Vancouver rallies for 5-2 win over Chicago Blackhawks, giving new coach Rick Tocchet a victory in his debut behind Canucks bench
Dakota Joshua and Sheldon Dries scored goals 34 seconds apart in the third period as the Vancouver Canucks battled back from two one-goal deficits to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-2 and give Rick Tocchet a win in his first game as Vancouver’s head coach.
There was a mixture of boos and cheers when Tocchet was introduced to the crowd during the first period. The game was just 3:30 old when a fan threw a Canucks jersey on the ice.Andrei Kuzmenko scored twice for the Canucks who snapped a three-game losing streak. Elias Pettersson had two assists, giving him six goals and 22 assists in the last 16 games. Bo Horvat also scored shorthanded into an empty net at 18:34, matching a career high of 31 goals in a season.
On the following faceoff, Mrazek stopped a Conor Garland shot. Dries directed the rebound into the net with a shot from between his legs.His first goal came off the rebound of Ilya Mikheyev’s shot to tie the game 1-1 at 7:02.
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