The most remarkable aspect of Kiefer Sherwood’s team-saving hat trick on Thursday was not the skill it required, but the health.

With nine players injured and the Vancouver Canucks a player short after Brock Boeser was hit in the groin by defenceman-teammate Elias Pettersson’s first-minute slapshot – roughly the same area the hockey gods have been kicking the team since the National Hockey League season began – Sherwood’s hat trick matched the St. Louis Blues’ offence and made possible his team’s gutsy 4-3 shootout win in Missouri.

Goalie Kevin Lankinen continued his shootout mastery and aced the Blues in the tie-breaker, while struggling Jake DeBrusk lifted Vancouver’s third shot under the bar to win it for the understaffed Canucks, who winched themselves back to .500 (6-6-0) after losi

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