Canucks monthly December edition: Burrows night, win streak, more

Point per game Pearson

A good playoff team can roll three lines that can score at any given moment. Tanner Pearson has proven to be a reliable middle-six forward that can provide the team with 45-50 points in a full campaign. He got a big chunk of his 27 total points in December, and the veteran forward assisted the Canucks in getting back on track.

Quietly, but very effectively, Pearson actually leads the team in points through the last 21 games. Now, I know there were only 13 games played in December, so his span of success reaches further than just one month, but the consistency of how he is getting it done goes a long way.

Like Virtanen, the left-winger has six points in his last five games. Ten of his points on the season were added to the board in December, but he did in fact have a four-point night the day before December got rolling, on Nov. 30 against the Edmonton Oilers.

Pearson has been known for being a hot-and-cold type of player. He seems to either be on a ten-game point streak, or he goes a month without scoring.. This year might be different, but in a good way. Pearson has been putting up second-line numbers and finding the back of the net every second or third game.

Pearson has proven to be a vital asset to the second power play. He plays in front of the net with Gaudette and Virtanen, and the three have been able to make magic happen on the man advantage. If this trend of consistency continues for these three secondary scorers, the Canucks are bound to play extra games this summer.