Canucks shred Hawks’ penalty killing units

The Vancouver Canucks continue their power-play domination.

The Canucks (7-7-1) tallied 5 power-play goals Sunday night against the Blackhawks at the United Center en route to a 6-2 victory. Six different Canucks scored.

The first power-play goal came from left wing David Booth in the first period, his first goal of the season.

The Canucks’ power-play unit exploded for 3 more in the second period, scored by defenseman Aaron Rome, left wing Daniel Sedin and defenseman Dan Hamuis.

The final blow came from Canucks captain Henrik Sedin in the third period, his fifth goal of the season.

“We talked about keeping it simple and getting more shots from the points,” said Rome about the power play strategy.

“That’s going to generate scrambles and give us more chances. We did a good job of that and hopefully we can keep doing it.”

“We knew it was going to be tough, and we wanted to be at least even with our 5-on-5,” said Henrik Sedin. “We know our special teams are going to be good. That’s why we won this game for sure.”

Canucks goaltender, who made 37 saves, was impressed with his team’s stellar power play as well as the penalty killing — which shut down the Blackhawks on their 5 power-play chances.

“Our special teams were huge,” said Luongo. “That was the difference in the game.”

The Hawks (8-3-3) had only allowed 4 power-play goals all season before Sunday. But the Canucks, ranked eighth in the NHL on the power play, clearly had the Hawks’ number.

“We haven’t seen that from a team yet,” said Hawks goalie Corey Crawford. “They held on to the puck for the full two minutes, and they kept getting goals right at the end of it. I couldn’t come up a key save.”