The Vancouver Canucks entered this month with four consecutive losses against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Sidney Crosby and co. had taken eight of the previous 10 meetings, but 2017-18 was Vancouver’s turn.
Rookie Brock Boeser — who burned the Penguins with a hat trick in a 4-2 victory on Nov. 4 — also scored twice on Wednesday night as the Canucks escaped the Steel City with a 5-2 victory. Despite being without Chris Tanev, Troy Stecher and Erik Gudbranson (for the third period), Vancouver shut down Pittsburgh’s top weapons throughout.