Preseason: Ducks 3 Canucks 4 (SO)

Finding a replacement for Anson Carter and his team-leading 33 goals is a priority as the Canucks head down the final stretch drive of the pre-season. The way the twins played Sunday night, they just might make anyone look good.

Daniel, in particular, was flying all night. He gave the Canucks a 1-0 lead at 3:13 of the first period when he converted a goalmouth pass from Henrik on a power play. Naslund picked up the second assist on the goal.

The Sedins are in the process of again reshaping themselves. They vow they'll be shooting more, especially Henrik. They promise they'll be more obvious leaders. They want to score 90-plus points. And to help make it all happen, they've brought some new tricks to the show.

Henrik's shootout goal was a backhanded top-corner beauty, the likes of which he's never attempted before in the NHL.

"I've been working on that for two years and I've never taken the chance to use it before," Henrik said. "It felt nice to score like that."

The Sedins have combined for four goals and four first assists in two games. That's half of the Canucks' eight preseason goals even though they've only played in two games.

"We've been able to create a lot of chances," Henrik said. "I really think we should have three or four more goals.

"I think we should have taken more shots [Sunday]. We made some extra passes."

On the Sedin goals, the second assists have gone to Yannick Tremblay, Alexander Edler, Naslund and Sami Salo.

Compared to the beginning of last year, the Sedins have made a quantum leap in almost every conceivable way.

"We've taken another big step like I think we've done every year," Henrik said. "Last season gave us a lot of confidence and we have brought that here. Now, we know we can score whenever we're on the ice. That's a huge difference, especially from our first year here when we went on the ice basically trying not to get scored on."