Alex Edler opened the scoring for the Canucks with only 21.6 seconds left in the first period. With traffic in front, Edler floated one through the left point, beating Hutchinson low, glove side to give the Canucks a 1-0 lead.
Coming off a difficult road trip two times zones away, Head Coach Paul Maurice did say he was worried about his team's energy level off the hop, but the Jets had no trouble conjuring it up early on, recording 11 of the first 15 shots of the game.
The Jets had multiple chances in the front half of the period, including one that found iron. Joel Armia stripped Edler at the far circle, spun and rifled a shot off the far post. Looking for his first-career goal, Nelson Nogier followed it up a few minutes later with a point-blank chance from the very same spot, but Miller came up with the save.
From there, the Canucks took over the game and finished the period on 9-1 run on the shot clock.
Hutchinson had to come up big late in the period when a Bo Horvat centering pass found former UND star Brock Boeser in front for what should have been a tap-in. Hutchinson, along with the defensive efforts of Mark Scheifele, kept the 20-year-old off the board with a big save on the goal line.