The Canucks finally got their first win of the season against a shorthanded Panthers squad, which still counts.
Yes, it took overtime, and yes, it was against a Florida Panthers team that was missing its two best players in Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk, and yes, it required some massive saves by Kevin Lankinen, but a win is a win.
“The longer you go without a win, I think you just add a little pressure to yourself and the team,” said J.T. Miller. “It’s nice that we can hopefully take a deep breath moving forward through the road trip.”After four games, the Canucks have four points in the standings. Through four games last season, the Canucks had four points.
After a pair of wins against the Oilers last season, the Canucks dropped two ugly games on the road that saw them get badly outplayed by the Philadelphia Flyers and the Tampa Bay Lightning, with all sorts of ugly mistakes and bad turnovers. The Canucks looked like a mess. Then they went out and won 10 of their next 12 games, storming their way to the top of the NHL standings. That road trip is where the Canucks honed in on the business-like approach that would carry them through the rest of the season. There were flashes of brilliance in the Canucks win over the Panthers — things that the Canucks can build on beyond just winning the game. Now the Canucks have to turn those flashes into consistently blinding LED high beams.
“We’ve got some work to do but I thought there was some good stuff in there,” said head coach Rick Tocchet. “There were times where we had good possession time and had some chances.”
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