Canucks 2, Ducks 1 (SO)

Last night marked the first road game in America for the Vancouver Canucks. Ironically, that game was on Canadian Thanksgiving.

Yesterday was a decent day for me. After a busy last few days, it was great to sit down and watch four baseball games and look forward to the Canucks game. The Canucks held their own against the Ducks last year despite the Ducks winning the Pacific division pretty easily over the Canucks. The majority of the games were low scoring one goal games.

Last night was no exception, it was another low scoring, low shots on goal and what turned out to be another one game. So far this year, Ryan Miller has been outstanding posting a 1.60 GAA over a short sample size of three games.

On the offensive side of things, the Vancouver Canucks have now got contribution from eight different goal scorers and only eight goals so far this season.

So far the Canucks have played three games where the team went farther in the playoffs then they did last year. They will play approximately 20 games this year where that will be the case. Through three games, the Canucks are 2-0-1.

Last years 3-0-0 start to the year was nice, but this years start after three games feels so much better. They are getting timely goal scoring and have been very good about blocking shots.

It can't stay like this forever but it is exciting that the Canucks finally have some youth playing important parts with this team. Ryan Miller likely gets the start again tonight at the Staples Center as the Canucks look to sweep the LA/Orange County road trip.