VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks did a lot of things right against the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday night.

Head coach Adam Foote said even though they lost 5-4 in overtime against the best team in the NHL, the Canucks showed flashes of what they can be.

“I like the resilience,” said Foote. “We’re trying to get players to believe what we’re doing is working. We’ve got a lot of young guys in that lineup right now that are playing bigger minutes than probably they anticipated.

“They’re doing a hell of a job. They’ve been really resilient. That’s the positive we’re going to take.”

The Canucks (8-8-1) didn’t fold when they fell behind 2-0 early. Vancouver got a short-handed goal from Drew O’Connor to tie the game once, then after falling behind again, forced the overtime on Jake DeBrusk’s

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