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- [Narrator] Fresh off of a dominating
nine to three victory over the top team in the league,
the Canucks head East for the week
for a four game road trip.
The longest remaining roadie of the season
begins in Montreal.
♪ Success is anything that you strive for ♪
♪ You put in the grind ♪
♪ Then you grind more ♪
♪ Accomplish your goals then you find more ♪
♪ And you don't need to rest ♪
♪ If you wanna be the best ♪
- We've talked about, really since I came in,
about progressing and taking steps every season.
We wanted to be a better hockey club this year.
I think we're playing valuable games now
that are gonna really help our young players down the road
and you hope that they can get into the playoffs
'cause that'll also help too.
♪ Keep the naysayers at a distance ♪
♪ Speak success into existence ♪
- [Narrator] With news breaking
of goaltender Jacob Markstrom suffering a knee injury,
the Canucks make a move to add some insurance.
- I'm very, very excited.
Obviously a young dynamic team.
Great organization and one of my favorite cities to go to
when I was playing for the away team
so I'm very, very excited.
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- [Narrator] The net will be Thatcher Demko's
and the time is now for him to rise to the occasion,
seize the opportunity, and demonstrate that
he is more than capable.
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With the trade deadline having passed,
the roster is now locked and loaded
and it's now up to Green's troops to prove themselves
on the grandest stage.
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The visiting side falls behind by a pair early,
but their resiliency comes to light once again.
The captain gets things started with a tally
that would give J.T. Miller his 300th career NHL point,
and earn the league's top rookie scorer, Quinn Hughes,
his 50th point.
- [Announcer] To the blue line, Alex Edler,
long wrist shot, scores!
- [Announcer] Here's Myers, dishing off Jake Virtanen
shoots, and it's behind Price and in.
Jake Virtanen on the power-play and the Canucks have
pulled even at three.
- [Narrator] Thatcher Demko stands tall making 37 saves
and the new guy continues to impress.
- [Announcer] Here's Horvat, to Toffoli, Scores!
Tyler Toffoli finishes off the give and go with Bo Horvat.
And the Canucks, a minute thirty-five into overtime
win it 4-3.
When we're down two nothing early in the game, uh,
call time out it's almost like nothing really
needs to be said. We weren't playing well we weren't
playing the way we set out to play and obviously
some things were said.
We took it in stride and started battling back.
- [Narrator] The Canucks earn their 13th comeback victory
of the season, giving them their first win in Montreal
in over 8 years.
Next up for Vancouver is a trip to Ottowa
where Green's side will look to keep the momentum rolling.
The Canucks were 5-2 winners earlier this season
against the Senators. Thatcher Demko was brilliant in net
making 40 saves.
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Newcomer Tyler Toffoli will look to stay hot
after logging 5 points
over his first three games with the team.
Big points are on the line tonight in the Nation's Capital
as the visitors continue their push for the playoffs.
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For the second straight game, the visitors concede
the opening two goals, and would be forced to mount
a comeback effort.
J.T. Miller nets his 25th goal of the season.
Quinn Hughes gets a helper, his 43rd of the season,
which earns him 2 franchise records, assists and
power play points by a rookie.
- [Miller] The whole game when we did give up a chance
it seemed like it was a Grade A.
And that's something we need to clean up.
I don't think we gave them a whole lot but
when we did it seemed to be a nice chance so,
against any NHL team they're gonna make you pay
no matter what.
- [Narrator] Tyler Toffoli tallies his fourth
in as many games with the Canucks
as they outshoot the Senators 34-25.
But tonight simply wasn't meant to be
as Vancouver couldn't convert on their opportunities.
- [Narrator] After a forgettable night in Ottowa
Vancouver is eager to redeem themselves.
There's no better place to do it, than in Toronto.
Redemption won't come easy as the Maple Leafs,
led by the 44 goals of Auston Matthews,
are the highest scoring team in the league.
♪ This is game time, now. Oh and we don't play. ♪
♪ What you know about , you don't really know about ♪
♪ Tell me what you know about ♪
♪ What you really know about ♪
♪ What you know about ♪
♪ You don't really know about ♪
♪ Tell me what you know about ♪
♪ I been going hard ♪
♪ Oh, I'm going so hard ♪
♪ Oh I'm going so ♪
♪ oh, I'm going so hard ♪
- [Hughes] Yeah, I think it'll be fun
you know they got a good team and it's Toronto.
You know, the Hockey market of the world
for the most part so I'm excited.
I think every kid at a young age believes in their dreams
so they think they're gonna be able to play here.
But at the same time like, it's obviously a
stretch not all the other kids get to grow up and do this
so like I said I'm blessed and uh, you know
tonight should be fun.
- [Narrator] All eyes are on the Canucks,
as they look to bounce back under the bright lights
of Hockey Night in Canada.
- Forwards, very relentless group. Very relentless.
Everyone wants the puck, you take away time and space
and as a team tonight you wanna make them
defend off shots.
We get to the paint we stand right on top of their goalie.
On D, welcome home, Chris Tanev.
(applause)
Also on D your other home, Quinn Hughes.
Left wing, back home as well Pearson.
And from San Diego, Thatcher Demko.
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- [Narrator] The visitors do not get the start
they were looking for. Conceding two goals in the
opening ten minutes.
Vancouver would not go quietly, as they go shot for shot
with the home side.
- [Announcer] Here's Alexander Edler
into the middle
Horvat's shot, side of the net, scores!
Tanner Pearson finished it off!
And this is a 2-2 tie.
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- [Narrator] The game is fairly even throughout
and could have gone either way
but ultimately the Canucks fall short
in The Six, a place they haven't
earned a victory in since 2011.
We were right there, it was a tight game going into
the third. Had our chances to tie it and just
couldn't seem to get it done.
The pressure is on, this is where we have to come to play
and this is where we have to get our points
when we can get them. You know, it's crunch time now,
the playoffs are really closing in and so are all the
other teams coming behind us, we gotta be ready for it.
- [Narrator] 24 hours later,
Green's troops are back at it for one more
before heading home.
- [Coach] Our break outs, their first guy will come in
and help you push a little bit
and maybe try to drop it early.
And then up the line it's a one three, and it's a wedge
look like this with their first guy in the middle
so any time we can get a little pick on them
right there, that's great.
On the kick outs, this team's gonna over play a lot
we're playing back to back games and shift times
very important for us so let's make sure
we're fresh on the ice all the time.
[Coach] We all know what we wanna do on the PP
when we get out there. Let's execute on a high level.
- [Narrator] The focus will be on
net minor Louis Domingue, who will get his first
action since being acquired at the trade deadline.
A couple Canucks will hit milestones tonight
as J.T. Miller suits up for his 500th NHL game
while Tyler Myers plays his 700th.
A win width salvage of 500 record on the 4 game
road trip and provide Vancouver with something to build off
in the return to Rogers Arena.
- We wanna win the territorial game,
we wanna win it all night.
Our skating, our puck management, they go hand in hand
let's be ready to go. Energy in our start
let's get to our A-game right away.
- Starting the net, Lou
On backend we got Tanny
[All Together] Oh!
and Huggy
[All Together] Oh!
Up front, we got Petey
(claps)
Millsy
(claps)
And Toff
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- [Narrator] The visiting side
starts the game with purpose
finding the back of the net twice in the opening minutes.
- [Announcer] Tipped it in!
What a redirect from the captain!
And it's the Canucks that get the early goal in this one.
Back to Myers with room, takes a look
let's one go
deflected in!
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- [Narrator] J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson,
the team's two leading scorers,
each put up three points on the night.
- [Announcer] Here's Miller, scores!
Petterszon put it on a tee and Miller ripped it home
- [Narrator] Up a pair, Vancouver would play
a textbook road game for the opening 52 minutes
before a final 8 minutes they'd like to have back
- It's just part of this time of year, you know
finding ways to win, that's a must for us right there
up to, especially on the road.
We needed to win tonight and even though we played
a good game, it's still a part of playing a good game
is finding a way to win or closing teams out
and obviously we weren't able to do so.
- [Domingue] It's frustrating, you know.
The team is there for me, and I had to be there for
them in the end and I couldn't come up
with the last save, so
I feel like I didn't do my job.
Just gotta keep improving. I mean it's disappointing
'cause I know, you know, we're craving points
so when you let one like that slip I feel
disappointed in me.
- We've talked prior to this road trip
it's getting to that time of year where
you gotta move on no matter what happens
you gotta learn from it, good and bad.
- [Narrator] The Canucks return home for 4 straight
and currently occupy the first wildcard spot
with 17 games remaining.