- [Announcer] What a night.
We start with a matchup of two teams
for the second time in NHL history facing each other
bringing in a seven game winning streak.
And it finishes at 9-2 Lightning win.
- [Announcer] And the Panthers will take the two points
for the solid 5-2 victory over the Canucks.
- Kind of stinks a little bit.
Like reflects on what we didn't do right.
You fail sometimes trying to get better
and you got to get up and go back at it.
So that's our mentality.
(epic music)
- [Narrator] Having a short memory
is a powerful strength in sports.
Owning their longest win streak in over six years,
the Canucks couldn't make it eight straight victories,
with a pair of forgettable nights in the Sunshine State.
With three games remaining on Vancouver's road trip,
the time is now for Green's troops to right their wrongs
and get back to winning ways.
The key to success is leaving the past behind
and focusing on what is in front of you.
Don't dwell on what you can't change,
but prepare for what you can control.
Eager to regroup, the Canucks visit the Sabres
with redemption on their minds.
(epic music)
- We wanna be physical, we want good sticks.
Turnover pucks, and again, sprint to recover pucks,
sprint to recover above here.
Passion in our game.
- On the back end we got Tanny.
(team cheering)
We got Hughesiebabes. (team cheering)
Sweetness. (team cheering)
Bull up the pipe. (team cheering)
Pearse on the left. (team cheering)
And Marky Mark. (team cheering)
- [Narrator] The message is heard loud and clear
as the visiting side comes out flying.
Amassing the first eight shots on goal.
- [Announcer] Stecher in front.
Tipped in Brock Boeser with his back to the net.
Able to chip it with the heel of his stick into the goal.
(epic music)
It's in Horvat, tried to center then he got his rebound
and jammed it in.
J.T. another after faking the pass
and he scores on his own rebound.
J.T. Miller roofed it.
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- [Narrator] The game is a back and forth affair
until the third period where Vancouver tallies four times
including netting a pair just over a minute apart
to put the Sabres away.
Brock Boeser scores twice
including the game winning goal which gives him 19 points
over his last 18 games.
- You know I'm feeling really confident
and I know there's times where the puck doesn't go in
and there's times when the puck goes in net.
So I think me and my linemates just got to make sure
that we keep maintaining that will and determination
to keep producing for our team.
And we'll have success.
- [Narrator] The Canucks double up Buffalo six to three
to get back on track.
(rock music)
Next up, Minnesota.
Vancouver will look to keep the momentum rolling
in the second half of the back-to-back.
Green's side has won eight of their last ten
and has scored the second most goals
of any team in the Western Conference.
- Got one-timers on both sides.
Best way to go is to Zucker's side.
We believe he's in so he's gonna be bombing from over there,
shoots a lot of pucks.
And off his rolls, a lot of shot passes.
And anything off this side of the net,
off the low play with Parise,
he likes to take pucks to the paint.
Okay he's a little feisty little guy down there.
He's a smaller guy but he's strong on his stick
so we've got to have return momentum.
We got to be strong on him.
Poke those pucks out of there,
eliminate him off that.
- [Narrator] While this might be a road game
for the Canucks, you wouldn't know it.
As hometown hero Brock Boeser receives
his usual warm welcome.
(rock music)
In a quest to salvage the road trip,
the visitors know they must seize today's opportunity.
And tame the Wild.
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Vancouver is locked in defensively right from the get go,
only conceding three shots on goal through
the first 26 minutes.
The visiting side strikes first,
as a couple of all-stars shine bright.
Elias Pettersson deflects a point shot from Quinn Hughes
and finds the back of the net.
- [Announcer] Here's Troy steps in with the shot, he scores.
(epic music)
- [Narrator] The Canucks light the lamp three times
in four minutes in the second period.
With the captain scoring the game winner.
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- We obviously gained a lot of confidence in our last
win in Buffalo and just kind of carried in to tonight
and I thought we played really well tonight,
we limited opportunities, maybe it slipped away
a little bit in the third there,
but overall I thought we played a pretty solid game.
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- [Narrator] The two points were big,
but today was about more than sport for the Boeser family.
It was about perspective.
Brock's father Duke was able to attend his first game
since enduring a life-threatening health scare last year.
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Vancouver concludes the five-game trip with
a visit to Winnipeg.
A place where success has been hard to come by.
The Canucks have lost their last eight road games
against the Jets.
A streak they'll hope to ground.
The points are immense as the standings flip daily
with both the Pacific Division and Wildcard
having a half dozen teams separated by only a few points.
- We went on a seven game win streak,
we lose one and we're out of the playoffs.
So in a matter of three-four games we have a chance
to be in first in our Division.
So it's crazy how tight it is.
We've had a good stretch here and we got to continue to go.
- Schall hot.
- What up.
- You know our team's gonna learn a lot as they go,
they have already.
It's a young group that's going into some games now
that they should be really excited to play in.
The competitive nature of the games are gonna rise.
- [Narrator] What began as a dreadful road trip
can now end a successful one.
Green's troops will have their resiliency
and mental toughness on display.
- Come on here Stech, let's go!
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- [Narrator] Some things are simply not meant to be.
Tonight is just one of those nights for Green's side.
- [Announcer] Here's a break away and a goal.
Save big by Connor Hellebuyck.
- [Narrator] The effort is there,
but the puck luck is not.
Vancouver out-shoots Winnipeg 41 to 25,
but can't catch a bounce or a break.
- [Announcer] Pettersson in again.
Off the cross bar, in front off the cross bar.
Tyler Myers save and rebound off the post.
And under Connor Hellebuyck.
- I thought we played a pretty good overall game tonight.
Obviously the score doesn't indicate that.
But I thought we did a lot of good things out there.
I thought we carried them at the play
of the majority of the game.
The goaltender stood on his head,
and made some really big saves for them.
I mean it could have been a different story
if we had greater opportunities.
- [Narrator] With the top of the Pacific within reach,
the upcoming home stand against a pair of Divisional
opponents will prove crucial in the standings.