Far from a classic and the Canucks struggled at times. Good thing San Jose is as bad as they are. Canucks very lethargic in the first two periods. Miller's goal seemed to drain lot of the life out of the Sharks
Good
Demko - had to be sharp given some of the sloppy play around the net.
Miller - far from his best effort but that goal was important.
Joshua - - if he was a little less awkward around the net could have had a couple. Little to much with the parallel passes to the side but he broke up a lot of plays in every zone and was good on the PK
Hronek - best player in this game. Moved the puck up from the back thru his skating and his passing and covered up in his own zone consistently for the mistakes of others. Overall was better than Hughes. Just huge in turning around this team and establishing dominance in the offensive end..
Hughes - was very good and goal was elite. Gets so you just expect tremendous games out of him and begin to not appreciate how good he is.
Bad
Kuzmenko - some little fancy stuff but his all round play is shoddy. Neither him nor Mikheyev is helping Pettersson who has to cover back so much that it is difficult for him to get his offense going.
Hoglander - Is he a dumb hockey player? It's like a extreme case of ADHD. Said before his motor moves faster than his brain. Shows so little composure when he has the puck in a scoring position. Just too hasty with his passes, stickhandling and decision making. Didn't think he fully deserved a match penalty as both him and LeBlanc seemed to be grabbing each other but there was no need to react like he did. Could easily have lost the game.
Others
Blueger - best game so far. Made some good reads to break up plays.
Boeser - not much in the run of the play. Got set up several times with chances and needs to put these away as he isn't helping the team much if he isn't scoring. Too bad about his skating but I believe he will near fully overcome from the injury he sustained when the idiot Virtanen left the gate open.
Juulsen - was again better but you have to consider the company he was in. Be outstanding if he could build off this effort as he will get severely tested in the next while.
Di Guiseppe - looks like he has the wall in terms of being any kind of offensive threat.
Important win since a defeat to a team like San Jose would have kept the team in downward spiral.