Dakota Joshua described it as a ‘spectacle’. Quinn Hughes said it was ‘electric’.
It was the atmosphere at Rogers Arena as playoff hockey returned to Vancouver for the first time in nine years on Sunday night.
The Vancouver Canucks didn’t disappoint the sell-out crowd of 18,967 as they scored three third period goals – the last one into an empty net – to defeat the Nashville Predators 4-2 in game one of their first-round playoff series.
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