For two periods, it was hard to believe it was a Vancouver Canucks game.
Through 40 minutes, Vancouver had built themselves a 4-1 lead, courtesy of two goals by Sven Baertschi and one each from Henrik Sedin and Nikolay Goldobin. Besides that, Henrik and Daniel Sedin combined for six penalty minutes.
OK, that’s just weird.
Luckily, things quickly reverted back to normal. Young Goldobin, in his first game as a Canuck, was effectively benched for the back half of the game. Meanwhile, Jayson Megna, who finished the game minus-13 in shot attempts, started taking his Goldobin’s place on the third line.