You just knew. This was the game of redemption. This would be the big pushback after the lowest point of the season on Saturday. The lowest scuzzbag point of the season.
This game, where even I predicted a big fat in-your-fat-face statement game, a season-saving win - it was the only option. It was there for the winning - the all-out, take-no-prisoners huge statement with big high-scoring words, like breakaway and hat trick. Sad sack Isles have been inhabiting only slightly lighter dark places than the Canucks. They're vulnerable and beat up. We know how to work with that.