Quinn Hughes put the Canucks up 1-0 at 17:46 of the first period, taking a pass at the left point and skating quickly and unchecked down to the left face-off dot before snapping a far-side wrist shot under Soderblom’s glove.

Conor Garland, Elias Pettersson and Pius Suter each had a goal and an assist as the host Vancouver Canucks continued their mastery over the road-weary Chicago Blackhawks with a dominant 6-2 win on Saturday night.

This game had some good pace right off the bat, with the two sides trading some early chances. Victor Mancini took the first penalty of the game, but the Canucks’ penalty killers, namely Tyler Myers and Marcus Pettersson,