Overview
- Boston wraps the Canadian leg of a five-game road trip at Rogers Arena on Saturday at 10 p.m. EST, entering 21-18-2 against Vancouver’s 16-20-4.
- The Bruins snapped a six-game skid with a 6-2 win over the Oilers, led by David Pastrnak’s two goals and an assist and Jeremy Swayman’s 34 saves with a 5-for-5 penalty kill.
- Canucks coach Adam Foote said forwards Marco Rossi (lower-body) and Conor Garland (undisclosed) will be out at least a week.
- Kevin Lankinen is likely to start after Thatcher Demko played Friday in a 4-3 shootout loss to Seattle, where Jake DeBrusk had a goal and two assists and Linus Karlsson netted the late equalizer.
- Vancouver won the previous meeting 5-4 in a shootout on Dec. 20 with two goals from Karlsson, as Olympic selections this week included Boston’s Jeremy Swayman and Charlie McAvoy for the U.S. and David Pastrnak for Czechia, while Bruins scorer Morgan Geekie was left off Team Canada.