While the Vancouver Canucks have yet to win consecutive games at home this year, head coach Rick Tocchet is confident in his group’s ability to regroup after losses.
“Since I’ve been here, me personally, I feel this team has responded after bad efforts,” he said after the Canucks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Saturday. “So I commend the players.”
After a disheartening 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday, the Canucks stayed patient through a challenging first period and took over the game as it went on.
“We were not happy with the game against the Islanders,” said Elias Pettersson, who put Vancouver on the board Saturday with a quick power-play goal early in the second period. “Good response, but now we’ve got to make it two games in a row and make it our identity.”
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