Carson Soucy scored the winner as the Vancouver Canucks downed the Anaheim Ducks 3-2. Jake DeBrusk put away his team-leading 22nd goal of the season for the Canucks on a second-period power play. Teddy Blueger followed with a goal and Filip Hronek contributed a pair of assists.
Soucy notched a helper and two blocked shots in Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Golden Knights. Soucy helped out on a Jake DeBrusk tally in the second period. Injuries to Quinn Hughes (oblique) and Noah Juulsen (undisclosed) have offered a reprieve to Soucy's diminishing playing time,
Several of Vancouver’s top scorers have struggled recently, including star centre Elias Pettersson, who has just 11 goals and has not scored since Jan. 21
Vancouver convincingly controlled play and piled up nearly 40 shots to grind out a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.
Still afloat in the National Hockey League playoff race, and still with a lot of good parts to their team, the Canucks have the power over the final quarter of the regular season to not let this winter’s dysfunction entirely define them.
Lukas Dostal replaces Gibson after he has a run-in with Canucks winger Drew O’Connor midway through the second period, and Vancouver hands the Ducks a 3-2 defeat.
The trade deadline is two days away and Vancouver Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin has some decisions to make.
Sam Colangelo and Brian Dumoulin scored but the Ducks could not complete a third-period comeback tonight in the second half of a road back-to-back, falling 3-2 to the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena.