VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Andrei Kuzmenko scored his thirty fifth purpose, a Canucks franchise document for a first-year participant, to steer Vancouver to a 7-2 rout of the San Jose Sharks on Thursday evening.
The Russian ahead, who additionally had an help, topped the 34 targets scored by Pavel Bure in 1991-92.
J.T. Miller, Dakota Joshua, Conor Garland, and Phillip Di Giuseppe additionally every had a purpose and an help, and Vasily Podkolzin and Sheldon Dries scored for Vancouver. Tyler Myers had a pair of assists and Thatcher Demko made 17 saves.
Tomas Hertl and Andrew Agozzino scored for the struggling Sharks, who're winless of their final eight video games (0-5-3). San Jose has not gained in regulation since beating Seattle 4-0 on Feb. 20.
Vancouver opened the scoring 6:15 into the primary after Miller picked off Hertl’s go on the Sharks’ blue line and snapped a shot previous Reimer for his twenty ninth purpose.
Kuzmenko made it 2-0 when he deftly moved the puck from his forehand to his backhand, then shoveled a shot in. Elias Pettersson earned an help on the play, extending his level streak to a career-high 10 video games.
Hertl lower the Sharks’ deficit to 2-1, however Joshua restored the Canucks’ two-goal lead with a shot previous an outstretched Reimer with 0.4 seconds left within the opening interval.
Vancouver made it 4-1 within the second on Garland’s purpose, after which the Canucks sealed it with one other three-goal interval within the third.
The Canucks gained their ninth straight recreation in opposition to the Sharks, together with all 4 matchups between the groups this season.
NOTES: D Filip Hronek performed his first recreation in a Canucks jersey. Vancouver acquired the 25-year-old from Detroit on March 1 for first- and second-round picks on this yr’s draft, however an upper-body damage saved Hronek out of the lineup till Thursday. … Vancouver’s Christian Wolanin left with a lower-body damage halfway by the primary interval and didn't return. … D Matt Benning, initially slated to decorate for Thursday’s recreation, was unable to play after he took half in pregame warmups. Sharks coach David Quinn stated after the sport that, “one thing got here up on” Benning throughout the warmup, however that he does count on the defenseman to be out there to play Saturday in Calgary.
Up Subsequent
Sharks: Journey to Calgary to face the Flames on Saturday.
Canucks: At Dallas to tackle the Stars on Saturday evening.