Blackhawks give up 4 to Canucks

Coach Joel Quenneville knew not to expect a repeat of Saturday's romp over Edmonton when the Blackhawks took the ice Sunday night in Vancouver.

"They're playing well in all aspects of their game," Quenneville said of the Canucks, who are now tied atop the Pacific Division standings after beating the Blackhawks 4-1 on Sunday. "They're right back on track."

And one of the reasons has been the play of goalie Ryan Miller, who came into the game sporting a 12-3 record.

Miller also came into the game hoping to exact a little bit of revenge considering what the Blackhawks did to him and the St. Louis Blues in the final four games of their first-round playoff series last spring, a series the Hawks won in six games.

"It would be nice to get back on track against these guys," Miller told reporters Sunday morning. "They took the last four games from me.

"This Chicago team has been consistently good for a number of years. They have a good core group of guys. We have a good core group of guys here as well and we're trying to show that we're growing as a group.

"Part of that growth is we got through the first 20 games, and now we need to keep building."

The Canucks began their next 20 on a good note when they hit the board at 13:13 of the first as Jannik Hansen beat Corey Crawford from close range to open the scoring.

Crawford was in net for the third time in four days. He was supposed to back up Antti Raanta Saturday in Edmonton, but Raanta came down with the illness before the game and couldn't go.

"We've been comfortable and confident with him all year; he's been excellent for us," Quenneville told WGN Radio of Crawford. "He's been very consistent.

"Nice to see him respond when he thought he was going to get a breather (Saturday in Edmonton). He put in a real strong effort for us."

Crawford had the save of the game in the second period when he did the splits to somehow stop a shot by a bewildered Henrik Sedin.

The Hawks tied the game seven minutes into the second on the power play when Kris Versteeg deflected in a shot by Duncan Keith. It was Versteeg's third power play goal of the season and his seventh overall.

The Canucks took a 2-1 lead early in the third when Hansen struck again, scoring his seventh on the season off a tip-in.

Hansen added a late goal to finish with a hat trick.

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