New York. Elias Peterson was the hero of the match again last night.
It clinched yet another overtime celebration for Team Vancouver – this time away to Erik Carlson’s San Jose.
– We play until the games are over now, says “EP” after a 6-5 victory.
Recently, the Wild West was real when the Vancouver Canucks were on the move.
On Monday, they overcame a 0-4 and 5-6 deficit against Montreal and finally won 7-6 after an extra goal by Elias Peterson and tonight in San Jose…well, almost the same.
This time, however, it was the Canucks who twice lost the lead, but with less than four minutes remaining, Andrei Kuzmenko tied the score at 5-5, on a pass from Elias – and in overtime, the No. 40 decided again.
– They got a free position and our goalkeeper Spencer Martin made two good chests. Then we counterattacked, Kuzmenko had a good pass and I tried to put it on the other side of the hand, and then I went in, the 24-year-old midfielder said afterwards.
– We really play so that the matches are over now, so that they explode for the last time.
The win last night was the Canucks’ third in a row, and it’s finally starting to look like they’ve found some stability. They’ve won as much as they’ve lost and are breathing on the team just above the line by the hair of their necks.
Of course it feels good. What happened at the beginning of the season is history, and now we’ll try to build on it, says Elias.
Nils Hoglander also scored a goal and Oliver Ekman-Larson contributed two assists. Erik Carlson also answered the assist – a long, shaggy, good-looking assist.
Connor McDavid takes no prisoners. He had two goals and two assists as Edmonton crushed Arizona 8-2 at home at Rogers Place last night.
Thus, he became the first player in the league this year to break the fifty-point barrier. In total, the 25-year-old star has 52 points.
After 27 games…
– But what pleased me the most tonight was that some unusual names contributed points. Coach Jay Woodcroft says it boosts their confidence.
As Värmland defender Philip Broberg. He was credited with his first assist of the season.
It was tight, but in the end Alex Ovechkin managed to put two of the pucks into the empty basket, thus sealing a 4-1 win for Washington away to Philadelphia.
Erik Gustafsson got an assist.