from Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province,

The Canucks, who came into Calgary four days ago with the series tied 1-1 and eager to capitalize on their veteran poise and savvy, demonstrated neither quality as the younger, hungrier, more physical, more talented, more — OK, you get the picture — Flames depantsed Willie Desjardins' team for the second straight game.

The final score was 3-1 which, in a neat bit of symmetry, is also where this series stands.

The Canucks, however, don't find anything neat about their situation.

"This isn't our hockey," said Kevin Bieksa. "We didn't play very good overall and that's disappointing. If you put your best game on the ice and you lose, that's fine. But we can't be very happy with where we are right now.

"It's overall. We're not generating a whole lot. We're not getting a lot of chances. We're not controlling the tempo of the game. We're a lot better team than what we're playing right now."

Game 5 on Thursday night, then, might be a good time to demonstrate that.

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