Jake DeBrusk’s hat trick leads the Vancouver Canucks over the Detroit Red Wings, while Quinn Hughes sets a franchise record.
One of the things we repeatedly heard when the Vancouver Canucks signed Jake DeBrusk this offseason was that he’s a streaky scorer. He’ll be invisible for long stretches but then suddenly erupt.
His history backs that up, as he tends to pile up his goals in bunches: 7 goals in 5 games here, 6 goals in 5 games there, with a few 4 and 5-game point streak oases scattered amongst the droughts.
So, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that when it took DeBrusk ten games to score his first goal of the season, it turned immediately into a 3-game goalscoring streak and a 5-game point streak. Some players are like that: when their timing is off, nothing goes in the net, but when things are clicking, they can’t be stopped.
DeBrusk can’t be stopped right now.
It’s been an outstanding road trip for DeBrusk. He kicked it off with 2 goals and 3 points against the Ottawa Senators, then added goals against the Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres. On Sunday afternoon against the Detroit Red Wings, he had his best game yet: a 4-point game with a hat trick, with his third goal the game-winner in overtime.
That’s 7 goals and 9 points in his last 5 games. That’s one heck of a hot
Has Jake’s recent performance proven the Canucks right for signing him?
Jake, congratulations on the incredible hat trick and your recent scoring streak. You’ve been on fire! Some critics early in the season were questioning the Canucks’ decision to sign you. Did you use that as motivation? And with this red-hot performance, do you think you’ve silenced those doubters?
