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Columbus Blue Jackets at Vancouver Canucks

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Boeser, Lankinen lead the Canucks to a 4-3 victory over the Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Vancouver Canucks: Game Highlights

Boeser took a long pass from Kiefer Sherwood, got behind the defense and beat Elvis Merzlikins with a shot over the glove.

Conor Garland, Drew O’Connor and Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks in the first game of a back-to-back. Kevin Lankinen stopped 29 shots.

Kirill Marchenko had two goals and an assist for Columbus. Dmitri Voronkov had a goal and two assists, and Merzlikins made 21 saves.

Marchenko tied it at 3 midway through the third. It came 3:30 after Garland gave the Canucks the lead off a pretty play by defenseman Tyler Myers.

Up next Blue Jackets: At Edmonton on Monday night.

Canucks: Host Colorado on Sunday night.

Regular Season Series

VAN leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal 2nd Period 5:28 Jake DeBrusk Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Drew O'Connor (4), Aatu Raty (5)
Goal 2nd Period 6:46 Kirill Marchenko Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Dmitri Voronkov (6), Denton Mateychuk (3)
Goal 2nd Period 13:02 Dmitri Voronkov Goal (6) Poke, assists: Kirill Marchenko (8), Adam Fantilli (5)
Goal 2nd Period 19:03 Drew O'Connor Goal (3) Snap Shot, assists: Quinn Hughes (8), Filip Hronek (8)
Goal 3rd Period 6:17 Conor Garland Goal (4) Poke, assists: Tyler Myers (3), Elias Pettersson (8)
Goal 3rd Period 9:47 Kirill Marchenko Goal (8) Slap Shot, assists: Dmitri Voronkov (7), Adam Fantilli (6)
Goal 3rd Period 14:15 Brock Boeser Goal (7) Wrist Shot, assists: Kiefer Sherwood (1), Lukas Reichel (3)

Statistics

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11 Blocked Shots 16
15 Hits 20
4 Takeaways 5
32 Shots 24
0 Power Play Goals 0
3 Power Play Opportunities 3
0.0 Power Play Percentage 0.0
0 Short Handed Goals 0
0 Shootout Goals 0
31 Faceoffs Won 21
59.6 Faceoff Win Percent 40.4
10 Giveaways 11
5 Total Penalties 5
21 Penalty Minutes 10
Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nils Hoglander, LW Day-To-Day Dec 14
Elias Pettersson, C Injured Reserve Dec 14
Teddy Blueger, C Injured Reserve Dec 8
Filip Chytil, C Injured Reserve Dec 6
Derek Forbort, D Injured Reserve Oct 28
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE

Game Information

Rogers Arena

Location: Vancouver, BC
Attendance: 18,763 | Capacity:

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Carolina 20 9 42 2
NY Islanders 19 11 41 3
Washington 18 10 40 4
Philadelphia 16 9 37 5
New Jersey 18 13 37 1
Pittsburgh 14 8 36 8
NY Rangers 16 13 36 4
Columbus 13 13 32 6

2025-26 Pacific Division Standings

TEAM W L PTS OTL
Vegas 16 6 41 9
Anaheim 19 12 39 1
Los Angeles 14 8 37 9
Edmonton 15 11 36 6
San Jose 16 14 35 3
Seattle 12 11 30 6
Calgary 13 16 30 4
Vancouver 11 17 25 3
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