The Good

• Miikka Kiprusoff. Watch that save a million times and I guarantee you never get sick of it. He was awesome, making 40 saves (12 with Calgary shorthanded) and keeping his team in a game that it, by rights, had no business being in.

• Jarome Iginla finally showed up for the first two and a half periods. Which was nice. His goal was a perfectly Iginla-ish goal which means he is once again going to high-traffic, high-percentage areas and beating defensemen and goalies to get goals. Let’s hope it continues because this team really, really needs him right now.

• In fact, all three Calgary goals were pretty nice for different reasons. Iginla’s hopefully gets him back on track, Daymond Langkow’s was a nice piece of sticktoitiveness that leveled the game at 2-all through just over a minute after the Canucks went up 2-1, and Rene Bourque’s 21st of the year (whatta great trade!) on the 2-on-1 with Iginla was a great shot through Roberto Luongo.

• Say what you want about Willie Mitchell’s illegal stick use, but the guy is a consummate ball-buster. Hilarious joke.

• To be fair to Calgary, getting 41 shots on goal at home is going to win you a large percentage of your games.

• Let’s keep the Bourque-Conroy-Iginla line together for a little while and see what happens. The 2-4-6 line outta those three last night would be a welcome sight if it became a regular occurrence. The Langkow-Moss-Glencross line was also very, very effective.

The Bad

• Ugh, how did they not win this game? How did they give up a goal inside a minute to go? How did they lose in a shootout? How did Bertuzzi’s shootout bid not go in? Losses like this, where the game looks in the bag and you end up giving up two points to a division rival at home, are tough to swallow.

• Roberto Luongo straight stole this game. No other way to say it. He made a number of ridiculous saves, especially in the first period, and was immaculate in the shootout.

The Ugly

• You almost can’t even call these games from Todd Bertuzzi “ugly” any more. They’re all too commonplace for that. Another two senseless minor penalties, another minus night, and a slew of turnovers in every zone. It would be frustrating and upsetting if it didn’t happen every. goddamn. night.

• I’ll give you one guess as to whose stupid pass to a covered man in the middle of the ice led to Ryan Kesler’s shortie. Go ahead. Take your time.