VANCOUVER -- Brad Marchand and Torey Krug scored early, Tuukka Rask made 17 saves and the Boston Bruins wrapped up a three-game Western Canada road trip with a 4-0 win against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Arena on Saturday.
Landon Ferraro scored and assisted on Tyler Randell's late goal for the Bruins, who are 7-0-2 in their past nine games despite starting this trip with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday and a 5-4 overtime loss against the Calgary Flames on Friday.
Vancouver goalie Jacob Markstrom started ahead of veteran Ryan Miller but allowed three goals on the glove side on the first seven shots before finishing with 18 saves.
Canucks coach Willie Desjardins challenged his team, calling it a "must game" after losing 12 of the past 15, but Vancouver barely tested Rask. His toughest save came on a by Bo Horvat one-timer early in the third period to preserve his third shutout of the season and 29th of his career.
Despite losing in Calgary the night before, the Bruins jumped out to an early 2-0 lead.
Marchand scored on the first shot 2:54 into the game after Patrice Bergeron stole the puck from Radim Vrbata just inside the Vancouver blue line. Bergeron skated down the left side before passing cross-ice to Marchand, who shot it in one sweeping motion over the glove-side shoulder of a sliding Markstrom for his eighth goal in the past nine games.
Bruins defenseman Kevan Miller returned after missing seven games because of a concussion, but Adam McQuaid left seven minutes into the holding his left arm to his side after getting hit on the forearm by a hard Jared McCann wrist shot from in front of the Boston net.
The Bruins kept play going the other way and Krug doubled the lead while McQuaid was leaving for the dressing room, one-timing a Miller feed past Markstrom from the right point.
Ferraro made it 3-0 with a long wrist shot off the rush that Markstrom missed with his glove eight minutes into the second period, then helped set up Randell's goal in a goalmouth scramble with 8:28 left.
Brandon Prust was given a 10-minute misconduct after spearing Marchand with 1:53 left, dropping the Bruins forward to his knees for several minutes.
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