SETS SCORING RECORD IN CANUCK VICTORY
Sedin scores his 347th and 348th goals, the most ever by a Canuck
BOSTON — It’s a city still thick with 2011 references and memories.
Brad Marchand scores and stretches out his hands to soak in the wave of cheers that are hurled down at the TD Garden ice.
Someone nearby says: “How do you like that? He speed-bagged Daniel Sedin’s head with those hands.”
Chris Tanev is hit from behind and goes headfirst into the boards. Immediately, the Boston broadcast suggests he was diving.
Tanev would later say: “I don’t dive. They can say what they want.”
Don’t worry, they will. We can’t let it go. None of us can.
It’s why, from Vancouver, it seemed so fitting to see Daniel Sedin punch a puck in from the side of the net.
It was his 20th goal of the season and put the Canucks up a goal in a game they’d win 4-2. But, and this is most important, it made history.
And no, not because he did it without playing on a line with his twin brother.
With his 347th career goal, Daniel earned his spot as the Canucks’ all-time-leading goal scorer.
“I think ironic is the right word,” Alex Burrows said.
Whether it’s fate, irony or some sweet justice, Daniel earned it. He is the most durable, consistent goal producer who has ever worn a Canucks uniform.
The more things change in Boston, the more they stay the same.
The fans were all over Burrows. Marchand was in the middle of aggravating Vancouver while also scoring a goal.
But like Jannik Hansen would say after the game, nothing can make up for not winning a Stanley Cup.
Doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy it for a bit when the Canucks beat the Bruins.
Daniel will be the most memorable player from Thursday. But he wasn’t the best. That was goalie Jacob Markstrom, who made a jawdropping save on Loui Eriksson, going post to post in the third period.