March 4, 2014
The Canucks (26-29-8) are in town tonight to face the Coyotes tonight and both teams look to improve their standings as the Canucks are 2 points ahead of the Coyotes in the West but have 2 games in hand. This could be a big win for the Coyotes who send rookie tender Mark Visentin out again to face Roberto Loungo.
The first period sees Arizona take it to the Canucks and out shoot them 14-8 while staying out of the box! The young gun Martin Hanzal is able to get on the board very early in the game for the Coyotes scoring at 1:58 into the match and young goalie Mark Visentin is standing strong in net stopping all shots he faced. The Coyotes head into the break up 1-0.
The second period sees the Canucks come back out harder then the first getting 13 shots on the net but Visentin stands strong, helping kill off 3 Coyote penalties but letting one go in at 19:38 to Daniel Sedin. The Coyotes and Canucks head into the third tied up at 1, which has been much like the rest of the season series so far.
The third period sees the Coyotes get beaten down by the Canucks defence as they only get off a pitiful 6 shots. The Canucks are able to get one past young net minder Mark Visentin on the PP and Henrik Sedin gets a goal.
The Coyotes drop this hard fought game but their spirits are still in the season!
Notes
- The Coyotes PK unit was able to go 75% in this game and kill off almost 6 straight minutes of penalty time, while the Canucks killed their only penalty of the night.
