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It was the fifth career shutout for Markstrom,
who also picked up his 22nd win of the season. The Canucks
improved to 19-6-3 at home, the most home wins by any Western
Conference team, and won for the 11th time in their last 12
games at Rogers Arena.
Brandon Sutter had a goal and two assists, and Bo Horvat and
Adam Gaudette also scored goals for Vancouver, which extended
its lead in the Pacific Division to three points over idle
Edmonton.
Corey Crawford finished with 17 saves for Chicago, which saw its
winless streak extended to a season-long five games (0-3-2)
despite firing a season-high 49 shots on goal.
The Blackhawks dominated action for most of the first period,
outshooting the Canucks 17-7 including 13-0 in the first 10:04
to start the game, but still trailed 1-0 at the end of the
period.
Chicago appeared to take a 1-0 lead when Patrick Kane put in a
rebound of his own shot, but the goal was quickly waved off by
officials for goaltender interference on Brandon Saad, who was
hugging the crossbar behind Markstrom. The Blackhawks challenged
the call, but it was upheld, resulting in a two-minute delay of
game penalty.
Vancouver instead took the 1-0 lead on the ensuing power play
when Horvat took a goal-line feed from Sutter at the bottom of
the left circle and snapped a shot past Crawford's glove side
for his 18th goal of the season.
The Canucks made it 2-0 at the 6:25 mark of the second period
when Antoine Roussel found a wide-open Gaudette on the right
side of the net. Gaudette then roofed a shot for his 10th goal
of the season.
Chicago pulled Crawford for an extra attacker with three minutes
remaining, and Sutter sealed the victory with a long empty-net
goal with 2:09 left, his eighth goal of the season.
--Field Level Media
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