VANCOUVER B次元官网网址� Jacob Markstrom posted his first shutout of the season on Monday, leading the Vancouver Canucks to a 4-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks.
The six-foot-six Swede stopped all 29 of AnaheimB次元官网网址檚 shots.
Bo Horvat scored a pair of goals for Vancouver (27-28-8), while Alex Biega and Nikolay Goldobin added the others.
Kevin Boyle made 25 saves for the Ducks (24-30-9).
The victory marked the CanucksB次元官网网址� first regulation win in 11 games and snapped a three-game losing skid.
The shutout was the third of MarkstromB次元官网网址檚 career. His last came against the Dallas Stars on Feb. 11, 2018.
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One of the goalieB次元官网网址檚 biggest saves of the night came with just nine minutes to go in the game. AnaheimB次元官网网址檚 Derek Grant found the puck down low and Markstrom dove out to make the stop.
HorvatB次元官网网址檚 second goal of the night came midway through the third period after he dove to keep the puck in AnaheimB次元官网网址檚 end.
Josh Leivo got it back to him in the faceoff circle and Horvat sent a rocket soaring past Boyle to put the Canucks up 4-0.
The 23-year-old centre now has a career-high 23 goals this season.
Goldobin opened the scoring 8:04 into the first period on Monday after star rookie Elias Pettersson sliced a cross-ice pass to him in the neutral zone.
The right-winger ripped a shot over BoyleB次元官网网址檚 shoulder for his eighth goal of the season and his first in nine games.
Biega added another goal before the end of the first frame with a long shot that somehow wound its way through traffic and slid in under BoyleB次元官网网址檚 pad.
Early in the second period, AnaheimB次元官网网址檚 Brendan Guhle was sent to the box for levelling Tyler Motte along the boards and the Canucks capitalized on the opportunity.
Brock Boeser made a nifty pass to Horvat below the goal line and the centre poked it in to put Vancouver up 3-0.
The Canucks are now off on a three-game road trip, starting with a visit to the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday.
The Ducks host the Chicago Blackhawks Wednesday night.
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Earlier Monday, the Canucks traded defenceman Erik Gudbranson to the Pittsburgh Penguins for winger Tanner Pearson.
Gudbranson has two goals and six assists in 57 games for Vancouver this season, but his plus-minus sits at a league-worst-27.
The 27-year-old Ottawa native was drafted third overall by the Florida Panthers in 2010 before being traded to the Canucks in 2016.
General Manager Jim Benning recaps the NHL Trade Deadline, where the acquire Tanner Pearson and Linus Karlsson, presented by .
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Pearson has nine goals and five assists in 44 games for Pittsburgh and could help a Vancouver team plagued by injuries to forwards in recent weeks.
Picked up by the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the 2012 draft, the 26-year-old native of Kitchener, Ont., moved to the Penguins earlier this season.
The Canucks also swapped prospects with San Jose on Monday, sending Jonathan Dahlen to the Sharks for Linus Karlsson.
Vancouver acquired Dahlen from the Ottawa Senators for forward Alex Burrows in February 2017.
The 21-year-old has 14 goals and 15 assists for the American Hockey LeagueB次元官网网址檚 Utica Comets this season.
Karlsson, 19, has four goals and 13 assists for Karlskrona HK in the Swedish league.
NOTES: Ryan Spooner scored his first point as a Canuck, assisting on BiegaB次元官网网址檚 goal. Vancouver acquired the 27-year-old forward in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers earlier this month. B次元官网网址� Langley native Angus Redmond was called up to the NHL for the first time on Monday. The 23-year-old goalie backed up Kevin Doyle for the Ducks. B次元官网网址� Monday marked linesman Lonnie CameronB次元官网网址檚 1,500th game in the NHL. The Victoria nativeB次元官网网址檚 milestone was celebrated before puck drop.
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