The Canucks took on the Chicago Blackhawks in the only NHL game scheduled on Halloween this year.

The home team was able to walk away with a 4-2 win after an unlikely goal-scorer potted the game-winning goal in the middle of the third.

Given that it was Halloween, none of our writers were available to complete the post-game report. There has been feedback from many readers in the past asking for some sort of post that allows discussion in the comment section despite us being unable to cover the game in depth. With that in mind, this post-game will be very brief.

The Blackhawks were able to open the scoring as Brandon Saad picked up his third goal of the season.

Shortly after that Shotgun Jake took centre stage on social media as Jake Virtanen scored his fourth goal of the season:

The first period ended with Chicago holding a 9-6 shot advantage.

A minute and five seconds into the middle frame, Captain Serious put the Blackhawks ahead with a powerplay tally:

Virtanen’s great night continued with a fantastic defensive effort and then picked up his 5th goal of the season

That is a good pass by Gudbranson to Markus Granlund, who feeds Virtanen for the goal.

After two periods, the Blackhawks led in shots by a 19-14 margin.

Troy Stecher was hit by Brandon Manning in the 3rd period and did not return for the remainder of the game.

Brendan Gaunce scored on the great shot to put the Canucks up 3-2

Great to see that Gaunce was able to pot a goal in his first game up from Utica. He followed that up with an assist Antoine Rousell’s insurance goal:

With that goal, the Canucks were able to secure a 4-2 win over the Blackhawks and push their overall record to 8-6-0 and end the month of October in first place in the Pacific Division.

Hope everyone had a happy and safe Halloween!