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Sven Baertschi has 13 points in 14 games.

He’s been one of the Canucks’ really good stories, and, by now, his healthy scratch is the stuff of Canucks legend.

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He’s fast, creative and loves to invade the crease area, probably more than people realize.

On a team with few offensive weapons, he has become one, and his desire to play in and around the net has meshed really well with Horvat, who creates most of his offence in this space.

He leads the team in even-strength point production and goal scoring, in a race that’s not even close.

He is also the kind of player three-on-three was meant to showcase. The open ice in overtime is kind to the fast and the offensive.

But Baertschi had just one shift in OT, a short 26-second turn. During this spell, he was wide open, waiting for a cross-ice pass from a defenceman which was both off target and too hard.

The line recovered in time to create one of the Canucks’ better chances of overtime, and the game. You can see Baertschi take advantage of all the empty ice around him, ducking to an opening, before going inside out, taking the puck to the net, creating an opportunity for Horvat to score a rebound goal.