Canucks stop Blue Jackets for first road shutout
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Daniel Sedin, Loui Eriksson and Jayson Megna scored goals, and Ryan Miller made 33 saves as the Vancouver Canucks shut out the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 on Thursday.
The Canucks (24-24-6) posted their first road shutout of the season. The Blue Jackets (34-14-5) fell in the opener of a seven-game homestand.
Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 21 of the 24 shots he faced.
The first goal came 44 seconds into the second on Daniel Sedin's 12th goal of the season. The left winger collected the rebound off Markus Granlund's shot and put the puck past Bobrovsky's glove to make it 1-0. Henrik Sedin also drew an assist on the play.
The marker was Daniel Sedin's first in 10 games.
The Sedins weren't done. Just 53 seconds into the Canucks' first power play of the night, Daniel Sedin passed across the slot to Eriksson, who beat Bobrovsky to make it 2-0 at 8:53 of the middle period. It was Eriksson's 11th goal of the season.
Henrik Sedin again drew the secondary assist.
It marked the 695th and 696th time both Sedins were in on the same goal, a mark that as second best in league history.
With 17 goals and 34 assists, Daniel Sedin is the all-time leading scorer for the Canucks against the Blue Jackets.
Megna added a third goal 10:47 into the third. He received a pass from Troy Stecher at the top of zone and skated past Ryan Murray and down the right side to beat Bobrovsky again glove side and make it 3-0.
While the Blue Jackets owned the shots-on-goal advantage (33-24), they could not mount much sustained offense. Their power play, ranked first in the league, could not convert on its two opportunities and has now gone seven games without a score. Columbus' second man advantage was negated 1:04 in by a Brandon Saad tripping penalty.
Vancouver came into Columbus with the fewest road points (15) and road wins (six) in the league.
NOTES: Canucks C Michael Chaput played in his 100th NHL game. It was also his first game in Nationwide Arena after not being qualified by the Columbus organization during the offseason. In 58 games with the Jackets, he went 2-6-8. ... Vancouver F Reid Boucher drew in for the concussed Sven Baertschi and played for the first time in a Vancouver sweater since being claimed off waivers from the New Jersey Devils on Jan. 4. ... Jackets D David Savard (back) was on the ice with the team at the morning skate but did not play Thursday night. He is still considered day-to-day. ... Blue Jackets F Oliver Bjorkstrand and D Dalton Prout were healthy scratches. ... The scratches for Vancouver were Baertschi, D Alex Biega and D Philip Larsen.