Vancouver 5, Montreal 3
When: 10:30 PM ET, Wednesday, March 9, 2022
Where: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
Referees:
Michael Markovic, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen:
Ryan Galloway, Bevan Mills
Attendance:
18645
By Field Level Media
J.T. Miller had a goal and three assists to extend his point streak to 10 games as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the visiting Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Wednesday night.
Bo Horvat registered a goal and an assist for the Canucks, who won their third in a row and prevailed for the sixth time in seven games. Travis Hamonic, Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson also scored, and Thatcher Demko made 22 saves.
Miller tied his career high for points, logging four for the fifth time overall and the third time this season.
Artturi Lehkonen had two goals and an assist and Rem Pitlick produced a goal and two assists for Montreal, which lost for just the second time in its past nine games. Sam Montembeault stopped 28 of 32 shots.
Miller broke a 2-2 tie at 3:44 of the third period. He pokechecked the puck away from Montreal defenseman Jeff Petry at center ice and skated over the blue line on a breakaway. Instead of driving all the way to the net, Miller unleashed a wrist shot from the top of the left faceoff circle into the far upper corner of the net.
Miller has seven goals and 14 assists during his scoring streak.
Pettersson added a power-play goal at 8:53 of the third, skating through three defenders before taking a wrister from the left faceoff circle.
Pitlick scored at 15:35 to make it 4-3 with the goalie pulled for an extra attacker, putting a one-timer into the net from low in the right circle after taking a cross-ice pass from Cole Caufield.
Horvat clinched the victory on an empty-netter with 58 seconds remaining.
The Canadiens opened the scoring as Lehkonen tallied on a two-on-one breakaway at 12:41 of the first period.
The Canucks tied it 54 seconds later on Hamonic's slap shot through traffic from the right point.
The Canucks took a 2-1 lead on a power-play goal at 10:34 of the second. Boeser chipped his own rebound over Montembeault's shoulder.
Lehkonen tied the score at 14:22 of the second following a Vancouver turnover in its own end. Pitlick intercepted the puck in the right corner, spun and fired the puck toward the front of the net, where Lehkonen jammed it between Demko's pads.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| Montreal |
|
Vancouver |
|
Artturi Lehkonen 3 |
Points |
J.T. Miller 4 |
|
Artturi Lehkonen 2 |
Goals |
J.T. Miller 1 |
|
Rem Pitlick 2 |
Assists |
J.T. Miller 3 |
|
N/A |
Power Play Goals |
Elias Pettersson 1 |
|
N/A |
Short Handed Goals |
N/A |
|
Sam Montembeault .875 |
Save Percentage |
Thatcher Demko .880 |
|
Sam Montembeault 28 |
Saves |
Thatcher Demko 22 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Shots |
Goals |
Power Play |
Penalty Kill |
Penalty Mins |
Face Offs Won |
| Montreal
|
25 |
3 |
0-4 |
2-4 |
8 |
24 |
| Vancouver
|
33 |
5 |
2-4 |
4-4 |
8 |
35 |
Upcoming Games
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Vancouver will play their next game at home against Washington. The Canucks have a W/L % of .519 after a win and .517 after a loss.
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Montreal will play their next game at home against Seattle. The Canadiens have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .250 after a loss.
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