Canucks 4 Red Wings 1

• Todd Bertuzzi finally had his breakout game. You can tell he was beginning to regain his confidence by the way he played against Calgary a couple of games ago, and last night, he was finally rewarded. Hopefully his efforts like this become more of the norm than the exception.
• Something about the Baumgartner-to-Bertuzzi pass on Todd's second goal reminded me of Brown-to-Bure in '94.
• Dan Cloutier was very good in his first game back. Even when the Wings pressed, he made the key saves. He finished with 34 saves on 35 Red Wings shots.
• I was a little surprised that the Canucks called up forward Josh Green from Manitoba, but he filled in admirably for the injured Matt Cooke. He added a veteran presence on the forward lines and played a regular shift. He finished with an even-rating in 8:23 minutes of ice-time.
• Overshadowed by Bertuzzi's hat-trick performance was another strong showing from the Sedins. Anyone notice Daniel's move to get past 3 Red Wings defenders to move in one-on-one against Legace? It's amazing how hard it is now to knock these guys off the puck.
• With Wade Brookbank seeing very limited ice-time, the Canucks' big four all logged over 20 minutes of ice-time. Brookbank's ice-time isn't much of a surprise given that fighting is down in the league and Brookbank himself has only two fights in nine games played. Depending on his contract situation, I actually wonder if the Canucks would consider sending him to Manitoba and giving players like Green, Butenschon and others more opportunities at the NHL level.

Next up: San Jose on Wednesday.