Conor Garland scored the go-ahead purpose within the second interval and the Vancouver Canucks acquired again on observe with a 2-1 victory over the Anaheim Geese on Sunday.
Garland snapped an eight-game purpose drought when he redirected Nikita Zadorov’s move previous Lukas Dostal at 3:34 of the second interval to puck the Canucks again on high. It was Garland’s first game-winner since he scored in extra time in opposition to the Arizona Coyotes final April 13.
The Canucks went again on high of the Western Convention with 85 factors after snapping a two-game shedding streak. Vancouver had additionally dropped six of its final seven coming into the sport.
Vancouver’s Nils Hoglander additionally scored. Casey DeSmith picked up his first win since Jan. 9 with 18 saves. He had a 4.67 goals-against common and 83.3% save share in his final 4 begins.
Alex Killorn scored for Anaheim and Dostal stopped 29 photographs because the Geese had been in search of their first three-game successful streak since early November.
Each groups ended up scoring on their first shot. Hoglander put in his nineteenth of the season and second within the final three video games from the slot 97 seconds into the sport on a wrist shot from the slot.
Filip Hronek had the second help to achieve 40 this season. It’s the first time in franchise historical past the Canucks have had a number of defensemen with at the very least 40 assists in a season. Quinn Hughes leads NHL blueliners with 59.
Killorn evened it at 4:15 with a wrist shot from an angle close to the purpose line that simply acquired previous DeSmith’s left leg and into the quick facet of the online. Three of Kilorn’s eight objectives have come prior to now six video games.
The Geese had been lacking goaltender John Gibson (sickness) and forwards Mason McTavish (decrease physique) and Leo Carlsson (higher physique). McTavish and Carlsson had been each injured in Friday’s 4-3 win over New Jersey.
Canucks defenseman Tyler Myers missed his first recreation this season as a result of an upper-body damage.
UP NEXT
Canucks: Stay in Southern California to face the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday.
Geese: Host the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday.
