NUCKS 1ST ROG OT WIN OF THE SEASON FEELS LIKE A BLOWOUT WIN!

2nd least significant game won. That's not so bad.

Nucks played a good game against the worst team in the league - who seemed to have the best goalie in the league for most of it. But Nucks had the newest NHL goalie in, Tolopilo. Who won his 1st NHL game!

Spoiler alert: Huggie got a point to tie Eddie for the D-record in points.

1ST

No goals were scored by either team in the 1st. Tolo didn't face his 1st shot until 7 minutes in. And only had to stop 2 more.

Meanwhile Nucks tested Georgie with 12 shots. Lots of them on the Nucks 4 minute PP that looked good, except for...

I think we have more shots on this power play than we did in the whole month of february.

... About the same number of goals though

Twitch

Nucks almost lead 0-0 after 1.

2ND

Some say they went to the game just to watch local phenom score a phenomenal goal. They got their money's worth as Celebrini on the PP, sniped a wicked bar down ringer short side on our Tolo.

This Cele moment brought to them by Mancini's 2nd penalty of the game. He got 3 sets in Myers' summer cottage. If it is still his.

Mancini showing tyler myers who's the real summer cottage guy.
-- Twitch

Sharkletts lead 1-0 and prove that it is possible to get a PP goal in the ROG on a Monday.

Nucks trail 1-0 after 2.

3RD

Despite the scientific evidence of PP goal possibilities, the Nucks get another 4 minutes of looking sharp on their PP and Georgie looking sharper.

Doesn't matter.

What matters happens after the 5th failed Nucking PP. D-Petey carries the puck around his net, up the boards while fending off Will Smith - better than Chris Rock did. Badaboom.

Anyhow... EP25 passes up to Karlsson who bumps the puck to O'connor who drives the middle, passes to Teddy who puts a pass to Georgie, who passes to Karlsson for the sweet tying goal.

WOOO!!!

Go to the net, Karlsson gets his third of the year!
-- Thursday

Some back and forth action happened for some minutes. Tolo made a great save off Toffee in the slot. Georgie made more saves too, because... reasons.

Nucks outshot the Cele-Sharkies 10-5 and we're all getting loser points!

OT

This was a wonderful Nucking OT. Not only did Huggie spend most of 3 minutes with the puck, Nucks only gave up possession once - resulted in a single save from Tolo. With all the possession the Nucks salt and peppered Georgie with 8 shots. Eight. Nucks have had many 20 minute periods this season with half that many shots.

Anyhow... finally, Jake gets a puck under/through Georgie after a high shot bounced off the boards and dropped in front of Jake. Pretty sure that was Brock's plan. Not missing the net accidently as Taco might say.

With that assist, Quinn ties Eddie for the most points by a Nucks D at 409 - in hundreds of games less.

WOOOOOO 1 for quinn!
-- Twitch

ROG goes wild. Game thread is looking for verification.

WOOOOOO!

I mean, the win's nice, but Hughes damn well better have an assist, there!
-- Thursday

It was verified and accepted by the league scorekeepers association.

Nucks win for the 38th time this season. 17th time in the ROG. That good. Good enough to miss the playoffs by a couple spots.

OBSERVATIONS

The AHL Nucks came through for us. From Tolo to Karlsson to Kudryavtsev. Nucks prospect pool is deeper that we've seen in years and tears. Or years of tears.

Capt'n Huggie played over 30 minutes and got that an assist to tie the D-record.

DeBrusk got his 28th goal of the season - a new career high - Taco says he can deliver more.

The sky is shining too...

Congrats Captain Quinn Hughes for tying Alexander Edler's record for most points by a Canucks Defenseman. But Quinn tied it 493 less games played...MOST IMPRESSIVE! #Canucks #NHL #vancouvercanucks

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— KempnerCanucks (@kempnercanucks.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM

Thank you, Jake DeBrusk, for saving us all from having to watch a shootout. #Canucks

— Daniel Wagner (@passittobulis.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM

Jake DeBrusk has set a new career high in goals with 28. He has a shot at his first 30 goal season. #Canucks

— Noah Strang (@noahstrang.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM

Tolopilo with his first NHL win! #Canucks DeBrusk!

— Rhonda Cates (@rhondacates.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM

Nikita Tolopilo said it was special to makes his NHL debut in the same game as Kirill Kudryavtsev. The two are roommates in Abbotsford and Tolopilo called Kirill his “little brother.” #Canucks

— Noah Strang (@noahstrang.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM

And just like that Debrusk wins it. Hughes with an assist to tie Edler for career points. #Canucks

— LesnielBC 🇨🇦 (@lesnielbc.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM

in Game 81 and ninth trip to OT at home this season, #Canucks finally got it right. Had been 0-8 beyond regulation at home this season. 9-6 on the road.

— Jeff Paterson (@jeffpaterson.bsky.social) April 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM

#NHL GameScore Impact Card for Vancouver Canucks on 2025-04-14 #Canucks

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— HockeyStatCards (@hockeystatcards.com) April 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM

Anything else? Yes!

Happy ROG is a happy ROG. Let's make it happy one more time, mk?

Video Replaying

It's Shortie and Dave Ferrari on 2nd to last ROG call.

Watch the full OT, as we watched and waited and waited for Huggie tying Eddie's D-point record.

GAME STATS

PLAYER POINTS

SHOTS

PLAYERS 'N TACO TALK

Tolo gets the win in his NHL debut.

Karly gets the tying goal and a presser.

Mancini making a soundtrack. From the box.

Taco happy with the kids and would like more shots going on net than high and wide... although maybe not that last shot from Bess.

Who knew that winning 2-1 in OT at home could feel like a blowout win. This season has been filled with surprises.

One more ROG game and that's it for the season. The regular season.

After that it's NM's Couch GM season. We'll be piling on the accolades critiques rants about the Nucks owner/management/coaches and probably firing several torpedoes at BC Faeries, the officials and the hockey demi-gods. It's gonna be hot!