Miller, energy play carry Canucks previous Ducks, 3-2

ANAHEIM, Calif. — J.T. Miller had a objective and an help and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Tuesday evening.

Elias Pettersson had two assists and crossed the 100-point mark for the season, Brock Boeser and Andrei Kuzmenko had power-play targets, and the Canucks received their third win in 4 video games.

Pettersson has the seventh 100-point season for the Canucks since becoming a member of the NHL in 1970 and first since Daniel Sedin did it in 2010-11.

“It means I can breathe out again,” Pettersson mentioned. “I’m very happy with it. Something I didn’t think about before this season. … Couldn’t have done it without the guys.”

Thatcher Demko made 33 saves in what was scheduled to be his remaining begin of the season. He ended the marketing campaign with 11 wins in his remaining 17 video games after lacking three months due to a lower-body damage.

“Since he’s been back, the team has had a new identity, and I think we’re playing pretty well,” Miller mentioned.

PHOTOS: Miller, energy play carry Canucks previous Ducks, 3-2

Drew Helleson scored his first NHL objective, Mason McTavish had a power-play objective, however the Ducks misplaced their twelfth recreation in a row. Lukas Dostal made 33 saves.

“Both games I’ve played, we’ve battled, and they’ve been tight games. It shows the character in here,” Helleson mentioned.

Miller put the Canucks again in entrance 1:26 into the third interval, positioning himself on the high of the crease to place within the rebound of Phillip Di Giuseppe’s shot.

Helleson tied it at 2 with 4:28 left within the second interval, amassing his first profession level on a slap shot from the blue line. A second-round draft decide by Colorado in 2019 and purchased by Anaheim within the Josh Manson commerce final season, Helleson made his NHL debut in a 5-4 extra time loss to the Avalanche on Sunday.

“I kind of blacked out, and then I just looked up to see (Trevor Zegras) skating towards me. He was smiling even bigger than I was, so it was pretty cool to see how everybody reacted,” Helleson mentioned.

The Canucks relied on some precision puck motion on the ability play to take a 2-1 lead out of the primary interval, beginning with Boeser opening the scoring with 7:46 left off tic-tac-toe passes from Pettersson and Miller.

Pettersson joined Pavel Bure, Alexander Mogilny, Markus Naslund, and Henrik and Daniel Sedin as Canucks to have 100-point seasons. Bure did it twice.

“I know it meant a lot to him,” Miller mentioned. “Seriously, he’s been our best player all year. … Would have been a shame to see him not get it, but there was no doubt he was going to get it.”

Kuzmenko received his thirty ninth objective of the season on a breakaway arrange by a stretch cross from Akito Hirose to make it 2-0 with 3:48 remaining.

The Ducks received on the board with their first energy play, because of McTavish’s one-timer in the precise circle from Cam Fowler with 2:40 to go.

FIRSTS ALL AROUND

Ducks D Jackson LaCombe, a second-round draft decide in 2019, made his NHL debut. It was particularly fortuitous timing since he received to be on the bench when his childhood good friend Helleson discovered the again of the web.

“Great shot by Helle. It was cool to be a part of it, for sure,” LaCombe mentioned.

NOTES

McTavish didn’t play within the third interval due to an upper-body damage. … Demko had the secondary help on Kuzmenko’s objective. It was the goalie’s fourth profession level.

UP NEXT

Canucks: At Arizona on Thursday evening.