Vancouver Canucks Vs New Jersey Devils Postgame Analysis – February 7, 2023

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The Vancouver Canucks suffer yet another loss, this time to the New Jersey Devils. The game was a close one, as the Canucks fought back to tie up the game but ultimately fell to the Devils 5-4 in overtime.

This was the second (and final) time that the Canucks and the Devils faced off this season, with their last matchup occurring on November 1st, 2020, with the Canucks losing again to them. The final score of that game was 5-2.

 

This was the first game the Canucks played after their All-Star Weekend break, a break that will be remembered for a long time for Canucks fans. It wasn’t because the All-Star game was a thriller; if anything, it’s the complete opposite. This was the first game the Canucks played after trading away their leading goal-scorer and captain, Bo Horvat.

 

The Canucks weren’t lacking in scoring last night despite trading away their 30-goal scorer. They scored 4 goals all from 4 different players. Newly signed forward, Andrei Kuzmenko, opened the scoring 3 minutes into the game with a sick toe-drag move around Devils’ defender, Dougie Hamilton.

While that move was exciting for Canucks fans at home or in attendance, that was all to get excited about until later in the 2nd period, as the Devils stormed back scoring 4 goals. It got better for Canucks when there were 5-minutes left in the 2nd period, as they got goals from Luke Scheen and Curtis Lazar to end the period.

 

Heading into the 3rd period, the Canucks miraculously tied the game 6 minutes into the period with a goal from Phil Di Giuseppe. That would be enough for the Canucks to earn at least 1 point, as the game went to overtime.

The overtime period didn’t have too many exciting moments. The main highlight from this overtime was when Devils’ star forward, Jack Hughes, was rushing onto a breakaway but was ultimately stopped by his older brother, Quinn Hughes, who rushed back to stop the breakaway opportunity. 

 

With less than 2 minutes left in the overtime period, Canucks forward, Andrei Kuzmenko, got a penalty for hooking Devils’ forward, Jesper Bratt. With the rest of the overtime being 4 against 3 for the Devils, the Devils capitalized on the powerplay with a rocket one-timer from Jasper Bratt (ironically) to win the game against the struggling Canucks.

This was Anthony Beauvillier’s first game as a Vancouver Canucks after he was acquired in the blockbuster trade that sent Bo Horvat to the New York Islanders. He 0 points, 2 SOG, and had a +/- rating of -2 tonight.

 

The Canucks are back in action on Thursday when they face off against the New York Rangers at 5:00 pm (PST).

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