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12/20 21:20 CST Liam Ohgren gets only score in 7th round of shootout and
Canucks rally past Bruins 5-4
Liam Ohgren gets only score in 7th round of shootout and Canucks rally past
Bruins 5-4
By KEN POWTAK
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) --- Liam Ohgren was the only one to score in a seven-round
shootout, and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 on Saturday
night for their fourth straight victory.
Ohgren had tipped in the tiebreaking goal 7:34 into the third period before
Andrew Peeke's shot from the point hit the post, bounced off the back of goalie
Kevin Lankinen's arm and went into the net, tying it at 4-all with 3:44 left in
regulation.
Linus Karlsson had two goals and Max Sasson also scored for the Canucks.
Lankinen, playing his first game since Dec. 8, made 38 saves in regulation to
stop a personal six-game losing streak.
Morgan Geekie, the NHL's second-leading goal scorer, had his 25th goal for
Boston, which has lost three of four.
Pavel Zacha and Tanner Jeannot also scored for the Bruins, and Jeremy Swayman
stopped 18 shots in regulation.
Ohgren shifted around Swayman and tucked in a backhander in for the shootout
winner.
Vancouver had taken a 2-1 edge when Karlsson redirected a shot into the net on
Evander Kane's pass from the corner 4:22 into the second period before Boston
scored twice in just over two minutes.
Zacha knocked a shot into a wide-open net to tie it 2-2 after Lankinen came too
far out trying to stop Nikita Zadorov's rush before he sent a pass across.
Jeannot scored on a one-timer from the right circle after collecting Mark
Kastelic's spinning, backhand pass at 12:05 of the period.
Karlsson's second came on a rising wrister under the crossbar, tying it 3-3
just 3:53 in the third.
Coming off a victory at the New York Islanders on Friday, the Canucks were
outshot 13-3 until Max Sasson slipped a wrister past Swayman to tie it.
Up Next
Canucks: Close a five-game trip Monday night at Philadelphia.
Bruins: Host Ottawa on Sunday night.
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