The Vancouver Canucks narrowly avoided tripping over their skate laces Thursday night in San Jose, grinding out a tightly contested 2-1 overtime win over the rebuilding San Jose Sharks.

Jake DeBrusk had a goal and an assist and Thatcher Demko recorded his first shutout of the season as the Vancouver Canucks snapped a two-game losing skid with a 3-0 victory over the visiting Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday.

The Canucks are suddenly a team with three Swedes named Pettersson and two Czechs named Filip. But there is still only one Thatcher Demko, and on Tuesday he looked exactly like himself.