<p style="text-align: center;"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="//thenationnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/07/cf/article_07cfb342-2679-4f48-8c28-e9db585ca4ab.jpg" alt="511637680" width="600" height="438"></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Coming off of their fourth straight 5-2 loss, the Canucks met the Avalanche at Rogers Arena, a place that had not seen a home win since January 11th. The 5-2 score did not show up for the Canucks tonight, but Ryan Miller, the Sedins, and more did!</p>
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<h2>THE GOALS </h2>
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<p>Adam Cracknell opened the scoring midway through the first. This was Cracknell’s second goal in as many games and it was actually a very nice goal.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe loading="lazy" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cs_6Dkm-1mg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Jannik Hansen doubled the lead late in the opening frame, setting yet another career high with his 18th (which he does every time he scores). Like so many Hansen goals this season, this one came as a result of a nice Sedin passing play:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe loading="lazy" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9eNeWUqJ_3A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> </p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The dream of continuing the 5-2 streak survived until the final seconds of the second, when Radim Vrbata scored. For real. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe loading="lazy" width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ABl64ZNNv8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Hansen added another, making it 4-0 and prompting Patrick Roy to pull Semyon Varlamov with 10 minutes left in the game. Chris Tanev then made it hot in Rogers Arena with an empty netter from Henrik and Daniel &#8211; Henrik had four assists on the night. Late in the third, Matt Duchene scored to end Miller&#8217;s shut out bid but the Avs didn&#8217;t score after that and the score wasn&#8217;t 5-2 so whatever. </p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;">THE SAVES</h2>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Ryan Miller was in top form tonight. He kept the game tight despite some defensive breakdowns from his team. He probably deserved the shutout but the win is still nice.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a> lead the Avalanche 2-0 after 20 minutes. Shots are 10-8 Colorado. </p>
<p>Also, Millerrrrrrr!<a href="https://t.co/eviuPh5SpQ">https://t.co/eviuPh5SpQ</a></p>
<p>— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanCanucks/status/701613145920401408">February 22, 2016</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cracknell, Hansen and Vrbata have goals and Vancouver has a 3-0 lead through 40 minutes. </p>
<p>Miller with 27 saves.<a href="https://t.co/22uvcBFjHW">https://t.co/22uvcBFjHW</a></p>
<p>— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanCanucks/status/701627845580197888">February 22, 2016</a>
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<h2>THE STATS</h2>
<p>Scoring chances:</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">5v5 ES Corsi:</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hockeystats.ca/game/2015020888" target="_blank">via hockeystats</a></p>
<h2>OTHER STUFF</h2>
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<li>The Vrbata goal was noted by the scouts in attendance. It&#8217;s pretty funny imagining the scouts all writing down &#8220;scored a goal&#8221; at once.</li>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every scout up here was scribbling detailed notes after Vrbata&#8217;s goal. Not even joking. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/canucks?src=hash">#canucks</a></p>
<p>— Paul McLellan (@McLellanPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/McLellanPaul/status/701627742056361985">February 22, 2016</a>
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<li>Early in the third period, Vrbata left the game with an apparent leg injury. If the injury is serious, it likely throws a wrench into Jim Benning&#8217;s trade deadline plans.  </li>
<li>The kid line looked good tonight, especially Hometown Hockey star Jake Virtanen, who almost finished off this nice play from Bo Horvat:</li>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">From earlier &#8211; Horvat with a nice move to set-up a great chance for Virtanen <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a> <a href="https://t.co/YGQc62vofX">pic.twitter.com/YGQc62vofX</a></p>
<p>— Ryan Biech (@ryanbiech) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanbiech/status/701638980362604544">February 22, 2016</a>
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<li>Henrik Sedin is good. </li>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a> Henrik Sedin records his 10th career 4-point game</p>
<p>— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) <a href="https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/701637799162810368">February 22, 2016</a>
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<li>The official Canucks Twitter account openly celebrated their official release from the 5-2 spiral. What a season this is. </li>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">LATER 5-2. </p>
<p>VRBATA, PPG. </p>
<p>With 4.4 seconds left, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a> take a 3-0 lead.</p>
<p>— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanCanucks/status/701627585973903360">February 22, 2016</a>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> <img src="//thenationnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/07/cf/article_07cfb342-2679-4f48-8c28-e9db585ca4ab.jpg" alt="511637680" width="600" height="438"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;">Coming off of their fourth straight 5-2 loss, the Canucks met the Avalanche at Rogers Arena, a place that had not seen a home win since January 11th. The 5-2 score did not show up for the Canucks tonight, but Ryan Miller, the Sedins, and more did!</p><h2>THE GOALS </h2><p></p><p>Adam Cracknell opened the scoring midway through the first. This was Cracknell’s second goal in as many games and it was actually a very nice goal.<br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cs_6Dkm-1mg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <br></p><p style="text-align: left;">Jannik Hansen doubled the lead late in the opening frame, setting yet another career high with his 18th (which he does every time he scores). Like so many Hansen goals this season, this one came as a result of a nice Sedin passing play:<br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9eNeWUqJ_3A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> <br></p><p style="text-align: left;">The dream of continuing the 5-2 streak survived until the final seconds of the second, when Radim Vrbata scored. For real. <br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ABl64ZNNv8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br></p><p style="text-align: left;">Hansen added another, making it 4-0 and prompting Patrick Roy to pull Semyon Varlamov with 10 minutes left in the game. Chris Tanev then made it hot in Rogers Arena with an empty netter from Henrik and Daniel - Henrik had four assists on the night. Late in the third, Matt Duchene scored to end Miller's shut out bid but the Avs didn't score after that and the score wasn't 5-2 so whatever. </p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-oiXV4JWtgQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">THE SAVES</h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"></h2><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;">Ryan Miller was in top form tonight. He kept the game tight despite some defensive breakdowns from his team. He probably deserved the shutout but the win is still nice.</p><p style="text-align: left;">
<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a> lead the Avalanche 2-0 after 20 minutes. Shots are 10-8 Colorado. <br><br>Also, Millerrrrrrr!<a href="https://t.co/eviuPh5SpQ">https://t.co/eviuPh5SpQ</a></p>— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanCanucks/status/701613145920401408">February 22, 2016</a>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cracknell, Hansen and Vrbata have goals and Vancouver has a 3-0 lead through 40 minutes. <br><br>Miller with 27 saves.<a href="https://t.co/22uvcBFjHW">https://t.co/22uvcBFjHW</a></p>— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanCanucks/status/701627845580197888">February 22, 2016</a>
</blockquote><h2>THE STATS</h2><p>Scoring chances:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//thenationnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/33/3d/article_333df955-4a5a-4134-8361-11146ce306c5.png" alt="Screen Shot 2016-02-21 at 9.41.35 PM" width="600" height="318"><br></p><p style="text-align: left;">5v5 ES Corsi:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img src="//thenationnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/images/74/a4/article_74a43f11-8391-48e7-81a5-aa155e5d1a40.png" alt="Screen Shot 2016-02-21 at 9.42.51 PM" width="600" height="321"><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://hockeystats.ca/game/2015020888" target="_blank">via hockeystats</a></p><h2>OTHER STUFF</h2><p></p><h2></h2><p></p><p></p><ul><li>The Vrbata goal was noted by the scouts in attendance. It's pretty funny imagining the scouts all writing down "scored a goal" at once.</li></ul><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Every scout up here was scribbling detailed notes after Vrbata's goal. Not even joking. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/canucks?src=hash">#canucks</a></p>— Paul McLellan (@McLellanPaul) <a href="https://twitter.com/McLellanPaul/status/701627742056361985">February 22, 2016</a>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><ul>
<li>Early in the third period, Vrbata left the game with an apparent leg injury. If the injury is serious, it likely throws a wrench into Jim Benning's trade deadline plans.  </li>
<li>The kid line looked good tonight, especially Hometown Hockey star Jake Virtanen, who almost finished off this nice play from Bo Horvat:</li>
</ul><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">From earlier - Horvat with a nice move to set-up a great chance for Virtanen <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a> <a href="https://t.co/YGQc62vofX">pic.twitter.com/YGQc62vofX</a></p>— Ryan Biech (@ryanbiech) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanbiech/status/701638980362604544">February 22, 2016</a>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><ul><li>Henrik Sedin is good. </li></ul><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a> Henrik Sedin records his 10th career 4-point game</p>— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) <a href="https://twitter.com/SNstats/status/701637799162810368">February 22, 2016</a>
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<script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></p><ul><li>The official Canucks Twitter account openly celebrated their official release from the 5-2 spiral. What a season this is. </li></ul><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">LATER 5-2. <br><br>VRBATA, PPG. <br><br>With 4.4 seconds left, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canucks?src=hash">#Canucks</a> take a 3-0 lead.</p>— Vancouver Canucks (@VanCanucks) <a href="https://twitter.com/VanCanucks/status/701627585973903360">February 22, 2016</a>
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