In the 7-1 meeting with Ottawa, he was again without points.

Instead, the match in Rogers Arena was about teammate Brandon Sutter.

The 31-year-old, who made his league debut in the 2008–2009 season, accounted for the first hat-trick of his NHL career.

9.31 minutes into the first period, he scored the first goal and then he finished second and third, respectively, scoring more goals for Vancouver.

"It only took 13 years"

- It feels really good because you do not know if you will ever do a hat trick.

It only took 13 years and I was pretty tagged.

It was a good win for the team and gave us some confidence, says Sutter to Vancouver Sun.

Swedish Alexander Edler arranged the second point of the season when he assisted Sutter to the 1-0 goal and Nils Höglander is now up to four points after the assist to Tanner Pearson's 3-1 in the second period.

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Vancouver's Elias Pettersson and Montreal's Shea Weber.

Photo: Bildbyrån