Sedin brothers bury Blackhawks

While Vancouver is going to finish the regular season with a better record than the Blackhawks, even Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo knows that’s not what’s going to matter in the end.

“Anytime we face them it’s always a good challenge,” Luongo told the Vancouver Province before Friday’s game at Rogers Arena. “At the end of the day, however, it all comes down to the playoffs and who comes out then. We will only be satisfied if we get on top of them in the playoffs.”

Much of the talk Friday centered on a potential first-round playoff meeting between the two bitter rivals, what with the Canucks in first place in the Western Conference and the Hawks hovering around the eighth spot.

In a game that had a playoff-like feel, the Canucks got late goals from Henrik and Daniel Sedin to beat the Hawks 4-3.

Dave Bolland’s goal at 7:47 of the third period put the Hawks ahead 3-2, but Henrik Sedin tied it on a power play with Daniel Sedin scoring with four minutes to play after a Patrick Kane turnover.

The Hawks have eliminated the Canucks in the second round of the playoffs two years in a row.

“We know they want our number,” Kane told reporters. “They probably want to play us. They probably want to prove this year they’ve taken that extra step and that they can beat us.”

The Hawks, of course, have their sights set on finishing higher then eighth in the West. Their goal remains fourth place and home ice in the first round, or even catching Detroit in the Central Division.

“Coming home and checking the standings every day, it’s not fun,” Hawks winger Troy Brouwer told reporters. “We are a good hockey team and I don’t think we’ve played to our full potential.”

Hawks coach Joel Quenneville gave Marty Turco his second straight start Friday, which has been somewhat of a surprise coming out of the all-star break considering Corey Crawford had seized the No. 1 job.

“We want to get a little confidence going in him,” Quenneville said.

It was 2-2 after two periods in which the Hawks carried most of the play.

The Canucks got the only goal of the first period from Christian Ehrhoff at 18:06 on a long slap shot through a screen.

Jonathan Toews brought the Hawks back in the second period, scoring his 19th goal at 5:06 then setting up Nick Boynton’s goal less than five minutes later.

The Hawks had a chance to go ahead 3-1 late in the second period but couldn’t take advantage of an extended power play that consisted of 47 seconds of a 5-on-3.

Moments after the power play ended, Jake Dowell took a penalty and the Canucks got a goal from Mikael Samuelsson to make it 2-2.