{"id":287899,"date":"2025-11-17T01:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/287899\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T01:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:47:07","slug":"hughes-tallies-four-assists-as-canucks-beat-lightning-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/287899\/","title":{"rendered":"Hughes tallies four assists as Canucks beat Lightning 6-2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at\u00a0CanucksArmy<\/a>\u00a0where we give you our instant reaction to tonight\u2019s\u00a0Vancouver Canucks<\/a>\u00a0game and ask our readers to do the same in the comments section below!Starting Lineup<\/p>\n

Projected #Canucks<\/a> lines vs. @TBLightning<\/a> <\/p>\n

Kane. EP40. Garland.
\nBoeser. Sasson. Sherwood.
\nO\u2019Connor. R\u00e4ty. DeBrusk.
\nMacEachern. Reichel. Karlsson.<\/p>\n

Hughes. Hronek.
\nMP29. Myers.
\nEP25. Willander.<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udd45Lankinen\ud83e\udd45<\/p>\n

2pm on @Sportsnet650<\/a> <\/p>\n

sportsnet.ca\/650<\/a> <\/p>\n

Quinn Hughes is back!<\/p>\n

First PeriodLess than two minutes into the game, Conor Garland dropped the gloves with Darren Raddysh. Garland fared pretty well in the bout with the 6\u20191 Lightning defenceman. That\u2019s Garland\u2019s fifth career fight<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lightning were all over the Canucks early in this one, registering eight shots before the Canucks got their first shot on goal. Scott Sabourin nearly opened the scoring seven minutes into this one when he found himself with far too much time and space in the low slot in front of Kevin Lankinen. Sabourin hit the crossbar, then put his second attempt off target.<\/p>\n

Lankinen was busy in this one. So busy that I had to remind myself that it was the Lightning \u2014 not the Canucks \u2014 who played less than 24 hours ago.<\/p>\n

With 34 seconds left in the first, Tampa Bay opened the scoring in this one, as Nikita Kucherov blasted home a one-timer to make it\u00a01-0 Lightning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nikita Kucherov scores with 34 seconds left in the 1st period. 1-0 Tampa <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

Evander Kane\u00a0likely\u00a0should have been lower here.<\/p>\n

Some context from Kevin Woodley:<\/p>\n

Said it on @Sportsnet650<\/a> couple times this week but no team in NHL gives up more on lateral passes across middle of ice than Canucks this season, per @csahockey<\/a> \u2026 worst at east-west below hash marks in particular, a chance that goes in 5% more often than breakaway<\/p>\n

Chalk up another east west shot scoring on the Canucks<\/p>\n

And some more context from Jeff Paterson:<\/p>\n

still scoreless. But the heatmap sure does tell a story<\/p>\n

Neither of those seems good.<\/p>\n

Second Period<\/p>\n

The Lightning kept up the pressure to kick off the second, and on their 15th shot of the game, Jake Guentzel deflected a point shot past Kevin Lankinen to make it\u00a02-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tampa takes a 2-0 lead. <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

At this point of the game, five minutes into the second, the Canucks had three shots.<\/p>\n

The Canucks got their first power play chance of the game shortly after the Guentzel goal, and while they got set up and were snapping the puck around pretty well, they got just one shot on goal. They didn\u2019t have to wait long for their next power play attempt though, and this time, they wasted little time in putting the puck into the back of the net. Jake DeBrusk banged home the rebound after a confident maneuver from Elias Pettersson to get the Canucks on the board.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Jake DeBrusk scores on the power play! He gets Vancouver back in this game! <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

That\u2019s four goals in six games for DeBrusk, and five points for Pettersson in his last three games.<\/p>\n

With five minutes left in the frame, the Lightning got their first power play chance of the game. The Lightning\u2019s power play \u2014 somewhat surprisingly \u2014 ranks 27th overall in the NHL. Of course, the Canucks\u2019 PK sits dead last in the NHL, so it was a solid matchup. The Canucks killed this one off, but the officials\u00a0really\u00a0wanted to let the Canucks PK get some reps, and called Elias Pettersson (the defenceman) for a weak hooking penalty.<\/p>\n

This time, Kevin Lankinen was the Canucks\u2019 best penalty killer, absolutely robbing Jake Guentzel of what would have been his second goal of the period. The Canucks managed to kill that penalty off and trailed by a goal heading into the third.<\/p>\n

Third PeriodThe Canucks announced that Conor Garland would not return for the rest of the game after departing five minutes into the second period. Not good<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Scott Sabourin took a penalty, putting the Canucks back on the power play just under five minutes into the third. Once again, the Canucks\u2019 power play wasted little time. This time, it was Brock Boeser firing a hard pass toward the net front looking for a stick in front. The puck went off Kiefer Sherwood\u2019s stick, then off a Tampa defenceman\u2019s skate and into the back of the net to bring the Canucks even.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Kiefer Sherwood ties the game on the power play! <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

2-2.<\/p>\n

The Canucks kept up the momentum at 5v5, and birthday boy Linus Karlsson gave them their first lead of the night less than a minute after Sherwood\u2019s power play goal:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

The birthday boy Linus Karlsson puts the Canucks up by one! <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

3-2 Canucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Canucks didn\u2019t stop there, trying to take advantage of a Tampa Bay side that, for the first time all game, was starting to look like a shorthanded team that played the night before. After Quinn Hughes danced at the blueline and got a shot through traffic, Drew O\u2019Connor deflected the puck past Jonas Johansson to give the Canucks their third goal in 1:40 of play.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Drew O’Connor scores the Canucks third goal in 1:40 to put them up by two! <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

4-2 Canucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All of a sudden, the ice was tilted in the Canucks\u2019 favour.<\/p>\n

The Bolts weren\u2019t going to go away quietly, and appeared to pull within one with just under eight minutes to go. The Canucks challenged that there should have been a stoppage in play 30 seconds before the goal, and they were successful in that challenge, preserving their two goal lead.<\/p>\n

The Canucks are successful with a stoppage in play challenge. Jake Guentzel hit the puck with a high stick prior to the Lightning scoring. <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

The Canucks added an insurance tally as yet another point shot was deflected past Johansson.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8CANUCKS GOAL\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n

Mackenzie MacEachern tips home a Filip Hronek point shot! It’s 5-2 Vancouver! <\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa5: Sportsnet | #Canucks<\/a> <\/p>\n

That\u2019s Mackenzie MacEachern\u2019s second goal of the game. His two goals are the most goals he\u2019s scored in an entire NHL season since 2019-20, when he scored seven goals in 51 games with the St. Louis Blues. Also, that\u2019s four assists for Quinn Hughes.<\/p>\n

CORRECTION: MacEachern\u2019s first goal is now being credited to Linus Karlsson. So instead, MacEachern has now tied his goal total from the 2020-21 season. He had one goal and one assist through 21 NHL games that season. He is now up to four points in five games with the Canucks this season.<\/p>\n

Marcus Pettersson added an empty-netter to put the icing on the cake in this one.<\/p>\n

6-2 final.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your instant reaction to tonight\u2019s game? Let us know in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome back to Instant Reaction, the series here at\u00a0CanucksArmy\u00a0where we give you our instant reaction to tonight\u2019s\u00a0Vancouver Canucks\u00a0game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-287899","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}