VANCOUVER — David Pastrnak scored and contributed three assists and the Boston Bruins posted a decisive 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
Pavel Zacha added a goal and a helper for the Bruins , while Brad Marchand, Morgan Geekie and Marc McLaughlin — with his first of the season — also scored.Max Sasson was the lone scorer for the Canucks , burying his first NHL goal midway through the third period.
Netminder Thatcher Demko made 24 saves for a Vancouver side that continued to struggle at Rogers Arena and fell to 5-7-4 on home ice this season.Canucks: The home side was coming off a 4-0 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday, but struggled at both ends of the ice against Boston. Vancouver was outshot 29-20 across the night and lost for the third time in its last four games .
Bruins: After being outscored 13-2 over their last two games — an 8-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets and a 5-1 defeat at the hands of the Seattle Kraken — Boston's offence erupted in Vancouver. Former Canucks centre Elias Lindholm set up Marchand for the first goal of the night and registered his first point in 11 games.Marchand opened the scoring on a power play 5:12 into the first period, collecting a pass from Lindholm and popping it in behind Demko from the side of the net.
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