Canucks 7 Coyotes 4

Game Recaps: canucks.com . ESPN
Statistics: Score Sheet . Stat Sheet

• Alex Auld was good once again in recording his 22nd win of the season. He stopped 42 of 46 Phoenix shots, half of them on the powerplay.
• The Canucks have now allowed 167 shots in their last four games since Ed Jovanovski was sent home - that's almost 42 shots a game.
• The Canucks controlled most of the five-on-five play for the night. However, they let the Coyotes back into the game with unnecessary penalties. The Coyotes had nine powerplay opportunities and scored on two of them.
• The Sedin line - again - had a great night. Sedin, Sedin and Carter combined for seven points (2G-5A). Henrik Sedin had four points (1G-3A) and is now second on the team in scoring, four points back of Markus Naslund.
• I like that Naslund and Bertuzzi hardly played on the same line last night. Both had good games - not great, but good - with different linemates. They rotated in and out of the Kesler/Burrows line and the Morrison/Ruutu one. It gave the Canucks a different look, and with the Sedins having a great game, forced Phoenix to make some tough match-ups on defense.
• Tyler Bouck had his most active game of the season. He only logged 6:10 minutes of ice-time but scored a nice breakaway goal and beat Denis Gauthier in a fight.
• From the defense, Mattias Ohlund had a monster game. He logged a game-high 25:38 minutes of ice-time and was a rock.
• I thought Steve McCarthy also had a strong game. He's making better decisions with the puck and seems to have more confidence handling it. He was on the ice only for one of Phoenix's four goals.