After getting their game healthy at home with three straight wins over the Ottawa Senators, the Vancouver Canucks hit the road with their sparkly new game and handed the Winnipeg Jets a 4-1 loss on Saturday.
Thatcher Demko got the start for the Canucks and made 23 saves to get the win, their fourth straight.
Brock Boeser had the first and final goals of the game for Vancouver.
“I think my shot is feeling really good, obviously,” Boeser said. “I mean, obviously there’s been issues with injuries in the past, but I’ve been feeling good and I’ve been really focusing on staying healthy and feeling good on the ice. And I think it’s showing and I’m feeling confident out there and feel like I’m moving well.”
Mason Appleton scored the Jets’ lone goal.
“Those were our poorest back-to-back periods that we’ve had this year,” Jets coach head Paul Maurice said. “The only hard lesson in that one tonight is the team that worked the hardest won, and that was right. They deserved to win that hockey game.”
Winnipeg dropped to 5-3-0.
Nils Hoglander and Zack MacEwen also scored for the Canucks.
“I think that’s a huge confidence boost and you don’t want to take that for granted and let off the gas at the start of the game,” MacEwen said. “I think it’s a good way for us to get rolling right out of the gate and just keep building off that. And we kept it going from there.”
Vancouver improved to 6-5-0 with the win.
“I know there is a few of us mentioning it before the game that we haven’t won in this building,” Boeser said. “And obviously it’s a little different with no fans, but it’s still nice to get that win and break that 0-10 [skid] or whatever it was and get that first win. Hopefully when we continue to play here this year, we can keep getting wins.”
Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves in the loss.
“I think the first period was actually better than the score looked. A couple bad bounces ended up in our net,” the Jets’ Blake Wheeler said. “I think we got a little bit disjointed again and got away from some of the things that gave us success. Second period wasn’t all that great.”
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