A terrible turnover with five seconds remaining in overtime helped the Canucks avoid losing three straight for the first time this season.
That’s a truly wild statistic because even great teams have a slide now and then. The 2010-11 Canucks, the most dominant team in franchise history, had two four-game losing streaks. The Boston Bruins, currently second behind the Canucks in the NHL standings, have had two three-game losing streaks and a four-game losing streak.
But the Canucks have managed to avoid losing three in a row, even if it was a close call against the Washington Capitals on Sunday afternoon. “It was just a game where we had to stick with it,” said Demko. “On a back-to-back, travel, all that stuff — sometimes it’s not going to be pretty, but just staying with it mentally, kudos to the group.”