The Vancouver Canucks are getting more competition among themselves lately than from their opponents. Daniel Sedin scored twice in the second period to extend his team lead to 24 goals, but Ryan Kesler completed his second career hat trick in the third to close within one as the Canucks extended their winning streak to eight games with a 6-1 victory over Edmonton on Friday. "That's what you need, guys to push each other, and that's what this team is doing right now in a lot of different places throughout the team," said Daniel, who added an assist on Alex Edler's later power-play goal. The competition includes the goaltenders. Rookie backup Cory Schneider made his fifth start in eight games while No. 1 Roberto Luongo rested more, and finished with 23 saves to remain unbeaten in regulation (8-0-2) in his first full NHL season. "We have internal competition so guys are competing to be the best and be the guy who scores that big goal or carries the big load on his shoulder, and it seems like it's a different guy every night," Schneider said. "It's friendly competition, I suppose, but there's no malice." read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/recap?gameId=310107022
