The San Jose Sharks welcomed the Vancouver Canucks to SAP Middle on Thursday having misplaced their final two video games, most just lately to the Montreal Canadiens on Feb. 4. The Canucks, in the meantime, had been coming off a really stable effort towards the Colorado Avalanche the place Thatcher Demko obtained his first shutout in a 3-0 win. Whereas the Sharks sit on the backside of the Western Convention and the Canucks are within the wild card race, this sport didn’t comply with the script of a very unhealthy staff versus a possible playoff staff.
It regarded just like the Canucks had been going to document their second straight shutout victory after Dakota Joshua opened the scoring within the third, however Tyler Toffoli had different concepts, tying it within the remaining minute. However the Canucks nonetheless got here away with the 2-1 win, when newcomer Drew O’Connor was awarded a penalty shot in time beyond regulation and buried it towards Vitek Vanecek.
Recreation Recap
The Canucks managed play for the primary 5 minutes of the primary interval, however couldn’t clear up Vitek Vanecek. Then, after Will Smith had a breakaway that Demko stopped, the Sharks settled down and restricted the Canucks to zero photographs for about 13 minutes – which included an influence play. The interval ended deadlocked at zero with the Sharks up 7-6 on the shot clock.
The Canucks and Sharks traded probabilities within the second interval, however the goalies remained good with Demko stopping 9 photographs and Vanecek turning apart 13.
Followers lastly obtained to see a aim on this sport when the Canucks opened the scoring on the tail finish of their fourth energy play of the evening when Joshua tipped dwelling his third from a shot by Pius Suter. The Sharks obtained a number of probabilities to tie it within the latter half of the interval, outshooting the Canucks 16-3, and eventually obtained one previous Demko within the remaining minute. It was Toffoli (who now has a whopping 24 objectives in his profession towards the Canucks) who was in a position to backhand his twentieth into the web with 33 seconds to go to ship this sport into time beyond regulation.
In time beyond regulation, after the Sharks had a 2-on-1 stopped by Demko, Filip Chytil despatched O’Connor in on a breakaway, however after being impeded by Macklin Celebrini was awarded a penalty shot to win the sport. O’Connor made no mistake, scoring his second as a Canuck – and first towards a goaltender – wristing it previous Vanecek to ship his new staff to a 2-1 victory.
Goalie Matchup
- Vanecek was stable in his return to the crease for the Sharks stopping 22 photographs.
- Demko was good once more on this sport and was solely 33 seconds away from his second straight shutout. He ended up stopping 33 of 34 photographs, together with one other magnificence in time beyond regulation, to carry his document to 6-6-3.
What’s Subsequent For the Canucks & Sharks?
Each groups are again in motion on Saturday with the Canucks internet hosting the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Sharks taking over the Dallas Stars.
