| 27 March 2009
After a couple of horrible home efforts against the Oilers and Ducks, the Avs bounced back with a good effort and were competitive for most of the game against Vancouver, losing 4-1. The Avs had a solid first period. Galiardi took advantage of a Hendricks screen and opened the scoring with a nice shot from the slot and the Avs took a 1-0 lead into the 1st intermission. Vancouver started to take the game over in the 2nd. On a really funny play in the Avs zone, Guite lost his stick and Lappy cleared it away, right into a Sundin pass. Even though it wasn’t intentional, it was correctly called a penalty shot. Lappy went berserk, and was thown out of the game. Even though Raycroft made the save on Demitra‘s PS, the Avs never seemed to recover. Both Sedins scored the games next goals, to make it 2-1 and Vancouver rolled to a win. What impressed me:
Cody McLeod - Continued to show a surprising offensive confidence that he has built throughout this season. He got robbed in the 1st and hit the post in the 2nd. Hopefully, its not just a one year anomaly, as these good offensive years can be sometimes can be with a gritty 3rd / 4th liner.
The TJs - Galiardi had his NHL first goal (finally, one of these kids scores!) , but also played point on the PP, looks to be more comfortable than some of the other guys (like Hendricks) and Hensick is looking more and more like the playmaker I expected when we was called up from Lake Erie early in the season.
What didn’t impress me:
Avs Play in 2nd and 3rd - After a very even 1st, Vancouver outshot the Avs 16 - 5 in the 2nd and outscored the Avs 3-0 in the 3rd. The Avs let the game get away, although maybe it was more of a case of the Canucks showing up after a bad 1st period.
3 Stars:
1. VAN C 33 H.SEDIN
2. VAN R 38 P.DEMITRA
3. COL G 1 A.RAYCROFT
Scratches:
Foote (head)
Nycholat (head)
Salei (knee)
Stastny (head)
Stewart (head)
Svatos (head)
Tjarnqvist (head)
Tucker (back)
Wolski (illness)
Number Watch: Wes O’Neill played in his first NHL game, he wore #62.
Notes: Wolski missed the game with an illness. The Avalanche signed Ryan Stoa today, their 2nd round pick in 2005.
Next Game: Sunday in Anaheim at 6PM
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