Canucks 7, Coyotes 1
Alex Burrows recorded his first two-goal performance of the season while Brad Richardson and Daniel Sedin each notched a tally and an assist as Vancouver earned a split of its four-game homestand.
Defenseman Kevin Bieksa, Chris Higgins and Shawn Matthias also scored for the Canucks, who went 3-for-6 on the power play as they posted their second straight victory following a five-game skid (0-4-1). Captain Henrik Sedin registered a pair of assists and Ryan Miller made 38 saves in improving to 8-1-0 lifetime against the Coyotes.
Blue-liner Oliver Ekman-Larsson netted the lone goal for Arizona, which has lost seven of its last eight contests (1-6-1). Mike Smith allowed four goals on 11 shots before being replaced by Devan Dubnyk, who finished with 26 saves.
Burrows opened the scoring 6:34 into the contest and Bieksa made it 2-0 with 2:43 left in the first period, beating Smith between the pads from the left faceoff circle after receiving a cross-ice pass from Henrik Sedin six seconds after exiting the penalty box. Daniel Sedin extended the lead two minutes later by burying a rebound in front and Richardson chased Smith 1:41 into the second with a shot from the right circle during a 2-on-1 rush.
Burrows continued the onslaught during a power play with 7:41 remaining in the session, when his second attempt from the right side of the crease deflected off Arizona defenseman Zbynek Michalek and in. Ekman-Larsson got the Coyotes on the board less than three minutes later, but Higgins and Matthias netted man-advantage tallies less than two minutes apart in the third to complete the romp.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Canucks RW Jannik Hansen was held out of the lineup after briefly collapsing on the bench during Saturday's victory over Calgary. ... The Coyotes have scored more than three goals just once since posting a 5-0 triumph at Vancouver on Nov. 14. ... RW Radim Vrbata (eight), Burrows and Daniel Sedin (six apiece) combined to register half of Vancouver's 40 shots.