The Vancouver Canucks (8-4-3) will have their eyes set on a bounce-back performance as they welcome Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks (6-10-1) to Rogers Arena on Saturday night. Vancouver is coming off one of their worst performances of the season as they fell at home to the New York Islanders 5-2 on Thursday night.

Connor Bedard wasn’t sure of the exact number. The Chicago Blackhawks forward is preparing to play for the first time as an NHL player in Vancouver, just across the water from his hometown of North Vancouver.

The Canucks took a 1-0 lead at 2:40 of the first period on the game’s first shot. J.T. Miller was given too much space to race up over the blue line and find Jonathan Lekkerimaki open in the left circle for his first NHL goal on a one-timer that Varlamov saw cleanly.

The 28-year-old from Dearborn, Mich., was diagnosed with testicular cancer this summer and underwent surgery in early September.