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Three takeaways from entertaining Canucks 4-3 shootout win over Jets

ByJoshua Rey|
Dec 10, 2021; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson (40) scores on Winnipeg Jets goalie Eric Comrie (1) during the shootout in the overtime period at Rogers Arena. Vancouver wins 4-3 in a shootout. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 10, 2021; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson (40) scores on Winnipeg Jets goalie Eric Comrie (1) during the shootout in the overtime period at Rogers Arena. Vancouver wins 4-3 in a shootout. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports
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Dec 10, 2021; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks forward Tyler Motte (64) and forward Nils Hoglander (21) and forward Elias Pettersson (40) and forward Conor Garland (8) celebrate Hoglander’s first goal against the Winnipeg Jets in the first period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 10, 2021; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks forward Tyler Motte (64) and forward Nils Hoglander (21) and forward Elias Pettersson (40) and forward Conor Garland (8) celebrate Hoglander’s first goal against the Winnipeg Jets in the first period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports

#1 Nils Höglander leads the offence

Nils Höglander’s play has been pretty good all season. However, the offence has been missing. Before Friday night, he hadn’t scored a goal in 11 games. That last goal came against the Anaheim Ducks on November 14. Höglander also only had one point in his last 10 games and that was an assist in the game against the Boston Bruins on November 28.

Höglander ended his offensive drought against the Jets with two goals and both of them came in the first period.

The first was a beauty. Despite stumbling, he manages to control the puck and get the backhand over Eric Comrie.

The second came in the final minute of the period during a chaotic sequence. Tyler Myers gave the puck away to Blake Wheeler who was stopped by Demko. He also stopped Kyle Connor and the Canucks went back the other way and Höglander’s shot went off Comrie’s glove and trickled into the net.

The 20-year-old wasn’t only scoring, he threw the body around too. Höglander’s only hit of the night was this big one on Josh Morrissey.

Höglander continued with his strong play by winning battles for the puck, showing off his energy, and creating more scoring chances. (Just don’t look at his Corsi.)

“I’ve said hi to him,” said Boudreau on Höglander.  “I want to get to know him. He’s a very quiet guy. But when it’s on his stick he knows what to do with it. That’s the mark of a potentially good scorer.”

#2 The Tucker Poolman- Tyler Myers pairing should never happen again

Wyatt Arndt of The Athletic (AKA The Stanchion) pens Myers as an “agent of chaos” or a “chaos giraffe.” Myers lived up to the nicknames on Friday.

There was that brutal turnover that eventually led to Demko’s saves and Höglander’s goal which was a clear example of him being an agent of chaos.

Myers also was letting the Jets get easy chances and wasn’t that good in his own zone. However, he did make a great play in overtime stopping a Jets two-on-one.

He was paired with Tucker Poolman and that pairing should probably never happen. Poolman, like Myers, made some sloppy turnovers. Poolman wasn’t good on the breakout and he made some poor decisions and was easily getting beat by the Jets players

Myers was tied with Quinn Hughes with the most scoring chances against with 13 per NaturalStatTrick. The Canucks gave up 9 SCA when Poolman was on the ice.

It was a rough night for the pairing of the former Jets as they both were struggling in their end and losing the board battles and letting the Jets get high danger chances.

The pairing (along with the forwards) were caught puck watching and let Mark Scheifele wide open.

The Poolman-Myers pairing was its own horror movie and shouldn’t have a sequel.

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