San Jose Sharks vs Vancouver Canucks
Regular season · Saturday, December 23, 2023 · Rogers Arena
SN · SN360 · CITY · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Vancouver Canucks beat the San Jose Sharks 7-4 on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at Rogers Arena. The Canucks outshot the Sharks 26-25.
Andrei Kuzmenko scored twice. Mikael Granlund, Tomas Hertl, Nils Aman, Sam Lafferty, Fabian Zetterlund, Dakota Joshua, Jacob MacDonald, Pius Suter and Quinn Hughes also scored.
Thatcher Demko made 21 saves on 25 shots for the win; Mackenzie Blackwood stopped 19 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Andrei Kuzmenko (7)Ilya Mikheyev (10), Elias Pettersson (29)0–101:34 VAN- Andrei Kuzmenko (8)J.T. Miller (32), Elias Pettersson (30)0–206:51 VAN · PPG
Mikael Granlund (4)Anthony Duclair (6), Mario Ferraro (6)1–213:32 SJS
Tomas Hertl (12)Filip Zadina (5), Mario Ferraro (7)2–216:22 SJS
2nd period
Nils Aman (2)Teddy Blueger (7)2–306:03 VAN
Sam Lafferty (9)Ian Cole (5), Conor Garland (12)2–408:36 VAN
Fabian Zetterlund (9)Mario Ferraro (8), Mikael Granlund (19)3–411:08 SJS
Dakota Joshua (9)Conor Garland (13), Teddy Blueger (8)3–519:13 VAN
3rd period
Jacob MacDonald (6)Filip Zadina (6), Jan Rutta (6)4–513:16 SJS
Pius Suter (6)Quinn Hughes (34), J.T. Miller (33)4–615:43 VAN
Quinn Hughes (10)Unassisted4–719:47 VAN · EN
Team stats
SJSVAN
25Shots on goal26
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes6
19Hits19
22Blocked shots9
5Giveaways11
1Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 05:37
Mike Hoffman · interference2 min - 2nd 01:09Nikita Okhotiuk · tripping2 min
- 2nd 03:59
Dakota Joshua · roughing2 min - 2nd 06:30Luke Kunin · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 12:19Teddy Blueger · hooking2 min
- 2nd 17:00Filip Hronek · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:30Jack Studnicka · tripping2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27:43 |
| 18Filip ZadinaR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 16:32 |
| 64Mikael GranlundC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 4 | 23:20 |
| 10Anthony DuclairL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:05 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:35 |
| 9Jacob MacDonaldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 07:03 |
| 84Jan RuttaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 17:45 |
| 11Luke KuninC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:08 |
| 16Jack StudnickaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:17 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:38 |
| 68Mike HoffmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 72William EklundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:47 |
| 90Justin BaileyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:05 |
| 3Henry ThrunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 4Kyle BurroughsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| 83Nikita OkhotiukD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Mackenzie BlackwoodG | L | 25 | 19 | 6 | .760 | 58:00 |
| 36Kaapo KahkonenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Vancouver Canucks
| 8Conor GarlandR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 9J.T. MillerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 21:08 |
| 40Elias PetterssonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 7 | 17:59 |
| 53Teddy BluegerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 16:12 |
| 96Andrei KuzmenkoL | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 | 15:29 |
| 43Quinn HughesD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 22:24 |
| 18Sam LaffertyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:10 |
| 24Pius SuterC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:15 |
| 65Ilya MikheyevR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 13:55 |
| 81Dakota JoshuaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:09 |
| 88Nils AmanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:53 |
| 82Ian ColeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:17 |
| 6Brock BoeserR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:15 |
| 21Nils HoglanderL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 17Filip HronekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:03 |
| 47Noah JuulsenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 91Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Casey DeSmithG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Thatcher DemkoG | W | 25 | 21 | 4 | .840 | 60:00 |