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2025-26 regular season

Canucks at Bruins

🗓 📍 TD Garden, Boston 🔁 Canucks lead the season series 1–0

Canucks beat Bruins 5–4 in a shootout at TD Garden on December 20, 2025.

VAN – BOS
23–43
Shots on goal
1/4–1/3
Power play
29–20
Hits
15–11
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐋 VAN
Linus Karlsson
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 13:01 TOI
2nd star 🐋 VAN
Liam Ohgren
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 12:21 TOI
3rd star 🐋 VAN
Kevin Lankinen
39 saves
0.907 SV% · 4 GA

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🐻 Morgan Geekie PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:23
Assists: Charlie McAvoy, Elias Lindholm · beat Kevin Lankinen
0–1
🐋 Max Sasson Tying 1st · 19:45
Assists: Liam Ohgren, Linus Karlsson · beat Jeremy Swayman
1–1
2nd period
🐋 Linus Karlsson PP Go-ahead 2nd · 04:22
Assists: Evander Kane, Filip Hronek · beat Jeremy Swayman
2–1
🐻 Pavel Zacha Tying 2nd · 09:41
Assists: Nikita Zadorov, Casey Mittelstadt · beat Kevin Lankinen
2–2
🐻 Tanner Jeannot Go-ahead 2nd · 12:05
Assists: Mark Kastelic, Fraser Minten · beat Kevin Lankinen
2–3
3rd period
🐋 Linus Karlsson Tying 3rd · 03:53
Assists: Marco Rossi · beat Jeremy Swayman
3–3
🐋 Liam Ohgren Go-ahead 3rd · 07:34
Assists: Marcus Pettersson, Jake DeBrusk · beat Jeremy Swayman
4–3
🐻 Andrew Peeke Tying 3rd · 16:16
Assists: Marat Khusnutdinov, Morgan Geekie · beat Kevin Lankinen
4–4
Shootout
🐋 Liam Ohgren Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
5–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐋Canucks
L1 Kane · Rossi · Boeser 19:39
L2 Sherwood · DeBrusk · Garland 17:58
L3 Ohgren · Kampf · Karlsson 13:01
L4 O'Connor · Sasson · Raty 10:14
D1 Hronek · Pettersson 24:50
D2 Buium · Myers 20:26
D3 Willander · Pettersson 15:56
🐻Bruins
L1 Lindholm · Geekie · Pastrnak 20:29
L2 Zacha · Mittelstadt · Minten 16:45
L3 Jeannot · Khusnutdinov · Kastelic 14:48
L4 Viel · Kuraly · Eyssimont 9:28
D1 McAvoy · Zadorov 24:38
D2 Lindholm · Peeke 23:04
D3 Lohrei · Soderstrom 13:09

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐋VAN BOS🐻
23 Shots on goal 43
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
29 Hits 20
15 Blocked shots 11
5 Takeaways 6
16 Giveaways 16
8 Penalty minutes 10
VAN shooting 21.7% (5/23) BOS shooting 9.3% (4/43)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐋Canucks
Kevin Lankinen
39/43
.907 SV% · 4 GA · 65:00 TOI
🐻Bruins
Jeremy Swayman
19/23
.826 SV% · 4 GA · 64:54 TOI

Where the goals came from

8 of 9 goals located
Morgan Geekie · 1st 08:23 · 0–1 Max Sasson · 1st 19:45 · 1–1 Linus Karlsson · 2nd 04:22 · 2–1 Pavel Zacha · 2nd 09:41 · 2–2 Tanner Jeannot · 2nd 12:05 · 2–3 Linus Karlsson · 3rd 03:53 · 3–3 Liam Ohgren · 3rd 07:34 · 4–3 Andrew Peeke · 3rd 16:16 · 4–4
VAN BOS
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Canucks
Canucks — tied after 1st: 3-9-1 (23% win rate, 13 games)
Bruins
Bruins — tied after 1st: 11-6 (65% win rate, 17 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Canucks
Canucks — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)
Bruins
Bruins — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-0 (100% win rate, 11 games)

Last meetings

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Canucks lead the season series 1–0
Dec 142024 🐻BOS @ 🐋VAN 5–1 Nov 262024 🐋VAN @ 🐻BOS 2–0 Feb 242024 🐻BOS @ 🐋VAN 2–3 OT Feb 82024 🐋VAN @ 🐻BOS 0–4 Feb 252023 🐻BOS @ 🐋VAN 3–1
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VAN vs BOS, answered

Who won Canucks vs Bruins on December 20, 2025?

Canucks won 5–4 in a shootout. The final score was Canucks 5, Bruins 4.

Who scored for Canucks?

Linus Karlsson (2), Liam Ohgren, Max Sasson.

Who scored for Bruins?

Andrew Peeke, Morgan Geekie, Pavel Zacha, Tanner Jeannot.

How did the Canucks goalie play?

Kevin Lankinen made 39 saves on 43 shots (.907 save percentage).

How did the Bruins goalie play?

Jeremy Swayman made 19 saves on 23 shots (.826 save percentage).

Where is Canucks vs Bruins played?

At TD Garden in Boston, the Bruins home rink.

What is the Canucks vs Bruins season series?

Canucks lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐋 Canucks
BeforeDec 19 🐋VAN @ 🏝️NYI 4–1 AfterDec 22 🐋VAN @ 🔔PHI 2–5
🐻 Bruins
BeforeDec 18 🛢️EDM @ 🐻BOS 3–1 AfterDec 21 🏛️OTT @ 🐻BOS 6–2
Also on December 20
🐙DET 5–2 🦅WSH 🔔PHI 4–5 🗽NYR 🪶CHI 4–6 🏛️OTT 🛢️EDM 2–5 🌲MIN 🏝️NYI 2–3 ⚔️BUF 🎵STL 6–2 🐆FLA 🍁TOR 3–5 🐯NSH 🌪️CAR 4–6 ⚡TBL
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