Canucks go up early and hold off Avs for ninth straight home win

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03/16/2009 - Vancouver, BC (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kyle Wellwood, Alex Burrows and Taylor Pyatt scored first-period goals and Vancouver held on for a 4-2 win over Colorado, snapping an eight-game series slide against the Avalanche.

Alexander Edler added a power play goal with 1:13 remaining in the third period for the Canucks, who are entrenched in the fifth slot in the Western Conference playoff race. Roberto Luongo stopped 18 shots for Vancouver, which has won six of its last eight overall. Ryan Kesler tallied three assists as Vancouver won its ninth straight home game right after setting a team record with nine straight losses at home from December 30-January 31.

"We couldn't buy a win a month and a half ago," said Burrows. "I think we always found a way to lose very game, but we turned it around and we have a lot of confidence in our own building. It's a good sign heading into the playoffs."

Darcy Tucker and Ryan Smyth scored for Colorado, which had won its previous two games. Andrew Raycroft stopped 19 shots in defeat.

Wellwood scored 2:50 into the game during a power play, deflecting Kesler's shot above the right circle past Raycroft.

Burrows made it 2-0 with a shorthanded tally at 7:25. Burrows first went in on a breakaway, but Raycroft made a save. Moments later, the netminder came up with another great sprawling stop of Burrows, but the Vancouver left winger got the rebound and scored into an open net.

Pyatt scored on a shot high above the left circle with 4:42 remaining in the first before Smyth lit the lamp on the power play 4:36 into the second.

Tucker made it a one-goal game 14 seconds into the third thanks to a mistake by Luongo. Tucker shot the puck from behind the net on the left side and directed it toward the net. The disc got caught up in Luongo's skates and trickled into the net.

Colorado pressured the net with 10 third-period shots, forcing Luongo to make some key stops. Also, Colorado's Scott Hannan missed a wide open net that was vacated by Luongo nearly four minutes into the period, just after Edler's delay-of-game penalty expired.

Edler ended any hopes of a comeback with a power play tally, blasting a shot from the high slot past Raycroft.

"We weren't real sharp. The first one that led to a short-handed goal was certainly a big goal for them," said Avalanche coach Tony Granato. "As the game moved on we got our legs going and played a lot better, but obviously it wasn't good enough."

Game Notes

Colorado went 1-for-7 on the power play, while Vancouver was 2-for-4...The Canucks haven't lost at home since January 31 against Minnesota.

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