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Boeser, Pettersson score 2 each, Canucks beat Kings 4-1

Nov 18, 2022, 8:18 AM | Updated: 11:37 pm

Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson is congratulated for a goal against the Los Angeles Kings durin...

Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson is congratulated for a goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

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              Los Angeles Kings' Anze Kopitar (11) is struck by the puck off the stick of Vancouver Canucks' Bo Horvat (53) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks' Tyler Myers, right, checks Los Angeles Kings' Blake Lizotte during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko (35) stops Los Angeles Kings' Arthur Kaliyev (34) as Canucks' Riley Stillman (61) and Tyler Myers (57) defend during the third period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks' Quinn Hughes, left, checks Los Angeles Kings' Viktor Arvidsson during the third period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks' Brock Boeser, right, Nils Hoglander (21) and Tyler Myers celebrate Boeser's second goal against the Los Angeles Kings, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks' Luke Schenn (2) skates with the puck while Los Angeles Kings' Gabriel Vilardi (13) and Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko (35) watch during the first period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko raises his stick after the team's win over the Los Angeles Kings in an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks' Brock Boeser, right, celebrates his goal against Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick (32) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko (35) stops Los Angeles Kings' Carl Grundstrom (91) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson, of Sweden, celebrates his second goal of the night against the Los Angeles Kings, during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson, left, and Ilya Mikheyev celebrate Pettersson's goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
            
              Vancouver Canucks' Elias Pettersson is congratulated for a goal against the Los Angeles Kings during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Brock Boeser scored twice to end an 11-game drought and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Friday night.

Elias Pettersson also scored two goals, and Andrei Kuzmenko and Quinn Hughes each had two assists to help Vancouver win its second straight. Thatcher Demko stopped 37 shots to get his second win of the season.

“Any time you have a goose egg and you’re supposed to score and help the team win hockey games and we’re not winning hockey games, it weighs on you,” Boeser said. “That’s what I get paid to do so I’ve got to make sure I continue to find ways to put the puck in the back of the net and that comes with hard work.”

Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau believes both Boeser and Demko needed a game like this to build their confidence.

“You could see the smile on Brock’s face on the first (goal) and the second one is what he does. … So I’m very happy for both of them,” Boudreau said. “(Demko) has taken a lot of heat this year but he was the one that sort of made the difference in the game and that’s great. When you get good goaltending usually, everybody else is playing well too.”

Blake Lizotte scored for the Kings, and Jonathan Quick finished with 21 saves.

After a scoreless opening period, the Kings stormed into the second, outshooting the Canucks 7-0 across the first 5 minutes.

“I thought we had some good performances tonight and I thought we had some poor ones,” Kings coach Todd McLellan said. “Sometimes you have to play the game a certain way and it might not be the way you like it. It might be ugly, it may be grinding, it might not be cute, but that’s the way you have to play it, and we had some that couldn’t accept that or didn’t want to, and I believe that cost us.”

The Canucks made their first chance count, though. Pettersson and his linemates broke out on an odd-man rush and the Swedish center sent a wrist shot past Quick from the top hash marks at 5:40 to open the scoring on Vancouver’s first shot of the period.

Sean Walker’s cross-checking penalty gave the Canucks a man advantage midway through the period. Just 20 seconds into the power play, Boeser tipped in Miller’s one-timer and put Vancouver up 2-0 with his long-anticipated first goal of the season at 10:09. The elated right wing celebrated with an emphatic double fist pump.

The Kings got on the board with 6:14 left in the period when Lizotte redirected Walker’s shot from the side of the net to make it 2-1.

Just 1:04 later, Vancouver regained a two-goal cushion thanks to some persistent pressure. With the Kings hemmed in their own zone, Kuzmenko sent a pass across the slot to Pettersson, who fired a shot past the diving Quick for his second of the game.

“I think we talked lately about if we score or they score, we need to respond no matter what, not sit back,” Pettersson said of his team’s response. “So I’m happy.”

Los Angeles nearly chipped away at the deficit 2:59 into the third when Anze Kopitar rang a shot off the post. Demko scrambled in the crease to find the puck with teammates Oliver Ekman-Larsson and J.T. Miller also searching in the blue paint.

Boeser put away his second of the night at 5:07 of the third, batting the rebound of Sheldon Dries’ shot out of the air past Quick after the goalie made the stop on the initial shot.

“I’ve actually been working on tipping pucks a lot after practice so maybe it paid off,” Boeser said. “I was just happy to make contact.”

GONE STREAKING

Boeser has points in six straight games, registering two goals and five assists during the stretch. … Miller is on a four-game point streak with three goals and one assist.

INS AND OUTS

Forward Curtis Lazar returned to Vancouver’s lineup after missing 10 games with a hand injury. The Canucks sent Will Lockwood back to Abbotsford of the AHL in response.

UP NEXT

Kings: At Seattle on Saturday night to complete a four-game trip.

Canucks: Host Vegas on Monday night.

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