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Quadrelli Report: Horvat nets three in Vancouver Canucks win over Wings

By David Quadrelli

DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 22: Bo Horvat #53 of the Vancouver Canucks scores a third period goal past goaltender Jimmy Howard #35, Justin Abdelkader #8 and Trevor Daley #83 of the Detroit Red Wings during an NHL game at Little Caesars Arena on October 22, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - OCTOBER 22: Bo Horvat #53 of the Vancouver Canucks scores a third period goal past goaltender Jimmy Howard #35, Justin Abdelkader #8 and Trevor Daley #83 of the Detroit Red Wings during an NHL game at Little Caesars Arena on October 22, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Dave Reginek/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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DETROIT, MICHIGAN – OCTOBER 22: Jake Virtanen #18 of the Vancouver Canucks celebrates his third period goal with Bo Horvat #53 while playing the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on October 22, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Vancouver won the game 5-2. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MICHIGAN – OCTOBER 22: Jake Virtanen #18 of the Vancouver Canucks celebrates his third period goal with Bo Horvat #53 while playing the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on October 22, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. Vancouver won the game 5-2. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

The Captain puts the team on his back in order to comeback

Markstrom was the one that shifted the momentum in favour of the Canucks, but he can only do so much. He can’t score the goals, and for a while, it looked like nobody on the Canucks could, either. It’s games like last night where a team needs somebody to just get something going for his side on the scoresheet. Who better to do that then the captain?

Now, don’t get me wrong, Markstrom’s back is probably sore after carrying his team — scratch that — dragging his team last night to a victory; but Bo Horvat is the one who finally managed to get the Canucks on the scoresheet and jumpstart their comeback.

Markstrom’s sequence of saves at the end of the second period, along with a late penalty drawn by Tim Schaller, which would allow the Canucks to start the third period with a man-advantage, changed the momentum in favour of the Canucks.

Saves like that get a team fired up. It makes the players want to go out there and win for the guy who is continuously bailing them out. It’s exactly what the Canucks did last night, and captain Horvat was the one that got the comeback started with a power play goal.

Going into this road trip, Horvat hadn’t recorded a goal. It was nothing to panic about, but I’m sure Horvat would have liked to find the back of the net sooner, rather than later. Well, with his goals against St. Louis and New York, along with the first hat trick of his career last night, Horvat now leads the Canucks in goals.

It’s crazy what a hot goaltender and a captain driven to help their team win can do for an entire team.

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