BOSTON — Nothing is automatic in the National Hockey League, but a Bruins win on Garden ice against a team the caliber of the Vancouver Canucks is starting to feel that way.
The B’s improved to 9-0 on Causeway Street on Sunday night with a 5-2 beating of the 4-9-3 Canucks. The B’s opened up a 4-1 lead at the end of the second period and went on auto-pilot the rest of the way for a victory that was a little tighter than it needed to be.
The B’s had five different goal scorers, while Hampus Lindholm notched three assists to lead the B’s. Topping it all off was Tomas Nosek, who had dropped the gloves for the first time in his career earlier in the game, breaking his 65-game goal-less streak that dated back to Jan. 2 when he salted the game away with an empty netter.
