The Vancouver Canucks hosted the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Arena on Sunday night for the second half of a back-to-back for both teams. The Canucks were coming off a 4-3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens, while the Oilers fell 3-2 to the Kraken.
The Canucks got another standout game from Kiefer Sherwood, who scored twice, including the overtime winner, to push his team past the Oilers 4-3. They also got strong efforts from Elias Pettersson, who scored for the second night in a row, and Brock Boeser, who led the way with three points (one goal, two assists). The Oilers countered with two goals from Leon Draisaitl and Jack Roslovic, who was making his first appearance with his new team, as they came back from 3-1 down to force overtime. Here is your game overview.
Summary of the game
The first period was a back and forth circuit match with both Calvin Pickard and Thatcher Demko making some solid saves. Related to the style of play, the Canucks opened the scoring off the rush as Evander Kane beat Ty Emberson with the puck and fed Boeser for his fourth of the season. Boeser took Kane’s backhand pass and used a backhand shot of his own to beat Pickard by five. The rest of the period was more back and forth play, with the Oilers outscoring the Canucks 13-8. The Oilers got the only power play of the frame, which killed the Canucks, along with a pair of short chances from Sherwood and Jake DeBrusk.
The Canucks extended their lead to two on their first power play of the game in the second, courtesy of Pettersson and his vintage one-timer. They then thought they had taken a 3-0 lead, with Sherwood’s fifth of the season, but the match was eventually called back due to a coach’s challenge as Tyler Myers was offside. The score remained 2-0 until Draisaitl scored on a breakaway following a perfect pass from Evan Bouchard, bringing the Oilers within one. But in the final minute of the period, Sherwood put the Canucks back up by two, with an absolute beauty of a goal, bursting into the zone, dancing veteran Mattias Ekholm and putting a wrist shot on the other side of Pickard. The period ended with the Canucks leading 3-1 and still trailing 20-18 on the shot clock.
For the second night in a row, the Canucks had a lead heading into the third and allowed the opposition to come back and tie the score. But this time they didn’t lose. The Oilers came roaring back in the final frame with goals from Roslovic and Draisaitl to force overtime, but early in extra time Sherwood capped off his strong display with his second of the evening and sent the fans home happy with a 4–3 victory. In doing so, the Canucks snapped their three-game losing streak after losses to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Nashville Predators and Canadiens.
What’s next?
The Canucks conclude their three-game homestand on Tuesday with a visit from JT Miller and the New York Rangers, while the Oilers return to Edmonton that same evening to take on the red-hot Utah Mammoth.
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