His second goal of the game was scored by Dakota Joshua with 2:13 left in the third period. The Vancouver Canucks earned a 3-2 win against the Anaheim Ducks at Rogers Arena on Sunday. Joshua said it was huge. Joshua had a hand injury and hence missed 18 runs before playing his second game. He further said that he feels great to be back on the score sheet. It wasn’t their best overall, but they felt good seeing the puck go in.
Joshua put the Canucks in front with a one-timer from the edge of the crease on Connor Garland’s spinning backhand pass. Defenseman Olen Zellweger and Cam Fowler both went behind the net during the game, an action described as a “cardinal sin” by Greg Cronin, the Ducks coach.
Cronin said that whenever the puck gets behind the net, the front of the net is not left at that time. He doesn’t score from the back of the net. This year he has repeatedly discussed this issue but he knows what is the big deal in it, according to him it is just stupidity. Believe me, when someone gets the puck and they are not able to score, there is such a strong desire to go into the back of the net.
Brock Boeser scored and J.T. Miller had two assists. Artur Sielows, who had lost two in a row and finished a nine-game homestand 5-3-1, made 20 saves in his first start of the season for the Canucks (46-20-8). Vancouver leads the Edmonton Oilers by six points for first place in the Pacific Division, a spot they clinched in the Stanley Cup playoffs on Saturday when the St. Louis Blues lost 4-0 to the San Jose Sharks.
Joshua scores twice, Canucks recover against Ducks (Breaks tie with 2:13 left for Vancouver, which had lost 2 straight)
Miller said that he now wants to focus on the next game which is very important rather than looking ahead now. The reason for this is that if he plays like he did tonight, he will lose every game. He wants to ensure that his focus remains on the present and not worrying about the playoffs.
Zellweger and Mason McTavish scored on breaks with 71 seconds left in the third period. 27 saves by Lucas Dostal for the Ducks (24-47-4). He was coming off a 6-1 loss at the Oilers on Saturday. Anoham has lost five consecutive matches (0-4-1) and won one of the last 13 matches played.
Boeser scored a power-play goal on a rebound left side of the crease at 11:26 of the first period to give the Canucks a 1–0 lead. Joshua scored another power-play goal at 9:34 of the second period to take a 2–0 lead. He took a pass near the right post and pulled the puck between his legs before turning and lifting a shot over Dostal’s blocker.
With 2:11 played by Joshua on the man-advantage against the Ducks, Joshua is the one who has averaged 15 seconds of ice time per game on the power play. Joshua said that he doesn’t know if he tries it completely or not but when he talks about the old days, he says that he used to be on the power play. He considers himself very lucky that he was able to go inside. Vancouver went 2 of 4 on the power play after going 3 of 22 in the first eight games of the homestand.
Rick Tocquet, the Canucks coach, said that they won on special teams and getting two goals is a big deal. He was not happy with the other two power plays.
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