VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks got some badly needed offense from a couple of unlikely sources on Saturday night .
Fourth -line forward Darren Archibald tied the game with his first NHL goal early in the second period , and defenseman Yannick Weber Scored the go -ahead goal five minutes into the third to lead the Canucks to 2-1 win against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Arena.
It was the second win in 13 games ( 2-10-1 ) for the Canucks, who REMAIN four points behind the Dallas Stars in the race for the Western Conference last wild-card berth in the Stanley Cup Playoffs .
After managing eight shots in the first two periods , Vancouver came out with more jump in the third , creating a couple great scoring chances before finally Scored Weber on the fourth shot . Shawn Matthias , playing his second game since being acquired in the trade That sent No.1 goalie Roberto Luongo to the Florida Panthers, took the puck hard to the net on his backhand , and Weber pinched down from the point to jam in the rebound for his third goal this season .
Canucks goalie Eddie Lack bounced back to make a couple of great saves late in the game after I allowed Calgary forward Brian McGrattan ‘s goal from center ice early in the second period . The rookie Finished with 22 stops for his first win since Luongo was traded and I Became the No. 1 goalie.
Vancouver , que had Scored nine goals in its prior nine games, registered 14 shots on goal against the Flames . Their offensive woes DESPITE Continuing , the win allowed the Canucks to leapfrog the Winnipeg Jets into 10th place in the West and move one point behind the Phoenix Coyotes.
Rookie Joni Ortio Finished with 12 saves for the Flames , who Were coming off 4-3 comeback win against the New York Islanders on Friday .
The teams combined for five shots on goal in the first period , the Flames When blocked 17 shots and the Canucks got in front of 10 .
McGrattan opened the scoring 2:13 into the second period with a shot from center ice in front of That Lack skipped and bounced in between the goalie ‘s blocker and arm . It was McGrattan ‘s second goal of the season , eighth of his eight -year NHL career .
Archibald tied it up with his first NHL goal 3:32 later .
Called up from the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League Earlier in the week and playing his 14th NHL game, Archibald Brought the puck to the net from behind the goal line and knocked a rebound past a sprawling Ortio with three Canucks around the crease on the ensuing scramble .
Lack made up for his gaffe by stretching out Earlier left to right to take a backdoor tap-in away from Joe Colborne after a nice 2 -on -1 pass from Mikael Backlund midway through the second period .
The game opened up early in the third period .
Ortio robbed Chris Higgins on a point- blank chance in front and turned away another good chance for Ryan Kesler .
At the other end , Lance Bouma had an empty net as the trailer on an odd -man rush , but hit the post from a sharp angle , and Weber finally put the Canucks ahead two minutes later .
Lack Also denied Bouma alone in front midway through the third period , I and got a glove on Sean Monahan’s point shot as the Canucks killed off two power plays in the last five minutes, I including 6 -on- 4 with Ortio pulled for an extra attacker in the last 90 seconds .
Fuente:NHL
