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Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2025 · TD Garden

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5–4

Final/SO

SOG 23–43

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Game summary

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday, December 20, 2025 at TD Garden. The Bruins outshot the Canucks 43-23.

Linus Karlsson scored twice. Morgan Geekie, Max Sasson, Pavel Zacha, Tanner Jeannot, Liam Ohgren and Andrew Peeke also scored.

Kevin Lankinen made 39 saves on 43 shots for the win; Jeremy Swayman stopped 19 of 23.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Vancouver CanucksVAN11201523
Boston BruinsBOS12100443

Three stars

  1. ★1st starLiam OhgrenVAN · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starLinus KarlssonVAN · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starMorgan GeekieBOS · 1G 1A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

SO period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
GoalVAN on iceBOS on ice

0–1 BOS

1st 8:23 · PP · Geekie

Pettersson 0:49

1–1 VAN

1st 19:45 · Sasson

Peeke 0:46

2–1 VAN

2nd 4:22 · PP · Karlsson

Lindholm 0:31

2–2 BOS

2nd 9:41 · Zacha

Myers 0:23

2–3 BOS

2nd 12:05 · Jeannot

O'Connor 0:56

3–3 VAN

3rd 3:53 · Karlsson

Zadorov 0:48

4–3 VAN

3rd 7:34 · Ohgren

Lindholm 0:54

4–4 BOS

3rd 16:16 · Peeke

Myers 0:56

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

VANBOS
23Shots on goal43
39%Faceoff %61%
1/4Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes10
29Hits20
15Blocked shots11
16Giveaways16
5Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 07:34Tyler Myers · hooking2 min
  • 1st 10:25Marcus Pettersson · tripping2 min
  • 1st 16:19Andrew Peeke · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 03:12Michael Eyssimont · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 08:36Jeffrey Viel · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 08:36Evander Kane · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 01:15David Kampf · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 08:11Charlie McAvoy · interference2 min
  • 3rd 09:53Hampus Lindholm · tripping2 min

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