Elias Pettersson was back on the ice after missing two games due to illness.
And what a return it was.
The Swede was involved in all five goals and also scored the decisive penalty in the meeting with the Seattle Kraken.
Elias Pettersson missed the meetings with the Winnipeg Jets and St.Louis Blues due to illness. In both games, his Vancouver Canucks fell 1–5. But in tonight’s meeting with the Seattle Kraken, the 24-year-old Swede was back, and one can at least state that it was noticeable.
Pettersson’s success
The star center accounted for a matchless five points and was involved in all of the Canucks’ goals. He scored two of the goals on his own, and played until the remaining three. The Swede has now scored 15 goals and 24 assists, and with those numbers he leads the team’s internal scorers by a good margin.
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Not entirely unexpectedly, Pettersson was widely praised after the match, which he pretty much won all by himself. This after the match went to penalties, where he showed great coolness when he took the decisive penalty and fixed the extra point for his Vancouver.
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“A storm was coming”
The chorus of praise was great. And one of those who elevates Pettersson to the skies is the Canucks journalist Wyatt Arndt.
“The Canucks played one of the best defensive games I’ve ever seen and Elias Pettersson managed to single-handedly take them to victory,” he writes on Twitter.
“The weather channel warned you. A storm was heading for Vancouver, in the form of Elias Pettersson,” he also writes.
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Another who joins the chorus of praise is Sportsnets Satyar Shah.
“Pettersson wins the game on his own for the Canucks, it’s a breathtaking performance”.
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