Overview
- Brandon Bussi earned his 25th career victory in his 29th NHL appearance, the quickest pace to that milestone by a goaltender.
- Vancouver’s skid reached seven games and the Canucks are 2-17-4 over their past 23 outings.
- Earlier in the day, the Canucks traded defenseman Tyler Myers to Dallas for a 2027 second-round pick and a 2029 fourth-rounder, and Evander Kane was out with the flu.
- Carolina flipped a 2-1 deficit with four unanswered in the second period as Kevin Lankinen was pulled for Nikita Tolopilo, and Vancouver later closed to 5-4 before the empty-netter with 14 seconds left.
- Sean Walker, Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho each posted a goal and an assist, Seth Jarvis had two helpers, and the teams next play Friday with Carolina at Edmonton and Vancouver at Chicago.