from Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province,

Turns out, goals win games, and goaltending too, not hitting and, for one game anyway, not shots on net. The Canucks had just 13 of those, a season low. The Flames had 46, a season high.

Managing 33 fewer shots is the most in Canucks’ history for a Vancouver win.

“We’ll take it,” Luca Sbisa said. “But it wasn’t pretty.”

Maybe not, but the goals did come easy. Loui Eriksson scored while attempting to pass. A Nikita Tryamkin shot toward the net somehow found Markus Granlund’s stick, and tipped in.

Ryan Miller was out of his mind good, and he had to be. The Flames continually crashed into the slot, whizzing more than 45 shots toward the Canucks veteran goalie, many from in tight.

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