Elias Pettersson breaks 3rd-period tie, Canucks hold off Hurricanes 4-3


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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Elias Pettersson broke a tie 3:29 of the third period, Thatcher Demko stopped 21 shots and the Vancouver Canucks held on to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Saturday night. Pettersson also had two assists, Sam Lafferty and Ilya Mikheyev each had a goal and an assist and J.T. Miller also scored. The Canucks improved to 18-9-1 with their second straight victory. Jordan Martinook, Brady Skjei and Stefan Noesen scored for Carolina, and Antti Raanta made 20 saves. The Hurricanes have lost four in a row to fall to 14-12-1. On the deciding goal, Pettersson took a pass from Mikheyev and held off a defender to finish a wraparound.

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