Canucks: 3 takeaways from 3-2 overtime loss vs. Blues

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 14: David Perron #57 of the St. Louis Blues scores with seven seconds left in the third period against the Jacob Markstrom #25 of the Vancouver Canucks to tie the score at 3-3 in Game Two of the Western Conference First Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 14, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /

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Jacob de la Rose of the St. Louis Blues is stopped by Jacob Markstrom. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images) /

Oscar Fantenberg steps up

With Myers drawing out of the lineup with a suspected shoulder injury, the Canucks top-4 was dealt a blow. While the recent return of Jordie Benn into the bubble and the lineup helped to somewhat mitigate that blow, the blue and green still needed someone from the blue line to step up.

They got that in Oscar Fantenberg.

Fantenberg, a mainstay on the Canucks third pairing throughout postseason play alongside Myers, put up a real solid game in his absence. The 28-year-old Swede, who’s had a relatively strong showing thus far in the playoffs, recorded two shots, four hits, and five blocked shots on the night. He ranked second in the latter on the team, just two behind Edler’s seven blocked shots.

Fantenberg played 20:45 in the game, with the bulk of that coming in the first three periods. It was the second-highest time-on-ice for him in the 2019-20 season and most since Dec. 19’s tilt against the Vegas Golden Knights.

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