Canucks 5, Bruins 4 — Shoot-out
The Canucks keep winning without “Huggy”.
Since Vancouver traded captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild on December 12th, the Canucks haven’t lost a hockey game. They won three straight in regulation and then another in a shoot-out, their first four-game winning streak since October of 2024.
The latest victim; the Boston Bruins. Final score on Saturday evening in Beantown: Vancouver 5, Boston 4, courtesy of the post-regulation skills competition.
Vancouver goalie Kevin Lankinen stopped all seven Bruins shooters and has stopped all 14 shoot-out attempts he’s faced this season.
The players that came the other way in the Hughes deal have all contributed.
20-year-old Zeev Buium has been the confident replacement as a puck-moving defenceman, with a game-winning goal among his efforts in his first four matches.
Sturdy winger Liam Ohgren has two goals through his first four games, including one in the 3rd period against the Bruins. He also notched the winner in the shoot-out with a beautiful backhand deke move against Jeremy Swayman. It was the only tally in seven rounds.
24-year-old centre Marco Rossi picked up his first point since coming over, an assist on Linus Karlsson’s second goal of the night.
Karlsson was a hero as was Lankinen, who made 32 stops through regulation and six more in overtime.
Vancouver is 4-and-0 on their current five-game road trip, with facing the Philadelphia Flyers and former Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet the final stop on Monday night.
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