EDMONTON – Ryan Miller made 28 saves to record his 30th career shutout as the Vancouver Canucks remained undefeated on the season, getting past the struggling Edmonton Oilers 2-0 on Friday.
Radim Vrbata and Daniel Sedin scored for the Canucks, who improved to 3-0-0 on the season.
The Oilers are still in search of their first victory of the year, dropping to 0-4-1 – their worst start in franchise history.
There was no scoring in a back-and-forth first period that saw Ben Scrivens face 12 shots in the Edmonton net and Canucks goalie Ryan Miller make 10 stops. The biggest save in the opening frame went to Scrivens, stopping Henrik Sedin in tight with a quick kick save with two minutes remaining.
Miller had his biggest test to that point of the game two-and-a-half minutes into the second period when he made a big blocker stop on Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who came in on a short-handed breakaway. Miller then made another huge stop on a backhander in tight by Matt Hendricks a few minutes later.
Scrivens responded midway through the second with a big save on a deflection by Chris Higgins.
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