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BEST TWIST OF FATE

One down, four to go.

The first of The Five — the games which will determine this season’s destiny — was as disappointing a loss as there has been all year.

The Blues were a spent force with bad goaltending, and the presumably desperate Canucks couldn’t do a thing about it.

Part of that, a big part of that, was Markstrom.

I’m not saying Markstrom is the reason the Canucks lost, I’m saying Markstrom is the reason the Canucks lost.

He had a rough game. Maybe his worst of the season. He made 17 saves. He got beat for three bad goals, two of which counted.

That said, Allen wasn’t much better.

Other than few exceptions, Edler being most notable, the Canucks were decent but not good. Certainly, not good enough to live up to the notion this was one of their first playoff-like games of the season.

The last few minutes were hard to watch. Burrows got a sharp-angled shot on Allen with 5:43 left.

It was the Canucks last shot of the game.