Vancouver Canucks and the Utah Hockey Club are in their clash in Salt Lake City on Sunday night, losing their first matches after the 4 nations for face face.
On Saturday, Canucks fell 3-1 at Vegas Golden Knights on the road and Utah lost to Los Angeles, 5-3 on the kings. But Vancouver and Utah will return it to the second game of their sets at the back.
Jake Debrusk, who scored Vancouver’s only goal, as Canucks received his winning series of three games on Saturday, said it took some time to acclimated again after a two -week break.
“Just the feeling of the washer like outside the boards,” he said. “Like myself, I felt rusty.”
Debru, he reached the plateau with 20 goals for the fourth time in his career, as he gave the Cancks lead 1-0 6:22 in the game. But it was the degree of Vancouver’s crime for the night.
Kevin Lancinen, who played for Finland in 4 nations face, made 32 saves.
“We have to make more plays,” said Keefer Sherwood to Canucks, who received the first assist in the target of Debrusk. “I know the world -class Lenki (Lankinen), but we left it on the island too much.”
Star Center Elias Petersson played for Canucks on Saturday after many doubted his availability due to an undisclosed injury, while he was playing for Sweden in the tournament. Petarsson was minus-1 with one shot only in a shy 16-minute ice time. It has 34 points (11 goals, 23 assists) in 50 games for the season.
Norris trophy’s captain and ruling defender Quinn Hughes remained an inclined injury that forced him to miss all February matches on Vancouver. He was selected from the Face Team of 4 Nations of the United States before being wounded.
Meanwhile, Utah has cut two of her last three games.
Barrett Hatton was responsible for everyone on Saturday on Saturday with his first career hat trick and the first of his kind hockey club in Utah. The franchise is in his first season in Salt Lake City after moving from Arizona.
“I like the fact that he is awarded,” said Utah coach Andre Turini. “We often talk about how much the” Hait “plays the right way. He does everything right on the ice and outside the ice, has the right attitude, competing so hard. You can’t cheer him up, I’m so really glad for him. ”
Heaton’s first goal gave Utah lead 1-0 in the game. His second goal brought Utah forward 2-1 at 5:50 of the second period. Both goals came to the power game. Highton’s third goal came with nine minutes and pulled the team to 4-3. But the goal of Mothers Anderson with an empty net with 1:30 the victory for the kings remained.
Hatton said the joy he may have felt over the feat was overshadowed by the defeat.
“At the moment, it’s kind of like a sting of the game. I will look back at one point. It’s cool to do, “Hatton said. “At that moment, this is disappointing the loss of this game. This is such a big game. I have the feeling that we are putting our heart and soul into this game – our efforts were there. “
Nick Schmalz had two assists and Connor Ingram made 21 saves.
Hatton has 32 points (15 goals, 17 assists) in 57 games for the season.
Utah’s defender Sean Dratsi returned after receiving a shoulder injury on October 14 and missed 52 games. At 21:37 of Ice Time on Saturday, he had an assist, four shots, two blocks, two gifts and the extraction.
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