In Vancouver, the Canucks’ Bo Horvat hit for a double on Tuesday night in a 6-2 romp over the San Jose Sharks.
Horvat had four points in the win.
“It’s pretty fun to watch,” Canucks forward Brock Boeser said. “Hopefully he can keep it going.”
Vancouver improved to 16-15-3 with their third straight win.
Spencer Martin made 24 saves in the Canucks win.
“I think the team is starting to believe in themselves a little bit, and I think that’s important,” Vancouver coach Bruce Boudreau said. “We contained [San Jose] fairly well.”
Timo Meier scored both Sharks goals.
“That’s three times we’ve played these guys, and obviously they’ve got skill, but to give them six every time we play against them isn’t a recipe for success,” San Jose captain Logan Couture said.
San Jose dropped to 11-19-6,
“I thought we had chances to climb back in, thought we had some chances,” Sharks coach David Quinn said. “… I thought their guy played really well in net. Obviously, we were pressing for offense in the third period and gave up the fifth and sixth goals. So that’s really how the game unfolded.”
Horvat and Elias Pettersson scored to give the Canucks a 2-0 lead in the first period before Meier scored with less than a minute left in the frame to cut it to 2-1.
Vancouver took control of the game in the middle frame on goals from Ilya Mikheyev and Quinn Hughes for a 4-1 advantage after two periods.
“I thought we had some good offensive zone shifts in the second, but we gave up two quick ones right away, and obviously 4-1 is a lot tougher to come back from than 2-1,” Couture said.
Horvat and Boeser scored in the third period around Meier’s second goal for the 6-2 final.scored his second of the game to push it to 5-1 at 12:11 of the third period.
James Reimer made 19 saves in the Sharks loss.
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