{"id":543950,"date":"2026-03-18T06:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543950\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T06:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:18:17","slug":"elias-pettersson-scores-twice-vancouver-canucks-down-florida-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543950\/","title":{"rendered":"Elias Pettersson scores twice, Vancouver Canucks down Florida Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"

VANCOUVER \u2014 Elias Pettersson<\/a> scored twice, including the 200th goal of his NHL career, and the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> held on for a 5-2 win over the Florida Panthers<\/a> on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

The Swedish centre opened the scoring at the 3:49 mark of the first period, blasting a one-timer in from inside the faceoff circle during an early power play. It was his 14th tally of the season and his first goal in 21 games. <\/p>\n

Marco Rossi<\/a> also scored and contributed a pair of assists for the Canucks (21-38-8), who rebounded from a lopsided 5-2 loss to the Seattle Kraken<\/a> on Saturday. <\/p>\n

Vancouver centre Aatu Raty<\/a> and Drew O\u2019Connor each added a goal apiece, Brock Boeser<\/a> tallied three helpers, and Kevin Lankinen<\/a> \u2014 playing in his 200th NHL game \u2014 stopped 21 of the 23 shots he faced for his first win since Jan. 21. <\/p>\n

The Panthers (33-31-3) got a goal and an assist from Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>. Sam Bennett<\/a> also scored and Carter Verhaeghe<\/a> had two assists. <\/p>\n

Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a> made 17 saves for the defending Stanley Cup champions, who lost their second straight game. <\/p>\n

TAKEAWAYS<\/p>\n

Canucks: Took a 3-1 lead late in the opening frame, then withstood Florida\u2019s late push to finish out the win. \u2026 Went 2-for-4 with the man advantage. \u2026 Winger Nils Hoglander<\/a> slotted back in after being healthy scratched two games in a row. He replaced Curtis Douglas<\/a> in the lineup. <\/p>\n

Panthers: Defenceman Seth Jones<\/a> returned to the lineup after missing 26 games with an upper-body injury. Bennett also played after an undisclosed ailment kept him out of Florida\u2019s 6-2 loss to the Kraken in Seattle on Sunday. \u2026 Winger Nolan Foote<\/a> played his first game for the Panthers after getting called up from the AHLs Charlotte Checkers on Sunday. His dad is Canucks head coach Adam Foote<\/a>. \u2026 Bobrovsky skated in his 800th regular-season NHL game and winger Tomas Nosek<\/a> made his 500th appearance. <\/p>\n

KEY MOMENT<\/p>\n

Boeser sent Pettersson a behind-the-back pass from near the crease and Pettersson ripped a shot off, with the puck hitting Florida defenceman Gustav Forsling<\/a> on its way into the net for the centre\u2019s 200th regular-season goal. The tally gave Vancouver a 2-1 lead at the 13:40 mark of the first period and prompted chats of \u201cLet\u2019s go Petey!\u201d from the crowd at Rogers Arena.<\/p>\n

KEY STAT<\/p>\n

Vancouver now has three wins in its last six games (3-2-1) after amassing three victories over the previous 26 outings (3-19-4).<\/p>\n

UP NEXT <\/p>\n

Panthers: Visit the Edmonton Oilers<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Canucks: Host the Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> on Thursday. <\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 17, 2026.<\/p>\n

Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VANCOUVER \u2014 Elias Pettersson scored twice, including the 200th goal of his NHL career, and the Vancouver Canucks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,82,55],"class_list":["post-543950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543950","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=543950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}