Horvat, Mikheyev post 4 points each to inspire Canucks to rout of Sharks
Vancouver secures 3rd straight win with 6-2 home victory
Bo Horvat scored two goals and added a pair of assists the Vancouver Canucks defeated the visiting San Jose Sharks 6-2 Tuesday night to extend their NHL winning streak to three games.
Ilya Mikheyev had a goal and three assists for Vancouver (15-16-3).
Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser and Quinn Hughes, with his first of the season, also scored for the Canucks who are 7-3 in their last 10 games. The three losses all came at Rogers Arena.
It was the first four-point game in a Canuck uniform for the Russian-born Mikheyev who spent three seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs before signing as a free agent with Vancouver this summer.
Pettersson has three goals and five assists in the last three games for the Canucks.
WATCH l Canucks triple up Sharks behind Horvat's pair, 2 assists:
Timo Meir scored twice for the Sharks (11-19-6). San Jose is (1-2-1) in the last five games. Defenceman Erik Karlsson earned two assists for his 16th point (two goals, 14 assists) in his last 10 games.
Vancouver goaltender Spencer Martin stopped 24 shots.
San Jose goalie James Reimer made 19 saves but remains one win short of 200 in his NHL career.
Vancouver took control of the game with goals from Mikheyev and Hughes 1:40 apart in the second period.
Hughes scored at 6:16 with a shot from the faceoff circle that found the top of the net.
The Sharks got a late power-play goal to trail 2-1 after the first period.
Horvat opened the scoring at 4:26 after Reimer stopped Mikheyev's shot from the point. Horvat shovelled in the rebound from the side of the net.
Pettersson took advantage of some weak defence by the Sharks to give the Canucks a two-goal lead at 16:03. Left alone in front of the net, Lane Pederson managed two shots that Reimer blocked before Pettersson put in the rebound.
The Sharks cut the lead in half just 10 seconds after Pederson was sent off for slashing. Meir made it look easy, tipping in a Karlsson shot with 51 seconds left in the period.
WATCH l Horvat also recorded 4 points on Friday vs. Oilers:
