Game recap: Canucks combine for fifteen goals in two games

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In my last game recap, I told you to get excited if you’re a Canucks fan since we don’t know when this’ll all stop.

Well, keep that excitement because, you know…

I’ll go into that one later, as there was a game that happened just two days prior that was also pretty fun!

After a tough loss on Saturday against the New York Rangers, the Canucks were looking for a bounce back against a team that they had previously beat just one week prior, the Nashville Predators.

So, I was at this game, and it was an absolute blast… but man, the Canucks did not play their best game. Even though that was the case, the Canucks still came away with a 5-2 win, and it was a memorable night for Elias Pettersson, who scored his second career hat trick.

How this was only his second? I have no idea.

Everyone knew that the Preds were going to be out in full force tonight after the Canucks walloped them in their own barn, but it wasn’t enough. It seemed as if they were missing the net on literally every single shot. Sure, they generated a fair amount of offence, but I don’t think they have enough offensive punch to be good enough for the playoffs this season.

Sam Lafferty, who’s been an important fixture on the fourth line, got things going in the first, as Quinn Hughes sent a shot to the net which was stopped by Preds goalie Kevin Lankinen, bounced in the air, hit Lafferty’s helmet and found its way over the goal line.

As good as this team has been, man they have been the beneficiaries of some pretty crazy finishing luck, which is just not sustainable in the slightest.

Regardless, the Canucks are up 1-0, the building is alive, and the good vibes continue.

The good vibes were then squandered in rather short order, as two local boys would score two goals in just under a minute for Nashville. Vancouver natives Colton Sissons and Dante Fabbro scored two quick goals, and every bit of energy that was once in the building had been eradicated.

But have no fear, Elias Pettersson is here, and he scored the only two goals of the second period to give the Canucks a 3-2 lead.

Vancouver’s penalty kill was perfect in this one, but they were put to the test in the second period as J.T. Miller took six penalty minutes, which lead to him being benched for the remainder of the period.

Take a guess as to what happened next.

Hollywood type beat.

J.T. Miller cashes in a rebound off of a laser from Brock Boeser, and that was the insurance marker that the team needed. Elias Pettersson secured the hat trick late in the third with an empty net goal, and the Canucks win 5-2 on home ice.

Following the result of this game, the Canucks had a record of 6-2-1 and the vibes were at an all time high, but there was a storm brewing.

The winless San Jose Sharks were next on the chopping block, leading to a ton of anxiety from the Canucks fanbase and media, as this just seemed like a perfect “trap game.” A trap game is basically when a team plays a game they should have no business losing, but they lose anyway.

Canucks fans have been haunted enough by the team playing down to their opponent, so I guess some of it was justified? It wasn’t a concern for Thomas Drance, a Canucks beat writer for The Athletic, who (somewhat) predicted the outcome.

Sharks forward, Nico Sturm, immediately took a double minor penalty for high sticking just over a minute into the game.

Who knew that a game could be over that quickly?

Brock Boeser receives a pass from Elias Pettersson and absolutely rifles a one-timer past Sharks goalie, Kaapo Kahkonen. A disgusting shot that was reminiscent of his rookie season.

That wasn’t all for this power play, as it didn’t take long for Brock Boeser to get back on the scoresheet. Boeser sends an outrageous bank pass to J.T. Miller, who shelfs a backhand shot while moving at full throttle. A world class play to make it 2-0.

 

Oh, you thought they were done? THINK FAST!

BANG! Quinn Hughes makes it 3-0 with his third (THIRD!!!) point of the period, and Brock Boeser scored again on the power play for his eighth of the year. 4-0. What a start, and the jokes write themselves.

Okay, so the Canucks could go in a couple of different directions. They could letup and- NOPE! FULL THROTTLE. FOOT ON THE GAS. LET’S GO.

Do you like goals?

SO DOES ILYA MIKHEYEV. 5-0.

This was an absolutely absurd play by Elias Pettersson. He receives the puck via a lob pass in the neutral zone. He takes the puck on his blade, controls it, brings it into the zone and sends a perfect cross-ice pass to Carson Soucy, who then feeds a perfect cross-ice pass to Ilya Mikheyev who has a yawning cage to insert the puck into.

Andrei Kuzmenko would score not too long afterwards to make it 6-0 midway through the second period, and that would be the one to end Kahkonen’s night, as Kuzmenko’s leg caught Kahkonen’s helmet after the puck went in.

Sam Lafferty would grab his second goal in as many games to make it 7-0, and Pius Suter (FINALLY) scores his first of the season to make it 8-0. Quinn Hughes assisted on both, giving him five points on the night, good enough to tie a franchise record for most points in a single game by a Canucks defenceman.

So after all of that, the game is over and-

Wait, what do you mean there’s still a period of hockey left to play?

Yeah, the Canucks were leading 8-0 after two periods, and personally, I wanted ten. FULL. THROTTLE.

Anthony Beauvillier, who coming into this game had a total of zero goals and three assists in nine games, scored his first two goals of the season to make it 9-0 and 10-0, in his 500th career game, nonetheless.

Yeah, the Canucks scored ten goals… in one game. Insane.

The Sharks would get one off the stick of Fabian Zetterlund to ruin Thatcher Demko’s shutout bid but like, who honestly cares that much?

Well, unless your Thatcher Demko (sorry, Thatch.)

So yeah, that was a rather successful two games from Vancouver this week, one of them being a ten goal performance. Can you believe that the Canucks scored ten goals?

Vancouver will be going head-to-head against the Dallas Stars at Rogers Arena this Saturday. Dallas has a very impressive 7-1-1 record through nine games, while the Canucks are crushing it with a 7-2-1 record through ten games.

This will undoubtedly be a tough matchup, as the Stars are touted to be a potential Stanley Cup contender this year. The Canucks should hopefully hold up against a good hockey team, but let’s see.

Either way… STAY HYPED, VANCOUVER!

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