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3 Canucks to blame for embarrassing road loss to Flyers

By Jonathan Bailey

EDMONTON, CANADA - OCTOBER 14: Elias Petterson #40 of the Vancouver Canucks skates against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period at Rogers Place on October 14, 2023 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, CANADA - OCTOBER 14: Elias Petterson #40 of the Vancouver Canucks skates against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period at Rogers Place on October 14, 2023 in Edmonton, Canada. (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images) /
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Elias Pettersson on the ice for the Canucks against the Oilers. (Photo by Derek Cain/Getty Images)
Elias Pettersson on the ice for the Canucks against the Oilers. (Photo by Derek Cain/Getty Images) /

#3. Elias Pettersson doesn’t bring the offense for the Canucks

Just days after getting some Hart Trophy plaudits, Elias Pettersson let this game fall by the wayside. For a player also trying to earn a huge contract as a pending free agent, this performance wasn’t good enough – simply put.

Based on Moneypuck’s postgame expected goals chart, Pettersson’s 0.15 expected goals falls below Conor Garland (0.19), Dakota Joshua (0.22), Brock Boeser (0.22), and Pius Suter (0.37). Nobody played particularly well, and yet Pettersson’s offensive performance still fell well short of snuff.

The 24-year-old also only managed one shot on goal in his 23:48 of ice time, and only had one shot attempt blocked. Pettersson was 2/6 on faceoffs, and his Corsi percentage of 39.3 percent was higher than only Nils Hoglander (35.1) and Carson Soucy (31.4).

Although we can be certain Pettersson, Garland, and Andrei Kuzmenko will have much better performances as a unit in the future, Pettersson needs to rise above and take over games for the Canucks. That didn’t happen on Tuesday night.

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