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Takeaways: Penalty kill, defense highlight Bruins’ bounce-back win

That’s more like it.

In a battle between the NHL’s two top teams, the Boston Bruins developed some rather quick and healthy habits against the Vancouver Canucks.

Yet, the Bruins appeared to have some carryover effect from one of their worst performances of the season against the Calgary Flames Tuesday night. In the first 17 seconds, Dakota Johnson got behind the Boston D for a breakaway bid, forcing Jakub Lauko into a holding penalty.

Lauko’s penalty only served as a blip. The Bruins promptly went to work on the PK, setting the tone in the opening period with a pair of shorthanded goals.