Elias Pettersson scored 40 seconds into overtime for his 100th NHL point and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 Thursday night.
Carolina outshot Vancouver 42-24, yet the teams were still locked in a scoreless tie through regulation.
The Canucks (16-12-4) improved to 4-4-0 in their last eight games.
The Hurricanes (19-11-2) had their three-game win streak snapped. Carolina is 10-4-1 in the last 15 games.
Canucks goaltender Jacob Markstrom made 43 saves for his first shutout of the season and the fourth of his career.
Hurricane goalie Petr Mrazek stopped 25 shots.
The Hurricanes looked poised to score the game’s first goal when defenceman Brett Pesce had a breakaway at 8:40 of the third, but Markstrom made a stop with his blocker. Just a few minutes later, Vancouver’s Jake Virtanen had a breakaway. Mrazek made the stop, but still looked behind him to make sure the puck hadn’t squeezed through his pads.
The Hurricanes outshot Vancouver 22-7 in the second period.
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Besides making several big saves, Markstrom provided some excitement in the second period when he dashed from his net in a bid to beat Carolina’s Warren Foegele to a loose puck. Foegele attempted to chip the puck over a sprawling Markstrom, but the netminder got a piece of it. The puck rolled into the corner and Markstrom managed to scramble back to his net.
There was a comical moment later in the period when, after making another stop, Markstrom lost the puck in his equipment. Tim Schaller finally retrieved it by reaching down the goaltender’s back.
Carolina had three second-period power plays. Sebastian Aho looked to have scored on a delayed penalty at 7:53, but the whistle had blown a fraction of a second earlier when the referee believed the Canucks had gained control of the puck.
In the third period, Aho had good scoring chance from the slot, but Markstrom denied him with a glove save.
Despite being on the power play three times, the Canucks were outshot 8-5 in a scoreless first period.
Early on, Canucks captain Bo Horvat had a breakaway from the hashmarks, but Mrazek made a blocker save. A few minutes later, Carolina’s Julien Gauthier stole the puck from defenseman Tyler Myers at the blue line. Gauthier skated into the Canucks zone, fought off a check by Myers, and fired a low, hard shot that Markstrom gloved.