Canucks Fall Short Against The Coyotes

Vancouver Canucks blew a two goal, first period lead to fall to the Phoenix Coyotes 5-4 Wednesday night.

Canucks have dropped four of their last five games in regulation.

Henrik Sedin is now second in franchise scoring at 734 points; one up on Trevor Linden after two assists tonight.

Canucks wrap-up their seven game homestand Saturday night versus the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Game recaps:

It didn’t take long for the Vancouver Canucks to get on the scoreboard with Alex Burrows getting his 24th of the season. Burrows 1-0 Canucks

Ryan Kesler would put the Canucks up 2-0 on the power play midway through the first.  Kesler 2-0 Canucks

Less than two minutes later Rostislav Klesla cut the lead in half. Klesla 2-1 Canucks

Shane Doan then tied it up at two with just over three minutes left in the period.  Doan 2-2

Off to the second period and the Canucks took a too-many-men penalty giving the Coyotes their first power play of the night and they cashed in. Ekman-Larrson 3-2 Coyotes

Canucks would get their third power play of the night and it was David Booth with his 14th of the season to tie it up at three; Chris Higgins and Kevin Bieksa with the assists.

Then late in the second Gilbert Brule knocked the puck past Luongo to put the Coyotes up 4-3. Bieksa was now a minus-3 on the night.

With Bieksa in the penalty box early in the third Phoenix got their second power play goal in as many attempts to go up 5-3 with a goal from Antoine Vermette.

Dan Hamhuis made it a one goal game again at 13:11 of the third. Henrik Sedin picked up another assist now 734 points as a Vancouver Canuck- now 22 points behind the all-time leader Markus Naslund.

Canucks lose 5-4 and wrap-up their seven game homestand Saturday night versus Columbus. TEAM1040 has te call; faceoff at 7pm.