The Vancouver Canucks had a near-perfect night to open the season. Elias Pettersson captured the hearts of the Canuck faithful. Rogers Arena was not full, but the volume was amazing and perhaps best of all, the Canucks brought back Holiday for their goal song. The Canucks had control, their penalty kill did not undo them despite the parade to the sin bin. Erik Gudbranson was not horrible, although his fight seemed to overshadow the penalties he took and mistakes made.
At the end of it, the game was fun and Pettersson only played nine minutes of it.