VANCOUVER—Coming off a disastrous road trip and teetering toward another third-period collapse, Henrik and Daniel Sedin showed once again why they’re the heart and soul of the Vancouver Canucks.The superstar twins combined for nine points on Saturday night, including four after the Blackhawks tied the game with less than 9 minutes to go, and the Canucks won 6-3.Daniel Sedin had three goals and an assist, while Henrik Sedin added a goal and four assists for his first career five-point game.The Canucks were coming off a dismal 1-4-2 trip and picked up just their fifth win in the last 17 games.Daniel added a goal and an assist while playing with the Sedins to round out the top line’s 11-point night and help Vancouver avoid losing for a sixth time when leading after two periods.Ryan Miller made 26 saves as the Canucks ended a four-game slide, while Alexandre Burrows scored into an empty net late. Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist for the Blackhawks (11-8-2), while Ryan Garbutt and Artem Anisimov also scored. Corey Crawford stopped 14 shots in taking the loss, he wasn’t very sharp. Patrick Kane had an assist to stretch his career-best points streak to 16 games.
”They had their way out there,” Kane said. ”It’s disappointing. I thought we played pretty well for most of the game.” Well, not really
Down 3-2 through 40 minutes, the Blackhawks tied it at 12:20 of the third when Anisimov swatted a loose puck home for his ninth of the season.But the Canucks retook the lead with 5:25 left when Daniel Sedin beat Crawford off a pass from Henrik Sedin on the shortside for his ninth to make it 4-3 before tipping home another feed from his brother just 2:01 later..Burrows then scored his fifth into an empty net with under a minute to go.Tied 2-2 after the first, Vancouver went ahead at 7:22 of the second on the power play. Henrik Sedin stole the puck from Duncan Keith and fed Daniel Sedin, who beat Crawford with a quick shot.The Hawks were playing their third game in four nights but opened the scoring on the power play at 6:17 of the opening period on the first shot of the game when Toews beat Miller upstairs for his seventh.Vancouver got that one back on a 5-on-3 at 9:32 when Henrik Sedin gathered a cross-ice feed from Daniel Sedin and fired home for his sixth.
NOTES—The Hawks will spend a couple of days in Las Vegas before starting the ‘California’ portion of this Circus Trip Wednesday night in San Jose.