nhl Game Recap
Vancouver Canucks vs San Jose Sharks Wrap - Vancouver Wins 6-5
Dakota Joshua scored twice to lead the Canucks over San Jose 6-5 on Wednesday at SAP Center at San Jose.
Vancouver was favored by -115 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went OVER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Vancouver got goals from Dakota Joshua(2), Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko, Nils Hoglander, and Ilya Mikheyev in the victory. Joshua opened the scoring at 4:15 of the first period.
Spencer Martin turned in a 34-save effort for the Canucks.
San Jose got goals from Kevin Labanc, Nick Bonino, Timo Meier, Jonah Gadjovich, and Logan Couture in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
San Jose got a 6-stop effort from Eetu Makiniemi in the loss.
On the power play, Vancouver went 2-for-3, while the Sharks were 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
Vancouver lost the shots on goal battle to San Jose by a margin of 39-27.
Next game, Vancouver takes its act home to face Minnesota looking for another win. For San Jose, they head on the road to face Anaheim.