Garland, Blueger and Joshua combined for six points in the 4-2 victory over Chicago.

The Vancouver Canucks (36-12-6) wrapped up their five-game road trip with a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks (14-36-3). With the win, Vancouver collects their league-leading 32nd regulation win while improving to 30-0-2 when leading after two periods. The victory was also the seven straight versus the Blackhawks, with the Canucks holding a 12-2-1 record in their 15 versus Chicago. 

Once again, the story of the game was Vancouver's third line of Dakota Joshua, Teddy Blueger and Conor Garland. The trio combined for three goals and six points, with Joshua recording the first Gordie Howe Hat Trick by a Canucks player since Tanner Pearson in 2022. While most of the team played well against the Blackhawks, the third line were the difference makers in the end as Vancouver improved to 13-2-3 since the start of 2024.

Here is what Rick Tocchet had to say postgame:

"I thought it was a business-like game. Some good line. I thought the Garland line obviously was really good. I thought Juulsen was really good for us tonight; I thought he was excellent. Got our two points, 3-1-1 and now we get back home to Vancouver."

Facts and Stats 

- Quinn Hughes ties Doug Lidster for fifth on the franchise all-time points by a defenceman list with 307

- With his 110th career win, Thatcher Demko moves past Dan Cloutier into fourth on the Canucks all-time wins list

- Thanks to Conor Garland's two goals, Vancouver now has ten players with 10+ goals on the season

- Dakota Joshua records his 27th game of the season with 4+ hits

Scoring Summary

1st Period

VAN: 10:05- Conor Garland (10th) from Dakota Joshua and Filip Hronek

2nd Period

VAN: 8:18- Conor Garland (11th) from Filip Hronek and Dakota Joshua

CHI: 16:43- Tyler Johnson (10th) from Philipp Kurashev and Nick Foligno (PPG)

VAN: 18:28- Nils Höglander (17th) from Elias Lindholm

3rd Period

VAN: 6:07- Dakota Joshua (13th) from Teddy Blueger and Quinn Hughes

CHI: 13:27- Kevin Korchinski (3rd) from Ryan Donato and Lukas Reichel

Canucks Next Opponent 

Vancouver's next game will be a rematch on Thursday night versus the Detroit Red Wings. These two played last week in Detroit, where the Red Wings defeated the Canucks 4-3 in overtime. Game time is set for 7:00 PM PT from Rogers Arena. 

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