The Canucks surrendered power-play goals-against in three of their four penalty-kills against the New Jersey Devils.
The Vancouver Canucks suffered a 4-1 defeat to the New Jersey Devils, largely due to ongoing struggles on the penalty kill. Vancouver allowed three power-play goals, bringing its season penalty-kill rate down to 52.2%. Linus Karlsson scored the lone goal for the Canucks on a power play, while Nico Hischier scored twice and Jesper Bratt added another for the Devils.
Goaltender Leevi Meriläinen started for Vancouver and made 31 saves, but briefly exited late in the first period after losing a skate blade. Backup Kevin Lankinen replaced him for 5:27 and was tagged with the loss after surrendering an even-strength goal to Jesper Boqvist before Meriläinen returned for the final two periods.
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