Pastrnak had a goal and three assists as the Bruins defeated the Canucks 5-1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — David Pastrnak had a goal and three assists as the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Saturday night.

Pavel Zacha had a goal and an assist, and Brad Marchand, Morgan Geekie and Marc McLaughlin also scored for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman stopped 19 shots.

Max Sasson scored his first NHL goal for the Canucks and Thatcher Demko made 24 saves. Vancouver lost for the third time in four games (1-2-1).

Marchand scored first at 5:12 on the power play and Geekie made it 2-0 less than three minutes later. Zacha and McLaughlin doubled the lead in the second period and Pastrnak made it 5-0 in the first minute of the third period.

Sasson thwarted Swayman’s shutout bid midway through the third period.

Takeaways

Bruins: After a 13-2 loss in their last two games – an 8-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets and a 5-1 loss to Seattle – Boston’s offense came into its own in Vancouver. Former Canucks center Elias Lindholm set up Marchand for the first goal of the night and recorded his first point in 11 games.

Canucks: Vancouver was coming off a 4-0 win over Florida on Thursday, but struggled at both ends of the ice against Boston. The Canucks lost 29:20.

Key moment

On Marchand’s goal, he received a pass from Lindholm and slotted it in from the side of the net behind Demko. The veteran forward then raised his hand to his ear and greeted the boos of the Canucks fans as he celebrated his 13th goal of the season.

Key statistics

Pastrnak recorded the 400th assist of his NHL career. He is the eleventh player in Bruins history to achieve this feat.

Next

The Bruins visit Calgary on Tuesday and the Canucks host Colorado on Monday to complete a six-game home stretch.

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