Jannik Hansen won some money on Sunday. On Saturday, he won a hockey game.
Watching the Danish winger finish his chances in the Vancouver Canucks’ 2-1 win against the Edmonton Oilers, you wondered how this guy has never scored more than 16 goals in a National Hockey League season. He wonders about it, too.
“You always want to score more,” he said upon reflection the next day. “The chances have always been there for me; that has never been the issue. It’s been the finishing. I tend to get a lot of breakaways. I do have the chances but haven’t been able to finish on as many as I’ve wanted in the past.