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If you thought the two third period goals scored by the Vancouver Canucks were quick, you’re not wrong.
The goals, scored by Pius Suter and the Dakota Joshua, pulled the Canucks from a 2-1 deficit to a 3-2 lead.
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And the two goals only took 12 seconds, setting a new franchise playoff record.
The previous fastest set of goals came April 13, 1989, when Rich Sutter and Garth Butcher scored in the final minute of the second period, putting the Canucks up 4-2.
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Both goals in the 2024 game came off ferocious forechecking.
“I thought out forecheck got better the second half (of the game),” Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet said post-game Sunday. “I didn’t like it early on, I think Nashville did a hell of a job of breaking the puck out on us. We were late (in forechecking) and then we adjusted after the second.”
The two goals were about his team getting on the puck and on the Nashville defence more quickly, he implied.
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