In Vancouver, Christopher Tanev potted the game-winner for the Canucks with 90 seconds gone in extra time in a 5-4 win over the visiting Vegas Golden Knights.
“Just go to the net with your stick on the ice, that’s what they say, right?” Tanev said. “I passed it to Bo and went to the net. He made a really great pass. I didn’t think it was going to get to me. It ended up right on my stick and I just went around Fleury.”
Jacob Markstrom made 38 saves in the win.
Vancouver moved to 17-15-4 with the win.
Vegas’ Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith and Mark Stone had multi-point nights with a goal and assist apiece in the loss.
“It’s a good point for us,” Stone said. “We didn’t play our best to start the game but overall we dictated a lot of the game.”
Nick Holden also scored for the Knights.
Elias Pettersson struck for two goals for the Canucks.
“This win was really important for us,” Pettersson said. “Just try to build on this.”
Antoine Roussel and Tanner Pearson also scored for Vancouver.
“Anytime you lose three in a row, you want to take a good long, hard look at yourself, and we did that,” Pearson said.
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Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves in the loss.
“That’s kind of the way we’ve been playing the last month,” Stone said. “When we get in on the cycle and we synchronize with our defense, teams have fits with us. We roll four lines out the door and we start cycling, we start manhandling teams down low, we got some size, we got some skill, and we got speed, so we play like that we’re going to win more games then we’re going to lose.”
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