Winning the game and the development game were the perfect daily double for the Canucks
As for the game, the Canucks knew that playmaking defenceman Roman Josi is seventh among league defenders in scoring and had 15 points in his previous 17 games against the Canucks.However, the Canucks couldn’t hold a 3-1 lead and Luke Evangelista forced overtime with 3:05 remaining in regulation time. The issue was finally settled when Elias Pettersson scored the lone shootout goal. He had put a backhander off the post in overtime and Podkolzin and Kravtsov were also stopped in tight.
“He’s really close to putting it together,” Tocchet said, following the morning skate. “His practice habits are outstanding. Some reads defensively as a young kid are off, but offensively, he’s starting to get it. That just reps video and training this summer on our watch. Vancouver Canucks forward Sheldon Dries and Nashville Predators forward Colton Sissons watch the shot from forward Vasily Podkolzin beat goalie Juuse Saros in the first period at Rogers Arena.Two things you don’t want to give the slick Swedish centre are time and space.
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