Friday, March 16, 2007

Sanford Can't Save Blues

Curtis Sanford made 34 saves on 37 shots against Vancouver Thursday.
The Blues came back from a 2-goal deficit in the 3rd, but lost to the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in overtime when Daniel Sedin scored on a power play.

Curtis Sanford single handily held the Blues in the game. The Blues were out played for the first two periods, but only trailed 1-0. After Trevor Linden scored halfway through the 3rd, the Blues answered with goals from Jamal Mayers and Petr Cajanek.

With 50 seconds left in the game, Matt Cooke ran into Sanford and Eric Brewer preceded to pound the pest. Cooke received no penalties on the play, and Brewer received 4 minutes.

Daniel Sedin scored from a feed from his brother Henrik 1:09 into overtime.

Curtis Sanford made 34 saves on 37 shots.

The win gives the Blues 70 points on the season. The Blues had 57 points all season last year.

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Photos provided by Yahoo! Sports, Video provided by NHL video.

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