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March 11, 2010, Thursday
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MIKAEL Samuelsson's hat-trick inspired a stirring fightback for the Vancouver Canucks in a 6-4 victory over Northwest Division rivals the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday in Denver.
The Canucks trailed 3-0 in the second before Samuelsson tallied three times in 12 minutes to pull the visitors to within 4-3 by the start of the final period after Peter Mueller had added a fourth goal for the Avalanche.
Alexandre Burrows scored from a wrist shot at 8:04 in the third to tie the game before Jannik Hansen notched the go-ahead goal with 2:08 remaining and Daniel Sedin capped the scoring as Vancouver closed the contest with five unanswered goals.
"We wish we didn't have to come back like this. It takes a lot of energy out of you, that's for sure," Samuelsson said. "At the same time, we play for 60 minutes and that's a good thing. We know we can do it."
The Canucks (41-23-2) extended their division lead to four points with a fourth straight triumph over Colorado (37-23-6).
The Avalanche eased to a three-goal lead in the first on two goals from Matt Duchene and another by Chris Stewart, but Colorado struggled to contain their opponents late on and have lost three of five since returning from the Olympic break.
"It was a good first period, but after that mental lapses hurt us," Avalanche center Paul Stastny said.
"It's hard to take and we have to learn from it, and we have to learn fast because we have one day of practice and we get right back at it."
In other games, it was: Flyers 3, Islanders 2; Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 3, OT; Predators 2, Thrashers 1; Flames 4, Red Wings 2; Canadiens 5, Lightning 3; Panthers 3, Wild 2, SO; Senators 4, Oilers 1; and Blue Jackets 5, Ducks 2.
In Philadelphia, Simon Gagne's power-play goal broke a third-period deadlock as the Philadelphia Flyers rallied for a 3-2 win, their franchise-record 15th straight victory over the New York Islanders.
In Detroit, Jarome Iginla and Rene Bourque scored 1:31 apart in the third period to give Calgary a win over Detroit. The Flames moved into eighth place in the Western Conference and pushed the Red Wings to ninth.
Calgary's Daymond Langkow scored 5:18 into the second after a scoreless first. Pavel Datsyuk scored midway through the period to tie it, and Tomas Holmstrom had a power-play goal late in the period to put Detroit ahead.
In Montreal, Scott Gomez had a goal and two assists, and Mathieu Darche scored twice to lift the Canadiens to a victory against Tampa Bay.
Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves for Montreal, which gave coach Jacques Martin his 550th career win in the team's first home game since the Olympic break.
Steven Stamkos scored his 41st goal for Tampa Bay. He set a Lightning record with his 17th power-play goal and extended his club-record point streak to 17 games.
In Anaheim, California, Jakub Voracek scored during Columbus' first power play and set up another second-period goal by Fedor Tyutin to lead Columbus over Anaheim.
The Canucks trailed 3-0 in the second before Samuelsson tallied three times in 12 minutes to pull the visitors to within 4-3 by the start of the final period after Peter Mueller had added a fourth goal for the Avalanche.
Alexandre Burrows scored from a wrist shot at 8:04 in the third to tie the game before Jannik Hansen notched the go-ahead goal with 2:08 remaining and Daniel Sedin capped the scoring as Vancouver closed the contest with five unanswered goals.
"We wish we didn't have to come back like this. It takes a lot of energy out of you, that's for sure," Samuelsson said. "At the same time, we play for 60 minutes and that's a good thing. We know we can do it."
The Canucks (41-23-2) extended their division lead to four points with a fourth straight triumph over Colorado (37-23-6).
The Avalanche eased to a three-goal lead in the first on two goals from Matt Duchene and another by Chris Stewart, but Colorado struggled to contain their opponents late on and have lost three of five since returning from the Olympic break.
"It was a good first period, but after that mental lapses hurt us," Avalanche center Paul Stastny said.
"It's hard to take and we have to learn from it, and we have to learn fast because we have one day of practice and we get right back at it."
In other games, it was: Flyers 3, Islanders 2; Maple Leafs 4, Bruins 3, OT; Predators 2, Thrashers 1; Flames 4, Red Wings 2; Canadiens 5, Lightning 3; Panthers 3, Wild 2, SO; Senators 4, Oilers 1; and Blue Jackets 5, Ducks 2.
In Philadelphia, Simon Gagne's power-play goal broke a third-period deadlock as the Philadelphia Flyers rallied for a 3-2 win, their franchise-record 15th straight victory over the New York Islanders.
In Detroit, Jarome Iginla and Rene Bourque scored 1:31 apart in the third period to give Calgary a win over Detroit. The Flames moved into eighth place in the Western Conference and pushed the Red Wings to ninth.
Calgary's Daymond Langkow scored 5:18 into the second after a scoreless first. Pavel Datsyuk scored midway through the period to tie it, and Tomas Holmstrom had a power-play goal late in the period to put Detroit ahead.
In Montreal, Scott Gomez had a goal and two assists, and Mathieu Darche scored twice to lift the Canadiens to a victory against Tampa Bay.
Jaroslav Halak made 28 saves for Montreal, which gave coach Jacques Martin his 550th career win in the team's first home game since the Olympic break.
Steven Stamkos scored his 41st goal for Tampa Bay. He set a Lightning record with his 17th power-play goal and extended his club-record point streak to 17 games.
In Anaheim, California, Jakub Voracek scored during Columbus' first power play and set up another second-period goal by Fedor Tyutin to lead Columbus over Anaheim.
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