looks like #Canucks will answer the call of the Wild like this pic.twitter.com/GTz0gHgs8C
— Jeff Paterson (@patersonjeff) February 20, 2020
Quinn Hughes on a 2-on-1 feathers a perfect pass to Jay Beagle who beats Dubnyk to score his 2nd of the year. #Canucks #mnwild pic.twitter.com/IJXyFd3Krk
— Sportsnet 650 (@Sportsnet650) February 20, 2020
GOAL. Luke Kunin sneaks a puck past Markstrom to give Minnesota the lead.
2-1. pic.twitter.com/J8puySElln
— Hockey Wilderness (@hockeywildernes) February 20, 2020
JT Miller has his career-high 23rd goal of the season and Tyler Toffoli has his first point in his first game with the #Canucks pic.twitter.com/wBZQvUbbs6
— Vanessa Jang (@vanessajang) February 20, 2020
Stecher finds JT Miller with some time and space and he wires his 2nd of the game. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/L0PRWQ8Cjm
— Sportsnet 650 (@Sportsnet650) February 20, 2020
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- While the Hughes-Tanev pairing excelled, the Edler-Stecher pairing experienced the opposite and their underlying numbers reflected that. Stecher in particular had a rough outing and didn’t get the bounces to go his way as we saw on the last Wild goal.
- Despite four combined power plays for both sides, no goal was scored with the man advantage.
- Nolan Baumgartner mixed up the defensive pairings on a couple of instances. The final few minutes in the second and briefly throughout the third.
- In a rare instance, Jacob Markstrom wasn’t the busiest goalie and it may have thrown the netminder off, at least to start. He finished with a 0.893 SV% and for the first time in a while, I can’t recall a huge game-saving stop from Markstrom.
- Quinn Hughes was dynamic once again and if not for the penalty he took it would have been a near-perfect game for him. In addition to his multiple clean zone entries and instances walking the line, he finished with an assist and 6 shots. Oh, and let’s not forget the tripping penalty he drew on one of his second period offensive entries. Hughes finished with a game-high 27:05 of time on ice.
- The top line didn’t have the best first half, but remedied that by capitalizing on chances later on. They were able to tie things up and get the goal that put the Canucks ahead at one point. They combined for 9 shots, and 3 points in what was a game they hope to build further chemistry from.