By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter

December 17, 2023

The Vancouver Canucks (21-9-1-1), 2nd in the Pacific Division, visited the Chicago Blackhawks  (09-20-0-1), 8th in the Central Division, at United Center on Sunday afternoon, and the Canucks won a tight game 4-3, in the 2nd game of their 4-game road trip.

Canucks scored three consecutive goals to take a 4-2 lead into the final period, and hung on for their 21rst win of the season, and are undefeated in regulation since December 6.

Vancouver finished the game on a 6-game undefeated streak in regulation and are 8-3-1-0 in their last 12.

Chicago came into the game 2-3-0-0 in their last 5 games and a home record of 5-7-1, having lost their last home game.

Vancouver is 2nd in Western Conference and 4rth in the NHL.

Vancouver goals came from: Elias Pettersson (PPG), Dakota Joshua, Brock Boeser, Ilya Mikheyev

Helpers from: J.T. Miller (2), Tyler Myers (2), Conor Garland, Teddy Blueger, Pius Suter.

Vancouver had multi-point games from: Miller (2), Myers (2).

Canucks starting goalie Thatcher Demko stopped 25 shots and picked up his 16 win of the season. He has a 2.34 GAA and a .921 SV%.

He is 16-7-0 with 3 shutouts in 23 game starts: 5-4-0-0 in road games and 11-3-0-0 with 3 shutouts at home.

Next 5 games for Vancouver:

• Canucks at Predators: 12.19.2023
• Canucks at Stars: 12.21.2023
• Sharks vs. Vancouver: 12.23.2023
• Flyers vs. Vancouver: 12.28.2023
• Senators vs. Vancouver: 01.02.2024

Canucks Game Notes

• Face-offs
  • VAN: 26/47: 55% CHI: 21/47: 45%
• Power Play
  • VAN: 1-4 CHI: 2-4
• Penalty Kill
  • VAN: 2-4 CHI: 3-4
• Shots
  • VAN: 26 CHI: 28
• Hits
  • VAN: 10 CHI: 10
• Blocked Shots
  • VAN: 9 CHI: 15

Canucks Highlights

Game Reports

• Game Summary
• Event Summary
• Faceoff Comparison
• Faceoff Summary
• Time On Ice: CHI
• Time On Ice: VAN
• Roster Report

Hockey Analytics Reports

• Natural Stat Trick
• Moneypuck
• Hockey Reference

Source: nhl.com