Vancouver Canucks Vs Boston Bruins Postgame Analysis – February 26th

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The Vancouver Canucks and their 3-game point streak came to end tonight, as the top team in the NHL Boston Bruins handed them a 3-1 defeat.

The game already looked tough on paper, as the Bruins sit at the top of the league with an insane record of 44-8-5. With how the Canucks’ season has gone this season, I’m sure no one expected the Canucks to hand the Bruins their 9th regulation loss or even 6th overtime/shootout loss.

The Bruins were up 2-0 after the 1st period, as Hampus Lindholm and Brad Marchand registered goals. The 2nd period had no goals from either team. 

The 3rd period is where things started to get more interesting, as the Canucks made it a 1-goal game thanks to a goal from Birthday Boy, Brock Boeser. He scored 7 minutes into the 3rd period, but as expected, the Canucks couldn’t capitalize on the opportunity when they pulled the goalie.

This is where the biggest highlight of the night occurred. Boston Bruins goaltender, Linus Ullmark scored the empty net goal… you did not read that wrong. Take a look at the clip below:

An absolute lazer from the Bruins netminder landed perfectly in the net, which would not only give the Bruins their 45th win of the season, but would also be the first NHL goalie goal since Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators scored back in 2020. Ullmark is also the first goaltender to score a goalie goal in the history of the Boston Bruins; talk about impressive!

Canucks’ goaltender, Arturs Silovs, was in net tonight and faced 34 shots, saving 32 of them. 

The Canucks will not hit the road for one game, as they have a date with the Dallas Stars on Monday at 5:30 pm (PST). After that game concludes, the Canucks will be a 6-game homestand, starting with a matchup against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, March 2nd.

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