Canucks 6 - 4 Kings F - Game 4 of the 2010 Playoffs - 04.21.10

Going into the fourth game, The Canucks had several issues to overcome. On the penalty kill, the team had difficulties keeping the puck out of their own net. Depth wise, Aaron Rome re-aggravated his injury in game three and his replacement was none other than Nolan Baumgartner. Baumer who was set to play his first NHL playoff game in seven years, did a tremendous job coming in as a sixth defense-man.

Off the ice, both clubs were fined for the shenanigans that took place prior to game 3 between Shane O'Brien and Jeff Halpern. When asked to comment, SOB didn't make much of the situation and said that they were just messing around.

Captain Luongo who got pulled in game 3, hoped for a better fate as he lead his team on the ice.

The LA Kings netminder, Jonathan Quick has been surprisingly good for the Kings. He struggled his way into the playoffs, but he seems to have found his game at the right time.

Early in the game, the Canucks penalty kill woes continued as the Kings scored the first goal of the game.

The first period flew by as the Kings held on to their one goal lead.

Four minutes into the second period, Christian Ehrhoff's shot from the point blew by Jonny Quick to tie the game at one.

Off a faceoff win, the Kings captain, Dustin Brown scored the 2-1 go ahead goal for his team.

In the first week of the playoffs, Pavol Demitra took a lot of heat and was publicly criticized for his weak play. But on this night, Pavol stepped up his game and scored the 2-2 tying goal.

Shortly after the Demitra goal, Anze Kopitar regained the lead for his team heading into the third period.

The Canucks were under a ton of pressure, they simply could not afford being down 3 - 1 heading into game 5.

Early in the third period, Alex Frolov had a golden chance to extend the Kings lead. As he shot the puck, Roberto Luongo stacked his pads and made a huge turning point save to keep the Canucks in the game.

The Canucks used that as motivation and for the third time in the game, they came back to tie the Kings with Mikael Samuelsson's tip in goal.

The Canucks were buzzing and they wasted no time to pull ahead as Sami Salo's blast beat Quick for a 4-3 lead.

The Kings were not going to allow game 4 slip away from them. Half way into the third period, Wayne Simmonds evened the score at 4.

The Sedin twins who had been quiet in games 3 and 4, finally stepped up and took over. Henrik Sedin with the help of his brother Daniel, scored a beauty to put the Canucks ahead with a couple of minutes remaining on the Clock.

The Canucks did a amazing job to defend the one goal lead and it lead Ryan Kesler to a empty netter goal that sealed the game.

There were some rough stuff after the horn, but cooler heads prevailed as the Canucks tied the playoff series at 2.

Once again, the Canucks showed tremendous heart by coming from behind and winning on road in a tough building.

Roberto Luongo stood tall and made the stops when it mattered and now the Canucks have to ride that momentum and dominate the LA Kings in game 5.

Both teams return back to Vancouver to play game 5 in GM Place. Catch that game on Friday, April 23rd at 7:00pm PST on CBC-HD.

GO CANUCKS GO