Canucks’ Pettersson Tied For 7th Spot In NHL Scoring, Leads NHL In Shorthanded Points After Wednesday Night NHL Games

2022.23

….leads NHL with 8 shorthanded points

Elias Pettersson #40 of the Vancouver Canucks, Isac Lundestrom #21 and Lukas Dostal #1 of the Anaheim Ducks all anticipate the puck during the first period. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

By Andrew Phillip Chernoff  CanucksBanter

March 9, 2023

Vancouver Canuck Elias Pettersson is tied for 7th place in the NHL after the completion of Wednesday games on March 8th.

He has 30 goals and 51 assists and is a plus+11 in 62 games played this season.

Pettersson also leads the NHL with 8 shorthanded points (4G+4A=8 Pts), one point more than Scott Laughton of the Philadelphia Flyers.

The 2023 NHL All-Star forward has 17 points (5G+12A=17Pts) with a plus/minus of +8 in his last 10 games, second only to Connor McDavid’s 25 points (12G+13A=25Pts).

In his last 10 games, Pettersson also has 6 shorthanded points (3G+3A=6Pts).

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