Suter's Hat Trick Keeps Point Streak Alive As Canucks Fall To Blues In Overtime
Canucks are now 8-0-2 in their last ten games.
Photo by Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports - Suter's Hat Trick Keeps Point Streak Alive As Canucks Fall To Blues In OvertimeThe Vancouver Canucks (32-11-5) pushed their point streak to ten games but fell 4-3 to the St. Louis Blues (24-20-2) in overtime. Pius Suter provided the Canucks will all their offence, recording his second career hat trick and first since his rookie season. This was just the tenth time all season Vancouver has trailed after the first period, dropping their record to 2-5-3 with the loss.
While this wasn't a perfect game for the Canucks, they deserve credit for the way they fought back at the end. The line juggling worked as Suter looked great beside J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser, while players like Nils Höglander and Noah Juulsen provided strong depth play throughout the game. Overall, Vancouver played well as a unit but fell just short in a game they arguably deserved to win.
Here is what Rick Tocchet had to say about his team's performance against the Blues:
"I thought there were parts of our game; I really liked parts of our game—a good battle. The Miller line was great. I thought Milsey (Miller) and Sutes (Sutter) were really good tonight. Had some individuals that played really hard for us. Obviously, overtime goal."
Stats and Facts
- Quinn Hughes becomes the eighth fastest defenceman (331 games) to hit 800 points
- Quinn Hughes passes Todd Bertuzzi and takes over sole possession of tenth on the Canucks all-time assist list
- Pius Suter records his second career hat trick and first since 2021
- The Canucks fail to score first for the first time since Jan 8 versus the New York Rangers
Scoring Summary
1st Period
STL: 13:14- Jake Neighbours (15th) from Robert Thomas
STL: 14:57- Pavel Buchnevich (14th) from Jake Neighbours and Robert Thomas (PPG)
2nd Period
No Scoring
3rd Period
VAN: 1:00- Pius Suter (10th) from Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes
STL: 1:41 Alexey Toropchenko (7th) from Kevin Hayes and Nathan Walker
VAN: 5:42- Pius Suter (11th) from Brock Boeser (PPG)
VAN: 19:08- Pius Suter (12th) from Quinn Hughes and Filip Hronek
Overtime
STL: 1:54- Brayden Schenn (12th) from Nick Leddy
Canucks Next Opponent
Up next for Vancouver will be a Saturday night showdown with the Columbus Blue Jackets. This will be the final game before the All-Star break, and the Canucks last home game until Feb 15. Game time is set for 7:00 PM PT from Rogers Arena.
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