Overview
- Brock Boeser converted a partial breakaway at 14:15 of the third period to break a 3-3 tie and secure Vancouver’s win at Rogers Arena.
- Vancouver killed all three Columbus power plays after entering with one of the NHL’s poorest penalty-kill rates in recent weeks.
- Kirill Marchenko posted two goals and an assist and Dmitri Voronkov had a goal and two assists as Columbus fell to 7-7-0 with a third straight road loss.
- Mathieu Olivier received a five-minute major and game misconduct for boarding Canucks defenceman Elias Pettersson; Vancouver failed to score during the extended power play.
- With Demko not dressing and Jiří Patera recalled as emergency backup, Lankinen got the start and improved Vancouver to 8-8-0 as Demko’s availability for Sunday remained uncertain.