BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand and Danton Heinen scored short-handed in the first period, and the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Thursday night in a matchup of the NHL’s top two teams.
Morgan Geekie and Pavel Zacha also scored, and Charlie Coyle set up both short-handed goals as the Bruins bounced back from a 4-1 loss to Calgary at home Tuesday.
That's what they did.”It was the eighth victory in 10 games for Boston, which tied Vancouver atop the league standings with 73 points.
“That’s something we want to get better at.”Thatcher Demko made 21 saves for the Canucks, but his nine-game winning streak was snapped.
Marchand, positioned at the edge of the crease, scored off the rebound 32 seconds in for his 25th goal.
Persons:
— Brad Marchand, Danton Heinen, Linus Ullmark, Morgan Geekie, Pavel Zacha, Charlie Coyle, “, we've, Ullmark, haven't, hasn’t, ” Coyle, ” Thatcher Demko, ” Demko, Jakub Lauko, Coyle, Demko . Marchand, Elias Pettersson —, ” Pettersson, David Pastrnak’s, Tyler Myers, He's, Jim Montgomery, Geekie, “ He'd, ” Zacha, James van Riemsdyk, ___
Organizations:
BOSTON, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Bruins, Calgary, Boston, Stanley, Canucks, Vancouver, ”, ” Bruins, NEXT Canucks, Detroit, Washington
Locations:
Vancouver, Florida, Demko, Boston