from Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet,

While it is true that all National Hockey League games are worth two points, they are not all equal.

The points in the standings that the Vancouver Canucks banked with Wednesday’s 2-1 overtime road win against the Anaheim Ducks, though helpful, were not the most important thing the National Hockey League team carried away as it drove up Interstate 5 to play the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday.

Forget about the facts the Canucks had lost six straight games over nearly five years in Anaheim, and that Ducks’ goalie John Gibson had owned them like Disney owns the theme-park tourist trade in Orange County.

Just three-and-a-half weeks ago, the Canucks were 8-15-2, which is why they fired head coach Travis Green and general manager Jim Benning -- and their top lieutenants -- on the same night.

Wednesday was the team’s seventh straight win under new coach Bruce Boudreau, who tied an NHL record by starting his new job with a winning streak of that length. But it had been 13 days since the Canucks’ made it to 6-0, their holiday break extended by COVID-19 and five postponed games.

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