN118:06
5203740415515172127335v5
VAN118:04Goal520374041551581721335v5
COL113:02
8162737404116101323
5v4
VAN112:53Goal8162737404116101321235v5
VAN111:55
10152528415215142627425v5
VAN19:02Goal8102641525416101523365v5
VAN18:05
916222327411381721335v5
COL12:22
59162040411351314335v5
VAN10:54
822262741541381018365v5
COL219:47
822262741541381721335v5
COL215:49
58162537411381418
5v4
COL214:59
9202326274116102123
5v4
VAN213:17
1622252627411381721335v5
VAN211:40Goal15222728404115142627425v5
COL211:05
58920234116131823375v5
VAN28:02
22415254

16171827333v5
VAN26:37
5101526415515142326425v5
VAN23:46
9101623415216101523365v5
COL20:10
581620415516172123
5v4
COL315:20
59202326311581013
5v4
COL315:05
581620314016141723
5v4
COL314:28
810162731401381036
5v4
COL314:10Goal810162731401381036
5v4
COL313:43
22232631525515172123335v5
COL313:42
22232631525515172123335v5
VAN312:15
891016315213142627425v5
COL311:18
22232627314015172123335v5
COL39:12
1015313752541381426425v5
COL39:10Goal1015313752541381426425v5
VAN38:45Goal5152031375415101823365v5
VAN37:09Goal2223262731
15172123334v5
VAN32:26Goal515273137521381318375v5
VAN30:17Goal582031374013101527365v5


#PlayerEVPPSH
5B. CLARK10:57264:55403:5300
8W. WOLSKI12:56254:40600:2500
9M. DUCHENE12:31234:41200:0000
10K. CUMISKEY13:31252:55202:5800
15M. HENDRICKS7:34250:04003:1700
16D. TUCKER11:51154:45600:0000
20T. PREISSING10:07243:00400:0000
22S. HANNAN16:42440:19004:3301
23M. HEJDUK11:24424:28201:4001
25C. STEWART9:02021:05100:0000
26P. STASTNY11:25445:08202:3701
27K. QUINCEY16:01264:51402:0201
28D. KOCI2:01020:00000:0000
31P. BUDAJ14:46542:11403:0301
37R. O'REILLY10:12263:05205:0200
40M. SVATOS9:57253:10400:0000
41C. ANDERSON25:463117:33405:1600
52A. FOOTE14:30450:15003:1700
54D. JONES11:55330:31001:4200
55C. MCLEOD10:22230:48101:5000


PeriodTotalsEVPP5v3 PPSH5v3 SH
1271710000000
2552430000001
3955440000100
4000000000000
Totals161781580000101

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.

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