Elias Pettersson started with two points, one goal and one assist, on the first four matches this season.
This morning, the ketchup effect for the 20-year-old came from Ånge.
Vancouver had no problems at home defeating the Detroit Red Wings. It finished 5-1 in the end, and it was the team's stars who showed the way.
At position 1-1 in the intermission, Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson played Alexander Edler to his third goal in five games, and just barely three minutes later Pettersson himself 3-1. Before the period was over, Pettersson and Boeser's chain mate, JT Miller had also found the net.
In total it was 5-1 and Elias Pettersson had one goal and two assists in the match. The total balance for the team's first chain was eight points.
Canucks' win means the third straight home victory for the team.