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Vancouver got the best chances early on as the line of Carter-Sedin-Sedin cycled the puck dangerously around the Oilers zone. On the best Canucks chance, Roloson had to come across to rob Carter at point-blank range.Coming back the other way, Ethan Moreau fired a shot from the top of the left circle that Auld kicked out. Dvorak was right there but fanned on his rebound attempt.Edmonton's fourth l football pictures ine started to set the tempo five minutes in as Todd Harvey clocked Carter at the Vancouver bench, causing the Rexall Place crowd to erupt. Vancouver made it a 1-0 game 5:26 in on their ninth shot of the night. Josh Green made a nice no-look pass across the Oilers crease to Linden who tapped it in for the goal. With shots 10-4 in favour of Vancouver midway through the period, the Canucks found the football pictures mselves on a four-on-three power play. With the man advantage, the Canucks capitalized to make it 2-0. Daniel Sedin fired a low wrister past Roloson for his 18th of the season.Edmonton continued to run into penalty trouble with eight minutes to play in the period after subsequent penalties to Stoll and Pronger put the club two men short. The Oilers were able to kill off that five-on-three and were football pictures rewarded with a five-on-three of their own for a minute after Vancouver's Linden and Ohlund took penalties 25 seconds apart. Edmonton was unable to convert on their power plays but came close on several occasions, including Shawn Horcoff Former Oiler Sean Brown drew into the lineup for Vancouver... Healthy scratches for the Canucks included Nolan Baumgartner, Richard Park, Tyler Bouck and Wade Br football pictures ookbank... The Oilers went with the same lineup as Saturday vs. Detroit... Tonight's loss was Edmonton's first to Vancouver this season. The Canucks are now 1-3-2 against the Oilers while Edmonton is 5-1-0 versus Vancouver. football pictures
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