In Vancouver, Jacob Markstrom made 34 saves as the Canucks responded to an early deficit to the visiting Arizona Coyotes and won, 3-1, on Thursday night.
“We knew it was going to be that type of game,” the Canucks’ Bo Horvat said. “They play a really structured game and play well defensively. I thought we did a great job sticking to our systems and not pushing too hard. We capitalized on our opportunities and that was the difference.”
Bo Horvat had a goal for the Canucks – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Horvat had a goal in the Canucks win.
“Especially with a young team, there’s something to be said about playing at home and being excited to play at home,” Canucks head coach Travis Green said. “Eventually you want to have a team that plays well on the road and at home but man, we’ve been sharp here.”
Christian Dvorak had the lone Coyotes strike.
“It was a pretty solid game here for us but there’s no moral victories, especially at this time of year, so it’s a tough one to lose,” Dvorak said. “We were playing our game pretty much the full 60 and just couldn’t really find the second one, which is tough, but can’t get frustrated here.”
Jake Virtanen also scored for Vancouver.
“It’s the ups and downs of the season and capitalizing on your opportunities and getting the right bounces,” Horvat said. “We had those tonight and Marky stood on his head again.”
Tanner Pearson added an empty net goal as the sealer.
“We stuck to our game,” Horvat said. “I didn’t think we sat back a lot. We kept taking it to them, which we haven’t done in the past.”
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Adin Hill made 22 saves in the loss.
“We’ve got to get some guys that ramp it up here, we got to get some guys to produce. It can’t be just [Hall’s] line and [Dvorak]., Coyotes head coach Rick Tocchet said after the loss.
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