Colorado loses for 1st time at homeDaniel Sedin had two goals and an assist, Brendan Morrison had a goal and the Vancouver Canucks dealt the Colorado Avalanche their first home loss with a 4-3 victory Saturday night. Ryan Kesler added a goal and Henrik Sedin had three assists for the Canucks, losers of six of their previous eight games. Roberto Luongo made 30 saves. The Avalanche had matched a franchise record by opening the season with six home wins. The team had won six straight at home to start the 1994-95 season while in Quebec. Philadelphia (4-0) is now the only team without a loss at home. Jeff Finger and Marek Svatos scored two goals and Jeff Finger scored a short-handed goal for the Avalanche, who had won four straight overall. Peter Budaj stopped 18 shots and lost for the first time in three starts. Vancouver led 1-0 after one period, taking advantage of an unforced turnover by Avalanche defenseman Kurt Sauer. Sauer put the puck right onto Markus Naslund's stick in the right circle. Naslund's pass to Henrik Sedin was nudged to Daniel Sedin, who sent a wrister past Budaj with 9:40 left. The Canucks killed two penalties in the period. Luongo denied Paul Stastny's one-timer from the slot and a deflected shot by Ryan Smyth from behind the net. Colorado tied it at 1 on Finger's short-handed goal with 8:06 left in the second period. Wyatt Smith passed the puck from the side boards to Finger, who sent a backhander underneath Luongo's stick. Vancouver regained the lead, 2-1, on a power-play goal by Morrison with 4:06 remaining in the second. Henrik Sedin found Morrison in front of the net, behind an Avalanche defenseman. Kesler made it a two-goal lead 1:16 into the third period. Budaj stopped Taylor Pyatt, but the Kesler punched back the rebound. Svatos brought Colorado within 3-2 with a power play goal at 5:06. Daniel Sedin sealed the win with his second goal of the night with 6:35 left. The Canucks were skating on a two-man advantage. Svatos made it 4-3 after Colorado had pulled Budaj with 1:15 left in the game. Notes@: Morrison played in his 526th consecutive game, the longest current active streak. ... Luongo was shaken up briefly late in the first period when Smyth ran over him backwards over the goal line. ... Budaj appeared in his 100th game.
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