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Willie needed one.

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His seat wasn’t just hot locally, it was getting volcanic.

Just when it seemed like he needed divine intervention, somehow he got it.

How else do you describe it when the Canucks win a game led by Sbisa and Sutter?

What else do you call it when a puck randomly hits the shaft of Loui Eriksson’s stick, deflects into the slot and sets up Horvat for a game winner?

Or how about the fact Gudbrandson gets injured just as Tanev gets healthy? A more lopsided trade off you are unlikely to find among Canucks defencemen.

Yes, Willie’s boys came through.

The coach has shown more patience, and faith, in Sutter and Sbisa than any human in hockey. Tonight they paid him back, each playing their best games of the season.

Sutter had five shot attempts, three hits and won 72% of his face-offs.

For one game, he didn’t get squashed at even strength as he played up to the impossible level Willie seems to believe he’s at.