🪶 Away Blackhawks 17-6-7
3–1
Final
🐋 Home Canucks 18-11-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🪶 CHI 0213
🐋 VAN 1001

Blackhawks at Canucks

Blackhawks beat Canucks 3–1 at Rogers Arena on December 20, 2008.

🗓 📍 Rogers Arena, Vancouver 🏒 2008-09 🔁 Blackhawks lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🪶 CHI
Jonathan Toews
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 16:31 TOI
2nd star 🪶 CHI
Patrick Sharp
1 G
4 shots · 16:40 TOI
3rd star 🪶 CHI
Cristobal Huet
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🐋 Daniel Sedin Go-ahead 1st · 03:45
Assists: Jannik Hansen, Henrik Sedin · beat Cristobal Huet
0–1
2nd period
🪶 Patrick Kane Tying 2nd · 02:51
Assists: Andrew Ladd, Kris Versteeg · beat Curtis Sanford
1–1
🪶 Patrick Sharp Go-ahead 2nd · 06:17
Assists: Jonathan Toews, Cam Barker · beat Curtis Sanford
2–1
3rd period
🪶 Jonathan Toews Empty net 3rd · 19:21
Assists: Craig Adams
3–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🪶Blackhawks
L1 Ladd · Sharp · Versteeg 17:20
L2 Toews · Bolland · Kane 15:29
L3 Fraser · Havlat · Brouwer 13:39
L4 Eager · Adams 7:54
D1 Keith · Seabrook 25:50
D2 Campbell · Walker 20:22
D3 Sopel · Barker 13:49
D4 Byfuglien 11:22
🐋Canucks
L1 Sedin · Sedin · Demitra 18:20
L2 Raymond · Kesler · Bernier 16:03
L3 Wellwood · Burrows · Hansen 14:12
L4 Pyatt · Jaffray · Hordichuk 9:09
D1 Bieksa · Mitchell 23:56
D2 Ohlund · Edler 21:12
D3 O'Brien · Nycholat 12:30

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🪶CHI VAN🐋
34 Shots on goal 31
17 Hits 14
14 Blocked shots 6
6 Takeaways 10
5 Giveaways 7
14 Penalty minutes 10
CHI shooting 8.8% (3/34) VAN shooting 3.2% (1/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🪶Blackhawks
Cristobal Huet
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI
🐋Canucks
Curtis Sanford
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:20 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-0-2 (71% win rate, 7 games)
Canucks
Canucks — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 7-1-2 (70% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 2–1
Blackhawks
Blackhawks — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-1-1 (80% win rate, 10 games)
Canucks
Canucks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-3 (40% win rate, 5 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Blackhawks lead the season series 2–0
Oct 192008 🐋VAN @ 🪶CHI 2–4 Mar 22008 🐋VAN @ 🪶CHI 1–4 Feb 102008 🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN 2–3 SO Dec 52007 🐋VAN @ 🪶CHI 3–2 Nov 252007 🪶CHI @ 🐋VAN 0–2
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❓ CHI vs VAN, answered

Who won Blackhawks vs Canucks on December 20, 2008?

Blackhawks won 3–1. The final score was Blackhawks 3, Canucks 1.

Who scored for Blackhawks?

Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane, Patrick Sharp.

Who scored for Canucks?

Daniel Sedin.

How did the Blackhawks goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Curtis Sanford made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

Where is Blackhawks vs Canucks played?

At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, the Canucks home rink.

What is the Blackhawks vs Canucks season series?

Blackhawks lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🪶 Blackhawks
BeforeDec 19 🪶CHI @ 🔥CGY 3–2 AfterDec 26 🔔PHI @ 🪶CHI 1–5
🐋 Canucks
BeforeDec 17 🛢️EDM @ 🐋VAN 2–4 AfterDec 22 🦆ANA @ 🐋VAN 3–4
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