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I hope, at the very least, that his curse came with a free frogurt.

But we’re not here to talk about the worst thing of the night. That’s not what this feature’s all about. You know it, I know it, and Emma Stone knows it. Emma?

THE BEST THING:

Sure, they lost, but did you SEE their corsi?

Hockey Stats

The Canucks didn’t just outshoot the Canadiens by a ratio of two to one. They out-attempted them 74 to 40 at even strength, for a truly impressive corsi of 65 per cent. Considering the way this team tends to be outshot, this is worth celebrating. Not one Canuck finished in the minuses in even-strength shot attempts. Markus Granlund and the snake-bitten Eriksson were a whopping plus-19. Heck, Luca Sbisa was a plus-15.

Honestly, apart from the part where you score goals — which, admittedly, is a pretty important part — this was an utterly dominating performance by Vancouver. They spent the majority of the evening in Montreal’s end. That’s how you win, even if it was how they lost tonight. They pressured the Canadiens at every turn, neutralizing their speed, creating turnovers, and forcing Carey Price to stand on his head to steal the game. If they continue to play like this, there’s a good chance they’ll score some goals at some point, and as depressing as that sentence is, I hope you can take some solace in it. It’s all we’ve got.

I should acknowledge at this point that some of you hate the corsi statistic. If that’s you, I have an alternate best thing: this GIF of Henrik Sedin bobbing his head.