After a 7 game road trip that saw the Canucks falter severely, a return home was not a bad idea, and the Sedin twins sure helped out.
The Sedins combined for nine points on the night and helped the Canucks secure a 6-3 win Saturday night.
Daniel scored the go-ahead goal with 5:25 left in the third period and added his third goal of the game 2:01 later to lead the Canucks to a 6-3 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday at Rogers Arena. Twin brother Henrik set up all three of Daniel’s goals and finished with a goal and four assists for a career-best five-point night as the Canucks ended a four-game losing streak.
The Hawks opened up the scoring at the 6:17 mark of the first period on Jonathan Toews seventh goal of the season.
With Niklas Hjalmarsson already in the box, Toews’ penalty gave Vancouver a 5-on-3 for 70 seconds, and Henrik Sedin capitalized with two seconds left in the first penalty, beating a sprawling Crawford after corralling a hard cross-ice pass from Daniel. It was the 900th career point for Daniel, who joined Henrik (935 points) as the only Canucks players to reach that milestone.
The Canucks doubled up the lead when Jansen scored his sixth of the season at the 15:18 mark of the first period.
Less than a minute later, the Hawks tied it up when Ryan Garbutt scored his first goal of the season sending the game into the second period all tied up at 2-2.
In the second period the Sedins played some magic once again after Henrik Sedin stole the puck away from Duncan Keith and fed it to Daniel Sedin to give the Canucks the 3-2 heading to the third.
Chicago’s Artem Anisimov tied the game at 3-3 with 7:40 left in the third period, and it looked like the Canucks might lose after blowing a third-period lead for the sixth time this season. But Henrik Sedin fed his brother with a cross-ice pass off the rush, and Daniel Sedin beat Corey Crawford on the blocker side from the left faceoff dot to restore Vancouver’s lead just 2:15 after surrendering it.
With two goals already on the night Daniel completed the hat trick scoring two minutes later securing the win for the Canucks.
Alex burrows concluded the scoring an an empty netter at the 19:22 mark.
After the game coach Desjardin was very impressed.
“That was an impressive performance,” coach Willie Desjardins said of the Sedins. “When you really need your leadership is when you are going through a tough time. We needed a win and they stepped up.”
The Canucks sure stepped up in a big way and hope to ride the momentum forward.
Up next: The Canucks play the New Jersey Devils on the second half of a back-to-back Sunday night at Rogers Arena
Written by: Hamed Amiri
