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Canucks: 3 takeaways from 4-0 Game 6 win over Golden Knights

By Joshua Rey

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - SEPTEMBER 03: Thatcher Demko #35 of the Vancouver Canucks stops a shot against Mark Stone #61 of the Vegas Golden Knights during the third period in Game Six of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on September 03, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - SEPTEMBER 03: Thatcher Demko #35 of the Vancouver Canucks stops a shot against Mark Stone #61 of the Vegas Golden Knights during the third period in Game Six of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on September 03, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Quinn Hughes #43 of the Vancouver Canucks is congratulated by his team (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Quinn Hughes #43 of the Vancouver Canucks is congratulated by his team (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

2. Quinn Hughes continues to impress

Quinn Hughes has had a tough few games in this series. Tough under his standards anyway. The Golden Knights were all over him and he was being contained quite well.

Fortunately, he was back to his old ways. Hughes’ excellent acceleration was on display in this one, and watching him enter the neutral and offensive zones was once again an absolute treat. It really never gets old.

He scored two points in this game. The first was an assist on the J.T. Miller goal early in the third. He used his acceleration to enter the offensive zone, go behind the net, and gave the puck to Miller who buried it passed Robin Lehner who was perfectly screened by Elias Pettersson.

Hughes even got on the score sheet himself later in the period on a four on four. He unleashed this bomb of a shot past Lehner after creating time and space with fewer skaters on the ice (Something that benefits the Canucks versus bigger teams like Vegas).

He was also great on the other end of the ice as he made great defensive plays throughout the game. Travis Green played Hughes for only 17:40. Maybe less is more for No. 43? It obviously gives him more energy to move around and create scoring opportunities in the offensive end.

With the icing on the cake, Hughes also surpassed Colorado’s Cale Makar and Shea Theodore for the playoff lead in points by a defenceman. With 16 and as of now, he holds the record for most points by a rookie defenceman in the playoffs. Did we expect any less from him though?

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