Arcobello potted his first and second goals of the season, while Leipsic scored his first career tally in his first career National Hockey League game in front of family and friends. The 21-year-old has 11 points in his last 11 AHL games. “I was lucky enough tonight to get a couple of goals”.
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“It feels fantastic”, he said. “Any other season you’d be looking at being out by six or seven points right now and you’d really have to get on a role”.
“It was a pretty cool experience and hopefully I’ll get a second game”.
Leipsic arrived in Vancouver on Friday evening and had his parents in the crowd.
“They found a way”, Leipsic said.
“There’s a bit of a gap between the top teams and the ones trying to get into the wild-card spot”, said Sbisa. “Tonight we were rewarded, scored a few goals and were able to keep (the puck) out”. “In this dressing room there’s a sense we’re on the right path. At the same time you’ve got to keep going”. “I know they’ll be a team that comes in and plays hard”. “It was good for him to score the goal”. A shot from Toronto left winger Rich Clune bounced off defenseman Matt Bartkowski’s head and sailed in the air. Ryan Miller made 33 saves.
Sven Baertschi pulled Vancouver back within a goal with just over a minute to play, but Toronto’s Brad Boyes and Leo Komarov added empty-netters to put it out of reach.
Things didn’t get much better in the third.
Canucks forward Daniel Sedin opened the scoring 3:18 into the second period, but Arcobello tied it 69 seconds later after a turnover in the Vancouver end.
Arcobello tied the game just 69 seconds later. The puck was moved up to Daniel in the slot for a wrist shot over Reimer’s left shoulder.
“We did everything that teams do to lose games”, Canucks captain Henrik Sedin said.
“We have to build off that”, Biega said. “Execution, smartness, timely goals… we did everything wrong in a game we must win”.
Miller, who kept the game close for Vancouver, said the Canucks still believe they can reach the playoffs.
Note: The Canucks announced that defenceman Alexander Edler will miss six weeks and forward Brandon Sutter is out six-to-eight weeks after both players were hurt in Tuesday’s win over Colorado. They donned black throwback jerseys that featured the “flying skate” logo the club abandoned after the 1996-97 season as part of 20th anniversary celebrations for Rogers Arena. Toronto D Jared Cowen (hip) and F Josh Leivo (upper body) were placed on injured reserve….
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– Michael Grabner did not practice yesterday due to a lower-body injury. Toronto’s previous most-recent win in Vancouver on November 22, 2003….
