"To paraphrase what Matthew Broderick/Ferris Bueller might say in that surprisingly over-hated car commercial,* an NHL season moves by awfully fast. If you don't take a step back to admire a great run or two, you might miss them.
Going into Tuesday's Vancouver Canucks-Nashville Predators game, the greatest amount of attention revolved around Alain Vigneault at least pondering the idea of splitting up the Sedin twins. Naturally, that idea was exposed as ludicrous in an entertaining fashion on Tuesday as the Sedins spurred a two-point night for Byron Bitz. (Let me give credit where it's due, though; Bitz made an outstanding pass for his assist.)
As it turns out, Vigneault's idea wasn't the only ridiculous thing that the Sedins spotlighted last night, though.
RINNE'S RADICAL REIGN
The ginger replicas helped Vancouver hand the Nashville Predators a 4-3 shootout loss, putting Pekka Rinne's criminally under-mentioned winning streak to an end. Before Feb. 7's game, Rinne was on an 11-game winning streak.
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