NHL Highlights | Canucks vs. Oilers - October 14, 2023

Sam Lafferty scored the game-winning goal and his first as a Canuck while Casey DeSmith made 37 saves between the pipes to lead Vancouver to a 4-3 win against the Edmonton Oilers.
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00:00:04 - 1st Regulation Period
00:04:01 - 2nd Regulation Period
00:07:27 - 3rd Regulation Period

[@PP-rr1gz]

Who would’ve thought that the Oilers would be 0-2-0 after two games against the Canucks?

[@Kyumilli]

I didnt expect it but I hoped it would happen lol

[@christopherfofonoff129]

Me I thought that

[@Hexinvir]

Canuck fans everywhere were hopeful, but not optimistic

[@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid]

Meh. Shit's irrelevant till wayyyy later...

[@jamesbaron7057]

Me

[@good2goskee]

The hockey intelligence of EP40 is off the chart

[@phillytheflyerable]

What

[@richardbui8416]

The smallest details that just make so much sense. Top 3 player in the NHL for me

[@Cedisdead]

Yeah he was clearly the best player of these teams in the two games played.

[@Danny939ZZKK]

He is a genious did you also noticed how he placed the broken stick casualy infront of draisaitl either to block his lane for shooting or to make him take a penalty as he did?

[@Nic_Garscum]

What a playoff ghost hahahha

[@BikJTube]

Oilers just need 6 more 1st overalls and they are complete!

[@maqywhaq]

6 more 1st rounders? I think you meant 6 more 1st overalls...

[@antoinepallascio3944]

@@maqywhaq😂😂

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

no kidding....

[@Anticipat0r]

not 1st rounders 1st overall picks

[@barryjames73]

They are so overrated.

[@kyerannisbet8895]

Casey DeSmith was fantastic tonight! I really feel like he and Demko are gonna make this work!

[@person7587]

Alr, time for management to trade Demko!

[@truthfilterforyoutube8218]

lol @@person7587

[@donmackie6086]

It was a shaky start though giving up one in the first minute. But that was just what the doctor ordered cuz that put the crowd at ease, thinking like 'O ya, we got this!' And as we all know : never, ever, tempt providence. 😉

[@donmackie6086]

​@@person7587lol!

[@truthfilterforyoutube8218]

bet he'd like to have that 3rd goal back

[@adi.s_1916]

Lafferty is such a beast, great pickup by Allvin!

[@billsfan444]

I liked him with his short time as a Leaf. Glad to see him doing well!

[@MrCdub88]

Mikayav when he returns is gunna be another depth piece aswell!

[@bradleyturner5319]

This is a stupid joke and you’re a loser.

[@mikekennedy5879]

But are you a Canucks fan?@AmazingbrownIndians

[@goodstuffohhyeah]

@AmazingbrownIndians Lmao 🤣

[@Sam-2468]

DeSmith and Lafferty pick ups were pretty clutch

[@Sam-2468]

Getting rid of Pearson on top of that

[@jacobjslee]

5:45 I didn't catch it at first, but what Pettersson did there was brilliant.

[@stinkfinger630]

True. And what that pylon Nurse did was cheap: behind the knee spear.

[@McLovin143627]

And Nurse is a scumbag

[@realms4879]

On track for 82-0

[@grahamdamberger7130]

While the Oil are on track for 0-82-0.

[@owenposer6720]

80-2-0 season for the oil next year

[@Fallout3131]

@@owenposer6720😂😂😂

[@ESoutdoors]

Don't count your chick's before they hatch

[@braedenchambers6835]

We might never lose again

[@eonk5703]

is this for real? the best start canucks ever had in my recent memories. yeah it's been only two games but i'm excited!

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

i knew Tocchet was going to bring us a team that was complete and if we can stay healthy (fingers crossed) i know we will be a playoff bound team....let the flames sit

[@voltairedecent255]

I'm right there with ya. I'm wondering if I'm allowed to feel things like optimism and hope?

[@Crimsonfangg]

I'm afraid you're just dreaming. Time to wake up now. You've got to get to work.

[@eonk5703]

I hope the captain Hughes will lead us to the promised land one day

[@blairthandi7058]

I think best start since 06-07. That team went like 5-0 at the start.

[@aquiace]

I underestimated DeSmith. He was rock solid tonight

[@blairthandi7058]

I loved it wen they acquired him. So many people hated it though.

[@davidm8440]

With canucks goalie coach. They are unstoppable

[@CloakingDonkey]

DeSmith does really well if you can shelter him. He only ever crumples if he has to be starter for long stretches. Hence why he wasn't great behind Jarry.

[@danpro4519]

He's an all-out, heart guy. He's not the most skilled, and he's small, but he often makes up for it with effort. As a Pens fan, I watched him both steal games and drop them. Always loved the guy, though.

[@billsfan444]

The Darnell Nurse cap hit is 9.25 million for another SIX YEARS after this season is finished.

[@BillyJoeMcallister]

🤮

[@cheguevara8410]

Almost as bad as our OEL buyout dead cap!

[@BillyJoeMcallister]

@@cheguevara8410 The decision was made and the owner paid. Moving along...

[@samjam6989]

​@@cheguevara8410I rather have OEL at OEL cap hot then Nurse at Nurse Caphit 😂

[@cheguevara8410]

@@BillyJoeMcallister you also realize dead cap counts against the cap as well right? Who cares about Aquilini’s money if that weren’t the case?

[@snowyrain5730]

Typical Oilers game. The whole highlight package is power plays.

[@notstonks20]

Refs handed them 7 PPs and they still lost 😂😂😂😂

[@chiefbeanus3224]

They’re on the power play for 61 minutes over 3 periods

[@cody2279]

@@j.t.miller1641U sure?

[@deonal]

Miller was a beast all game while finishing with big face off wins with the goalie pulled!

[@Lion-ci8bm]

Oilers scored ONE 5on5 goal against Nucks over 2 games.

[@chiefbeanus3224]

That’s one more 5on5 goal than they scored all of last season

[@XxXNinjaFanXxX]

mcdavid crying will never get old

[@carletonrutherford1799]

I am a Canucks fan, but even I can admit that his talent level is still at another level compared to everyone else in the NHL. Anyone who denies that needs to sit down.

[@johnnyrocken8818]

False. He's a fast flashy guy. No defense from him which makes him kind of a liability in the center position. Plus... are you saying he's clearly ahead of guys like Matthews or Mackinnon? I would say he's much closer to other stars than you think

[@carletonrutherford1799]

@@johnnyrocken8818 Yes, I would say that in terms of offensive talent he is on a whole other level compared to them.

[@ninenine2438]

​​@@johnnyrocken88185 Art Ross trophies in 8 seasons. 3 in a row currently. 64 goals. 150 points. 4th highest PPG all time. Yeah bro, he's just a fast flashy guy. 🤦‍♂️

[@penaldo38]

youre an idiot man, lmfao holy so dumb @@johnnyrocken8818

[@chriscote8441]

Iv always liked DeSmith I’m so happy he’s on our team

[@pellese]

Canucks shows strength

[@player9117]

I was thinking that after 4 goals on 16 shots the Canucks were waiting for Campbell to come in so they could four more.....smart move by Edmonton coach not making the change

[@OSSY17]

Amazing jobs boys, i went up 4AM this Sunday morning to watch you take another win , Lets Go Canucks :D:D , Desmith was a Beast out there

[@maqywhaq]

Considering where these teams are suppose to be(expectations), and last game's results, I was of the opinion that the Canucks would be laughing with anything but a blowout loss... If they looked even remotely competitive(even had they lost), the Canucks would already be doing far better than 90% of the media expected. So then they pull out a gritty win, responding every time the Oilers got close to tying things up... Ugly win, but if the Canucks can maintain this type of structured defensive play when things get hairy(on top of getting past the flu in the room, and getting a few more pieces back to shore up their depth), they could make themselves a scary team to face up against this year...

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

the Canucks are still missing some key players including their goalie who dominated edmonton while battling the flu on the ice (literally)....i think they are a contender, i wish we had more size because 80+ games is a long season

[@donmackie6086]

I'm wary of tempting providence, but I'm inclined to agree with your analysis. Despite my historical reticence about projecting future potential ceilings for this team(cuz we've all seen how quickly things can go sideways real ugly for this franchise), Tocchet seems to be effective at making these guys look like a well oiled Navy Seal deployment from a Christopher Nolan film. I expected the Canucks to make it competitive in Edmonton tonight, but if someone told me that Demko would be on the bench and Edmonton would have 7 PPs and that the Canucks would win 4-3 in regulation, I would counsel that person to perhaps not smoke quite so much cannabis before engaging at prognostications. But damned if that didn't actually happen though! Small sample size? Sure. But there's something about this group that reminds me of earlier Boston or Tampa Bay rosters. They're collectively tenacious and committed to the greater good. No egos, no whining, no passengers. This is the most cohesive team I've seen here in...idk how many years..or decades! Luvin it!

[@Commentsurveillance]

@@donmackie6086”I’m wary of tempting providence” 🤓☝️

[@Seriously_Unserious]

One thing I expected was that with the Oilers and Canucks involved in this game, goals would be plentiful and both teams did not disappoint. Both the Oilers and the Canucks have some big guns who know how to get that puck in the net. What has been surprising me so far is I've not been noticing Tyler Myers due to bad play. Seems like Tocket's structured defense is helping the big man play a better game - that hand not having the dead weight of an over the hill OEL on on the ice with him.

[@donmackie6086]

@@puny-tinsucks5102 that's a valid concern. But when it comes to variables like size, speed, elite talent and the like, those attributes are inferior to a high functioning collective hive mind that thinks as a single entity. I've seen this profile with previous lineups in Boston and Tampa Bay. For now, because things obviously can change, the Canucks look very focused and very committed to the collective best outcome as opposed to singular ego driven star narrative. Reminiscent of the insane strategies of 1970s era Dutch national football and their so called 'total football'. There's clips here on KZbin if you're not familiar. Peace.

[@aaron8kok]

Tocchet really playing 3D chess with McDavid hahahahahahaha

[@Nic_Garscum]

He was playing checkers while McDavid was playing 3D chess in the playoffs hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@troysims2753]

when you can;t say anything bad about Myers you know the team is locked in!

[@megavore97]

Desmith was crazy tonight, if he can get his rebounds just slightly more under control he’ll be a huge Pillar for the team and take some pressure of Thatcher. Awesome character win overall though, and on Quinn’s birthday too! 🎉

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

Happy Birthday Captain Hughes!!!!! Thumbs up if you agree!

[@patrickday1816]

DeSmith has always been that way but does well despite it. He’s smaller than most goalies, but is quick. He’s a poor mans Juusi Saaros.

[@xPandaZ4]

Commentators really love the Oilers. It's completely impossible to remove bias 100% but they can at least try.

[@doublestrokeroll]

Actually I thought the play by play guy was much better than last year. I guess he's the Oilers regular guy? Cause last year he couldn't hide the disappointment when the canucks scored. These past two games he's put a little more positive emotion into the canuck goals as well. Still, Shorthouse is much better. We've really been lucky in Vancouver to have had some of the best most neutral play by play guys in the league. Both of the Jims and Shorty are legends.

[@carletonrutherford1799]

They were whining on an Oilers message board. They thought the play by play guy had a Canucks bias.

[@bsmith1164]

Ha ha!@@carletonrutherford1799

[@csquaredgaming]

The defensive effort from the Canucks was nuts to watch! All of these people are putting it as a major failing of the Oilers... and there are definitely some things to work on, sure, but more than any failing of the Oilers, is moreso the outstanding performance of the Canucks. With a slight twist of fate, this could have been an 8-4 game for the Oilers instead. So many close calls. Goalie was really on fire, and defense was super solid.

[@joestrunk9663]

congratulations Vancouver great win. hey Refs Edmonton, does need 4 or 5 more soft calls to win!

[@johnjohnnston3498]

Ya 2-3 bad calls against Vancouver in the second that resulted in 2 goals from those was bs.

[@chiefbeanus3224]

That’s how Edmonton works. Absolute power play merchants. Let their team full of 1st overall picks play with (at least) one more player on the ice than their opponent

[@BlackMasakari]

Coming from an oiles fan, congrats Canucks for 2 perfect games. I just hope, you do that to many more teams this season and not just us ;)

[@bshoulder]

Boeser now only on pace to score 164 goals, but the Canucks are still on pace to win 82 games... I guess I will take that!

[@carletonrutherford1799]

I still have hope that he can get back on track, and at the very least hit the 300 mark.

[@Frizzyy]

a .750 save % for both oiler goalies in the first 2 games is pretty impressive

[@Frizzyy]

ik its just 2 games and does not really matter but still lowkey funny

[@owenposer6720]

Skinner 4 goals on 16 shots in back to back games. I call that consistency

[@Frizzyy]

@@owenposer6720 a steady performace ill give him that

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

@@owenposer6720 ya the oilers need a good goalie if some players would have taken less against the salary cap they may have been able to do that. Tom Brady took a pay cut during his days in Boston and look at all the superbowls he won. genius thinking, lots of money and lots of trophies and fat superbowl rings

[@Sam-2468]

The starting job is up for grabs and neither of them wants it

[@chrisg1556]

DeSmith was excellent. Skinner, not so much.

[@skinbleaching125]

thats a win for all of us die hard fans from sunshine hills in north delta that have been following the canucks for decades since their very first season .We have stuck with our team and never abandoned them.

[@KillerSniper55]

Aight let’s not just act like north delta is the only place from around vancouver that has had diehard fans from the beginning because north delta would be lucky to be in the top 5 cities.

[@stevet100]

Ok South Delta lol

[@skinbleaching125]

@@KillerSniper55 go away you bum

[@fellatianno]

Seaquam Secondary Dave Randorf's ol stomping ground / Huff Blvd & Lyon / Sunshine Hills Summer 79 has so many memories even though i lived on the Burnsview side of N. Delta

[@skinbleaching125]

im a seaquam and sunshine hills elementary graduate , shout out to the best teachers in the world from sunshine hills mrs linda caron and mrs iris scott who sadly passed away. I love them both dearly my teachers @@fellatianno

[@chasehan4501]

Did the Canucks really just have 16 shots this game and score 4?! The Oilers sure have a goalie problem.

[@lunarbunny3021]

They most definitely have a goalie problem And this was the better of their two goalies… Campbell would’ve let in six

[@acro74919]

yes they really have

[@Lion-ci8bm]

They had 16 shots cause the referees put Canucks on the PK 7 times. IMHO, Canucks only deserved it 3 out of the 7 times.

[@67skins75]

Noting new about that. Unfortunately.

[@therock8309]

To be fair 2 were tips that were failed blockouts by the D, and 1 was a 2 man breakaway, Lafferty goal was soft though.

[@Crosby4ever]

Wow what a start for Petterson and Boeser 2 games against the Oilers 2-0 outscored them 12-4 Next is the Flyers Hopefully Boeser keeps going and has a big year this year Desmiltch 34 saves on 37 shots wow what a game (I think we found our backup goalie)

[@user-vq1iy8ph6x]

Another strong defensive effort by the Oilers. Nurse leaving Skinner all alone was brilliant. Ouch!

[@alexandersiver]

oilers only let 16 shots against thats a pretty great defensive effort if you ask me

[@Nathanielhiggerson66]

@@alexandersiver they spent 14mins on the PP lol

[@DiamondKingVideos]

They wasted sooooo much money on Nurse. What a joke

[@stevenmiller3992]

my dead granny called to ask if edmonton was still on the powerplay

[@krisglen9718]

The league really wanted the Oilers to win this... 7 PPs to Van's 3 .. Sometimes it is to obvious

[@chiefbeanus3224]

It’s always obvious with Edmonton

[@DarkDays4]

A few more power plays and the Oilers could have won

[@TotallyDzvil]

Oilers have had 7 power plays or more idk but they had enough and still lost

[@xtension078]

40 shots on like 20 and they lost

[@shyne604]

The oilers had a 2 man advantage in the 3rd period and couldn't tie this game....

[@TotallyDzvil]

@@shyne604 Canucks defensive side is on another level this season last season the Canucks defence sucked

[@donmackie6086]

Egg 'fukn' sackly! Thank you! My precise sentiments as well. U gonna give the league's best PP 7 opportunities? Nukz might as well just hopped on the plane to their next stop after the 2nd with that kind of ridiculous bias!

[@trevorwiazek5594]

Pretty bad 2 games in and youre putting draisaitl and mcdavid together on same line in desperation.

[@Kanehdian123]

Oilers feeling good about Ekholm coming back... then he gives up the game winner to the Canucks fourth line....

[@_ConnorMcDavid]

Does anyone have Brad Treliving's number?

[@reesej8719]

😂😂😂

[@AnSturbin]

It was nice to see hoglander with some great moments. DeSmith must have taken the limitless pill before the game or sometging

[@conorcahill5422]

Yet again, Oilers always need McDavid and Draisaitl to bail them out. Canucks had totally different scorers this game than the previous one. That to me is a massive difference between both teams. Canucks are a team. Oilers are carried on the backs of 2x players.

[@Fallout3131]

Yup! That’s what happens when you have 2 lines worth of salaries in 2 players 😂😂

[@johnnybaxter1953]

Nuge as well, but after that they are quite thin. I have no clue how they are cup favorites according to Vegas

[@maximal2878]

@@Fallout3131drais contract is the best in the nhl man

[@15battery69]

The Canucks stick it to the Oilers & win again & did it with their backup Goaler in net too!! The Canucks out scored Edmonton 12 - 4 over the two games played... The Oilers were spoon fed a lot of powerplays tonight but still ended up losing...The funniest part about tonight's game was watching McDavid complain & cry to the Ref late in the 3rd period after he took that stupid and undisciplined interference penalty that took the Oilers off the Power Play...😂😂

[@BrodyCanuck]

Yeah McCrybaby crying to the refs about a call when Oilers had how many questionably weak calls in their favor for PPs?

[@MattAlbie]

I thought that was Drais who did that.

[@Nic_Garscum]

The Oilers stick it to the Canucks when it matters hahahahahahahahaha

[@HorridBee248]

Glad the Canucks are finally a cohesive unit. Havent seen that in 12 years.

[@adi.s_1916]

Mcbaby and Crysaitl paid the refs and still lost...

[@keenenhenri8629]

Desmith looking real good in net! 2 goals were just lost battles and looked great all night

[@tylerkulczycki6707]

Oilers in playoff form early💪

[@michellemather8308]

0-2 i agree

[@96camarogirl]

Still not sure how Nurse didn’t get a penalty for taking down Pettersson in front of the goal.

[@raypeterson1431]

I think nurse was just trying to stand up on his skates and accidentally tripped him.

[@freddiejupiter442]

If you didn't know, you can use the . and , keys on PC for frame for/rev. It's clear to me that it was purposeful. Petterson was very close to getting the goalie's skates in his face too!@@raypeterson1431

[@samjam6989]

​@@raypeterson1431yeah right lol was a clear slew foot 🦶

[@johnw817]

It wouldn't matter because a goal was scored after the clear trip. If a penalty was called, it would have been negated by the goal.

[@freddiejupiter442]

I was talking fines not game penalties...but yeah

[@Ultradude604]

Rick Tochhet starting the team off like a rocket!

[@turtlebeef]

refs did everything they could possibly do for Mc'baby and they still couldn't solve this brand new Cancuks team. that being said, that 2nd call on Joshua that led to the tying 2-2 goal was the WORST call ive ever seen in the history of all sports. someone needs to be held accountable for this obvious tampering of the game.

[@johnnybaxter1953]

That’s a call that McDavid gets and nobody else

[@puny-tinsucks5102]

some of those penalties on van were soft but the one on Mcdavid at the end kinda evened it up in my opinion. when we killed the 5 on 3 i knew we had them beat

[@hiphopaDIZZL]

its not tampering its incompetence

[@GrayNWolf]

@@puny-tinsucks5102 One of them was called interference when he did what every player does, I forgot which player that got the pen

[@bsmith1164]

Agree. but my favorite penalty was Draisaitl pushing De Smiths loose goalie stick with the ref standing 2 feet from him! Stunningly stupid interference penalty. Draisaitl ain't the brightest bulb

[@amitbhardwaj7516]

Great win by the Canucks, this time away from home! 2 consecutive wins to start the season!

[@averyadrian1534]

Those calls against the Canucks were so soft… unbelievable…

[@nrdify]

Agreed, those penalties against the Canucks at the end of the 2nd period were a joke.

[@trevorwelsh5441]

The one where McDavid skated past Joshua and wrapped his arm around his head and skated away quickly and then Joshua got an interference call somehow haha which led to their garbage power play goal🙄😒 Terrible reffing.

[@JustBrowsing777]

Just wow, the Canucks have surprised all of us with these games against Edmonton 😮

[@skinbleaching125]

ive said it a million times, you need talent + grit meaning you have to go to the dirty areas like the front of the net and be prepared to take a pounding.. Thats why when i saw laffertys goal i jumped from my seat....lafferty is AWESOME. This team has talent and legit snipers make no mistake about that, kuzmienko scored 39 goals, we already know about miller and boeser ,High end talent hughes petterson . THe word i would describe to use this team is BALANCED in every facet. Oh and tocchet is FAR AND AWAY a better coach than AHL woodcroft . The oilers are a 2 man show and you cant win with that they are the exact opposite of a balanced team.Their goaltending is atrocious ..as for their D with nurse ...come on now

[@Greatone99]

Settle down down there Ron Maclean

[@canuck81]

Nah the boys got seriously outplayed tonight. A little too early for your assessment lol

[@samjam6989]

​@@canuck81the Canucks had to kill 7 PP against the best PP in the league and half the Oilers shot were either from PP or the blue line. I wouldn't say they got throughly outplayed but Canucks still missing Mikheyev, Soucy and Bluegar while battling a flu and Oilers played like it was a cup finals game at home. That 8-1 shellacking shows Canucks can play. They still beat Oilers even if they got outplayed a bit so they can win in any way possible

[@saschaganser9671]

Every year the same story with the Oilers. No defense, Nurse is a 9,25m $ cap grave, no 3rd line and again, the Oilers would need another top 6 RW to get MCDs line work. How can you have such a good core and never get a D nor a bottom 6 together?

[@planetcaravan2925]

Oilers are underrated

[@trvman1]

Oilers MANAGEMENT has been in the "we can win the Cup without a goalie or defense" mode for 10 years and look how well that works. My guess is McDavid will be gone when his contract is up because he wants a Cup and the money won't matter. He won't win a Cup with the Oilers. They have spent so much money on just 3 players. Management is so dumb that in the last year of his McDavids contract they won't move him to get as much as possible in return. They will just hope they can convince him to stay with the $$$$.

[@saschaganser9671]

@@trvman1 Draisaitl is very loyal. But if the season goes wrong, he might think to move for his last big contract. Draisaitl might become a tradable as early as this deadline, if it becomes clear he doesn`t want to extend. MCD might be right behind him in the door out. There`s a chance the whole thing blows up, especially as key players are aging. Kane is 32 now, Hyman 31, RNH 30. Eholm 33 and we might have seen his best.

[@trvman1]

I bet he and Connor have a talk and if Leon moves, Connor will want to go to the same team when his contract ends. Both sign for less money to go to a team that can win the Cup. Oilers management could make it work with Leon signs with another team and Connor takes a trade.

[@brendenrodgers7821]

Throw in horrible goaltending and you have the most overrated team in the nhl.

[@zororosario]

DeSmith proved himself as an NHL goaltender tonight 😊, robs Leon❤

[@kettlepunch9646]

The Oilers sure fixed their defensive problems this off season

[@alexandersiver]

well only letting 16 shots against is a pretty good defensive showing

[@samjam6989]

​@@alexandersiverwas also 16 dangerous chances 😅

[@jlee222ballin]

the Quinn Hughes era has begun...

[@Nic_Garscum]

What a playoff ghost hahahaha awesome era!

[@saschaganser9671]

And this team wants to be a contender? No chance with this defense.

[@Supe063]

Spending the game crying instead of playing

[@gtmo55mack20]

@@Supe063bruh you make no sense the dude is just making a comment

[@notstonks20]

​@@gtmo55mack20he was talking about Clowner McBabi😂😂

[@Supe063]

@@gtmo55mack20 ... obviously you didn't watch the game. It wasn't just bad defense. There was a lot of whining going on on the ice. Just making a comment.

[@gtmo55mack20]

@@notstonks20 oh I see I thought he was roasting this guy commenting

[@Nathanielhiggerson66]

Wait werent the nucks supposed to get shelled lol

[@teddyplayz2255]

But Canucks still won

[@johnnybaxter1953]

Rule 1 : Don’t listen to the “analysts”

[@michaelmcbride2670]

@@nathanadrian77977 powerplays will do that for ya

[@porkwop9171]

​@@nathanadrian7797 hard to get shots off when your team is short handed for nearly an entire period. Not to mention 4 of those calls were super soft.

[@rj1150]

Great start to the season!! Let’s keep it going ❤️‍🔥

[@andreyefimov9532]

Ванкувер с победой!!!! Красавцы!!! Хорошее начало сезона. Кузя делает своё дело - красиво забивает!!!!! Болею за Вас!!!!

[@ari1234a]

Слава Украине

[@donmackie6086]

Despite the efforts of the zebras, the Couv would not be denied! Ya baby! #wedontsuckanymore *And props once again to Sportsnet for continuing with the long clips. I'm a fan. Keep it up gang!

[@ctaylor8003]

nobody has ever called it the Couv ever. Never Ever

[@DrFlippin]

the Canucks are a different team from previous years, already. Its great to see Hoglander, Studnicka and Lafferty score. Both DeSmith and Lafferty were good pick-ups for the 'nucks. Expected a different response for the Oilers tonight, after getting blown out by Vancouver in the opener. Maybe its better to say that the Canucks responded well after such a lopsided win over the same team.

[@OO-bo4xk]

This is very interesting, Vancouver DISRESPECTFULLY won at home and somehow won against the oilers again ?

[@jeffreycairns767]

Despite the refs helping the Oilers

[@chiefbeanus3224]

@@jeffreycairns767That’s a given in any Edmonton game. You have to beat McDavid and the refs

[@shperax]

It's too early in the season to tell, but at this point, if I was McDavid, I would leave that team for pennies on the dollar.

[@slasher1087]

I'm just waiting for the Oilers fans to say this is the league rigging games just like they did vs Vegas in the playoffs 😂😂

[@dkorody81]

Canucks deserved the win. Persevered through some poor refereeing and a very good Oilers team! You love to see it! The Double D goalie duo looks to be a solid one!

[@chris64834]

Desmith was even better considering that two of the goals were off scrambles in the crease

[@7z181]

16 shot win, yikes 😬

[@johnnybaxter1953]

Oilers had like 7 powerplays which gave them a lot of momentum

[@chiefbeanus3224]

It’s hard to get shots when you’re short handed the whole game

[@7z181]

I meant yikes for the oilers lol

[@jordanmonahan7353]

To everyone reading into the shots on goal, just think about the amount of Oilers shots that came from rebounds/scrambles in front of goal. At least the Canucks have a goalie who can make the first save

[@carletonrutherford1799]

2 of the 4 goals the Canucks scored were deflections, if I'm not mistaken. Anyone who has ever played any kind of goal understands how hard deflections are to stop. Also hard for a goalie to stop....2 on 0. Anyone who is putting the blame for that loss on Skinner needs to grab a brain.

[@jordanmonahan7353]

@@carletonrutherford1799 I mostly suggesting that the shots don’t tell the full story of this game. The Oilers had a lot of extra shots off of rebounds and scrambles, and most of the Canucks shots were of very high quality

[@chiefbeanus3224]

11 power plays in two games lol. Only the oilers. That’s why I picked Bouchard in fantasy, plays 45 minutes on the power play every game with McDavid

[@XsEnZe01]

These NHL highlights are really nostalgic, having the 2008 video quality and bad cutting-out audio.

[@tophercabba]

nothing better than an avs win and an oilers loss in the same night , 2 in row wat a blessed week lol

[@purplepladapus480]

Evander Kane needs either a fine or suspension for that hit on hronek in the first. It was a blatant hit to the head and no penalty? L for the refs

[@joelface]

Agreed, head was the principle point of contact.

[@mattesdrescher4783]

I’m saying it early: lord Stanley is coming to Vancouver this year

[@bristlethistle7456]

Replying to add myself to the list of believers before they win it all this year

[@cheynebest7028]

I love this for both teams!

[@endorsedtoast2766]

Dude in the white jersey was jumping as soon as that puck hit the net for the Canucks. The passion

[@mrsi4mon]

Love the resilience the Canucks showed in this one! I'm trying to stay even-keeled this early in the season, but two very fun games to watch so far, sure has been a nice change for Canucks' fans!

[@user-cd9ly5zz6v]

Касатки настоящие мужики, выстояли против злых нефтяников. Браво!

[@begalievmaksat516]

Их судьи посадили на свисток, несколько раз оставляя 3 на 5 играть. Но и это не помогло Мак-Драйзу.

[@OFDProductions]

Canucks are slept on too much they could be a playoff team

[@mynameizriley]

How many powerplays are the oilers going to get?

[@CaptainGooseAviationPTFS]

Another W! Desmith was solid all game and they are off to a great start!🐋🐋🐋🐋

[@deanstevenson1649]

A solid consolidation of the game 1 victory.

[@Platnatimingbelt]

Think about this we are missing Soucy,Mikheyev and had our backup in net edmonton defensively was horrible daaaaaam i didnt think it was this bad 4 goals on 19 shots Skinner definitely is not the answer

[@fadya3901]

Amazing season start be canucks. Who would have thought that they would win the double meet with the oilers.

[@junk3996]

a solid .789 save % by Skinner. glad he managed to get it bumped to 0.800. looking good.

[@isseihyoudou6733]

RAAAAHHHHH WE WANT THE CUP- GET READY FOR THE CANUCKS 82-0 PERFECT SEASON PLAYOFFS SWEEP

[@xlr0gd205]

As a VGK fan, THANK YOU CANUCKS

[@user-by3nd4rm6c]

We're comin for ya

[@semiretired6033]

Bring back the old Canuks jersey, hate this one. Good game.

[@SRCARTOON]

Great defensive positioning on that 3rd Canucks goal by Studnicka. Lacked structure 😊

[@crossbonez1228]

Great Game💛☠️

[@flowmastaflam]

a dependable backup can make a team

[@seamusoleary3712]

Yeah, Baby!!!!!

[@Mzuch14]

Let’s gooo baby go Canucks go!!!!!

[@TrevorPhilips]

Canucks 12 - 3 Oilers lolol

[@notstonks20]

oiLers 😂😂😂😂 couldn't defend against a peewee 😂😂 can't even score on 2man advantage😂😂😂

[@jonathanvanessen5438]

Draisitl pushed desmiths pad in the net for the first goal

[@Taooflu]

Boeser didn’t score 4 goals but meh I’ll guess we’ll take the W

[@oskforalltid]

Högs with 3 points in 2 games looking good

[@AAbram-yt9de]

Not sure what was worse. The sound quality or Nurse.