The Vancouver Canucks finally stopped their slide Saturday night with a 3-1 win over the visiting Calgary Flames.
Two goals in the third period snapped a 1-1 tie with Tyler Myers potting the game winner late in the period.
“The emotion, it was just because we got the lead at the end of the game, and it’s been a while,” Myers said. “It just felt really good to get back in the win column. I thought we deserved a better fate in the last couple of games. We stuck with it. It was a huge win for the group.”
Thatcher Demko made 18 saves in the win.
Sam Bennett picked up the lone Calgary goal.
“We’d like to get a point after your goalie stands on his head, but probably got what we deserve after that one,” the Flames’ Mark Giordano said.
The Flames dropped to 7-6-1.
“We weren’t competitive,” Flames head coach Geoff Ward said. “I thought we were slow everywhere, to be honest with you. The game is fair. We got what we deserved tonight. We got outworked, outskated, outcompeted. So usually when that happens, you don’t get the result you want.”
Quinn Hughes also scored for the Canucks.
“We’re just trying to have fun as a group again,” Hughes said. “I think it’s been helping. We were making plays today, we’ve been making plays the last couple of games. You can see it. We’re playing in the [offensive] zone a lot more, and defensively, we’re paying more attention to that.”
Brandon Sutter added an empty-net to ice the win.
Jacob Markstrom made 43 saves in the loss.
“Vancouver is a desperate team, and they threw a lot of pucks at the net, and there’s a lot of volume, but at the end of the day it’s my job to stop the puck,” Markstrom said. “It’s frustrating for me to feel like I’m playing a really good game, and then five minutes left not come up with one more save to at least take it to overtime and get a point and give the team a chance.”
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