There’s little doubt now, the Vancouver Canucks are going in a direction that’s much different from the San Jose Sharks.
Their opponents proved to be nurse sharks: the couch potatoes of the ocean. You must beat teams like that. The Canucks’ goals were a goal-mouth scramble finish by Loui Eriksson, a power-play marker for Tanner Pearson, a seeing-eye point-shot for Quinn Hughes and a perfect two-on-one finish by J.T. Miller, while the Sharks’ goal came off the stick of Barclay Goodrow.Lucky to be goodThe play of Eriksson since he returned to the lineup Dec. 19 is nothing short of remarkable.And it’s not just about their empty-net prowess. It’s in all aspects of the game.
Eriksson’s role on the line isn’t as a shooter, though you would like to see more than 18 shots on net through the 13 games he’s now skated alongside the Canucks’ captain.Re-chargedThe Canucks’ power play had been in a moribund state after Christmas, scoring just three times in the first seven games following. But they’ve now tallied three times in four games.
Virtanen showed deft hands again on the Miller goal, floating a perfect saucer pass over a diving Brent Burns and across to Miller. Sutter could have shirked and maybe Labanc would have been whistled for another two minutes, but the lanky forward looped the long way around the crowd of Canucks and Sharks and got back at Labanc, giving him a facewash and earning a two minute minor of his own.In a first period that was lacking for action — shots were 9-3 for the Canucks — it truly was a highlight.In two viewings by this reporter this season, the problem is much more obvious: the Sharks are old and they can’t score anymore.
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