Starting LineupFirst Period<\/p>\n
Aatu R\u00e4ty hit a post early, and Lukas Reichel took the game\u2019s first penalty shortly after that. The Canucks\u2019 PK has been very bad this season, and they sure came close to giving up a goal early on in this one, too. Truly, it\u2019s almost shocking how permissive the Canucks\u2019 penalty killers can be. They allow so much east-west passing and give up the middle of the ice for puck carriers to move into. There were multiple close calls on the PK\u2019s first chance of the night. Kevin Lankinen stood tall on a couple of opportunities, and had some help from the crossbar behind him on one of Columbus\u2019s chances. And perhaps worst of all: there were multiple occassions of Columbus players getting the chance to take whacks at loose pucks in the crease with little pushback from the Canucks\u2019 defence. But you\u2019ll see more of that in The Stanchies tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n
Lankinen made some downright fantastic stops in the first period:<\/p>\n
With just over three minutes left in the first, Cole Sillinger held onto Quinn Hughes and gave the Canucks their first power play of the game. It didn\u2019t go well.\u00a0With five seconds remaining in the first, Lukas Reichel found himself with what looked like a great chance to score, but his attempt deflected up and out of play.<\/p>\n
Lukas Reichel comes close to picking up his first goal and point as a Canuck, but the puck deflects into the netting. <\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n Some takeaways from the first: Second Period<\/p>\n The Blue Jackets got another power play opportunity early in the second, and again, it was Lankinen who was the Canucks\u2019 best penalty killer.<\/p>\n That kept the game scoreless and let the Canuck to go the other way and open the scoring. Aatu R\u00e4ty and Drew O\u2019Connor teamed up to set up Jake DeBrusk, who roofed a shot over Elvis Merzlikins\u2019 glove to give the Canucks the game\u2019s first lead.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n Jake DeBrusk beats Elvis Merz\u013cikins over the shoulder in tight! What a shot! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 1-0 Canucks.<\/p>\n That lead didn\u2019t last long, as Kirill Marchenko scored a bit of a weird one as Tyler Myers knocked the puck off the pegs as the puck went in.<\/p>\n Columbus ties the game shortly after Jake DeBrusk opened the scoring <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 1-1.\u00a0<\/p>\n Moments after the goal, Mathieu Olivier hit Elias Pettersson, the defenceman, in the numbers. DPetey\u2019s head hit the boards and he needed to be helped off the ice. That was a late hit, and the Canucks were given a five minute power play as a result.<\/p>\n Mathieu Olivier hits D-Petey on the numbers. <\/p>\n Olivier was assessed a 5 minute major and a game misconduct. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n Both of the Canucks\u2019 power play units struggled to gain the zone, and when they did, there were only a couple of shots that made their way to Merzlikins. Side note: As Elias Pettersson (forward) got stripped of the puck after hesitating, boos were certainly heard from the Rogers Arena faithful. Not trying to pile on, it\u2019s just worth noting. Anyways, the Canucks didn\u2019t capitalize on their five minutes of power play time.<\/p>\n And then the Blue Jackets went back the other way and scored:<\/p>\n Dmitri Voronkov puts the Blue Jackets up 2-1 <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 2-1 Blue Jackets.<\/p>\n Good news: DPetey returned before the end of the second! Bad news: Forward Elias Pettersson passed up another opportunity to shoot and turned the puck over instead:<\/p>\n Elias Pettersson is set up in a prime position to shoot but he attempts a pass that fails. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n Some more good news: Drew O\u2019Connor notched his sixth point in his last five games when he evened this game up late in the second.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n Drew O’Connor puts home a rebound and ties this game for Vancouver! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n Before the end of the period, we saw one of the worst missed calls in recent memory:<\/p>\n HOW IS THAT NOT A PENALTY???? <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n Some takeaways from the second: Third Period<\/p>\n The Canucks didn\u2019t exactly press the Blue Jackets in the third, but once again, some key saves from Kevin Lankinen gave the Canucks a chance to take the lead. And take the lead they did.<\/p>\n After some extended time in the offensive zone, Elias Pettersson made a nice pass to a streaking and fresh Tyler Myers, who made a quick shift around Adam Fantilli to put himself into a prime scoring location. Conor Garland was then there to finish off the sequence.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n CONOR GARLAND FINISHES OFF A GREAT SHIFT BY THE CANUCKS WITH A GOAL! IT’S 3-2 VANCOUVER! <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n 3-2 Canucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n Columbus didn\u2019t go away after that, though.<\/p>\n Kirill Marchenko got in on another goal, this time serving as the triggerman:<\/p>\n Kirill Marchenko ties this game for Columbus. <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n That\u2019s one Lankinen will want back.\u00a03-3.<\/p>\n Quinn Hughes turned in a phenomenal shift with seven minutes left in this one. First, he broke ankles:<\/p>\n Quinn Hughes breaking ankles. What’s new? <\/p>\n \ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n Then he danced around the offensive zone some more and swung the momentum very firmly in the Canucks\u2019 favour. On the next shift, with Hughes off the ice, Brock Boeser scored his seventh goal of the year when he bunted down a Kiefer Sherwood aerial pass and shot glove side on Merzlikins.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n BROCK BOESER PUTS VANCOUVER UP BY ONE! <\/p>\n
-Tom Willander giving a cross check to Mathieu Olivier made me say \u201cuh oh\u201d.
-Absolutely love that Kevin Bieksa highlighted the Willander cross check on Olivier during the first intermission. Not a great idea!<\/p>\n
-Good to see Drew O\u2019Connor being rewarded for the strong efforts he\u2019s turned in lately.
-Thank goodness this team didn\u2019t lose DPetey as well.<\/p>\n