3 Standouts From Game #21: Rangers 5, Canucks 1

Welcome to this edition of the Vancouver Canucks “3 Standouts From The Game.” In this recurring series, The Hockey News’ Canucks team will do a deep dive into three standouts from Vancouver's last game. This article will focus on the Canucks' most recent 5–1 loss to the New York Rangers.

Brock Boeser 

Friday’s loss to the Rangers wasn’t all doom and gloom, though it may have seemed like it based on Vancouver’s performance during the final 45 minutes. Brock Boeser hit a career milestone against the Rangers on Friday, registering his 500th-career NHL point off Elias Pettersson’s goal in the first period. He is now up to 18 points on the season as a whole, and has extended his current point streak to six games. 

Boeser was also one of only four Canucks to skate in more than 20 minutes last night, logging 21:34 minutes played. In this span of time, he also recorded one shot on goal and one block. He also put up the most scoring chances for his team with a total of 13.  

Zeev Buium 

Zeev Buium made his mark during the Canucks’ high points in their 5–1 loss on Friday. The defenceman logged the primary assist on Pettersson’s goal and also recorded 24:38 minutes played, making this the fourth time in five games that he has skated in over 24 minutes. He passed the eye test offensively, demonstrating some renewed confidence with the puck both at even-strength and as the second power-play unit’s quarterback. 

Where things get dicey, however, is in the numbers department. Both Buium and defensive partner Filip Hronek got caved-in when New York went on their tear, with the young defenceman allowing the second-most scoring chances when on the ice — 17. 

Tom Willander 

Friday night marked the first game back for Tom Willander, who previously missed Vancouver’s past four games due to injury. Though he played in a more-modest 17:04 minutes in the loss (three minutes less than his per-game season average), the defenceman was still noticeable. Willander managed to tie his season-high in shots in a game on Friday with three. 

Numbers-wise, Willander was also the Canucks’ most noticeable defenceman against the Rangers. He logged 11 scoring chances-for, the most of all Vancouver defencemen on Friday, and also registered the least scoring chances against of his team’s defenders with six. 

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