In Vancouver, Linus Ullmark made 26 saves on Saturday, and scored an empty-net goal for the Bruins in a 3-1 win over the Canucks.
“As soon as I shot I see three guys jumping towards me, and I had no idea where it was,” Ullmark said. “I didn’t hear anything. I didn’t see anything, and then you become a little bit more aware of what’s happening, that the guys are starting to look up ice and then I see it going towards the net, and the rest is history.”
Hampus Lindholm (power play) and Brad Marchand scored in the first period to stake the Bruins to a 2-0 lead.
“I just got a little bit of open ice and it looked like there was a little bit of room in the middle,” Marchand said. “When I cut, he kind of lost speed and just tried to get a shot on net, tried to get it under the defenseman’s stick because he kind of reached, and in that situation, it always has an opportunity to go in.”
The Bruins improved to 45-8-5.
“He’s just doing it all this year,” Marchand said of Ullmark. “It doesn’t happen often and just tops off an incredible season for him.”
Brock Boeser was the lone striker for the Canucks, his third period goal at 7:24 shaved the Bruins lad to 2-1.
“Vancouver played well and they caused us some problems,” Boston coach Jim Montgomery said. “We usually protect the front of our net really well. We didn’t do that in the second and third. Linus had to be good.”
Vancouver dropped to 23-31-5.
“They had a couple of shifts where they had us hemmed in and then after that I thought we outplayed them,” Canucks forward J.T. Miller said. “They sit on the lead and they’re one of the better defending teams, but I still think we had plenty of looks. We’re really starting to get an identity, like a hard-work, no quit team.”
Ullmark scored with 48 seconds left on the clock, he is the 14th goalie in NHL history to accomplish the feat.
“That’s pretty cool. The guys that have scored a goal in this League are terrific goaltenders,” Ullmark said. “It’s hard to describe what I’m feeling right now. I have to kind of digest it all. I’m just so bloody happy.”
Arturs Silovs made 33 saves in the Canucks loss.
“I was proud of the guys tonight,” Vancouver coach Rick Tocchet said. “We had five [defensemen] right from the start, that’s a Stanley Cup winning type of team, and we hung in there.”
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