Canucks embark on unprecedented journey with 'gutsy' win over Maple Leafs
Braden Holtby turned away 37-of-the-39 shots he faced, while Bo Horvat scored twice including the overtime winner as the Vancouver Canucks defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2.
| April 19, 2021, 12:28 AM
April 19, 2021, 12:28 AM
VANCOUVER — This has never been tried.
Nobody has done what the Vancouver Canucks are trying to do because no major professional sports team in North America has been attacked the way the Canucks were the last three weeks by COVID-19’s vicious P.1 variant.
There is no precedent. Finishing the National Hockey League season with nearly an entire roster of coronavirus survivors is a monumental challenge that seems almost impossible to conclude with any competitive success. It seems the Canucks are playing for degrees of failure, because how could any team thrive over 19 games in 32 days after a 24-day layoff in which many players were sicker than they’ve ever been?