Canucks end skid with win in tiebreaker

In Los Angeles, the Kings and visiting Vancouver Canucks traded goals before Brock Boeser was credited with a goal in the skills competition that gave the Canucks a 4-3 win.

Boeser had a goal in regulation.

Jacob Markstrom made 35 saves in win over LA – file photo by Lewis Bleiman

“We rallied hard tonight,” Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher said. “Like I said, next man up. Everybody is kind of pitching in right now, and this conference race is pretty tight so there’s no nights off.”

Elias Pettersson and Adam Gaudette also scored for the Canucks.

The Canucks improved to 26-26-7.

Jacob Markstrom made 35 saves to get the win.

“It’s really nice for Adam to get rewarded and that’s what happened,” Markstrom said. “Ice time is up for grabs and he’s out there for 6-on-5 and scores a huge goal for us. It was a team comeback.”

Alec Martinez, Michael Amadio and Austin Wagner scored for LA>

“I think we’ve been practicing better as of late and that’s translated to games, but like I said we need points right now,” Martinez said.

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Jonathan Quick made 24 saves in the loss.

“We got a lead in the third but just couldn’t hang onto it. But we’re going to learn from it and try and pull the positives,” Wagner