Brock Boeser nets hat trick to tie for NHL targets lead and Canucks beat Lightning 4-1

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Brock Boeser scored a hat trick, Quinn Hughes had three assists and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday night time.

Andrei Kuzmenko additionally scored for Vancouver, winners of three straight, whereas J.T. Miller chipped in with two assists.

Brayden Point had the Lightning‘s aim.

Boeser scored his nineteenth aim of the season at 9:28 of the second interval after Miller’s preliminary shot was blocked by Andrei Vasilevskiy, permitting the winger to bat the puck in mid-air.

He added a second aim eight minutes later, firing his shot previous Vasilevskiy on the blocker facet after Hughes cycled across the web and located the winger open on the level.

Boeser’s remaining aim was an empty-netter with simply over a minute to play within the third. With his second hat trick of the season, Boeser is tied with Toronto’s Auston Matthews for the NHL lead with 21 targets.

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The Lightning opened the scoring lower than two minutes into the sport. Brandon Hagel discovered Mikhail Sergachev with a cross-ice move and he discovered an open Point together with the web.

Kuzmenko scored the equalizer for the Canucks on their first energy play of the sport. He fired a one-timer previous Vasilevskiy at 6:08 of the primary interval.

Vasilevskiy made 18 saves and Vancouver netminder Thatcher Demko had 28 stops.

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Lightning: At Edmonton Oilers on Thursday within the fourth recreation of a five-game journey.

Canucks: Host Florida Panthers on Thursday within the finale of a five-game homestand.