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GAME SUMMARY

The teams exchanged goals in the first period.

Shantz scored his 13th of the season off the rush 7:50 into the first to break the ice.

Vancouver responded in the final minute of the opening period, when Thorpe broke out of his own zone and got all the way to Everett’s right corner. He then found Muranov joining late in the right circle, who zipped a shot past Sanche.

Here's Maxim Muranov's 13th of the season, thanks to some great wheels from #Canadiens draft pick Tyler Thorpe! pic.twitter.com/RfstcZ2gAy

— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) February 9, 2025

Brett Olson assisted on Leslie’s first of the night 5:53 into the second period, when he spotted the Giants captain coming off the bench and fed him with a perfect cross-ice pass. Leslie ripped it high glove from the right circle to make it 2-1 for the G-Men.

The floodgates opened a bit in the third period.

Early in the final frame, Lipinski deflected Leslie’s shot past Sanche to make it 3-1.

Several minutes later, Leslie spotted Roberts open at the right circle and gave him a pass. Roberts proceeded to take the open ice in front of him and stepped into a heavy snap shot that went off Sanche’s stick and in.

Vancouver wasn’t done at 4-1, as Leslie scored on a late power play to break the franchise record for most career goals by a defenceman. His second goal of the game was the 50th of his career, which broke Jonathon Blum’s record of 49 that stood since 2009.

And here is the record-breaker, which capped off a 5-point night! pic.twitter.com/KxF6eJHYQM

— Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants) February 9, 2025

Kaplan scored a late meaningless goal for Everett, as did Titlbach for the Giants, to make the final score 6-2.