He chipped a pass to Benn, who sent a blast past Demko from the top of the slot to make it 3-2 with five seconds left in the period. Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson got a short-handed breakaway, but Murray made a right-pad stop and Heiskanen streaked back down the ice with the rebound. The centre deftly moved the puck from his skate to his stick and blasted a one-timer past Murray for his 25th goal of the season.īrisebois scored 4:09 into the third, sending a one-timer soaring from the hash marks to put Vancouver up 4-2.ĭallas closed out the second with a power-play marker. Miller sealed the score with a highlight-reel shot 16:59 into the third period. “I didn’t think we had our best stuff tonight and I anticipated that with kind of the road we’ve been on here for the last week but still a winnable game.” “There’s no quit in our group,” said Stars coach Peter DeBoer. The loss snapped a three-game win streak for the Stars, who took a 5-2 victory over the Kraken in Seattle on Monday. Thatcher Demko made 25 saves for Vancouver and Dallas’s Matt Murray stopped 15-of-20 shots in his second NHL start. The Stars (37-18-13) got a goal and an assist from Jamie Benn, while Wyatt Johnston scored his 18th of the season and Miro Heiskanen contributed a pair of helpers. Brock Boeser registered three assists and Conor Garland had two. Miller led Vancouver (29-32-5) in scoring with a goal and an assist on his 30th birthday, while Phillip Di Giuseppe, Andrei Kuzmenko and Anthony Beauvillier also filled the net. But the next shift or the next practice, they pick themselves up. ”Those guys are trying to make the NHL, right? And they bought in right away. “I’ve got affection for those guys,“ he said after the Canucks collected their fifth straight win. Getting contributions from depth players has been important to Vancouver’s recent success, said coach Rick Tocchet. Tuesday marked his 22nd NHL game over six seasons of professional hockey. Selected by the Canucks in third round of the 2015 draft, Brisebois has long toiled in the minors. But I’ve still got to play really hard and prove myself every day.” And I think that’s gonna build a little bit of confidence. “I’m really happy about it, but I’m not satisfied with it,“ he said. The accomplishments are big, Brisebois said, but there’s still work to be done. Seven days later, he scored his first NHL goal, helping the Canucks to a 5-2 victory over the Dallas Stars. Last Tuesday, the 25-year-old signed a two-year contract extension. VANCOUVER - It’s been a big week for Vancouver Canucks defenceman Guillaume Brisebois.
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