In Vancouver, J.T. Miller struck twice on the power-play to help the Canucks to a 5-1 win over the visiting Detroit Red Wings.
Thatcher Demko made 26 saves to backstop the victory for Vancouver who improved to 3-2-0.
His only blemish on the night was breakaway goal by Dylan Larkin 30 seconds into the game.
“Every goalie has been through that, so just kind of drawing on past experiences,” Demko said. “I felt good and didn’t want that one to ruin my night.
“It’s tough. I haven’t played in a while and gave up the first one, but if you want to play at this level, you’ve got to put that behind you. The team just did a great job. After we gave up that goal we really started rolling.”
Elias Pettersson and Alexander Edler had three points each in the win, including a goal and two assists.
“We’ve been playing really good and starting to find our game,” Pettersson said. “We’re quicker to the puck, we make quicker decisions and we’re there for each other all the time. That’s what you need to have to win hockey games in this league.”
Troy Stecher tied the game after Larkin’s opener.
“Having your guys put up five [goals] definitely gives me a little more cushion, a little more confidence. I can ride that and build off that for myself,” Demko said.
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Jonathan Bernier made 27 saves in the loss.
“It wasn’t enough for our team to come in and start a road trip and not have the compete level anywhere near to what theirs was, what it should be in an NHL game,” Larkin said. “It was unacceptable, frustrating. If we play like that every night, it is going to be the same result.
“We’re not good enough to come out and just throw our sticks out there and play hockey. We need to battle, we need to block shots, the [penalty kill] needs to be good, we need to win battles in front of our net, and we didn’t do any of that tonight and it’s frustrating.”
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