Blackhawks struggled with a slow start in the 4-2 loss against the Canucks, 2/13/24

February 14, 2024

Blackhawks struggled with a slow start in the 4-2 loss against the Canucks, 2/13/24

See you soon, #Canucks fans! pic.twitter.com/Ig9iv2M7op
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) February 14, 2024

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

The league-leading Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks with a 4-2 score on Tuesday, February 13th. Unfortunately, the Blackhawks had a slow start and weren't able to match the level of play.

Canucks lineup against the Blackhawks:

Suter - Miller - Boeser

Hoglander - Pettersson - Lindholm

Joshua - Blueger - Garland

Di Giuseppe - Lafferty - Mikeheyev

Hughes - Hronek

Cole - Myers

Friedman - Juulsen

Demko

DeSmith

Blackhawks lineup against the Canucks:

Foligno - Kurashev - Johnson

Blackwell - Dickinson - Anderson

Reichel - Entwistle - Raddysh

Donato - Sanford - Johnson

Vlasic - Jones

Korchinski - Megna

Crevier - Phillips

Mrazek

Soderblom

Conor Garland opened the scoring and gave Vancouver the 1-0 lead in the first period at 9:55. Garland passed the puck to Dakota Joshua, who was in the left face-off circle after Garland had skated into the slot with the puck... Joshua passed it back to Garland and he scored just off the crease. The Canucks held their one-goal lead through the remainder of the first frame.

Scoring his second of the night to keep that Canucks lead up, Filip Hronek's shot coming from the point had deflected off Conor Garland's right foot and into the net. Tyler Johnson cuts it 2-1 on the power play. Philipp Kurashev fed the puck to Johnson after Nick Foligno had passed it to Kurashev along the goal line... Johnson scored from the right circle with a wrist shot. With 1:32 remaining in the middle frame, Nils Hoglander responded to make it a 3-1 lead for the Canucks. Hoglander tapped in the rebound of his own shot in the front.

Dakota Joshua pushed it 4-1 after he had taken a pass from Teddy Blueger and scored a backhanded shot. Later into the period, Kevin Korchinski scored from the front off a pass from Ryan Donato and Vancouver won with a 4-2 final.

Notes:

- Dakota Joshua had a goal and two assists... this was his first three-point game in the NHL

- Conor Garland scored two goals... Filip Hronk recorded two assists

- Thatcher Demko made 21 saves for Vancouver

- Petr Mrazek made 34 saves for Chicago

“On any given night, there’s a lot of guys that can step up and you can count on.”

🗣 Hear from Dakota Joshua following the win against the Blackhawks.@theprovince | #Canucks pic.twitter.com/VlsBbpes0G
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) February 14, 2024