Game in Review: Canucks 3, Flames 2 S/O

After an eventful first period, which had Edler almost score on his own net, Schneider almost score on himself, and some insane pressure, the score was still 0-0. Early in the 2nd, Kassian scored the first of the game on a beauty of a play. After digging the puck out of the face off circle, Kassian attempted a wrap around, intercepted the clearing attempt, and scored on his own rebound with a gorgeous wrister. Exactly 2 minutes later Raymond sniped one from 10 feet inside the blueline to make it 2-0. Things were going great, the shots were 27-12 midway through the 2nd. Cue defensive failures. Bieksa attempted a pinch to keep the puck in on the offense, but ended up creating a 2 on 1 for Calgary which resulted in a goal. Later on, Bieksa, Garrison and Edler all took penalties within 3 or 4 minutes of each other to give the Flames 2 very long 5 on 3 situations, resulting in a goal on the last penalty. An eventful 3rd period held no goals, and off to OT we went, with the shots tied up in the 30's. After no result there, the Canucks were forced into the shootout.

Burrows and Tanguay traded goals in the first 2 rounds, but it took until round 5 for Kassian to put the next one away, deking Kiprusoff out of his jock strap. Schneider made the last save, and the Canucks earned their first win of the season.

Tidbits:

 - Schroeder bounces like a rubber ball when he's hit. Might be an injury prone guy (ie: Taylor Hall). He's gonna need a couple of big wingers to keep him safe.
 - Schneider still has problems stick handling, lost the puck in his skates and almost pushed it into the net early in the first.
 - 2nd night in a row that the Canucks have given up a 2 goal lead
 - The offensive side of the Canucks defense is great, but it's their defensive side that makes me want to pull my hair out in frustration.
 - Ballard and Tanev were the most stable defensive pair tonight. That's scary.
 - Powerplay: Just awful.