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615121602_slide — VANCOUVER, BC – OCTOBER 16: Brandon Sutter #20 of the Vancouver Canucks pumps his fist after scoring in overtime against the Carolina Hurricanes during their NHL game at Rogers Arena October 16, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 4-3 in overtime. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

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Sutter Wins It…Again!!!!

By Andrew Chernoff

October 16, 2016

Vancouver (2-0-0=4 pts) played their second of back-to-back home games to start the season, taking on Carolina (0-0-2=2 pts) at Rogers Arena, defeating the Hurricanes 4-3 in overtime on a goal by Brandon Sutter.

Canucks remain undefeated, sweeping the weekend games, to start the season.

Brandon Sutter, with two points (1-1=2) and the winning overtime goal; Markus Granlund, with two points (1-1=2), including a goal; goals from Bo Horvat, and Ben Hutton, pulled it out of the fire, as they scored four unanswered goals for the victory. Assists went to Derek Dorsett, Brendan Gaunce and Jannik Hansen.

In the first period, Victor Rask (2) opened up the scoring for the outplayed Hurricanes, assisted by Lee Sempniak (2) to make it 1-0, at 17:36.

Carolina would close out the opening period, by scoring a power play goal with 50 seconds left by Teuvo Teravainen (1), from Justin Faulk (2) and Sebastian Aho (2) at 19:10, making it 2-0 over the Canucks after one period.

In the second, Carolina would make it 3-0 soon after Vancouver killed off a Hurricanes power play, when Justin Faulk (1) scored, assisted by Joakim Nordstrom (1), at 5:28.

Vancouver would make it 3-1 at 12:03, two seconds after a Canucks power play ended, as Bo Horvat (1) would put it past former Canuck Eddie Lack, assisted by Markus Granlund (1).

615123660_slide — VANCOUVER, BC – OCTOBER 16: Bo Horvat #53 of the Vancouver Canucks scores on Eddie Lack #31 of the Carolina Hurricanes during their NHL game at Rogers Arena October 16, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 4-3 in overtime. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

Then in the last period, the Canucks line of the Sutter-Granlund-Hansen would score an early goal on a Carolina giveaway, as Markus Granlund would bury it past Eddie Lack on a pass for Brandon Sutter, at 1:11, assisted by Sutter (1) and Jannik Hansen (1), to make it 3-2.

Ben Hutton (1) would make it three unanswered goals by Vancouver to even the score at 3-3 at 14:10, assisted by Derek Dorsett (1) and Brendan Gaunce (1).

The game would end with both teams tied at 3-3 in regulation, forcing overtime.

He had the shootout winner Saturday night against the Flames, and Brandon Sutter would score the overtime winner for the Canucks, thirty-two seconds into the extra session, storming back from a 3-0 deficit, to win 4-3 in OT.

Brandon Sutter (2), unassisted, at 0:32 of overtime.

Canucks starting goalie Jacob Markstrom insured the win, stopping 19 of 22 shots in the game, for his first win of the season.

Vancouver was behind, 2-0 after one; trailed 3-1 after two; with the game being tied 3-3 after regulation.

Vancouver outshot Carolina 31-22 in the game.

The Vancouver penalty kill was 1 for 2, with 5 shots against; the power play was 0 for 2, with 2 shots for, and 3 shots against.

Next Game: Oct 18, 2016: Canucks host St. Louis at Rogers Arena @7 p.m. PST

Canucks Post Game Notes

Regular Season Game 2, Home Game 2

Final Score 1 2 3 OT SO F
Carolina 2 1 0 0 – 3
Canucks 0 1 2 1 – 4

Records:
Carolina: 0-0-2 (Road: 0-0-2)
Vancouver: 2-0-0 (Home: 2-0-0)

Quick Stats: SF SA PP PK PIM CF CA SCF SCA HITS
Carolina 17 17 1-2 2-2 4 43(31) 50(44) 10 21 24
Vancouver 31 22 0-2 1-2 4 50(44) 43(31) 21 10 16
5v5 stats in parenthesis for CF & CA

Face-offs:

Total: 28-58: 48 percent
- defensive zone: 5-15: 33 percent
- offensive zone: 15-24: 63 percent
- neutral zone: 8-19: 42 percent
Horvat was 5-17; H.Sedin, 9-17; Sutter, 12-18; Gaunce, 2-6.

Game Stats Reports: Game, Face-Offs, Shots, Event

Notes:

Jacob Markstrom is now undefeated in four career starts vs. Carolina (3-0-1).
The win was the Canucks 7th Straight win against the Carolina Hurricanes.
Vancouver scratches for second straight game: (9) Jack Skille – (55) Alex Biega – (88) Nikita Tryamkin.
Canucks are 10-6-6 with Brandon Sutter in the Vancouver lineup.
Jannik Hansen led the Canucks with 5 shots; Erik Gudbranson had 4 shots; Brandon Sutter, Derek Dorsett and Ben Hutton had 3 shots each.
Derek Dorsett led all Canucks with 5 hits.
Sven Baertschi had 3 giveaways; Jake Virtanen, 3 takeaways.
Alex Edler had 6 shot attempts blocked; Philip Larsen and Luca Sbisa, had 4 and 3 shot attempts blocked .
Alex Edler had 5 blocked shots.
Vancouver had 15-blocked shots; 10-giveaways; 10-takeaways, in the game.
The Canucks had 12 players with a positive Corsi For (All Situations) in the game led by Ben Hutton +14; Jannik Hansen and Markus Granlund +8; Brandon Sutter +7; Daniel Sedin +5.
Vancouver had 15 players with a positive Corsi For (5-on-5): Ben Hutton, +12; Jannik Hansen, Erik Gudbranson at +9 each; Markus Granlund +8; Brandon Sutter +7; Luca Sbisa +6.

Note: Corsi stats from naturalstattrick.com and hockeystats.ca

614935338_slide — VANCOUVER, BC – OCTOBER 15: Brandon Sutter #20 of the Vancouver Canucks scores the winning shootout goal on Chad Johnson #31 of the Calgary Flames during their NHL game at Rogers Arena October 15, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 2-1 in a shootout. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)

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andrewchernoff By Andrew Chernoff

October 15, 2016

Vancouver (1-0-0=2 pts) hosted Calgary (0–2–1 =1 pts) in their season/home opener at Rogers Arena, defeating their division rivals in a 2-1 shootout, handing the Flames their third consecutive loss of the season.

Vancouver made it three consecutive season opening wins, all against the Flames, going back to 2014.

Tonight was the third game in four nights for the Flames, while the Canucks had last played on October 8 in their last preseason game.

In the opening period, Loui Ericksson scored into his own net, on a delayed penalty to Calgary, making it 1-0 for the Flames. Goal credited to Troy Brouwer (2), unassisted at 9:14, and that is the way the period ended.

Second period was scoreless.

Then in the last period, the Canucks top line of the Sedins and Loui Ericksson had an unbelievable, pressure packed shift against the Flames, that resulted in the game being tied at 1-1, on a goal by Daniel Sedin (1), assisted by Loui Ericksson (1) and Henrik Sedin (1) at 16:09.

The game would end with both teams tied at 1-1 in regulation, forcing overtime.

Vancouver would get a late power play with 1:24 left, as Jannik Hansen drew a penalty when he went in on Flames goalie Chad Johnson, but the Canucks would be unable to score before time ran out, resulting in the game being settled in a shootout.

Brandon Sutter would score the eventual winner, handing his team a 2-1 shootout victory and there first win of the season.

Canucks starting goalie Ryan Miller backstopped the win, stopping 25 of 25 shots in the game.

Vancouver was behind, 1-0 after one; again trailing 1-0 after two; with the game being tied 1-1 after regulation and overtime.

Vancouver outshot the Flames 31-25 in the game, with Vancouver outhit by the Flames 15-11.

The Vancouver penalty kill was 2 for 2, with 4 shots against; the power play was 0 for 3 with 8 shots for, 1 shot against.

Next Game: Oct 16, 2016 Carolina visits Vancouver at Rogers Arena at 7 p.m. PST

Canucks Post Game Notes

Regular-season Game 1, Home Game 1

Final Score 1 2 3 OT SO F
Flames 1 0 0 0 0-4 1
Canucks 0 0 1 0 1-4 2

Records:
Calgary: 0-3-0 (Road: 0-2-0)
Vancouver: 1-0-0 (Home: 1-0-0)

Quick Stats: SF SA PP PK PIM CF CA SCF SCA HITS
Calgary 25 31 0-2 3-3 10 45(31) 73(48) 13 16 15
Vancouver 31 25 0-3 2-2 6 73(48) 45(31) 16 13 11
5v5 stats in parenthesis for CF & CA

Face-offs:

Total: 31-61: 51 percent
- defensive zone: 10-17: 59 percent
- offensive zone: 13-25: 52 percent
- neutral zone: 8-19: 42 percent
Horvat was 6-17; H.Sedin, 11-18; Sutter, 7-14; Granlund, 5-10.

Game Stats: Game Summary Face-Off Summary Shot Report Event Summary

Notes:

Daniel Sedin led the Canucks with 6 shots; Brandon Sutter, Alex Edler and Philip Larsen had 3 shots each.
Alex Edler had 6 shot attempts blocked; Philip Larsen and Luca Sbisa, had 4 and 3 shot attempts blocked .
Luca Sbisa led the Canucks in hits with 3; Derek Dorsett had 2 hits.
Alex Edler had 4 blocked shots.
Vancouver had 11 blocked shots and just 7-giveaways in the game.
The Canucks had 16 players with a positive Corsi For (All Situations) in the game led by Henrik Sedin +22; Philip Larsen +21; Daniel Sedin +18; Loui Ericksson +17; ; Sven Baertschi +12; Chris Tanev +10.
Vancouver had 16 players with a positive Corsi For (5-on-5): Henrik Sedin, Philip Larsen, Chris Tanev at +9 each; Sven Baertschi and Alex Edler at +8 each; Loui Ericksson, Derek Dorsett, Luca Sbisa, and Alex Burrows +6 each.