Canucks edge past Oilers, close in on Pacific Division title

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Casey DeSmith made 32 saves for the win as the Vancouver Canucks swept their season series with Edmonton, defeating the Oilers 3-1 in their fourth meeting of the season on Saturday.

scored for the Canucks who all but guaranteed themselves first place in the Pacific Division, now sitting five points up on Edmonton, which still has an extremely slight chance with three games remaining to Vancouver’s two.Vancouver continued to flip the script late in the first and was rewarded with a goal coming with just 16 seconds remaining as Lafferty had a clear lane to the net and blasted a shot stick-side that beat Skinner for his career-best 13th goal of the season.

It was the fourth and final meeting between the two Canadian clubs, with the previous three occurring during Edmonton disastrous first five weeks of the season. Vancouver won their home opener over Edmonton in the first game of the campaign 8-1. They then won 4-3 in Edmonton’s home opener, and then dispatched the Oilers 6-2 a few weeks later in Vancouver. … Star Oilers forwardmissed his third straight game with a lower-body injury, but is still considered day-to-day.

 

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