In Vancouver, the Canucks find themselves in first place in the Pacific Division, because they are winning, but their rivals cannot seem to find any consistency.
On Saturday night, the Canucks defeated the San Jose Sharks, 4-1.
J.T. Miller had a goal for Vancouver – file photo by Lewis Bleiman
Tanner Pearson struck for a goal and two points against his old team.
Thatcher Demko made 17 saves in the win; the Canucks improved to 27-18-4.
Barclay Goodrow had the lone Sharks goal.
“I don’t think today was a game I would say we didn’t compete,” Sharks coach Bob Boughner said. “We didn’t have enough offense. It seemed every time we started getting going something would happen. We’d take a penalty, or they would come down and get a quick one.”
Loui Eriksson, JT Miller and Quinn Hughes also scored for the Canucks.
“In a game like that, you’re peppering their goalie, he’s saving them all and they’re not getting any shots,” Pearson said. “It can go one way or another and good thing it went our way.”
[WATCH:Â All Sharks vs. Canucks highlights]
Aaron Dell made 35 saves in the loss.
“We just stopped everything that was successful,” Dell said. “This is pretty much the ramification of that. I don’t know why it changed or when it changed. It’s back to the team from last month, kind of.”
You must be logged in to post a comment.