The Canucks had spirited effort but still lost to the Stanley Cup playoff-bound Flames.
In a game where the Vancouver Canucks played pretty well, it was three crucial mistakes that led to all three goals and sank, once and for all, the Canucks’ playoff chances.There are four teams between them and the Colorado Avalanche, who are in that spot.If the playoffs started Sunday morning, all 16 teams have positive goal-differential.The Canucks sit bottom-third in the league in goals-for, and somewhere in the mushy middle in goals-against.
This all goes with the reality that when faced by a top team like Calgary, the margin for error isn’t just zero, it’s in fact negative: You make mistakes, they have the talent to punish you. Another game in short orderBiega admitted it would be tough to wipe out the memory of Saturday’s loss, but at least there’s another game coming Sunday evening.“It’s going to be a good test for our group, especially character-wise.”Just a reminder there was a thought in some parts that the Canucks could've been a playoff team with better goaltending the last couple years. Well Jacob Markstrom continues to play out of his skull and here we are.
The Canucks’ trio generated only eight shot attempts towards the Flames goal, while seeing 17 go towards their own.Hey, about Utica…Things have fallen apart for Utica. There are three key defencemen for the Comets playing in Vancouver. They lost a forward with a scoring touch in Jonathan Dahlen.
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