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Get your slow cookers out, because this game took a while to heat up.

It started off like a lot of previous games against Anaheim, with the Ducks pushing the Canucks around.

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Ryan Kesler was Ryan Kesler.

There was a controversial goal that didn’t go the Canucks way.

Before you knew it, it was 2-0 for the Ducks.

But as Linkin Park taught us…

Wait, we did that already.

Well, as Smash Mouth once said, “Hey now, you’re an all-star, get your game on, go play”.

Yeah, like that. Thanks Troy.

And so the Canucks got on their bike like it was a montage in Mike Tyson’s Punchout and they started pedaling.

Did seven power plays to one help the Canucks out?

It certainly did.

But aside from the special teams advantage the Canucks held over the Ducks, the game almost felt like a mini playoff game.

There were noticeable battles within the game. Both teams seemed to “want it more” and were setting out to prove it.

Alex Burrows, playing in his 800th game, had an extra jump in his step, and the Bo-Baer-Burr line was the best line on the night.