The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0, with the Blackhawks suffering their 17th consecutive road game loss. Pius Suter opened the scoring, followed by Quinn Hughes netting his 12th goal of the season. Andrei Kuzmenko played a key role with smarter passes, earning two assists. The Blackhawks outshot the Canucks and had opportunities to score, especially on a late power play, but were shut out by Canucks' goalie Thatcher Demko, extending their road scoring drought to about 144 minutes. Despite outshooting the Canucks, the Blackhawks' lack of offensive production and inability to win on the road persisted.
Here are four takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ loss to the Vancouver Canucks. https://t.co/PyEBUNoTpX
The Blackhawks outshot the Canucks last night — their first time outshooting a team on the road since Nov. 30. But they still haven't actually *won* a road game since Nov. 9. The story from Vancouver: https://t.co/YXakoZtV9u
Demko and #Canucks blanked the Blackhawks 2-0. Kuzmenko came to play. Captain Quinn with his 12th of the year. Hardly a classic, but another win and two more points. @RinkWideVAN breaks it all down https://t.co/LBtCdXUBXn
The Blackhawks have played with scrappiness and gotten solid goaltending but been unable to produce enough offense to win on the road for months now. It was more of the same tonight in Vancouver. Postgame story: https://t.co/YXakoZusZ2
Canucks 2, Blackhawks 0: A choppy, sloppy, plodding, danger-game victory https://t.co/jussmXjjiW https://t.co/G4ZF93C8qb
10 observations: #Blackhawks road struggles continue in loss to Canucks https://t.co/S2bSZzy4qD
FINAL: Canucks 2, Blackhawks 0 Hawks lose their 17th straight road game. They were scrappy and Mrazek was solid, but there's just no offense to be found on this roster.
Hawks get some decent chances on a late PP, but Demko turns them aside and we're down to 3:50 left...
Blackhawks have a road scoring drought of about 144 minutes now and still trail the Canucks 2-0 with 12 min left...
2nd intermission: Canucks 2, Blackhawks 0 Hawks caught up in the stats in that period, but their PP is about 30 seconds away from being 0-for-4 tonight. Shot attempts: 34-40 VAN Shots on goal: 19-19 Scoring chances: 18-18
1st intermission: Canucks 2, Blackhawks 0 Vancouver looks very, very sharp and every Hawk but Vlasic is having a tough time keeping up. Shot attempts: 14-26 VAN Shots on goal: 9-12 VAN Scoring chances: 6-14 VAN
END OF PERIOD 1: It's 2-0 Canucks on goals by Suter and Hughes. Blackhawks righted the ship after the brutal start, but the way they've been scoring lately, it's already a mountain to climb.
Kuzmenko building off better effort against Leafs by hanging on to pucks and making smarter passes. Two assists tonight. #Canucks
GOAL, Canucks. Hawks trail 2-0. Fourth line and third pair get stuck out there and it was quite rough.
Kuzmenko buys time by hanging on to puck behind net before delivering sweet backhand dish to wide open Suter in slot to open scoring. #Canucks
GOAL, Canucks. Hawks trail 1-0 in less than 2 minutes. Old friend Pius Suter scores in front. Crevier and Phillips lost track of him.
Blackhawks at Canucks underway: https://t.co/bsu5nO1dk9
#Canucks vs Bedard-less Blackhawks 😢. Starters and scratches https://t.co/Nqy02d7aUw
The Vancouver #Canucks head into their second of three meetings on the season against the Chicago #Blackhawks on a roll… @FarhanLaljiTSN sets up their Monday night matchup: https://t.co/Plc2MciPex https://t.co/os7LSXSsod