By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter

October 29, 2024

The Vancouver Canucks (4-1-3, t-3rd Pacific Division) and Carolina Hurricanes (6-2-0, 3rd Metropolitan Division) lived up to their billing as a clash between two teams riding winning streaks.

The Canucks lost a hard-fought battle against the Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime at Rogers Arena on Monday night. Their win streak ended at 4-games while Carolina extended theirs to 4-games.

The game was a tight contest throughout, with both teams exchanging scoring chances and Canucks starting goalie Kevin Lankinen providing spectacular goaltending to give his team a chance to win.

William Carrier opened the scoring for Carolina at 5:40 of the 1rst period as the Hurricanes were all over the Canucks from the beginning of the game.

Vancouver responded less than two minutes later on an effort by Brock Boeser to even the score at 1-1.

The Canucks then rallyed to seemingly take the lead on a beautiful effort by Arshdeep Bains to give Vancouver the early lead at 2-1 less than two minutes later but was successfully challenged by Carolina for being offside.

The Hurricanes scored late in the opening period on a goal by Martin Necas to take a 2-1 lead into the first period intermission.

After falling behind 3-1 early in the second period on a Carolina goal by Jake Roslovic, the Canucks battled back to tie the game in the 3rd period with goals from Quinn Hughes and Pius Suter.

Suter tied the game for Vancouver with just 3:05 left in regulation, setting the stage for a dramatic finish in overtime.

Carolina’s Sebastian Aho scored the game-winner for Carolina just 47 seconds into the overtime session, securing the victory for the Hurricanes.

Key Takeaways:

• Canucks’ Resilience: Despite trailing by two goals, the Canucks showed their resilience by battling back to tie the game.
• Canucks Steller Goaltending: Kevin Lankinen provided MVP goaltending as he routinely faced high danger scoring chances from Carolina.
• Hurricanes’ Depth: Carolina demonstrated their depth with contributions from throughout their lineup.
• Aho’s Heroics: Sebastian Aho once again proved to be a clutch performer, scoring the overtime winner for the Hurricanes.
• Power Play Struggles: The Canucks’ power play continued to struggle, going 0 for 3 on the night.

Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet speaks:

Game Notes

• Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes each had a goal and assist
• J.T. Miller had two assists
• Boeser extended his point streak to 6 games (3 goals, 4 assists). 
• Lankinen (4-0-1) made 28 saves for Canucks.
• Martin Necas had a goal and an assist for Carolina
• Pyotr Kochetkov made 24 saves for the Hurricanes
• The Hurricanes finished 0-for-3 on the power play as did the Canucks.

Source: nhl.com