Canucks' coach Rick Tocchet publicly calls out Elias Pettersson following another loss
Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet is not happy with how his team has been doing lately, particularly the power play, and he made sure to single out Elias Petersson.
Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet elaborated on Elias Pettersson's missed one-timer in a review of the team's power play after Thursday night's 3-1 defeat to the Vegas Golden Knights.
That loss dropped the Canucks' season record to 16-10-6. The Canucks had a power play in the third period when Vegas was called for high-sticking on Elias Pettersson.
Tocchet said they were looking for someone, likely Pettersson, to create off the man advantage, with Quinn Hughes being tightly checked. The game was tied 1-1 heading into the third before Vegas pulled away with two goals to seal the win.
«Yeah, we were hoping for somebody to get something going. I think they were taking Quinn away a lot so he's trying to dish it to some other guys. Petey had that one-timer (which) missed the net, but, I don't think we had much after that,» Tocchet said.
Teddy Blueger scored the lone goal for Vancouver while Brett Howden, William Karlsson, and Alex Pietrangelo found the back of the net for Vegas.
Goaltender Adin Hill had 19 saves for the Golden Knights, whereas Kevin Lankinen made 18 saves for the Canucks.
"We played well. We didn't give up much. They didn't give us much,» Tocchet said. «We had a good start. Really liked our first period. They're a good team. They're going to press. ... We just couldn't get that equalizer.»
Teddy Blueger opened the scoring in the first period with a wraparound. Vegas answered with three straight goals, first with Alex Pietrangelo's second-period slap shot from the point to even the score.
William Karlsson gave Vegas the lead in the third capitalizing on his own rebound and Brett Howden sealed it with an empty-net goal late in the period for a 3-1 win. The Canucks will play the Ottawa Senators next on Saturday at Rogers Arena.
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