“Our best hockey is still yet to come.” It wasn't clean or pretty, but the Canucks matched their longest victory march in more than six years by riding out a mistake-filled roller coaster of a game against the NHLBlackhawks. (imacSportsnet)
VANCOUVER – This is the ugliest six-game winning streak in franchise history. Of course, in 50 years, theThe Canucks matched their longest victory march in more than six years by somehow beating the7-5 on Thursday, when Vancouver blew two one-goal leads, then overcame a two-goal deficit before winning it on Adam Gaudette’s goal out of thin air with 4:11 remaining.
Vancouver was awful at the start of the second period, risky with the puck most of the night and lucky to get a couple of deflections and a couple of bounces as the Canucks won a sixth straight National Hockey League game for the first time in three years.Everyone at Rogers Arena loved the mistake-filled, goal-choked roller coaster. Well, everyone except coaches, goalies, the official scorer and hockey purists.
“Not getting down on ourselves down by two , and for us to come back. . . against a good team right now, that was a big win for our group.”Get the best of our NHL coverage and exclusives delivered directly to your inbox!The Blackhawks, who seized control of the game with three goals in four minutes early in the second period before a timeout by coach Travis Green helped the Canucks wrestle it back, had won five of their previous seven games.
“We definitely don’t want to play a wide-open game. When we defend well, we spend time in the other team’s end and we grind them down, I think that’s when we know we’re playing at our best. I’m just glad to get two points, honestly.”
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