Jackets 3, Canucks 2: Three in a row

Am I ever glad I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to watch this one in person instead of on the couch. Because I got to see the CBJ gut it out and win one against a better team, which is one of those things we haven’t seen a whole lot of in seven years here in Jacketland. They made it look easy early on, but gradually let the Canucks take more control, and I was waiting for the inevitable — Vancouver to score the tying goal and then go ahead — but it didn’t come. Good show.

Also, BTW: jersey sale on right now at the Blue Line. The new Reebok replicas with Jackets’ player names & numbers are $135 right now, which is almost $50 off. They don’t know for sure how long the sale will go on. Thankfully for me, tomorrow is payday, and I work close enough to run down at lunchtime 🙂

Pictures:

Jackets score early

Derick Brassard is up with the big club now

Zherdev looks for the pass

Nash generates traffic on the PP

Zherdev sets up shop in Wayne Gretzky’s old office

Boll is knocked down, looks for a call where none is forthcoming

Former Buckeye Ryan Kesler is a useful player for the Canucks

Hainsey jockeys with Pyatt

A Sedin

Now it’s Hejda’s turn to tangle with Pyatt

Brassard and Glencross chase the puck behind the net

Vyborny and Fedorov on the power play

Nik Zherdev, player of the game

Luongo comes out to handle the puck

Willie Mitchell

I could stand to see that more often