Pius Suter had a goal and an assist, and Brock Boeser and Hughes each had two assists for the Canucks (12-7-3), who have won three of four. Kevin Lankinen made 31 saves to extend his season-opening road winning streak to nine games.

Garland’s affinity for sharks is far from breaking news — the forward has made his thoughts toward the ocean-bound species clear right from his arrival in Vancouver. Even recently, in a video tour of his house, a total of 22 sharks could be spotted in the form of lamps, figurines, and pool signs.

Conor Garland led the way for the Vancouver Canucks with a two-goal, three-point outing, while Kevin Lankinen made impressive saves between the pipes to help the Canucks to victory against the Buffalo Sabres.

You never turn down a life raft. But you’d never have guessed before the season that the co-captains of the Vancouver Canucks’ life rafts would be goalie Kevin Lankinen and winger Conor Garland

Vancouver excelled on special teams, showed guts and leaned on brilliant individual performances to beat Buffalo.

Conor Garland scored twice including the winning goal 3:59 into overtime to lead the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Friday.

Conor Garland seals the game for Canucks to give them the 4-3 overtime win against Buffalo.

For the first 5-10 minutes of this game, the Canucks were all over the Sabres’ breakout attempts. Their positioning was top-notch, and their hustle on