National Hockey League
Vancouver 6, Boston 1
When: 10:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 17, 2018
Where: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, British Columbia
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Dean Morton
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Vaughan Rody
Attendance: 18865
Former Bruin Loui Eriksson scored two goals, including the first of four opening-period tallies for the Vancouver Canucks, in a 6-1 rout of the Boston Bruins on Saturday night at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Eriksson's ninth and 10th lamp-lighters of the season were accompanied by goals from Daniel Sedin (15), Bo Horvat (15), Sven Baertschi (13) and Nic Dowd (2) for Vancouver. The Canucks had lost two straight and six of seven coming in.

Tim Schaller scored his 10th goal to account for Boston's only tally. Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask gave up four goals on eight shots before being pulled in favor of backup Anton Khudobin, who finished with 13 saves.

Boston had won back-to-back games and six of seven (6-1-0) since its 18-game points streak ended.

Canucks goalie Anders Nilsson had 44 saves. Nillson was in net and gave up four goals in Vancouver's 6-3 loss to Boston in their first meeting of the season on Oct. 19.

Both Eriksson and Sedin had multi-point games for the Canucks, who enjoyed points from eight different skaters.

Boston outshot Vancouver 45-23.

Eriksson tapped in a feed from Sedin right in front of the crease to open the scoring for the Canucks with an even 18 minutes left in the first period.

Vancouver kept up the pressure with goals from Sedin (at 10:54), Horvat (11:50) and Baertschi (18:39) to knock Rask out of the game.

Dowd's strike just 2:44 into the second marked the only goal of the middle period.

Schaller gave the Bruins a little life with his tally 2:57 into the third, but Eriksson restored the five-goal advantage with his second goal at 11:53 of the period.

Boston continues its five-game road trip Monday at Calgary. Vancouver hosts Colorado on Tuesday before starting a three-game trip.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Boston   Vancouver
Tim Schaller 1 Points Loui Eriksson 2
Tim Schaller 1 Goals Loui Eriksson 2
Torey Krug 1 Assists Derrick Pouliot 2
N/A Power Play Goals N/A
N/A Short Handed Goals Loui Eriksson 1
Anton Khudobin .867 Save Percentage Anders Nilsson .978
Anton Khudobin 13 Saves Anders Nilsson 44
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Boston 45 1 0-5 0-0 5 30
Vancouver 23 6 0-0 5-5 15 22
Upcoming Games
  • Vancouver will play their next game at home against Colorado. The Canucks have a W/L % of .391 after a win and .389 after a loss.
  • Boston will play their next game on the road against Calgary. The Bruins have a W/L % of .571 after a win and .714 after a loss.