Jake DeBrusk scored a crucial power-play goal in his first game back against his former team, the Boston Bruins, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 2-0 victory. Despite the Bruins dominating play and outshooting the Canucks 33-15, DeBrusk's goal proved decisive as the Bruins failed to capitalize on their scoring chances.
BOSTON -- Jake DeBrusk scored 85 times at TD Garden during his seven seasons with the Bruins, including some clutch goals in the Stanley Cup Playoffs.back in July, and he made them pay in his first game back by scoring a power-play goal in the first period, which ended up being the game-winner in a 2-0 victory for the Canucks.
The Bruins outplayed the Canucks for nearly the entire game, especially during 5-on-5 action, and had a 33-15 advantage in shots on net. But the difference was DeBrusk buried one of his scoring chances and his former teammates didn't. The Canucks were pretty excited for DeBrusk on the bench as the final seconds came off the clock in the third period:DeBrusk now has six goals and eight assists in 20 games for the Canucks. Goals tend to come in bunches for the 28-year-old forward, and after not scoring once in his first nine games with Vancouver, DeBrusk has six goals in his last 11 games.
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