NASHVILLE — Before the playoffs began, Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet asked some of his players to pick a word to describe their team.
They chose resilience.
On Sunday, the team showed why, clawing its way back from a two-goal deficit late in the third period, then scoring early in overtime to beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series.
"(Resilience) is our word," Tocchet said. "It’s been like that all year. Certain spots we’ve been put in, somehow we get out of them. They might not look pretty.