Since joining the Canucks, Loui Eriksson has often been criticized.
He started his first game in Vancouver by scoring on his own goal. After that he failed to score — on either net — until game no. 14.
Eriksson has scored 10 goals this season, a disappointing number for someone who was expected to push for 30 goals on a line with Henrik Sedin and Daniel Sedin.
He didn’t score any goals tonight, but he was Vancouver’s best player. And so, Eriksson is the Canucks Player of the Game:
In the absence of Jannik Hansen, coach Willie Desjardins has reunited the three Swedes on the top line.