Thatcher Demko made 27 saves in his moment shutout of the season, and the Vancouver Canucks beat Jake Oettinger and the Dallas Stars 2-0 on Saturday night.
Pius Suter and Elias Pettersson scored in the second one duration because the Canucks progressed to 4-0-1 at house. Vancouver (8-2-1) is 5-0-1 in its final six video games.
It was once Demko’s 5th occupation shutout. He is 7-0-0 towards Dallas.
“It feels great to see that commitment level, and you can tell the guys are playing for one another,” the 27-year-old Demko stated.
“It’s a special feeling when that kind of takes over the room. We’re excited about tonight. We know we’ve been playing some good hockey, but obviously we still have to continue to grow. It’s one game at a time. Enjoy tonight but get back to work.”
Oettinger stopped 26 photographs for the Stars (7-2-1), who had gained 3 in a row and 6 of 7 general.
“We had a couple opportunities to maybe get the first goal, which I think would have been critical tonight,” Dallas trainer Peter DeBoer stated. “They got it. I think it was one of those nights where whoever gets that first goal, it’s a big advantage. It looked, right from the start, like neither goalie was going to give up a whole lot.”
Each workforce got here up empty at the energy play. Vancouver went 0 for 5 towards the NHL’s second-best penalty kill, whilst Dallas was once 0 for three with the person merit.
“I like our penalty kills,” stated Canucks trainer Rick Tocchet, who made {that a} level of emphasis for growth this season and now has Vancouver as much as a luck fee of higher that 78%. “We’ve had some unfortunate 5-on-3s this year, some goals. But structurally, I think we’ve done a nice job.”
A fast paced first duration was once scoreless because of sturdy goaltending at each ends. The spotlight was once a point-blank glove save on Wyatt Johnston by means of Demko all over the Stars’ first energy play, simply greater than 5 mins in.
“That was a huge save,” stated Dallas ahead Sam Steel. “He put a good shot on it, too. A lot of times those go in, and it’s a big save. I guess it shifted momentum a bit.”
The Canucks opened the scoring 4:21 into the second one, when Suter labored a give-and-go with Dakota Joshua ahead of breaking to the slot and directing the puck previous Oettinger’s glove hand. It was once Suter’s moment function this season, and moment in two video games.
With 5:06 left within the center duration, Pettersson attached for his 6th function on a pointy one-timer off a pinpoint cross from Filip Hronek.
“I saw he looked over, so I was hoping for him to find me there, which he did,” Pettersson stated. “Hronek can skate the puck neatly and he’s were given just right abilities in the market as neatly.”
Pettersson beat Oettinger for his twentieth level of the season, tying Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils for the NHL scoring lead and lengthening his level streak to 5 video games.
Shortly later on, Ian Cole and Mason Marchment dropped the gloves after Cole laid a troublesome hit on Stars ahead Matt Duchene, who didn’t go back to the sport.
“I don’t have an update on him,” DeBoer stated. “I understand that he’s doing pretty good, so that’s the latest I’ve heard.”
UP NEXT
Stars: Host Boston on Monday night ahead of a three-game go back and forth.
Canucks: Host Edmonton on Monday night within the finale of a two-game homestand.
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