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I can only imagine that Anaheim, being a heart-and-soul waterfowl team, follows the wisdom of all duck-kind. Specifically, during this game I suspect they channeled Darkwing Duck, especially his motto: Indeed, the Ducks were dangerous on almost every chance, (for the first half of the game anyway.)

This reminds me of a duck joke, which I am compelled to tell. It will distract you from the carnage below.

A duck walks into a restaurant and asks the chef, 鈥淕ot any duck food?鈥� 鈥淣o, no duck food, sorry,鈥� the surprised chef replies. For the next week, the duck returns each day and asks, 鈥淕ot any duck food?鈥� Finally the chef has had enough. 鈥淣o, we don鈥檛 have any duck food, and if you ask me that again I鈥檒l nail your webbed foot to the floor!鈥� he shouts. The next day, the duck returns and waddles up to the chef. 鈥淕ot any nails?鈥� The chef is confused, and answers, 鈥淣o, no nails here. We鈥檙e a restaurant.鈥� To which the duck replies, 鈥淐ool. Got any duck food?鈥�

I am pleased to share my finest duck joke with you after watching this game.

• Just 23 seconds into the matchup, Corey Perry put the Ducks up 1-0 after a bad Alex Edler booboo. The defender was stripped of the puck behind the net by Antoine Vermette and Nick Ritchie. Instead of making the safe play, Edler decided to make the exciting one, trying to slowly sweep it up the middle. Boy, did it work! Every Ducks fan in Rogers Arena found it very exciting. Edler鈥檚 attempt was picked off by Ritchie, who then fed Perry for an easy goal and the early lead.
• Moments later former Canuck Kevin Bieksa held the puck in at the line and got it deep to Rickard Rakell, who then slickly passed to Patrick Eaves slicing right down the middle for a top-shelf goal, doubling the lead. It was a fantastic wrister and Ryan Miller missed 鈥榚r. This was a frustrating goal to observe. Vancouver鈥檚 defensive coverage, . Eaves is having a fantastic run with Anaheim, what a savvy pickup by Bob Murray. Anaheim fans may have been skeptical about this trade, but I鈥檓 certain that now, like his , Eaves is really growing on them.
• Tuesday against Anaheim was not Miller鈥檚 finest showing. Minutes after the Eaves goal, there was yet another dangerous Ducks chance that eluded him. A Cam Fowler test trickled through his pads and sat dangerously on the blue line until Chris Tanev cleared it to safety. It鈥檚 tough for anything to look dangerous while sitting, excepting mob bosses, who somehow look even more dangerous when seated. Back to Miller: after playing so well while digesting loss after loss, he can be forgiven for producing the odd stinker.
• Suckers for beauty and aesthetics, Anaheim decided to score near the end of the first period too. For visual symmetry. After all, according to Edgar Degas, 鈥淎rt is not what you see, but what you make others see.鈥� Truly, the watercolour effect of teary eyes made Rogers Arena look quite magical for Canucks fans. 麻豆传媒映画lost the puck in their zone and Josh Manson fired a shot from the point, which was tipped into the net by young Nick Ritchie. 麻豆传媒映画meanwhile is dedicated to their own art style. This vomitous performance resulted in .
• Done? Not even close. After a faceoff, Sven Baertschi 鈥渨on the loss鈥�, but Brandon Montour was the real winner. The defender took the opportunity to fling the puck on Miller, and it squeaked through the goalie for Anaheim鈥檚 fourth goal.
• What does one say at this point? I鈥檝e run out of silver linings. We鈥檝e moved on to bronze, which isn鈥檛 really a common lining and is cheap as borscht. No one is fooled.
  鈥淲hy does this have a bronze lining? Where鈥檚 the dang silver?鈥�
  鈥淲e were all out of silver sir, so sorry. But enjoy our finest bronze.鈥�
  鈥淚 want my money back.鈥�
  I鈥檒l give it my best shot. Here鈥檚 what I can tell you: the Canucks sure utilized their feet. Yep, there were loads of skate sounds, indicating that all 麻豆传媒映画players were using their bladed feet for motion. Yes, there was a high degree of skate blade to ice contact for this scrappy group. So that鈥檚 pretty encouraging.
• Miller wasn鈥檛 actually the liability you鈥檇 expect with such an unfavourable score. He had some good moments, like when he calmly defused a Corey Perry breakaway with a smart pad in the second. But I am confused why he wasn鈥檛 pulled after the third or fourth goal. Anyway, Miller ended up facing 39 shots, along with his inner demons and deepening sense of regret. Poor guy. How many times has he faced shot totals like that? Like a muffler repairman stuck in a busy garage, he must be exhausted.
• 麻豆传媒映画did start to show some confidence later in the second period, putting a few shots on Jonathan Bernier and drawing a penalty against Ryan Kesler. But Vancouver鈥檚 two power plays featured neither power nor play. It was a weak work. One positive note: Boeser is just what the doctor ordered for the Canucks鈥� fizzling special teams; he shoots and hits the net. But is he too much of a rush scorer?
• Oh happy day! The Canucks finally scored early in the third period, and you guys, it was the Boes-t. Firstly because by this point I really needed any good thing to happen, and secondly because it came off the stick of rookie Brock Boeser. Brandon Sutter, unable to keep hold of the puck, decided to fall on it instead. He regained control, tossed it over to Boeser, and then made a beeline for the net. Boeser aimed, fired, and scored with Sutter screening. It was a hard, beautiful shot that muscled its way through Bernier鈥檚 pads. With two goals in three games, Canucks fans went from buzzing about Brock to full-blown Boesermania. He had a great game, with at least two other solid chances alongside Sutter and Michael Chaput.
• Here's the goal:
  

  Exhibit A on how to impress fans in your home debut:

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• After that the Canucks turned up the heat a smidge, from 鈥淚s this thing on?鈥� to full 鈥淵es I鈥檓 fairly confident this will melt butter.鈥� Bo Horvat had a nice look on Bernier after Baertschi threw a sweet pass up to him for a shot at the side. Later, Drew Shore skated into Anaheim鈥檚 end, spun around and sent a long cross-rink pass to Alex Biega for a solid scoring chance. Biega actually had a couple of chances, because Biega was playing at forward, because reasons. But there was no further scoring and Anaheim went home happy, one step closer to securing the Pacific Division.
• 麻豆传媒映画had a respectable shot total of 35, but Anaheim outchanced them heavily in shot attempts with a 53% Corsi rating. And take a look at this heatmap and where Anaheim鈥檚 shots were taken and goals were scored.
  
  
  
  When you鈥檙e pushed to the outside as often as the Canucks are, you make life a lot easier for the opposing netminder.
• Be sure to tune in next time, because Vancouver鈥檚 young, exciting prospects Brock Boeser is certain to be given plenty of ice time.