What a night.

The team, playing against a rested Ducks team, scored six goals plus a shootout winner to defeat (not de-feet) the Ducks 7-6.

For the Canucks to score seven goals is just great. What is even better is that this probably spooked the Ducks on Halloween night. It shows that the team can score if all the lines are skating and working hard.

The win gave the Canucks 6 wins and a record of 6-5-0 on the season. This ends the month of October with the team one game above 500. I am fine with that. With all the changes that have gone on with the lineup, they are starting to show signs of a team that they may be one or two pieces away from being a stronger team.

To keep things in perspective, out of the five losses, three of them did not hurt them as much as people think. The main objective of the regular season is to win games in your conference and more importantly your division. Well, even though these three might have been bonus points, the Canucks’ losses to Washington, Buffalo and Boston did not have the team lose any ground in their standings. The only two losses that did matter were the games they lost to Chicago and Columbus.

First Period >> Hanging in There
The Ducks came out and took it the Canucks and by the half way mark of the first period, they were up 2-0. At that point, it seemed like it was going to be one of those nights. The coolest thing happenned next. Steve Bernier came right back the other way and scored. It was now 2-1 and you just had the feeling that the goal boosted the team.

Second Period >> Balancing Act
Well, Steve Bernier’s goal did spark the team. The Canucks came out in the second period and scored four unanswered goals from Ryan Kesler, Alexander Burrows, Mattias Ohlund and Kevin Bieksa. The Canucks were up 5-2 and Jean-Sebastien Giguere was pulled for the Ducks. Home and cooled out? Not exactly. The Ducks must have woken up or might have just been plain mad because they came back and tied the score with three unanswered goals of their own.

It was an old fashioned shootout. Awesome.

Third Period >> Not Giving Up
Steve Bernier struck again. The guy who started the Canucks scoring frenzy, scored another. The Canucks were up 6-5. The Canucks tried their best to hold onto the lead, but in the last minute Corey Perry snuck the puck past Luongo. It was 6-6 now.

Overtime and Shootout
The overtime had it chances but the teams seemed destined to go to the shootout. It turned out to be the longest shootout in Canucks history as it took the 13th shooter, Mattias Ohlund, to win the game for the Canucks. The expresions on the faces of the Canucks looked electric. Let’s hope the momentum keeps on rolling.

Next Game: Vancouver Canucks versus the Detroit Red Wings in Vancouver at 7:00pm PST