National Hockey League
Vancouver 4, Chicago 3
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 17, 2023
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Referees: Beau Halkidis, Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Kilian McNamara
Attendance: 19302

Second-period goals by Dakota Joshua, Brock Boeser and Ilya Mikheyev erased a deficit and sparked the visiting Vancouver Canucks to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.

Elias Pettersson also scored for Vancouver, which is on a 5-0-1 run, J.T. Miller and Tyler Myers collected two assists each and goaltender Thatcher Demko made 25 saves.

Nick Foligno scored twice and Cole Guttman added a goal for the Blackhawks, who are suffering through a four-game losing skid and have collected only two wins in 10 games. Rookie sensation Connor Bedard, who hails from Vancouver, collected two assists and goalie Petr Mrazek stopped 22 shots.

Upon trailing by a 2-1 score, the Canucks pulled away with a trio of tallies. Joshua made it 2-2 at 3:04 of the second period by deflecting a shot for his seventh goal of the season.

Then Boeser put Vancouver ahead 41 seconds later when he elected to shoot during an odd-man rush. Boeser's 23rd of the season puts him in a tie with Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs for most in the league.

Mikheyev made it a 4-2 clash at 15:41 of the period with a nifty deflection of a Myers point shot for his 10th of the season.

Guttman pulled the Blackhawks within one with a power-play goal of his own at 6:44 of the third period by snapping a shot from the right circle to finish a rush.

Despite a furious push to the final buzzer, the hosts could not find the tying goal in a game the Blackhawks twice blew leads.

The Blackhawks had the early jump and were rewarded when Foligno opened the scoring midway through the first period by redirecting a cross-ice pass.

Pettersson's power-play goal evened the count with 1:45 remaining in the opening period, a quick release from the right faceoff dot for his 12th of the campaign.

Foligno's second of the game and sixth of the season put the hosts ahead again 35 seconds into the second period, a rebound power-play tally.

- Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Vancouver   Chicago
J.T. Miller 2 Points Nick Foligno 2
Brock Boeser 1 Goals Nick Foligno 2
J.T. Miller 2 Assists Connor Bedard 2
Elias Pettersson 1 Power Play Goals Nick Foligno 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Thatcher Demko .893 Save Percentage Petr Mrazek .852
Thatcher Demko 25 Saves Petr Mrazek 23
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Vancouver 27 4 1-4 2-4 23 26
Chicago 28 3 2-4 3-4 13 21
Upcoming Games
  • Chicago will play their next game at home against Colorado. The Blackhawks have a W/L % of .111 after a win and .381 after a loss.
  • Vancouver will play their next game on the road against Nashville. The Canucks have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .818 after a loss.