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VANCOUVER – Someone came to watch a hockey game here Tuesday and left the Rogers Arena with $ 706,815, or the winner's share of a draw equal to 50/50.
So, at least one supporter of the Vancouver Canucks who came home happy.
The others had more mixed feelings, seeing their team accumulate overtime with a goal late in the third period before losing 2-1 to the Los Angeles Kings.
The only point was at least something. The Canucks, however, lost the opportunity to accelerate after ending a series of eight defeats on Saturday in Los Angeles, where they defeated the Kings 4-2.
And if you like that kind of thing, the Canucks lost ground in the National Hockey League standings to almost every other member of the Pacific Division when Anaheim, Arizona, Vegas and Edmonton joined the winners on Tuesday.
"The points are important," said Canuck goaltender Jacob Markstrom after being bumped by Dustin Brown in a 53-second rebound overtime. "That's why we play this game – to get as many points as possible – if you want to lose, we have to limit the losses to the settlement." One point is important, but it would have been nice to get two when we worked our way home and we felt like we had momentum. "
In Vancouver, Brock Boeser, a Calder Trophy finalist last season, is the winner in Vancouver. He returned to training after missing 11 games due to a groin injury.
His time was clearly absent after a single full practice in preparation, but Boeser almost scored on a second-half setback that hit the inside of the post. The winger was also guilty of the winning goal, letting Brown beat him to the net after Anze Kopitar's win over Bo Horvat, which allowed Kings defender Alec Martinez to force a Markstrom stoppage.
The Canucks did not hit the puck during two extra shifts.
"(Brown) has pbaded and exceeded me, so obviously it was a bad defensive game," Boeser said of the winning goal. "I think it's just something I need to learn from.
"I would not say it was the best first game back, but I thought that in the third period, our line had changed a bit and we had some time in the zone." is difficult when you have a workout and come back from here I do not look at the negatives As far as the team is concerned, I thought it was huge to keep fighting even though we did not have good first two periods or did not get that extra point. "
The Kings, who beat the Oilers 5-2 on Sunday, have won consecutive games for the first time since former Canuck boss Willie Desjardins replaced John Stevens as coach on Nov. 4.
They were vintage kings for most of the game: heavy on the boards, tight on the defense and with most of the time in the offensive zone until the third period.
While LA encumbered the neutral zone in a full-field defense, the Canucks outshot the Kings by 13-6 in the final 20 minutes of regulation time, as they tried to score. But they generated few good chances before Markus Granlund skilfully deflected Alex Biega's point in front of Kings goaltender Calvin Petersen with time remaining at 3:43.
Granlund beat Adrian Kempe in the net after helping Canada's Jake Virtanen win a puck win.
"It was well known to L.A. Kings and their game," said Biega. "They capitalize on their mistakes and like to keep the battles on the board – that's the kind of game we have to win in the Pacific – it's a huge and heavy game.
"They are really big and strong in the turns and they take advantage of that to their advantage.At the end of the day, we must look at the positives and I thought our group had a lot of character to fight."
After playing 17 of their last 25 games on the road – and having traveled before 21 of their 27 games this season – the Canucks are 1-7-2 in their last 10 games. They have been much better defensively the last three and are opening a family circuit of five games.
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But the Kings were probably the most "defeated" game for the Canucks, who struggled for most of the first two periods to create opportunities beyond two brilliant configurations of Biega, the defender of the depths that Travis Green coach put in training. provide energy.
Antoine Roussel and Loui Eriksson, canucker helicopters, were unable to put the puck in open net, most of the time after tremendous pbades behind by Biega. Petersen made sensational saves when Roussel and Eriksson gave him the chance to do so.
It was a few minutes after Boeser opened his backhand inside the post that the Kings opened the scoring at 10:45 of the second period when Alex Iafallo was found lying in the faceoff circle and threw a ball in the arm of Markstrom.
Canucks rookie Adam Gaudette was caught staring at the puck while Brown overhanging Biega on the boards and was handed out to Iafallo.
"Obviously, they have a heavy team, like the older guys, and they play well in defense," said Granlund. "We needed more speed and move our legs to get more goals."
• Canucks defenseman Erik Gudbranson was a surprise scratch. Green said that Gudbranson had "twisted" his neck during Monday's training session and that it was day-to-day. Jay Beagle, absent since Oct. 24, could train with the team this week.
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