On an emotional night at Rogers Arena, the Vancouver Canucks welcomed fans back after a long absence. The atmosphere was great, but the one thing missing was a victory for the home side (imacSportsnet)
Horvat noted that turnovers — rookie Jack Rathbone’s giveaway in his own zone led directly to Jonas Brodin’s unassisted second-period goal – hurt the Canucks.
After missing all of training camp and most of the pre-season due to a contract impasse, Pettersson has one even-strength point in seven games. He made a nice pass on the power play to set up Alex Chiasson’s goal that cut a 2-0 deficit in half at 10:46 of the second period, but finished with just two shots on net. During his 17:14 of even-strength play, the Canucks were outshot 6-1.
Top defenceman Quinn Hughes also failed to register a shot, missing the target twice in the final minute after Horvat’s brave goal — scoring on a backhand while crashing into the net on a partial breakaway — lifted the Canucks within one with 4:07 to play. At even strength, the Canucks were outshot 13-8 when Hughes was on the ice.
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