The state of the Swedish star’s game so far this season, in the aftermath of Thursday night’s five\u002Dpoint scoring spree.
Pettersson is tied for fourth most five-plus-point games among Swedish-born NHLers. Kent Nilsson and Peter Forsberg each had nine five-plus-point games in their careers, tied for the most.Boudreau, who coached Backstrom in Washington,“He wants to win. He wants to compete. He wants to do it all. And he does it in a quiet manner, but it’s a very positive manner,” he said.Pettersson is sixth on the team in average ice time per game. He’s playing 19:51 per game, behind Quinn Hughes , Bo Horvat , J.
Canucks centre Elias Pettersson celebrates the game-winning shootout goal against the Seattle Kraken on Dec. 22, 2022 at Rogers Arena, capping the super Swede’s five-point night.Pettersson is in his fifth NHL season. He’s already the eighth highest scoring Swede in Canucks history.The Sedins, Markus Naslund, Thomas Gradin, Alex Edler, Patrik Sundstrom and Mattias Ohlund recorded more during their Vancouver stints.
Teams have taken away his shot off the side boards, but that’s opened up goal-scoring opportunities for his teammates, especially Bo Horvat , Andrei Kuzmenko and J.T. Miller .
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