Boston Bruins 3, Vancouver Canucks 2: final score and stats
Boston Bruins beat Vancouver Canucks, Boston Bruins 3 to Vancouver Canucks 2, on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Vancouver Canucks vs Boston Bruins.
NHLSaturday, January 3, 2026
DateJan 3, 2026
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueRogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,665
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Vancouver Canucks | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Boston BruinsVancouver Canucks
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
22-18-2Record16-20-5
1st in Atlantic DivisionStanding8th in Pacific Division
5-4Road record / home record1-8
WWWWLLast 5LLLLL
W4StreakL6
Team stats
Boston BruinsVancouver Canucks
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Boston Bruins
James Hagens C · Back
Injured ReserveVancouver Canucks
Filip Chytil C · Shoulder - Not Specified
Injured ReserveMackenzie MacEachern LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveThatcher Demko G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveTom Willander D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Boston Bruins Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Arvidsson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 | 1:11 | 0:00 | 13:14 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael Eyssimont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:59 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:59 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Geekie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:51 | 2:27 | 0:00 | 15:24 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Kastelic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:56 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 7:30 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Marat Khusnutdinov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:48 | 0:00 | 2:52 | 14:56 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 | 0:00 | 4:44 | 6:21 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Lindholm | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:49 | 2:21 | 3:25 | 13:03 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fraser Minten | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:30 | 1:07 | 2:46 | 16:37 | 25 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:47 | 1:04 | 0:00 | 13:43 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Pastrnak | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:07 | 2:20 | 0:14 | 19:33 | 24 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Steeves | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11:51 | 1:10 | 0:00 | 10:41 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pavel Zacha | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 | 2:24 | 1:00 | 15:26 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 82.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Boston Bruins Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Aspirot | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 | 0:00 | 2:24 | 15:45 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hampus Lindholm | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 | 1:04 | 4:10 | 17:33 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mason Lohrei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:26 | 0:00 | 0:11 | 16:15 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie McAvoy | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 25:35 | 2:27 | 4:53 | 18:15 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Peeke | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:17 | 0:00 | 3:33 | 14:44 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikita Zadorov | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:57 | 0:00 | 3:22 | 16:35 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Boston Bruins Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Swayman | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 32 | .941 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 63:27 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Boeser | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:09 | 5:19 | 0:37 | 15:13 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake DeBrusk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:10 | 5:35 | 0:42 | 12:53 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Hoglander | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:07 | 0:07 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Kampf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:36 | 0:09 | 2:17 | 14:10 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 38.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Evander Kane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:19 | 3:46 | 0:00 | 10:33 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Linus Karlsson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:19 | 3:16 | 0:00 | 9:03 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew O'Connor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:31 | 3:22 | 0:50 | 11:19 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Ohgren | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:47 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 12:35 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elias Pettersson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:33 | 5:18 | 0:24 | 13:51 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aatu Raty | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:14 | 0:43 | 1:08 | 10:23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 30.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Sasson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:22 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | 1 | 9 | 0 | -1 | 21:11 | 5:13 | 1:03 | 14:55 | 26 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeev Buium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:38 | 3:09 | 0:00 | 14:29 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Hronek | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30:01 | 3:33 | 1:58 | 24:30 | 33 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Myers | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:57 | 0:36 | 2:42 | 16:39 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Pettersson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:31 | 0:11 | 0:46 | 20:34 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Elias N. Pettersson | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10:07 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 9:17 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Willander | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:07 | 5:46 | 0:47 | 14:34 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vancouver Canucks Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Lankinen | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .864 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 64:41 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Boston Bruins vs Vancouver Canucks?
Boston Bruins won, 3-2, on Saturday, January 3, 2026.
What was the final score of Boston Bruins vs Vancouver Canucks?
Boston Bruins 3, Vancouver Canucks 2.
Who were the top performers?
Boston Bruins: Fraser Minten (2 goals). Vancouver Canucks: Filip Hronek (1 goals).
Where is Boston Bruins vs Vancouver Canucks played?
Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC.
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