Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks were sick of losing.... and they took it out on the Montreal Canadiens in a 7-1 victory.
The Sedin twins activated their wonder powers and combined for two goals and five assists (Henrik had the two goals). At the end of the first period the Canucks had a 3-0 lead off of goals from Ryan Kesler, Mason Raymond and a power play tally from Steve Bernier.
Andrei Kostitsyn would stop consoling his brother long enough to get a power play goal, but it was all Vancouver from that point on as they would go on to score 4 un-answered goals, with Mikaeal Samuelsson and Alex Burrows piling onto the score.
Montreal got the first 14 shots of the second period but for the first time this season Luongo attempted to show he is one of the best goalies in the NHL (and finally have a decent start for my fantasy team, jerk).
It was a rough night for
"It was pretty disappointing not being able to play [last year], but this is even more disappointing," said Price, with a fresh, fist-sized hole in the wall beside his locker. "I battled as hard as I could."
In an attempt to spark his team, the slow footed, lumbering, defensively liability known as Hal Gill went fisticuffs with the much smaller Rick Rypien. Gill proceeded to have his ass handed to him:
Montreal will lick their wounds and get back to action Saturday in Edmonton.
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