NHL roundup: Canucks score season-high eight goals against league-best Avalanche

[h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vancouver-canucks/YiOrnTV9/"]Canucks[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/colorado-avalanche-hACAnvBa/vancouver-canucks-YiOrnTV9/?mid=6FbHzDog"]8-6[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/colorado-avalanche/hACAnvBa/"]Avalanche[/a][/h2][p]Things got off to a quick start for the Canucks when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sasson-max/xY9Np1C0/"]Max Sasson[/a] scored his 12th goal of the season just 29 seconds into the game. Avalanche star [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mackinnon-nathan/dhMyX3sE/"]Nathan MacKinnon[/a] would tie things up 52 seconds later as he became the first player in the entire league to score 50 goals this season.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/boeser-brock/61liW7fQ/"]Brock Boeser[/a] scored his seventh-career hat trick during the Canucks' biggest win of the season, which was almost soiled. Vancouver took a 6-2 lead, but the Avs rallied with four straight goals to tie it up with six minutes left in the game. [/p][p]After [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/malinski-sam/biG7lZGR/"]Sam Malinski[/a] (7) tied the game up 6-6 for the Avs, Vancouver's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pettersson-marcus/jDrpHHZ2/"]Marcus Pettersson[/a] (2) scored 23 seconds later to retake the lead before Boeser would send home his third of the night with an empty netter, officially putting the game out of reach with 1:29 to go.[/p][p]Colorado still sits atop the league with a 49-15-10 record. Vancouver still sits at the bottom of the league with a 22-44-8 record as the only team yet to reach 25 wins. [/p][embed guid="ff2e889b-fd80-4042-a63e-ae3f36b673eb" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jcjMF_9uVQ" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-kings/CIDo8i2o/"]Kings[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/los-angeles-kings-CIDo8i2o/st-louis-blues-KSAayVoi/?mid=QDWGGE0c"]2-1[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/st-louis-blues/KSAayVoi/"]Blues[/a][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/moore-trevor/rgbn6659/"]Trevor Moore[/a] (11) played savior for the Kings when he ripped a snapshot to win it in overtime as the Kings maintained their second spot in the Western Conference Wild Card race with eight games left to go on their schedule. [/p][p]They have the fewest goals (197) among teams in the Western Conference Wild Card race and are 4-3-3 in their last 10 games. They take on the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/nashville-predators/QV0K6kn4/"]Nashville Predators[/a] (34-31-9) on Thursday, who sit just one point behind the Kings (78) in the standings, at 30-26-18. [/p][p]Meanwhile, St. Louis fell to 31-31-12.[/p][embed guid="682a604d-a51e-46ea-8c7c-c1709de8891e" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLYMQ7PLWoQ&pp=0gcJCdkKAYcqIYzv" social-type="youtube" /][h2][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-jose-sharks/E588Co9j/"]Sharks[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/hockey/anaheim-ducks-4CM4ojpD/san-jose-sharks-E588Co9j/?mid=YwzPEhV9"]4-3[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/anaheim-ducks/4CM4ojpD/"]Ducks[/a][/h2][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/celebrini-macklin/I7wgduSQ/"]Macklin Celebrine[/a] scored two goals and recorded two assists in a crucial win for the Sharks as they sit one point behind the Kings, just as the Predators do, in the Western Conference Wild Card race. [/p][p]Celebrine's second assist came on the game-winning goal from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wennberg-alexander/Kr5SnaVO/"]Alexander Wennberg[/a] (17), who snapped one for the team's fourth and final goal of the game with just 31 seconds remaining. [/p][p]Anaheim remain atop the Pacific Division with a 41-29-5 record, while the Sharks have now won three straight as they sit at 35-31-7. [/p][embed guid="466f8a31-214d-4609-9887-87de8490304b" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EW0b7OkEwU&pp=0gcJCdkKAYcqIYzv" social-type="youtube" /]