Canucks beat Blackhawks 3-2 in shootout – The Hockey Writers – Vancouver Canucks
The Chicago Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks face off on Friday, October 17 at the United Center. The Blackhawks will make it three straight wins in their sixth game of the 2025-26 season. The Canucks entered the second game of a back-to-back road trip with a 5-3 win over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night (October 16).
The Canucks ended up winning this game as well, 3-2 in a shootout. Here are the highlights.
game review
The Blackhawks opened the scoring in the first period on a power-play goal from Ryan Donato. This is Donato’s second goal of the season.
Ryan Donato scored his second goal of the season with a powerful backdoor shot. #blackhawks pic.twitter.com/q2hnjHeYQZ
— Charlie Roumeliotis (@CRoumeliotis) October 18, 2025
Andre Burakovsky’s beautiful pass found Donato’s back goal for the goal. Defender Artyom Levshunov received a secondary assist, his second of the season.
The Blackhawks ended the first frame with another goal, this time from Tyler Bertuzzi.
Bertuzzi’s clever move🧵 pic.twitter.com/YpgH7X04dS
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) October 18, 2025
Bertuzzi got an assist from defender Sam Linzel for his first assist of the season. Linzel scored his first NHL goal on October 11 against the Montreal Canadiens.
The Canucks got one back in the second period, a power-play goal from Jake DeBrusk, who is celebrating his 29th birthday tonight. He was assisted by Connor Garland and Quinn Hughes.
Jack, your birthday goal! 🥳 pic.twitter.com/lWq50tV003
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) October 18, 2025
The Canucks tied the game on a goal from Max Sasson, assisted by Filip Hronek and Linus Karlsson.
Sasson’s stick keeps it hot 🔥 pic.twitter.com/M2TeJwBtFM
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) October 18, 2025
It was the Blackhawks in the first period and the Canucks in the second, even though Vancouver only had four shots on goal.
There was a problem with the penalty in the third quarter, and Bertuzzi’s goal was canceled due to interference. The Blackhawks challenged the decision but ultimately lost. But they stayed strong in the ensuing power play, which ultimately led to overtime.
Tyler Bertuzzi’s second goal of the game was disallowed. don’t know why pic.twitter.com/lDgKwd4XAH
— BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) October 18, 2025
As always, overtime was an exciting affair with a lot of back and forth. But no one scored, so the game went to penalties.
Unfortunately, Brock Boeser scored in the penalty shootout to help the Canucks win 3-2.
what’s next
The Blackhawks turned around quickly when they hosted the Anaheim Ducks and 11th-year Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville on Sunday, October 19th. Meanwhile, the Canucks also resume their third game of a five-game road trip on Sunday against the Washington Capitals.
