Canucks 5-2 Sharks (17 Dec, 2021) Final Score

Vancouver Canucks

14-15-2, 6-8-1 away

	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	1	2	5
SJ	1	0	1	2

Boeser scores twice to lead surging Canucks past Sharks 5-2

— Brock Boeser scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks won their sixth straight game since coach Bruce Boudreau took over, beating the San Jose Sharks 5-2 on Thursday night.

Dec 17, 2021, 07:08 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Canucks	2	1	2	5
	Sharks	1	0	1	2

1st Period		VAN	SJ
12:41	Brock Boeser (8) Assists: Tanner Pearson (7)	1	0
16:23	Bo Horvat (10) (Power Play) Assists: Quinn Hughes (24), J.T. Miller (21)	2	0
17:22	Timo Meier (12) Assists: Tomas Hertl (8), Erik Karlsson (11)	2	1

2nd Period			VAN	SJ
17:17		Brock Boeser (9) Assists: Tanner Pearson (8), J.T. Miller (22)	3	1

3rd Period		VAN	SJ
8:29	Andrew Cogliano (3) Assists: Lane Pederson (1), Brent Burns (15)	3	2
17:32	J.T. Miller (10) Unassisted	4	2
18:57	Jason Dickinson (2) (Empty Net) Assists: Elias Pettersson (10), Kyle Burroughs (2)	5	2

CANUCKS

SHARKS

Regular Season Series

VAN leads 1-0

Canucks
5
Sharks
2

Game 1

17/12

Canucks
-
Sharks
-

Game 2

22/12

Canucks
5
Sharks
4

Game 2

18/2

Sharks
2
Canucks
4

Game 3

10/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Vancouver	50	23	9	109
Edmonton	49	27	6	104
Los Angeles	44	27	11	99
Vegas	45	29	8	98
Calgary	38	39	5	81
Seattle	34	35	13	81
Anaheim	27	50	5	59
San Jose	19	54	9	47

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Kings interim coach Jim Hiller said the difference in their series against the Oilers was special teams play. "If we had performed well, we'd still be playing," he said.

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Vancouver Canucks

San Jose Sharks

Stars of the Game

Brock BoeserRW - VAN

Bo HorvatC - VAN

J.T. MillerC - VAN

Game Information

Boeser scores twice to lead surging Canucks past Sharks 5-2

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

VAN leads 1-0

2023-24 Pacific Division Standings

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