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When pressed on the question, Boeser talked about rededicating himself this past summer.
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Boeser香蕉视频直播檚 four goals marked the 13th time a Canuck had achieved that feat 香蕉视频直播� the last being Daniel Sedin on Feb. 24 in 2004 against Detroit.
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Boeser told us afterwards that he thought he had a record-setting fifth when presented with a nice opportunity in third period but he failed to capitalize.
All in all, it was a complete team win from the Canucks with just about everyone contributing at some point in some way, shape or form.
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Part of that plan was to somehow neutralize the Oilers high-octane attack featuring Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl and the Canucks did so, with Draisaitl scoring the only goal of the night for Edmonton.
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The PK came up big again at the start of the second period with J.T. Miller off for interference and the Canucks holding a 2-0 lead. The Canucks killed that penalty as well, and when Boeser scored two minutes later at 4:03 to make the score 3-0, the rout was on.
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As for Tocchet and his staff enjoying the best-ever opening night win in franchise history, well that was short-lived.
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* Both Miller and Elias Pettersson scored once and added three assists.
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* Besides Boeser and Sedin, other Canucks to score four goals in a game include Markus Naslund (twice), Bobby Schmautz (twice), Pavel Bure, Martin Gelinas, Tony Tanti, Greg Adams, Petri Skriko, Rick Blight and Rosaire Paiement with Adams and Blight also achieving the feat on opening night. Adams tallied his four goals against the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 8, 1987 during an 8-2 win in Vancouver. Blight香蕉视频直播檚 four goal effort was also in a season-opener on October 6th, 1976 in a 9-5 win in Pittsburgh. Ironically, Blight finished the night at -2.
* Hughes was honored as the 15th captain in team history in an on-ice pre-game ceremony featuring former captains Orland Kurtenbach, Stan Smyl, Trevor Linden and Henrik Sedin. The team also showed video messages from Naslund and Roberto Luongo.
* Due to salary cap issues, both teams only dressed 17 skaters.
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