Vancouver Canucks’ Russian defenseman Nikita Zadorov scored his second double in his NHL career and his first in the regular season this season, bringing his team a 4:1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens.
Zadorov scored the first two goals of the match and scored twice in the first period. At 17:07 of game time, he made five shots and one power move that gave him a +2 benefit. He was chosen as the first star of the match. In total, Zadorov has 18 points (6+12) in 64 matches this season with a usefulness indicator of +3. He also scored five goals in Vancouver after being traded from the Calgary Flames.
Canucks forward Ilya Mikheev had two assists, contributing to both of Zadorov’s goals, and forward Vasily Podkolzin also had an assist in the third period to get his first NHL point of the season.
Vancouver continues to lead the Pacific Group and Western Conference by collecting 96 points in 70 games played. In the next game, Vancouver will play Calgary on March 24 in the early morning Moscow time.
Kucherov had previously scored four points brought Tampa won the NHL game.