VANCOUVER — Brock Boeser scored on a partial breakaway at 14:15 of the third period to snap a 3-3 deadlock as the Vancouver Canucks defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 Saturday night.
Conor Garland, Drew O’Connor and Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks (8-8-0) who played the first of back-to-back games.
Kirill Marchenko had two goals and an assist for Columbus (7-7-0). Dmitri Voronkov had a goal and two assists.
Vancouver goaltender Kevin Lankinen stopped 29 shots.
Elvis Merzlikins made 21 saves for Columbus.
Boeser took a long pass from Kiefer Sherwood, got behind the Columbus defence, and beat Merzlikins with a shot over his glove.
Marchenko’s second goal tied the game 3-3. It came just 3:30 after Garland had given the Canucks the lead off a pretty play by defenceman Tyler Myers.
Myers took a pass from centre Elias Pettersson and drove to the net. Merzlikins stopped Myer’s backhand shot but Garland put in the rebound.
Marchenko tied the game again with a shot from top of the circle that went under Lankinen’s arm.
TAKEAWAYS
Canucks: Goaltender Thatcher Demko, who was limited to just 23 games last year because of a knee injury, did not dress against the Blue Jackets. He skated Saturday morning, but his status remains uncertain. In the dying seconds centre Elias Pettersson blocked two big shots.
Blue Jackets: Marchenko leads Columbus with eight goals and eight assists.
KEY MOMENT
With seven minutes gone in the second period the Blue Jackets Mathieu Olivier was given a five-minute major and game misconduct for boarding defenceman Elias Pettersson behind the Vancouver net. The Canucks managed four shots against Columbus, which has the 30th-ranked penalty kill, but couldn’t score. Just 1:62 after the penalty ended Voronkov scored to give the Blue Jackets a 2-1 lead.
KEY STAT
Boeser has four goals and three assists in his last seven games.
UP NEXT
Blue Jackets: Visit the Edmonton Oilers on Monday.
Canucks: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2025.
Jim Morris, The Canadian Press
