Hughes put the Canucks up 1-0 at 17:46 of the first period, taking a pass at the left point and skating quickly and unchecked down to the left face-off dot before snapping a far-side wrist shot under Soderblom’s glove.

The Vancouver Canucks took care of business without drama or suspense Saturday night, soundly defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 6-2. The Blackhawks are, to their credit, a more well-drilled and professional-looking side than what we saw earlier in the year.

Conor Garland, Elias Pettersson and Pius Suter each had a goal and an assist as the host Vancouver Canucks continued their mastery over the road-weary Chicago Blackhawks with a dominant 6-2 win on Saturday night.

Welcome to this edition of the Vancouver Canucks post-game analytics report. This recurring deep dive breaks down the analytics behind each Canucks game as recorded by Natural Stat Trick. In this article,

Connor Bedard receives another misconduct as Blackhawks fall 6-2 to Canucks. Soderblom struggles, defense falters, but rookies Levshunov and Kaiser shine.